地道美語聽力播客847：政府形式

Margaret: Okay, the teacher said that we should set up an ideal form of government for our imaginary country and then work out detailed plans for governance.

瑪格麗特：好吧，老師講到我們應該為我們的理想國度建立一個理想的政府機構。并制作出詳細管理方案。

Tony: I think the simplest is a dictatorship. I’ll make all of the decisions.

托尼：我認為最簡單的就是獨裁了。我可以做任何決定。

Margaret: You’re sounding like a fascist. This is supposed to be a partnership, remember?

瑪格麗特：聽起來你就像個法西斯主義者。這好像是傀儡政治，你還記得嗎?

Tony: Okay then, let’s make it a monarchy. I can be king and you can be queen.

托尼：那君主政治怎么樣。我是國王而你是王后。

Margaret: You’ll probably still make all of the decisions as king. Maybe we should consider an oligarchy. Your family and mine can rule equally.

瑪格麗特：作為一名君主，你還是很可能決定一切。我們或許考慮寡頭政治，你和我的家人都可以平等統(tǒng)治。

Tony: That’s fine with me, but you’re the communist, or at least socialist. Don’t you think an oligarchy would be too elitist? I would think you would prefer a meritocracy of some sort.

托尼：對我來說，可以接受。但是你是一名共產主義者，或者說是一名社會家。難道你不覺得寡頭政治太至高無上了嗎?我覺得你還是傾向于精英統(tǒng)治。

Margaret: This isn’t about my personal politics. It’s about what’s best for our imaginary nation. How about a simple democracy?

瑪格麗特：這不是我自己一個人的政治，而是為我們理想國度好處考慮的政治。那么簡單的民主政治怎么樣?

Tony: There’s nothing simple about a democracy. How about no government at all?

托尼：民主政治并沒有那么簡單。無政府如何呢?

Margaret: You mean anarchy?

瑪格麗特：你的意思是無政府主義?

Tony: Sure, that would be the simplest.

托尼：嗯，那應該是最簡單的了。

Margaret: Why do I get the feeling that you’re making suggestions based on the amount of work this assignment will take, rather than political considerations?

瑪格麗特：為什么我覺得你只是為了完成這項作業(yè)而提出建議而不是出于政治考慮呢?

Tony: That’s because you’re very perceptive. I have a big weekend planned!

托尼：那是因為你理解力太強了。我周末有一項重大計劃。