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入門對話【Dialogue 1】
Lounging about the Department Store（逛百貨公司）
Mike and Vicky are a good couple. Lounging about a shopping mall is their usual choice in dating.
Mike 和 Vicky 是一對感情不錯的情侶。他們約會常選擇到購物中心逛街。
Mike：Wow! This store is so big! Somebody could get lost in here.
Mike：哇！這店有夠大！這地方會讓人迷路的。
Vicky：That's why they call it MegaMall! What do you want to see first?
Vicky：這也是它「巨無霸商場」名稱的來由。你想先看些什麼？
Mike：I'm kind of hungry. Could we go to the Food Court?
Mike：我有點餓了！我們可以到美食廣場去嗎？
Vicky：Ok, then, could we go play video games in the Arcade?
Vicky：好的，然後我們可以到遊樂場打電動玩具嗎？
Mike：Yeah, that sounds cool! I didn't know you liked video games.
Mike：好啊，聽起來很棒！我不知道你喜歡打電動。
Vicky：You never asked me. Anyways, later, could we see a movie at the Cineplex?
Vicky：你沒問過我啊！好啦！接下來我們到電影院看場電影吧？
Mike：Yeah, sure. I heard there's a good horror movie playing…
Mike：當然好啊。聽說有一部恐怖片還不錯...
"Dialogue 1" 相關實用句型：
Somebody could get lost in here.（這地方會讓人迷路的。）
說明：這裡的 somebody 是指「任何人」，同時也「不影射任何人」，這是一種較「客觀」的說法。因此，通常我們不用 "We could get lost in here."。而這裡的介系詞 in 可有可無，但 "in here" 比 here 更強調「是在這裡」。
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進階對話【Dialogue 2】
A Hang Gliding Trip（滑翔翼之旅）
Vicky and Mike would like to throw away their boring life. So this day, they went to Yehliu to go hang gliding.
Vicky 和 Mike 想擺脫枯燥的生活。因此這一天，他們來到「野柳」這個地方乘坐滑翔翼飛行。
Vicky：Are you sure you want to do this? It's not too late to turn back.
Vicky：你確定要做這件事？現在要回頭還不會太晚。
Mike：Are you serious!? We drove all the way here to Yehliu to go hang gliding and now you're going to chicken out? Anyways, I already paid the deposit.
Mike：你是認真的嗎？我們一路開到野柳來玩滑翔翼，而你現在想落跑？反正我已經付保證金了。
Vicky：Well, if we can't get our money back, I better grin and bear it.
Vicky：好吧，如果錢拿不回來，我還是咬緊牙撐過去吧！
Mike：Don't be so scared Vicky. I think hang-gliding is pretty safe, as long as you get good instruction by a certified operation that is licensed, bonded and insured.
Mike：別那麼害怕，Vicky。我認為坐滑翔翼很安全，只要有執照、經認證、有合約以及保障的學校，提供我們良好的操作指示。
Vicky：So how about this school? Are they certified, licensed, bonded or insured?
Vicky：那這學校怎樣？有經認證、有執照、合約或保障嗎？
Mike：I have no idea but my friend told me it was a good place to go.
Mike：我不清楚，但我朋友告訴我來這地方不錯。。
Vicky：Mike, you're not inspiring me with a lot of confidence.
Mike：Mike，你要說服我的信心不太夠喔！
Mike：Don't worry, what's the worst that could happen?
Mike：別擔心嘛！會有多糟的事情發生嗎？
Vicky：I could spiral out of control, go into a freefall and crash into the ocean.
Vicky：我可能會失去控制而盤旋、成為自由落體，然後墬入海洋中。
Mike：Yeah, I guess that's true. So do you want to turn back?
Mike：是的，我看是這樣沒錯。那麼你想掉頭走嗎？
Vicky：Yes, that's what I've been saying all along. If people were meant to fly then God would have given them wings.
Vicky：是啊，我一直都有這個打算。如果人會飛，那我們天生就要有翅膀才對。
Mike：Ok, let's go back home. I wouldn't want to be a Daedalus to your Icarus.
Mike：好的，我們回家去。我不想當那位會讓你掉入海裡的飛行專家。
"Dialogue 2" 相關實用句型：
1. It's not too late to turn back.（現在要回頭還不會太晚。）
說明："too... to" 是「太... 而不能...」;"turn back" 表示「回頭」、「吃回頭草」等。例如：
Done is done. You can't turn back. （做都已經做了，沒辦法回頭啦！）
2. You're going to chicken out? （你現在想落跑？）
說明：我們都知道 chicken 是「雞」的意思，也常聽說「小雞膽子」，因為 chicken 在英文裡還有「膽小鬼」、「懦夫」之意。例如：
They thought I was chicken because I refused to to say "I love you" to her.
（他們認為我膽小，因為我不敢對她說「我愛你」。）
3. If we can't get our money back, I better grin and bear it.
（如果錢拿不回來，我就逆來順受吧！）
說明：better 等於 "had better" （最好是...），但 better 多用於口語中。grin 本來是「露齒而笑」的意思，因此 "grin and bear it" 就是所謂的「逆來順受」。
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