Linger calls her American language exchange partner
Linger: I need your help.
Amanda: Sure thing. Anything for my favorite language partner.
Linger: I need you to convince my brother Aduh to take Taiwanese politics seriously.
Amanda: Why me? I don't know anything about Taiwanese politics.
Linger: But you know about American politics.
Amanda: Yeah. But I don't see how that helps with Aduh.
Linger: America is the most democratic country. If you can't convince him democracy is important, who can?
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玲 兒：我需要你的幫忙。
亞曼達(dá)：當(dāng)然好啰。我最愛的語言交換伙伴要我干嘛都好。
玲 兒：我需要你去說服我弟弟阿德，讓他認(rèn)真看待臺灣的政治。
亞曼達(dá)：為什么是我？我對臺灣的政治一竅不通。
玲 兒：但是你了解美國的政治啊。
亞曼達(dá)：對，但我不明白那樣對阿德會有什么幫助。
玲 兒：美國是最民主的國家。如果你不能使他相信民主很重要，誰能呢？
重點(diǎn)解說：
★ language exchange (n.) 語言交換
★ partner (n.) 伙伴
★ sure thing (n.) 必然之事。用于回復(fù)別人的要求，表示‘沒問題’
★ favorite (a.) 特別喜歡的
★ take...seriously 認(rèn)真看待…
★ not know anything about... 對……一點(diǎn)都不懂。
★ democratic (a.) 民主的