1、- 1 -A: Do you hear what happened to Sally? 你听说莎利出什么事了吗？B: No, what? 没有，什么事？A: She had to go to the hospital. 她必须去医院。B: Why? 为什么？A: She passed out in class. Seems she hadnt eaten anything in days. 她在课堂上昏倒了。好像她几天没有吃东西了。B: Why on earth would she do that? You mean that she intentionally2 did not eat an
2、y food for days? Thats crazy! 她究竟为什么要那样做？你是说她故意几天不吃东西？那真是疯狂！A: Yeah, but thats what she did. 是的，但她是那么做的。B: I cant believe that there are girls who are willing to do that to their bodies. And all for a certain look.我不相信有女孩子愿意对她的身体那样做，况且仅仅是为了某些方面好看。A: Well, its not just the girls fault. Its also socie
3、tys fault - magazines and ads that show wafer3 - thin models all saying “Its in to be thin”. Its hard for them not to listen. 唔，这不只是这个女孩子的过错。也是社会的过错 那些登着最瘦模特的杂志和广告都说“减肥很流行”。对她们来说，不听是很难的。B: True, but there are limits. Being thin is one thing; starving oneself to death is another. No one forces them t
4、o do this.是这样，但也要有限度。减肥是一回事，把自己饿死是另外一回事。没有人强迫她们这样做。A: I know that, but sometimes its hard to make the right decision. And besides, anorexia4 is a psychological5 problem as well. Anorexics never think that they are thin enough, and they keep pushing themselves. 我知道，但有时做出正确的决策是很难的。而且此外，厌食症也是一个心理问题。厌食者
5、从不认为她们已经够瘦了，而不停地压制她们自己。B: Well, they should do more to tone down6 those messages and try to promote a healthier body image. It really hurts girls if they grow up thinking theyre always too fat. 唔，她们应该努力减弱这些信息的影响，尽量提倡一个更健康的身体形象。如果女孩子长大时总认为她们太胖了，这确实是在伤害她们自己。A: I agree. I dont understand why you always
6、 look so happy, so energetic. It seems like youve got good news everyday.- 2 -我同意。我不知道你为什么看起来总是这么高兴，这么有活力。好像你每天都有好消息。B: Really? Do I look happy all the time? 真的吗？我看起来总是很高兴吗？A: All I know is you look quite differently from others.我所知道的是你看起来与其他人很不同。B: Oh, do you know why? Actually, its easy. Because I
7、 always exercise. My exercise, I think, is very hard. I often feel very good after conquering4 these difficulties. I feel alive！噢，你知道为什么吗？实际上，答案很简单。因为我老是做运动。我觉得我做的锻炼很难做。克服这些困难之后， 我经常感觉很好。我觉得我在活着！A: Oh, I know. I saw you doing pull-ups one time on the campus. 噢，我知道了。有一次我看见你在校园里做引体向上B: Seldom would pe
8、ople like my exercise. Its difficult and boring. 是啊，他们做是为了好玩。很少有人会喜欢我做的运动。很难又枯燥无味。A: Its true. Many students do the exercise when they have to. We have P. E. once a week.这倒是真的。许多学生做运动是迫不得已才去做。我们一周有一次体育课。B: But I think we students need to exercise more. Besides exercise will help them learn new thing
9、s better. Dont we want to have a good memory? 但是我认为我们学生需要多锻炼。而且锻炼身体可以帮助他们更好地学习新知识。我们难道不想记忆力好吗？A: Of course. I didnt know that. I only know exercise makes bodies stronger. I should take some exercise then. Do you have any suggestions?那当然。我还不知道呢。我只知道锻炼强身。那么我也应该做些锻炼。你有什么建议吗？B: Well, do what you like to
10、 do. It can be anything. Jogging, doing aerobics, going bicycling, and playing ping-pong. Absolutely anything. Doing three or more workouts a week is good for you. But remember to do some stretches first. 开始可以做你喜欢做的。可以是任何运动。慢跑、做健美操、骑自行车，还有打乒乓球。什么都可以。一周运动三次或者更多次对你很有好处。但是记住先舒展一下肢体。A: Oh, I know. Thank
11、 you. Hey, Look at the flyer on the wall . It says that we can get rich quickly while working at home!- 3 -哦，我知道。谢谢。嘿，你看这墙上的宣传单。上面说我们在家工作也能快速致富。B: Do you also believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy?你也相信圣诞老人和牙齿仙女？A: What do you mean? 你什么意思？B: I mean that youre gullible6. You shouldnt believe ever
12、ything you read, especially on the Internet. 我是说你很容易受骗。你不应该相信所有你看到的，尤其是在互联网上看到的。A: But it seems like a good idea. All I have to do is first send some money to the person who sent me the letter. After that hell tell me how to earn much more money. 但是看起来好像是个好主意。 我所要做的就是先给发给我这封信的人寄一些钱。 然后他就告诉我怎样去挣更多的钱。
13、B: Sounds like a pyramid scheme. Have you heard of those before? 听起来像是传销。你以前听过那些东西吗？A: Pyramid scheme? What is that? 传销？是什么？B: Its a scam7 thats based on a hierarchy8, like a pyramid. The person at the top asks the people below him for money, and then tells them to go and ask other people for money
14、while sending some of it back to him.它是一个以等级为基础的诡计，像一个金字塔。上层的人向他下面的人要钱，然后告诉他们去向别人要钱并同时把一部分返回给他。A: Sounds good to me. The guy at the top gets money and so do the people below him. 听起来不错。上面的人得到钱，而且他下面的人也得到钱。B: Not exactly. The scam keeps on going, with the people at the bottom paying more and more mon
15、ey until they reach the very bottom.并不如此。诡计一直玩下去时，底部的人付的钱越来越多，直到他们成为最底部的人。A: What happens then? 那会怎么样？B: Nothing. The people at the bottom give their money to the people above them, and they get nothing. They end up losing. Thats why its a scam. 不怎么样。底部的人把他们的钱给他们上面的人，他们自己什么也得不到。他们最终- 4 -遭受损失。这就是为什么它是个诡计的原因。A: I see. I guess I should be more careful about what I read, especially on the Internet where you have no idea who anybody is.我明白了。我想我应该对我看到的要多加小心，尤其是在互联网上的，你都不知道谁是谁。
