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Hope:

How’s life, Joey?

Joey:

Not so good. 我被開罰單了!

Hope:

You what?

Joey:

我被開罰單了!

Hope:

You got a traffic ticket?!

Joey:

Yes, I got a traffic ticket! 我被開了一張交通罰單.  It isn’t my day today!

Hope:

No kidding! So, is it a speeding ticket?

Joey:

A speeding ticket?

Hope:

Yes. Did you drive too fast?

Joey:

Oh, no…I didn’t drive too fast. I didn’t get a speeding ticket. I got a traffic ticket because I parked my car in a yellow line.

Hope:

You parked your car in a no-parking zone?!

Joey:

Yes. I parked my car in a no-parking zone.

Hope:

No! You shouldn’t have!

Joey:

Who knew? I just wanted to grab something for breakfast at a convenience store.

Hope:

So, you parked on the yellow line?

Joey:

Yup! I left my car on the yellow line … I mean a lot of people do that … 很多人都這樣做呀!

Hope:

But you never know when the police will be around.

Joey:

That’s why when I got back to my car, two police officers were leaving traffic tickets on every vehicle that was parking there.

Hope:

Hmm… That’s not a great way to start a day!

Joey:

No, it isn’t. Sigh…I just think 我真的跟我的錢包過不去!

Hope:

You can say that again！ You really should apologize to your purse.

Joey:

You are right! Speaking of “apologize”, I really think 我最近一直在”斗內”我們的市政府.

Hope:

Yes. You have been donating quite a lot of money to our city government by breaking traffic regulations.

Joey:

No~  I don’t want to donate money to the city this way! Last month, 我闖紅燈一張and the month before, 我超速一張.

Hope:

Yes. Last month you got a ticket for running a red light and the month before that, you got one for speeding.

And today a parking ticket. That makes three tickets this year!

Joey:

I didn’t mean to run the red light. There was a slow-moving truck and I tried to take over it, and just as I did,

the light turned red all of a sudden! I had no choice but to keep going! You know 硬著頭皮開過去!

Hope:

That was really dangerous. You never know if other cars might be coming your way!

Joey:

可惡! 要不是那烏龜車, 我也不至於超車，也不會收到那張紅單!

Hope:

Yeah. If it hadn’t been for that Sunday driver, you wouldn’t have gotten the ticket.

Joey:

Sunday drivers? 星期天司機?

Hope:

Yes. Sunday drivers are people who drive too slowly, often annoying other drivers—especially  when someone is in a rush.

Joey:

I see. If it hadn’t been the Sunday driver, I wouldn’t have gotten the ticket. 那次，我其實真的上了一課! I had learned my lesson.

Hope:

So, what about the speeding ticket?

Joey:

Well, I hardly ever drive that fast, but that day, I overslept, and was in a rush…

Hope:

And, of course, the police officers were already there waiting for you, right?

Joey:

Right. And you know the rest. Oh, I feel so bad for my purse! 真是荷包大出血!

Hope:

Perhaps from now on, try leaving home a little earlier and driving like a normal person?!

Joey:

I know and I have been doing that. But you see, this morning I had enough time to grab breakfast, I got this parking ticket.

Hope:

Poor you.

Joey:

Now, I need more coffee!