英語(yǔ)播客初級(jí)版 第145期(外教講解):動(dòng)物的權(quán)力

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A: You should have seen the T.V. show that was on last night, the topic it covered was really interesting; animal rights.

B : Do you really believe in that? If they are going to focus on something, they should do it on civil rights.

A: Yes, but we can’t deny that animals are vulnerable, defenseless, and are completely at the mercy of human beings.

B : I understand your point, but we continue to have transgressions against human rights. If so much attention weren’t devoted to the topic of animals, we would then concentrate more on saving a human being instead of protecting a koala.

A : You can’t compare apples and oranges; I believe that both topics are important and that we can’t ignore them, the mistreatment of animals can cause a great environmental imbalance. I believe that governments should prohibit activities like poaching.

B : Well, you are right on that point. This is the reason that I don’t buy leather and I try to buy synthetic products.

A : At least you’re doing your part. My contribution is to have a pet in the house that I treat like a member of the family.

B : As long as you don’t treat it better than your wife, it’s fine.

civil rights 公民的權(quán)力

vulnerable a.易受傷的，脆弱的

defenseless adj. 無(wú)防備的

at the mercy of 任憑…的擺布，完全受…支配

transgression n. 違反, 犯罪

apples and oranges 將兩種不同的事物進(jìn)行不公平的對(duì)比

poach vt.偷獵

Fred was caught poaching hares. 弗雷德因偷獵野兔被捉。

synthetic adj.合成的;人工合成的

do your part 幫助完成某個(gè)目標(biāo)

【拓展詞匯】

biodegradable adj. 生物所能分解的

drought n.干旱，旱災(zāi)

famine n. 饑荒

biosphere n.生物圈

cloning n. 克隆

A :你應(yīng)該看看昨晚的電視秀，它包含的話題很有意思：動(dòng)物權(quán)力。

B: 你真的相信那個(gè)嗎?如果他們應(yīng)該關(guān)注點(diǎn)東西，他們應(yīng)該關(guān)注公民權(quán)力。

A :是的，但是我們不能否認(rèn)動(dòng)物容易受到傷害，沒有防備能力，而且完全受人類擺布。

B :我知道你所說(shuō)的，但是我們總是有侵犯人權(quán)的事件。如果人們不關(guān)注動(dòng)物，我們應(yīng)該關(guān)注如何救一個(gè)人而不是包含一只考拉。

A :你不能將不同的事物進(jìn)行不公平的對(duì)比。我相信2個(gè)話題都很重要，我們都不能忽視。虐待動(dòng)物能導(dǎo)致環(huán)境的失調(diào)。我相信政府應(yīng)該繼續(xù)制止像偷獵這樣的行為。

B :你說(shuō)到點(diǎn)子刪了。那就是我為什么不買皮制品的原因，我買人工合成的用品。

A :至少你也在幫著實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)。我的貢獻(xiàn)是在家里養(yǎng)了個(gè)寵物，我對(duì)待寵物和對(duì)待家庭成員一樣。

B :只要你對(duì)待寵物不超過(guò)對(duì)待你妻子那樣好，就是合適的。