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入門對話【Dialogue 1】
Listening to a rock and roll concert（聽搖滾音樂會）
Vicky is really excited to see the Rolling Stones, her favorite band. Mike is not very interested.
Vicky 能夠來觀賞她最喜愛的樂團 ─ 滾石樂團 ─ 真是興奮至極。但 Mike 沒什麼興趣。
Vicky：Are you excited, Mike? The rock concert is starting in less than two minutes.
Vicky：Mike，你感到興奮嗎? 搖滾音樂會將在二分鐘之內開始。
Mike：Yeah, I guess. Who's playing again? I forget.
Mike：是呀，我想是的。我又忘了，是誰要演奏呢？
Vicky：I told you a million times. The "Rolling Stones" are playing. I really like the lead guitarist.
Vicky：我告訴你幾萬次了。是「滾石樂團」要演奏。我超喜歡那位主奏的吉他手。
Mike：It's really crowded in here, and really loud.
Mike：這裡很擠，而且好大聲。
Vicky：Great! They are starting now. Do you want a hot dog or something to drink?
Vicky：太棒了！他們現在要開始了。您要來點熱狗或喝的東西嗎？
Mike：(Silence)
Mike：（沒出聲）
Vicky：Mike. I asked you a question. Are you falling asleep?
Vicky：Mike，我問你問題呀，你睡著了嗎？
Mike：Huh? Oh, sorry. I'm really tired after being at work all day. You go ahead and listen to the songs. Wake me up when the band is finished.
Mike：嗄？噢，抱歉，在工作一整天之後，我真的累壞了。你先去聽歌吧。演奏完後再把我叫醒。
Vicky：That's classic. Go ahead and fall asleep.
Vicky：真是經典演出！好吧，你去吧，去夢周公吧。
"Dialogue 1" 相關實用句型：
You go ahead and listen to the songs. Wake me up when the band is finished.（你先去聽歌吧。演奏完後再把我叫醒。）
說明："go ahead" 是口語會話中常用的慣用語，當我們要讓對方「先去做某事」時，然後輪到自己，我們可以說 "You go ahead and I am coming."（你先去，我隨後到。）
「叫醒某人」可以用 "to wake sb. up" 來表示。千萬別說成 "Please call me up." 喔！那是「請打電話給我」的意思。
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進階對話【Dialogue 2】
Going Bungee Jumping（高空彈跳之旅）
Mike and Vicky both decided to go bungee jumping, but Mike's excuses and reluctance to jump cause Vicky to make fun of him.
Mike 和 Vicky 兩人決定去玩高空彈跳，但Mike 不太敢跳的藉口讓 Vicky想開她玩笑。
Vicky：I'm so glad we decided to go bungee jumping. I'm feeling particularly adventurous today.
Vicky：我好高興我們決定去高空彈跳。我今天特別有冒險的感覺。
Mike：Really? That surprises me. Last time we decided to do something risky like hang gliding, you hesitated. That's why neither of us went through with it.
Mike：真的嗎？那令我感到驚奇。上次我們決定要做一些冒險的事，像是滑翔翼，你都猶豫了。那就是我們沒有完成的原因。
Vicky：Well, there's no way that I'm backing out this time. I'm going to jump with or without you.
Vicky：嗯，這次再怎麼樣我也不能退出了。不管有沒有和你跳，我都會跳。
Mike：Wow. That's great! It's a beautiful spot to jump. This bridge is sturdy enough, and it must be over 30 degrees Celsius out here.
Mike：哇，真棒！這裡是個值得跳下去的美麗景點。這座橋梁夠堅固，而這裡也一定是攝氏 30度以上。
Vicky：Yeah, it makes you almost wish that the rope would snap so you can land in the nice cool river below.
Vicky：是呀，它讓你幾乎希望繩索會突然折斷，那麼你就可以在好涼快的河水下登陸。
Mike：That's a crazy thing to say. Plus, the riverbed has more jagged rocks than it does water. Do you really think that there's a chance that the rope will snap?
Mike：講那什麼話！還有，河床上比水面有更多的凹凸不平的岩石。你真的認為繩索有可能會斷掉嗎？
Vicky：No, of course not. It is much more probable that we get into a car crash on the way home.
Vicky：不，當然不會。更有可能的是我們在回家的途中遇到車禍。
Mike：Let me see the rope. Wow, it is extremely thin! Are you sure this is what all bungee ropes are supposed to look like?
Mike：讓我看看繩索。哇，它超細的！你確定所有高空彈跳的繩索都看起來像 這樣？
Vicky：Yes. The rubber fibers are deceivingly strong. Don't worry.
Vicky：對的。橡膠纖維的堅固讓你看不出來。不用擔心。
Mike：Maybe you should go first. Then you can tell me how jerky the jump is. Now that I think of it, my back has been bothering me lately. Maybe I should sit this one out.
Mike：或許你應該先試。然後你就能告訴我這會跳死人。現在我想到的是，我的背痛最近一直困擾著我，或許我應該一直坐在上面。
Vicky：You can't back out now! You call yourself the man in this relationship?
Vicky：你現在不能退出！你不是認為自己在這兩人關係中是個男人？
"Dialogue 2" 相關實用句型：
1.There's no way that I'm backing out this time.（這次再怎麼樣我也不能退出了。）
說明："to back out" 是一個「不及物」動詞，表示「退出」；而 "There's no way that..." 可用來表示「... 是不可能的」，可等於 "It's out of the question that..."，這裡的「that 子句」皆屬「名詞子句」，作 way 或 question 的同位語。
2.The rubber fibers are deceivingly strong.（橡膠纖維堅固的讓你看不出來。）
說明：副詞 deceivingly 是由動詞 deceive（欺騙）的現在分詞 deceiving（騙人的）衍生而來，但是 deceivingly 則表示「可欺人地」，也就是我們台灣話所講的「黑瓶子裝醬油」，或「看不出來地」，因此 deceivingly 其實帶有「否定意味」。例如：
The exam looks deceivingly easy.（這考試看不出來那麼容易。）
→ 也就是說，這考試看來簡單，其實是很難的。
3.You call yourself the man in this relationship?（你不是認為自己在彼此關係中是個男人？）.
說明：此句講的更白一點就是：「你在我面前可不可以像個男人？」。"in this relationship" 字面意義是「在此關係中」，在口語中常用來表示「兩人之間」的關係，所以在課文中，Vicky 所指的 relationship 是指「兩人的情侶關係」，例如女朋友可以問她的「ㄚ那達」：
What do you expect from this relationship?（在我們之間你期望得到什麼？）
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