日常英語情景口語對話簡短
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Life on Mars 火星上的生活
Sarah: We've been hearing a lot about Mars in thenews.
薩拉:我們最近經(jīng)??吹接嘘P(guān)火星的新聞。
John: Yeah, NASA keeps coming out withannouncements every year.
約翰:對,美國國家航空航天局每年都會(huì)公開他們的發(fā)現(xiàn)。
Sarah: We just found out that there's water on Mars - liquid water.
薩拉:我們剛剛在火星上發(fā)現(xiàn)了水,而且是液態(tài)水。
John: Yes, recently they revealed that there's evidence of liquid water.
約翰:對,最近他們公布了火星上存在液態(tài)水的證據(jù)。
Sarah: That's crazy.
薩拉:那太瘋狂了。
John: Last year they announced that they definitely found ice - solid water - in the soil. In thesoil on Mar's surface the found frozen water. Now they found evidence of liquid waterflowing.
約翰:去年他們宣布在火星的土壤中發(fā)現(xiàn)了固態(tài)水(水冰)。他們在火星表面的土壤中發(fā)現(xiàn)了冷凍水?,F(xiàn)在他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了火星存在流動(dòng)液態(tài)水的證據(jù)。
Sarah: Do you think people can go to Mars? Do you think we should send people to Mars?
薩拉:你認(rèn)為人類能去火星嗎?我們應(yīng)該把人類送到火星去嗎?
John: I definitely think we can go there. We've already sent a number of spacecraft to Mars, starting with satellites many decades ago. Then there were landers, where satellites landed onthe surface and sent data back to Earth. Then we sent the rovers. Little robot cars that drivearound on Mars, so we've already successfully sent many missions to Mars. I'm sure we can do itwith humans.
約翰:我確信我們可以去火星。我們已經(jīng)向火星發(fā)射了多個(gè)宇宙飛船,幾十年前我們就發(fā)射了很多衛(wèi)星。然后我們還發(fā)射了登陸器,衛(wèi)星登陸火星表面后可以將數(shù)據(jù)傳回地球。之后我們發(fā)射了火星探測器。小小的機(jī)器人探測車可以在火星上四處走動(dòng),可以說我們已經(jīng)成功完成了許多火星發(fā)射任務(wù)。我確定我們?nèi)祟愐部梢缘巧匣鹦恰?/p>
Sarah: But none of the satellites or landers or rovers, they've never come back. Do you thinkwe could send people and they'd come back safely?
薩拉:但是無論是衛(wèi)星、登陸器還是探測器,它們都沒有再返回地球。你認(rèn)為我們能把人類送上火星,然后再讓他們安全返回地球嗎?
John: Well, that is a problem. We could definitely send people to Mars, but bringing themback, having the astronauts come back to Earth, would be a much more difficult problem tosolve.
約翰:嗯,這是個(gè)問題。我們肯定能將人類送上火星,但是再把他們帶回地球,讓宇航員再返回地球,這是一個(gè)很難解決的問題。
Sarah: So you think maybe we would send astronauts to Mars? They would never come backsafely?
薩拉:所以你認(rèn)為我們可以把宇航員送上火星?他們可能不會(huì)平安回來?
John: Well, if you think about the old explorers, in the olden days ... explorers used to leavetheir home, and find new regions and not plan to go back. People used to take a risk, andmaybe they couldn't return, so I think there are people who are willing to go on a one-way tripto Mars. I'm sure there are people willing to do that, but are the rest of the people willing tosend someone on that mission? I think some people will say yes, and some people will say no. Idon't know what the percent would be, but I'm willing to allow someone to do that. Ifsomeone says I want to go to Mars. I know it's a one-way trip, but I want to go. I think that'sOK. We should let them go.
約翰:嗯,想一下以前那些探險(xiǎn)家,他們離開家去尋找新地區(qū),他們并沒有計(jì)劃再返回家園。人們以前會(huì)冒險(xiǎn),他們可能沒有再回來,所以我認(rèn)為有人愿意參與單程火星之旅。我確定有人愿意這樣做,但是其他人愿意讓他們?nèi)ネ瓿蛇@項(xiàng)任務(wù)嗎?我想有些人會(huì)說愿意,有些則會(huì)不愿意。我不知道同意和不同意的比例各有多少,但是我愿意讓人們?nèi)プ鲞@件事。如果有人說想去火星,而且也知道這是單程旅行,但是還是愿意去。那我認(rèn)為這沒什么問題。我們應(yīng)該讓他們?nèi)ァ?/p>
Sarah: How about you? Would you volunteer to go?
薩拉:那你呢?你會(huì)志愿去火星嗎?
John: Oh, no. Not me. I'm staying here on Earth.
約翰:哦不。我不想去。我還是待在地球上吧。
Sarah: OK.
薩拉:好。
Going to Mars 去火星
Sarah: So do you think we should sent people toMars or Moon to spend all this money on spacetravel?
薩拉:你認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該花費(fèi)大筆金錢把人類送上火星或月球進(jìn)行太空旅行嗎?
John: Well, I think we should. Space travel can givepeople hope for the future, and space travel canunite people from different countries for a common goal.
約翰:我認(rèn)為應(yīng)該。太空旅行可以讓人類對未來充滿希望,也可以用共同的目標(biāo)讓不同國家的人團(tuán)結(jié)起來。
Sarah: But do any countries work together to travel in space?
薩拉:可是各國有在太空旅行上展開合作嗎?
John: Oh certainly. The International Space station has astronauts from different countriesworking together. And I think that a joint effort is the best way to do space missions. I thinkthat we could go back to the Moon and learn much more by going there than we can learn if wedon't go there.
約翰:哦當(dāng)然有了。來自不同國家的宇航員在國際空間站一起工作。我認(rèn)為共同努力是進(jìn)行太空任務(wù)的最佳方法。我們可以回到月球,我認(rèn)為與不去月球相比,去月球可以學(xué)到更多東西。
Sarah: I see what you mean, but I think we could learn more and we could improve more if wecan help the people on Earth. Think of everything we could learn from the children that can'tget an education these days. Maybe the next Einstein is a poor little girl who doesn't have themoney to go to school. If we spent more money on school or clean water and vaccines, maybewe could learn more from ourselves than from going to space and going to Mars.
薩拉:我明白你的意思,不過我認(rèn)為幫助地球上的人能使我們學(xué)到更多、提高更多。想想我們在無法接受教育的孩子身上了解到的情況。也許下一個(gè)愛因斯坦就是沒有錢上學(xué)的貧窮女孩。如果我們在學(xué)校、清潔飲用水和疫苗上投入更多資金,也許相比去太空和去火星,我們可以從自己身上學(xué)到更多。
John: I agree with you that more should be spent on education, but we don't need the nextEinstein if were not doing space travel. The problem is what are people with money willing tospend it on. I think that it would be nice if we could have all the rich countries spend money oneducation for poor people, but if you look at the numbers, the cost of one space mission is muchcheaper than the things we spend money on now.
約翰:我同意你的觀點(diǎn),我們應(yīng)該加大對教育的投入,但是如果我們不進(jìn)行太空旅行,那我們不需要另一個(gè)愛因斯坦。問題是富有的人想將錢花在哪里。我認(rèn)為如果所有富有國家都可以增加教育經(jīng)費(fèi),解決窮人上學(xué)問題,那是件好事,但是如果看金額的話,你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)一次太空任務(wù)的費(fèi)用遠(yuǎn)低于我們現(xiàn)在在其他事情上的花費(fèi)。
Sarah: Like what?
薩拉:比如哪些花費(fèi)?
John: Well, the first example that comes to mind is war. One day of war is so expensive for allthe governments and the militaries that are involved. One day of war costs more money thanone space mission. But war goes on and on for days.
約翰:我首先想到的是戰(zhàn)爭。對所有牽涉戰(zhàn)事中的國家政府和軍隊(duì)來說,一日軍費(fèi)非常昂貴。一日軍費(fèi)比太空任務(wù)的費(fèi)用要多得多。但是戰(zhàn)爭會(huì)持續(xù)很長時(shí)間。
Sarah: Yeah, and years.
薩拉:對,可能持續(xù)數(shù)年。
John: So, if you think about money in terms of ... sorry ... so the money for a space mission isexpensive by itself, but when you compare it to other things it's actually kind of cheap.
約翰:所以,如果你想想那些花費(fèi)……抱歉,一次太空任務(wù)的花費(fèi)的確很多,但是當(dāng)和其他花費(fèi)相比時(shí),你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)其實(shí)太空任務(wù)并不昂貴。
Sarah: I see what you're saying. You're comparing the cost of space travel to war, but I wouldcompare the cost of space travel to the cost of, for example, getting rid of malaria. I think wecould get rid of a terrible disease like malaria for as much as we would spend on a trip to Mars.
薩拉:我明白你的觀點(diǎn)。你將太空旅行的花費(fèi)和戰(zhàn)爭花費(fèi)相比,但是我會(huì)將太空旅行的花費(fèi)和消除瘧疾相比。有去火星旅行的那筆費(fèi)用,我們可以消除瘧疾等可怕的疾病。
John: Getting rid of malaria or going to Mars? Well, of course I would also choose that we getrid of malaria.
約翰:消除瘧疾還是去火星?當(dāng)然我也會(huì)選擇消除瘧疾。
Sarah: Maybe we'll have to agree to disagree.
薩拉:也許我們可以保留不同意見。
John: We might have to disagree this time.
約翰:這次我們可以保留不同意見。
Sarah: OK.
薩拉:好。
Teaching Overseas 在海外教學(xué)
John: So Sarah, you're an English teacher, right?
約翰:薩拉,你是名英語老師,對吧?
Sarah: That's right.
薩拉:沒錯(cuò)。
John: You must have taught in many countriesbefore.
約翰:你之前一定在很多國家和地區(qū)教過英語。
Sarah: Yeah, I did. I taught in the USA, in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan and Ecuador.
薩拉:對,沒錯(cuò)。我在美國、臺(tái)灣、中國、韓國、日本和厄瓜多爾教過英語。
John: Oh, Ecuador.
約翰:哦,厄瓜多爾。
Sarah: Yeah.
薩拉:對。
John: So you must be able to speak Spanish very well.
約翰:那你一定也會(huì)說西班牙語。
Sarah: I think so. I studied really hard, and then when I lived in Ecuador, I spent a lot of timetalking to people.
薩拉:是的。我在厄瓜多爾時(shí)非常努力地學(xué)習(xí)了西班牙語,我花很多時(shí)間和當(dāng)?shù)厝私徽劇?/p>
John: Did you teach Spanish, too?
約翰:那你也教西班牙語?
Sarah: No, I didn't. When I lived in Ecuador actually, I volunteered for the United Nations.
薩拉:不教。我在厄瓜多爾生活時(shí),我是聯(lián)合國的志愿者。
John: Wow.
約翰:哇哦。
Sarah: And I taught families and they were being relocated to Canada because they werefleeing the drug wars of Colombia.
薩拉:我的工作是教一些家庭英語,這些家庭要逃離哥倫比亞的毒品戰(zhàn)爭,他們會(huì)被重新安置在加拿大。
John: Wow.
約翰:哇哦。
Sarah: So I felt very badly for these families but they had a really bright future. So that wasgood. But then one week, I had a family, a couple of families and they were being relocated toSweden.
薩拉:我為這些家庭感到難過,不過他們有一個(gè)非常光明的未來。這很好。不過有一周,我教了幾個(gè)要被重新安置在瑞典的家庭。
John: Oh.
約翰:哦。
Sarah: And I said, "I can't teach them Swedish." And the UN said, "Well, maybe just teachthem English." So I thought, they're going to Sweden, they don't need to learn English rightnow. And my friend at the time – she's Norwegian, and we were living together. And everyday, she helped me to learn a little bit of Swedish. Just enough for one class so that I couldteach these families...
薩拉:我說,“我不能教他們?nèi)鸬湔Z”。聯(lián)合國方面說,“你就教他們英語吧”。可是我想,他們要去瑞典,他們現(xiàn)在不用學(xué)英語。當(dāng)時(shí)我有個(gè)朋友,她是挪威人,我們住在一起。她每天都幫助我學(xué)習(xí)一些瑞典語。足夠我在當(dāng)天的課上教那些家庭的。
John: Wait, wait.
約翰:等一下。
Sarah: ...some Swedish.
薩拉:瑞典語。
John: You were teaching Swedish language?
約翰:你教瑞典語?
Sarah: Yes.
薩拉:對。
John: You are an English speaker.
約翰:可是你的母語是英語。
Sarah: Yes.
薩拉:對。
John: You lived in Ecuador.
約翰:你當(dāng)時(shí)在厄瓜多爾生活。
Sarah: Yes.
薩拉:對。
John: And a Norwegian person taught you Swedish.
約翰:一個(gè)挪威人教你瑞典語。
Sarah: Yes.
薩拉:對。
John: So you could teach Swedish to people from Ecuador.
約翰:所以你教厄瓜多爾人瑞典語。
Sarah: From Colombia, currently living in Ecuador.
薩拉:那些人來自哥倫比亞,他們當(dāng)時(shí)住在厄瓜多爾。
John: So they could move to Sweden.
約翰:他們要搬去瑞典。
Sarah: Yes.
薩拉:對。
John: And you did this as a volunteer.
約翰:你志愿做這份工作。
Sarah: Yeah. I wanted to help people. So I moved to Ecuador and I got a volunteer job withthe United Nations to help teach people but I never thought I would be teaching Swedish.
薩拉:對。我想幫助別人。所以我去厄瓜多爾做聯(lián)合國的志愿者,去幫助他人,我以前從來沒想過我會(huì)教瑞典語。
John: Wow.
約翰:哇哦。
Sarah: Yeah. It was a lot of fun.
薩拉:對。那很有趣。
John: I would like to try that someday, too.
約翰:如果有機(jī)會(huì),我也想嘗試一下。
Sarah: You can do it.
薩拉:你可以的。
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