
那不是我想要的
Ben and Mira are friends. They are chatting.
班和米拉是朋友。他們正在聊天。
Ben: Mira, have you watched the trending Taiwanese drama, Women in Taipei?
班:米拉,你有看討論度很高的台劇《台北女子圖鑑》嗎?
drama(n.)戲劇、劇
Mira: Yes. I have been looking forward to watching it since they announced the cast and the theme.
米拉:有。自從他們公佈卡司和主題後,我就很期待。
look forward to~期待~announce(v.)宣佈cast(n.)全體演員theme(n.)主題
Ben: Ah, you can relate as you moved from Tainan to Taipei to work too, right?
班:啊,你有共鳴,因為你也是從台南搬到台北來工作的,對嗎?
relate(v.)領略、發生共鳴、相關
Mira: Yep. But I am a bit disappointed after watching the first four episodes.
米拉:是啊。但我看了前四集之後有點失望。
disappointed(adj.)失望的、沮喪的episode(n.)一集
Ben: Why? By the way, I haven’t watched the fourth episode. No spoilers.
班:為什麼?對了,我還沒看第四集。別劇透喔。
spoiler(n.)劇透spoiler alert劇透預警
Mira: Ok. Don’t you think the dialogue is full of stereotypes?
米拉:好。你不覺得他們的對話充滿刻板印象嗎?
dialogue(n.)對話、對白be full of sth.充滿某物stereotype(n.)刻板印象racial stereotype種族刻板印象sexual stereotype性別刻板印象
Ben: Well, I think the screenwriters put too much emphasis on the difference between Taipei and Tainan. Maybe they just want to highlight the reason why the main character longs to go to Taipei.
班:嗯,我覺得編劇太過於強調台北和台南的不同。但或許他們只是想凸顯出為什麼主角渴望去台北的原因。
screenwriter(n.)編劇put emphasis on sth.強調某事highlight(v.)強調、凸顯highlighter(n.)螢光筆long to do sth.渴望做某事
Mira: But in reality, people don’t talk like that. Besides, the main character said, “That’s not what I want.” I’m confused about what she really wants as well because I can’t tell even after watching four episodes.
米拉:但在現實中人們不會那樣說話。除此之外,主角說:「那不是我想要的。」我也很困惑她到底想要什麼,因為即使看了四集我還是看不出來。
reality(n.)現實、事實confused(adj.)困惑的、糊塗的tell(v.)知道、分辨、告訴
Ben: Well, there will be eleven episodes in total. I hope we will find out by the end.
班:嗯,總共會有十一集。我希望我們最後會看懂。
total(n.)總數
Mira: Ok. I will keep watching.
米拉:好吧。我會繼續看下去。