口语 中南大学湘雅

About this dialogue: Cici and Chhichi

(1) Should ‘factory farming’ be banned?

工厂化农业应该被禁止吗？

Ci: Hello, chhichi, Do you know the so-called “Factory farming” ?你好，奇奇，你知道所谓的工厂化农业吗？

C: yes，I have heard it from newspapers , books or something just like internet. Factory farming is a system that feeds animals by using modern methods.是的，我从报纸、书本还有网络上听过。工厂化农业就是一个通过先进的方法饲养动物的系统。Ci: With a great consumption in different kinds of meat, many kinds of meat industries are booming during the past years. 随着大量的不同之类的肉制品的消耗，很多肉制品公司在过去的几年里，迅速膨胀发展起来。

C: In the Factory farming, where sheep, cattle and poultry are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions.在这工厂化农业中，羊牛和家禽在严格的控制条件下已经完全发展成为室内饲养。

Ci: Oh Yes, Much of the meat we eat today is produced by this method, but the side-effect which it brings about we can not neglect，such as serious environment problems. Should it be banned?是的，很多我们今天吃的肉都是用这种方式生产的，但是它带来的负面影响是我们不可忽视的，如严重的环境污染问题.它是是否需要禁止呢？

C: I think that "Factory farming is very necessary in the developing world and should be reformed, not banned."我认为工厂化农业在发展中的世界里很有有必要的也是应当受到改革的，而不是被禁止。

Ci: I shouldn't agree with your opinion, Factory farming is very cruel. Many animals may never touch the ground or see direct sunlight. they have no freedom.我应该不会同意你的观点,工厂化农业是非常残忍的。许多东西可能从来都没有接触过草地货是直接看到阳光，它们没有自由。

C:But I think that There is very little cruelty or suffering in factory farming. This is not the fault of the Factory farming, it’s just the ways that can increase productivity and reduced operating costs 但是我认为那只是在工厂化农业中的极小部分的残忍。对于工厂农业本事是没有错的，它只是一种提高产业化和减少生产运营成本的方法。

Ci: Actually，in some degree, They cannot grow up in natural ways,they are feeded with forage which would do harm to our health.事实上，在某种程度上，他们不可以在自然环境下生长，他们通过饲料饲养，而往往这种饲料会对身体有害。

C: They are more easily monitored by law so the animals often fare better than they would have done in normal farming – that is to say there is no truth that factory farming is particularly cruel.他们很容易被法律监测，所以这些动物会比自然生长状态下的更好。那就是说，关于工厂农业更加残忍的说法是不正确的。

Ci:Maybe the reality it is true, but the side-effect which it bring about we can not neglect. 可能现实是正确的吧，但是它所带来的负面影响是我们所不能忽视的

K:Yes,it also need our government’s contronl.是的，我们需要政府的控制。

(2) Do "beauty" contests serve any purpose in society? 当今社会，选秀节目有什么好处呢？

J: Do you hear about the beauty contests? or have you seen this program?你有没有听说过或者看过选秀节目？

A: Yes I do, I am very like watching it from TV, There are many different kinds of beauty contests these days.是的我看过我非常喜欢在电视上看这些东西，现在又很多不同种类的选秀节目。

J: What do you think about these beauty contests? Do beauty contests really serve a purpose in today’s society?你认为这些选秀节目怎么样？当今社会，选秀节目有什么好处呢？

A: In my opinion, Beauty contests do not serve a purpose in today’s society. The only thing that it is doing is putting in young girls’ minds and a woman’s that they have to be beautiful.依我之见，选秀节目当今没有什么好处。唯一他们做的事情就是告诉年轻的女孩们必须要漂亮。

J: I can not agree with you, They are for both men and women and range from children to adults in age; there are many advantages from it,it not only can entertain the public, but also can show your talent, knowedge, and your courage,too.我不同意你的观点，选秀节目不仅面向于男性和女性，还从小孩到成年人。他有很多的好处，不仅可以愉悦大众，而且还是可以展现他们的聪颖、博学的一面，同时还有勇气。

A: They have a negative effect on the people in today’s society,

especially the younger female population. Women in beauty contests are judged on their physical appearance rather than on any other qualities, so they spend much time in making up their outside appearance not the inside character.在当今社会上，它有很多的负面，特别是年轻的女性人群。在选秀中，她们通常凭借出色的外表，而不是其他方面的能力。所以他们花了很多时间在外面的打扮上。

J: In my words, the beauty contests both have advantages and disadvantages, as a college, who should establish the correct aesthetic.在我看来，选秀有好有坏，对于一个大学生来说，我们需要有一个很正确的审美。

A: Yes, we should pursuit the intrinsic beauty, not judge a person only from the appearance.是的，我们应该追求内在美，而不是仅仅取决于表面上的东西。

J: We should have the right attitude to the beauty contests, only in this way, we can establish a correct outlook on life, values, and world view.我们应该对待选秀有一个正确的态度，只有这样，才可以在生活价值和世界观上建立一个对的观念。

A: I agree with your opinion, Jason我同意你的说法…

(3) To what extent should bilingual education be offered in college education?在哪种程度上，你认为大学教育应该提倡双语教学？

J: Hi, Addison, do you like the bilingual education in our class?你好，你喜欢课程上面的双语教学吗？

A: Yes, I do, we can learn English as we study the knowledge in the same time.是的。我们可以在学习知识的同时，学好英语。J: I agree with your opinion, but sometimes I could not understand what the teachers say because my English is not very good, some other students have the same problem.我同意你的观点，但是由于我英语不是很好，有时候我不能确切的明白老师讲的是什么，其他同学也有同样的问题存在。

A: Oh, that is an indeed problem for you.那确实是你的一个问题。

J: In your opinion, to what extent should bilingual education be offered in our college education?在你看来，哪种程度上你认为大学教育应该提倡双语教学呢？

A: The extent to bilingual education should depend on how the students perform under this type of learning and their English level, compared to general education students.这应该依据学生的学习方式和在这方面的英语水平，相比大体的学生而言。

J: In the class when the teacher would say in English, then translated into Chinese, I could understand them.在课堂上，老师可以用英语，然后翻译成中文，我就能够听得懂。

A: Bilingual Education is a program used to help students keep up with all their required academic competencies. so the teachers should know what is the students’ English level. 双语教学经常帮助那些需要专业技能的学生。所以老师有必要知道学生的英语水平。

A: The teacher can separate the students into different groups based on their English level. perhaps this is a good way.老师可以根据学生的英语水平把他们分成不同的组，也许这是一个最好的方法。

J: Well, I will try my best to study English, Wish me a good luck.是的，我可以尽我最大的力量去学习好英语，祝我好运。

A: I am confident with you, you will study it well as long as you stick with it.我对你有信心，如果你坚持的话你会学的很好的。

J: Thank you, I am pleased to your encouragement.谢谢，有你的鼓舞我很开心。

(4)Do children learn better in boys-only and girls-only school?小孩在女子或男子学校学习得好些吗？

J:hey Addison,I’ve herad that u pl an to send your little Emily to the single-sex school?你好，我听说你打算把你的小孩送到女子学校去？

A:well,I think that’s the perfect choice. being a student in a learning environment with all girls was the perfect way to foster learning skills.是的，我觉得那是一个再好不过的选择了，在全是女孩子的学习环境，对她来说，是一个不错的培育学习能力的方式。

J: On the surface, it might be easy to say students learn better

in single sex schools. however, things would be so

complicatied. by thinking about the human nature, we might find that single-gender education is too oversimplified aiming

to have a better education.

表面上，好像那样的学生能更好的学习，然而，事情就会变复杂了.当想想人类的本性，我们应该可以发现，同性学校想拥有一个更好的教育的想法太过于简单了。

A:So?然后呢？

J: We should not ignore the fact that we live in this world with man and woman. suppose that student who study at single-sex school, once they step into the society, it will be something miserable.我们不能忽略这样一个事实：我们生活在男性和女性共有的社会。想象一下，如果学生在同性学校的读书的话，一旦他们走进社会就会有点痛苦。

A:actually, it does. However, imaging that student who study at the same classroom, it would happen something that we parent do not want to. What I need to emphasize here is early love, it may, in some degree, disturb girls and boy s’observation, and at the same time, exert a bad atmosphere. 确实是的。然而，想象一下如果学生在同一个教室，很多家长不愿意看到的东西将会发生。我想强调的是早恋问题，在某种程度上，它会影响孩子们的注意力，与此同时，也会有不良风气。

J:well, maybe I have to think about it by considering your opinion.是的，我觉得我应该好好再想想你的观点。

A:emmmm…it indeed. And what I want to say is, we parents are trying to find someway that can do some good to our children. And hope that we can conquer it, and kill the bird with one stone.是的，确实。我想说的是，家长都是为了孩子能够找到一种好的方式。我也希望我们能够战胜那些缺陷，做到一举两得。

(5) Why do normally patient people become impatient behind the wheel?为什么通常情况下有耐心的人在驾驶的时候变得没有耐心了？

A: Jason, can you drive a car?你会开车吗？

J: Actuall, I can. But It’s pity that I don’t have a ca r. 事实上，我

会，但是很遗憾的是我没有车。

A: well, never mind. You will got one once you step into the society. Do you hear an interesting thing that normally patient people will become more impatient behind the wheel ?没关系，你走进社会了就会有的。你听说过一件有趣的事情没？据说有耐心的人在驾驶的时候会变得没有耐心？

J: Oh, I know a little about it before, but what is the cause?我知道一点点，但这是为什么呢？

A: I am not quite know about it, I only have read some reports about it before.我不是很懂，我只是阅读了一些报道而已。

J: I learn it from the internet that it has a specialized term called "road anger disorder" in medicine. It says that when people drive a car, they will become more impatient.我从网上看过，在医学生有一个专有名词叫做马路愤怒障碍。它说当人们在开车的时候，会变得不耐烦。

A: Yes, people will be in a state of high concentration and tension when they drive a car.是的，人们在开始的时候会处在一个高度的注意和紧张的状态。

J: In that case, we will get more pressure, the body will produce some substance which can lead us to be more impatient.在那种情况下，我们会更有压力，我们的身体会产生一种物质让我们变得不耐烦。

A: Maybe，another cause is when people drive a car, they have to face the crowded traffic and in this situation people will easily get agitated.可能，还有另外一个原因是当人们开车的时候，他们面临着拥挤的交通，而在这种情况下，人们很容易变激动。

J: You are right, I agree with you. 是的，我同意你。

A: Studies have shown that some automobile exhaust gases will cause some changes about the neurotransmitter level in the brain.研究表明，汽车产生的尾气将会改变神经递质在大脑中的水平。

J: Perhaps that is the main reason, with the development of medicine, we will find out the cause in the future.也许那是主要的原因，随着医学的发展，我们将会在未来看到缘由。

A: So for the sake of safety, we should’t drive tired.所以安全起

见，我们不要疲劳驾驶。

J: And we should not do drunk driving too.而且我们也不能酒醉驾驶。

A: hey Jason, we will hold a football match this afternoon, which team do you think would win this match finally?我们今天下午有一场足球比赛，你认为哪个队会赢？

J:I don’t think the result is so important.我不认为结果是那么重要的。

A: why? can’t you hear the noise made by our students? They are discussing how can they want to win this competitive game.为什么，你没听到教室里的沸沸扬扬的声音吗？他们在讨论怎么去赢得这场激烈的比赛。

J:well, I do know our heroes pay so much time and energy on this competition, and all of us really want to get a pleased result. But the most important thing is that we gain friendship as they are not only opponents but also friends to make us improve during the competition.是的，我知道那些英雄们花了很多时间和经历在这场比赛中，而且我们都希望有一个很好的结局。但是最重要的是我们比赛中获得了的东西，它来自不仅对手而且是朋友给予我们的进步。

A:we can’t keep friendship forever, the moment we grow up, we would find jobs in different cities , study abroad, busy with our works on hand, on this occasion, how can we handle the thing that we should both have friend and win the competition similarly?我们不能一直保持友谊，一旦我们成长，我们在不同城市找到了工作、在国外学习、忙碌于手头的工作，在这时，我们怎么让友谊和赢得比赛同时拥有呢？

J:the life is not based on competition, we have our family, our lover,children,and friends, maybe,while we fail the competition then this in return we can make our good friend 生活不是基于竞争的，我们有我们的家庭、爱人、小孩和朋友，可能，我们会丢掉比赛，但相反会交到很多朋友。

A:I’m sure you would change this view when you are involved in the real society. Which is relentless, we must improve our ability to fit the society through every competition. We have to

survive. We have to make us successful and lose our friendship.我确信当你真正融入到了真正的社会，很多观点会改变。很多时候现实的无情，我们必须要提高我们的能力在每一场比赛中去适应这个社会。我们需要生存，我们不得不让自己成功失去朋友。

J:Do you really think that you should pursue the status and creature comfort, I prefer the process in the game, I would be happy and exciting to make friends with different backgrounds, so that they can enrich my knowledge and experience.你真的认为你应该追求地位和金钱安慰？我更喜欢这个过程在游戏中,我将会很高兴的去交不同背景的朋友,以便他们能丰富我的知识和经验。A:well, to some degree, you are right, sometimes ,the result

means you can get the only opportunity maybe, the champion,

the position in a big corporation, the last chance to study

abroad in Yale, we have no choice but to win, to realize our

goals and dreams, we must be responsible for ourselves.嗯,在

某种程度上,你是对的,有时,结果意味着你能得到的唯一机会。也许是,冠军、一个在大公司的位置、最近到在耶鲁学习的机会,我们别无选择,只能赢,去实现我们的目标和梦想,我们必须对自己负责。

J:Emmm…. I don’t mean to persuade you, everyone has his right to live his life, aha, you just remember one thing that you shouldn’t be negret while you are too old to move.我不想说服你,每个人都有自己生活的权利,啊哈,你只需记住一件事,你不应该后悔而你太老了而不能动了。

A:fine, I won’t.好的，我不会的。