A: Do your eyes feel any better after using those eye drops I prescribed for you last time?
B: It’s easier for me to see things now, but I still can’t see the words on the blackboard all that clearly.
A: OK, so I think you should be wearing glasses. There’s an optician next door with professional optometrists, so you can go over there and see them.
Photo: Tsai Shu-yuan, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報記者蔡淑媛
B: What do you think about me having laser surgery?
A: Your short-sightedness is not that serious, it won’t have too much of an impact on your everyday life, so I don’t think you need to have laser surgery.
A: 上次開給你的眼藥水，點過以後眼睛有沒有覺得好一點？
B: 我覺得看東西比較沒那麼吃力了，不過黑板上的字還是看不清楚。
A: 好吧，那你應該要去配一副眼鏡了。我們診所隔壁的眼鏡行有專業的驗光師，可以找他們。
B: 請問我可以做近視雷射手術嗎？
A: 你近視的度數並不深，對日常生活沒有太大影響，所以我認為沒有這個必要。
(Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱)
Audio recordings for Speak Up! dialogues will be suspended until further notice due to the pandemic.
“Go over there and see them.”
Here, “see” simply means to visit.
Retired teacher Sunny Hsu majored in advertising design and he is a former director of general affairs of National Keelung Commercial and Industrial Vocational Senior High School. His mother is in her 80s and suffered a brain injury that prevents her from expressing her thoughts clearly, so in 2018 he decided to go back to his hometown Penghu County to look after her, returning to Keelung for one week of each month to visit his wife and daughter. Being a keen photographer, when Hsu is staying in Penghu he often hops on a bus and goes around taking photos of
I’m preparing for my graduation project (5/5) 我正在準備畢業專題（五） A: Congratulations! You successfully completed the presentation of your research paper today. B: Thanks. Now, all that’s left is the product display tomorrow. A: What products is the graduating class going to display this year? B: Our class has chosen several extremely popular products: beer, masks and chocolate. Want to come? A: 恭喜你！今天的研究報告發表順利結束。 B: 謝啦，現在只剩下明天的商品展示。 A: 今年的畢業班要展示哪些商品？ B: 我們班挑選了啤酒、口罩、巧克力，都是蠻受歡迎的產品，你要來參觀嗎？ （Translated by Edward Jones, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩） Audio recordings for Speak Up! dialogues will be suspended until further notice due to the pandemic.
I’m preparing for my graduation project (3/5) 我正在準備畢業專題（三） A: Once you’ve written up the results, the paper is finished, right? B: Not yet: the final component is a discussion and the conclusion. A: It sounds really complex. B: This final section is the most important part of the research paper! A: 寫完研究結果，報告應該就完成了吧？ B: 還沒完，最後還有結果討論和研究結論。 A: 聽起來好複雜。 B: 這部分可是研究報告的重點呢！ （Translated by Edward Jones, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩） Audio recordings for Speak Up! dialogues will be suspended until further notice due to the pandemic.
I’m preparing for my graduation project (4/5) 我正在準備畢業專題（四） A: Once you’ve finished writing the research paper for the graduation project, the presentation should be a piece of cake, right? B: Wrong: the presentation is even harder. My teacher has required that each group delivers its presentation in English. I’m almost a nervous wreck already. A: As the saying goes: “Practice makes perfect!” Practice a few more times and you’ll be fine. B: I’ve been using my mobile phone to record the rehearsals to see which areas I still need to improve on. A pretty good idea, don’t you think? A: 你寫完畢業專題的研究報告後，報告發表應該不難吧？ B: 報告發表更難，我的教授要求每組要用全英文來發表，我快緊張死了。 A: 所謂「熟能生巧」！你多練習幾次就好啦。 B: 我在排練時還會用手機錄下來，再看看有沒有需要改進的地方。這主意不錯吧？ （Translated
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