學校欲懲處吹哨者
David and Wendy are art students. They are chatting.
大衛和溫蒂是念藝術的學生。他們正在聊天。
David: Hey Wendy, did you hear about the school’s art exhibition?
大衛：嗨，溫蒂，你聽說學校的藝術展了嗎？
exhibition(n.)展覽exhibit(v.)展示
Wendy: Yeah, I heard about it. Something weird happened, right?
溫蒂：是的，我聽說了。發生了一件奇怪的事情，對吧？
weird(adj.)奇怪的、詭異的strange(adj.)難以理解的
David: Exactly! The winning artwork turned out to be created by AI.
大衛：沒錯！獲獎的作品竟然是由人工智慧生成的。
artificial intelligence人工智慧
Wendy: No way! That’s surprising.
溫蒂：不會吧！真是令人驚訝。
surprising(adj.)令人驚訝的
David: Yeah, and the student who brought it into the open online is now in trouble. The school is threatening to punish him if he doesn’t delete his post.
大衛：是的，而且現在披露此事的學生卻陷入麻煩。學校威脅如果他不刪除貼文的話，就要懲罰他。
bring…into the open曝光、披露某事be in trouble陷入麻煩punish(v.)懲罰、處罰threaten(v.)威脅threat(n.)威脅pose a threat引起威脅
Wendy: That’s not fair. He was just speaking up.
溫蒂：那太不公平了。他只是把實話說出來而已。
speak up暢所欲言
David: I agree. The school should handle it better.
大衛：我同意。學校應該更妥善地處理這件事。
handle(v.)處理、處置=deal with
Wendy: Definitely. They shouldn’t punish the student for telling the truth.
溫蒂：對啊。他們不應該因為說實話而懲罰學生。
David: Exactly. I hope things get sorted out soon.
大衛：沒錯。希望事情能盡快解決。
sort out解決=solve