常用的英語情景口語會話

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　　Is College Worth It? 應該上大學嗎?

Todd: So Marianne, we're talking about education. And things are changing. Society is changing as it always is. But these days, you can pretty much learn anything on your own. And there is a new debate going around that colleges no longer serve the purpose that it used to. That basically, you can just learn what you want to learn without going to college. What do you think about that?

託德：瑪麗安，我們來談談教育。情況正在發生改變。社會像往常一樣在發生變化。現在，你可以自學。現在有種新的說法，認爲大學不再像以前那樣發揮作用。基本上來說，不上大學你也可以學到你想學到的知識。你怎麼看?

Marianne: Yes, that's a very good question. I really love this possibility of having access to knowledge just by yourself without having to attend a college for example. It's a great chance for everyone to have access to this knowledge. So I can think it's a good thing. But I don't know why. I'm kind of skeptical because I think at some point, you have to have a time where you can exchange with a teacher or at least with other people who have the same knowledge as you. Because if you never, if you don't have this time and space where you can debate about what you learned, then there is no increase of the level of thinking. Like because you need to debate about things to learn more or maybe to correct things. It's like the Wikipedia, right. Like it's a contributive dictionary or – encyclopedia. But everybody is writing in this page. And sometimes you see some updates but you don't know why, for example, someone made the change because you don't have the space where you can debate about is this wrong or correct about like the information that was uploaded was wrong or correct. And if you just see the correction but you couldn't debate about this, then you cannot understand. So I think for me, having a time and a space where you can debate is very important. And this is a place and the time that college can offer, for example, debate between teachers or debate between students about some topics.

瑪麗安：對，這是個很好的問題，我非常喜歡這種可能性，不用上大學也可以接觸到知識。對所有人來說，這是能接觸到知識的大好機會。所以我認爲這是件好事，不過我說不清楚原因。其實我有點懷疑，因爲我認爲你需要同老師或者同和你擁有同樣知識的人交流。如果不進行交流，不對所學的知識進行討論，那你的思想水平就不會提高。你要進行討論，才能學習更多知識，還有糾正你的錯誤。以維基百科爲例。維基百科是有幫助的詞典或者說是百科全書。所有人都可以進行編輯。但是有時你看到那些更新的信息，卻不知道原因，比如，有人進行了更改，可是因爲你沒有討論空間，不能就這個信息是否正確進行討論，不能糾正這個信息。如果你看到修正信息，可是你不能進行討論，那你就不會明白。我認爲，有時間和空間進行討論非常重要。而這正是大學可以提供的，比如老師之間或是學生之間針對某個課題進行討論。

Todd: Wow! Those are really good points. Yeah, I agree. You know, I've taught at university for a while. And I do see some of the points of being a self-learner and just basically getting what you want – getting the information you want online. But the problem is, when you go to university, you have that void or the vacuum really. And so, you're going to fill that with all these different types of information. And you might see things that you aren't – that you didn't even know that you liked. And also, there's that social element that's really strong in college. I don't think you're going to find that anywhere else where you, you know, make friends, you make relationships that last your whole life. So I'm still a big believer of college but I can see that maybe we need to change the model to make them little bit better.

託德：哇哦!你提出的觀點太棒了。我同意你的看法。我在大學任教過一段時間。我的確看到過一些自學者從網上獲取他們需要的信息。但是，大學有那種真空時間。你可以通過查閱各種信息來填補這個時間。你可以瞭解你甚至都不知道自己是否喜歡的信息。另外，大學有濃厚的社交氛圍。我認爲，除了大學，你在其他任何地方都不會交到可以持續一生的朋友。所以，我依然是大學的堅定擁護者，不過我認爲我們要改變模式使大學變得更好。

Marianne: Uh-hmm.

瑪麗安：嗯。

Todd: Which brings us to another question: how do you think we can change college to make better? Like what are some changes we can make to college?

託德：這就引出了另一個問題：你認爲我們怎麼能把大學變得更好?我們應該怎樣改變大學?

Marianne: Wow.

瑪麗安：哇哦。

Todd: Like I have one idea. One idea I have is that we're starting to see it a little bit with MOOCs but there's no reason that you can't take a class at any other university via video from your university. So example, if you go to UCLA, you can take art classes from Harvard or somewhere else. I think that would be really good if you can start doing that. So you're not only limited to the professors on your campus.

託德：我有個想法。可以先從網絡公開課開始，沒有理由在大學不能通過視頻來上課。舉個例子，假設你在加州大學洛杉磯分校上學，你可以聽哈佛大學或是其他大學的藝術課程。我認爲這樣開始很不錯。這樣就不會只能聽到自己大學的教授講課。

Marianne: Wow. Yes, that's a great idea. Yes.

瑪麗安：哇哦。這個想法很不錯。

Todd: Anything that you, looking back, you wish you could have done differently at university?

託德：回想一下，有沒有什麼事是你希望在大學時能做得更好的?

Marianne: Well the big issue about university especially in the US is that it costs a lot of money. And so, if we could find ways to – because for example, you are talking about having access to a lot of content information for free actually – I mean, for free. Like you just have to pay your Internet connection and suddenly, you have access to a lot of knowledge. But when you go to college, it costs a lot of money. So this is a big issue actually. So if you could find a way to, financially speaking, like if we can find a way to make university more accessible to a wider audience, it could be nice. But I know it's difficult because we have to pay teachers. We have to pay all the infrastructures about university, so it costs a lot of money. So I don't have the solution right now but I think working on this like free education or cheaper education – I mean, cheaper in a way talking about the entrance fee, not losing the quality of education. Yeah. If we can work on this point.

瑪麗安：大學，尤其是美國大學最大的問題就是學費太貴。希望我們能找到免費獲取大量信息的方法。只需要連網就能獲取大量知識。可是上大學要花很多錢。所以這是一個重大的問題。從經濟角度來講，如果能找到使更多人可以負擔得起大學的方法，那就太好了。我知道這很難，因爲我們還要付老師工資。我們要支付大學所有基礎設施的費用，所以會耗費很多錢。我現在也沒有解決方法，不過我想致力於義務教育或者更低廉的教育費用，比如減少學費，但是不損失教育質量。希望我們能致力於這方面。

Todd: Yeah. I totally agree.

託德：對，我完全同意你的觀點。

　　Good Teacher / Bad Teacher 好老師和壞老師

Todd: So Marianne, we're going to talk about education, and we're going to talk about the qualities of a good and bad teacher. And I'm a teacher so this is important for me, so I'm going to be taking notes. What do you think makes a good teacher?

託德：瑪麗安，我們來談談教育，重點討論一下好老師和壞老師的特質。我是名老師，這對我來說非常重要，我要記筆記。你認爲好老師的標準是什麼?

Marianne: I have no idea. No, I'm kidding. Okay, so I have to remember like when I was in junior high school or high school for example, my good teachers, how were they. I think a good teacher has to be strict. Insisting sometimes because you can be lazy, or as a student it could be difficult to understand what the teacher is talking about. So the teacher really have to insist on very important things. And yes, the teacher has to be strict. But at the same time, the teacher-student relationship should be kind of equal or respectful. So the teach is not – of course, he is or she is superior because he has or she has knowledge. But it could be nice if the teacher can interact with the student. So if the student is able to give his opinion or her opinion about the subject the teacher is talking about, I think it's nice. Because I think the teacher, his responsibility or her responsibility is to raise critical thinking of the student. So it's very important this time of interaction of exchange between teachers and students. So yes, it could be my definition like the teacher being strict but at the same time being open to talk about subjects.

瑪麗安：我不知道。我開個玩笑。我還記得我上初中還是高中時遇到的優秀老師。我認爲好老師一定要很嚴格。而且還要堅持，因爲學生可能很懶，或者很難理解老師的話。這時老師必須要求學生做一些非常重要的事情。老師一定要嚴格。不過同時，老師和學生的關係應該是平等的，是互相尊重的。雖然老師處於更高級別，因爲老師在傳授知識。但是如果老師能和學生良好互動的話會產生不錯的效果。如果學生能對老師講授的課程提出自己的看法，也會產生良好的效果。我認爲老師的責任是培養學生的批判性思維。所以，老師和學生的互動和交流非常重要。我認爲好老師就是既要嚴格，又可以接受學生對課程的意見。

Todd: All right. Those are some good points. But going back to being strict, can you be specific? Do you mean like making sure they do their home work.

託德：好。這是不錯的觀點。說回嚴格，你能具體解釋一下嗎?你的意思是老師要確保學生完成作業嗎?

Marianne: Yes.

瑪麗安：對。

Todd: Making sure they're on time to class.

託德：確保學生按時上課。

Marianne: Yes. And punish them if they are late for example, like...

瑪麗安：對。如果學生遲到，要接受處罰，比如……

Todd: Oh, punishment. Okay.

託德：哦，處罰。好。

Marianne: I mean, like say something like, you know, like you have an appointment. It's very important. For example, you have English class at 2:00 so be here at 2:00 and not 2:05. So it's very important because you have to show respect for the person who would deliver you content about English. And it's very important because it helps you in your life to – even for yourself, for the student, it's not only to show respect to teacher but it's also for the student to – for him or her to be able to keep her schedule. It's very important in life because otherwise you can spend your life being always late and not doing things on time. But if you are always behaving this way, then you can never build anything in life. So you have to have also for yourself some strict attitude or strict capacity or I don't know how to say.

瑪麗安：我的意思是說，這就像約定一樣，非常重要。比如，英語課是2點開始，所以你要在2點到這裏，而不應該在2點05分纔來。這非常重要，因爲你要向傳授英語知識的那個人展現尊重。而且這對你的生活甚至你本人都有幫助，所以非常重要，作爲學生，你不僅要向老師展現尊重，你還要能執行計劃。這在生活中非常重要，除非你能一直過着可以隨意遲到或不用準時的生活。但是，如果你要一直這樣生活，那你一生將一事無成。你要有嚴謹的態度和嚴謹的能力，我也不知道應該如何說明。

Todd: No, that's perfect. Sounds good. How about some bad things? Have you had some bad teachers in the past?

託德：你說得很好。聽上去不錯。那不好的特質呢?你以前有沒有遇上過不好的老師?

Marianne: Yes. Like for example, a teacher who are just strict and that's it, like there is no communication possible with them. It's terrible. For example, I remember when I was in junior high school, I had an art teacher actually, she was our art teacher and nobody liked her. She was just terrible like a very strict woman and very angry every time we went to attend her class. And I remembered I was really terrified by her. And for me, she didn't teach me anything. So this kind of strict attitude was not really helpful for me.

瑪麗安：有。舉個例子，有的老師非常嚴格，但是卻沒法溝通。這非常糟糕。我記得我上初中時，有一個藝術老師，她教我們藝術課程，但是沒有學生喜歡她。她太糟糕了，她非常嚴格，我們每次上她的課，她都在生氣。我記得當時我非常怕她。我認爲，她什麼都沒有教我。這種嚴格的態度對我沒有幫助。

Todd: Yeah. I like that. So strict but not too strict.

託德：嗯，我也喜歡這樣，要嚴格，但不要過於嚴格。

Marianne: Yeah. Strict, it means in the sense that making the other responsible. Like an adult has to show teenagers that they will become future responsible adults, too. So they are not just like kids and you just don't say to your kids for example, "Don't eat this," and that's it. If you can just say to your children, "Don't eat this because you can be sick if you eat too much of this." Like you have to give them a reason or you have to make them responsible. They have to understand actually.

瑪麗安：對。嚴格，在這種意義上來說就是教導他人負責。成年人應該告訴青年人，他們未來也會成爲負責任的大人。他們不能只是向對孩子那樣，不能跟孩子說：“不要吃這個”。你可以跟孩子說：“不要吃這個，如果你吃太多的話會生病的。”你要給他們理由，或讓他們自己承擔責任。他們一定要明白這一點。

Todd: No, I totally agree. Very, very good points.

託德：我完全同意你的觀點。你說得非常好。

　　SoMe Love 網絡戀愛

Todd: Hey, Marianne. So we're talking about love and relationships in the modern era. So the question is do you think social media changes how people date?

託德：嘿，瑪麗安。我們來談談現代愛情和戀情關係。你是否認爲社交媒體改變了人們的約會模式?

Marianne: Yes, definitely. In the sense that, well, social media are actually changing the way we interact with each other. Not only talking about love but just even with your friends or colleagues. It just changes the way of how – or the way how people interact with each other. So for example, we have – I would say – well it's a difficult question because social media can help you to connect with people you would have – with who you wouldn't have any connection. But in the other hand, it can also kind of isolate you. Like because – well, if you use social media like you don't have the human interaction. You are just facing you with your screen and you are just alone with your social media. You do not encounter someone for real. So I would say, sometimes it cannot help you to connect with other people, so to have a social life. It's a product but I think it could work this way unfortunately. So you really have to be the own master on your social – you have to have the power on your social media to pass this line. Social media should not prevent you from having a social life. It should help you to socialize in a different way maybe. But don't be like isolated or don't just close yourself because it's very easy to lose it. It's just like social media reflects your – it's like a mirror. It just reflects you. So for example, if you try to look for a partner or if you play with your social – not social identity but there is a way to say this like a computer or Internet identity. Now there is a new identity. So many – of course, like you play with this image. Like you upload photos you have chosen to upload. You upload content you have chosen to upload. So you show a different face on the social media. So it's not really who you are. So it completely changed the way you interact with others because if you think that yourself you are like lying in a way or inventing this new face, then also other people invent new faces. So I think it changed completely the relationship you have with others.

瑪麗安：當然了。社交媒體改變了我們同他人交流的方式。不只是和戀人，和朋友還有同事的交流方式也發生了改變。社交媒體改變了我們彼此交流的方式。舉例來說，我認爲這是個很難回答的問題，因爲社交媒體可以幫助你同此前沒有任何關係的人聯繫。但是另一方面，社交媒體也會使你孤立。因爲你只使用社交媒體，而沒有人際互動。你一直在盯着屏幕，只用社交媒體和他人交流。但是在現實生活中和他人沒有溝通。在和他人聯繫方面，有時社交媒體不會提供幫助，不能幫你享受社交生活。很不幸，我認爲這是社交媒體這種產物的弊端。你一定要做自己社交生活的主宰，你要控制社交媒體。社交媒體不應該妨礙你的社交生活。而是應該用另一種方式幫助你進行社交活動。社交媒體不應該令你孤立，不要封閉自己，因爲你很可能會失去生活。社交媒體能反映出你的情況，就像一面鏡子一樣。它可以反映出你的情況。舉個例子，你可能試圖通過社交媒體找伴侶，你在玩弄你的……不能說是社會身份，應該是電腦或是網絡身份。你創造了一個全新的身份。你在玩弄圖片。你選擇照片上傳。你選擇你要上傳的內容。你在社交媒體上以另一個面孔出現。那並不是真正的你。所以說，社交媒體完全改變了我們和他人的交流方式，如果你可以躺在沙發上創造出一個新面孔，那其他人也可以。所以我認爲，社交媒體完全改變了我們和他人的關係。

Todd: Yeah. That's so true. I agree with you. One thing I think that's kind of weird is for example, you become friends with somebody and you know that they're married. And then you'll follow them over, let's say, four or five years but you don't have contact with them everyday. And then I'll notice that person never mentions their spouse on their social media profile. Never. And it makes you wonder sometimes, are they still together because you never see photos of the person. You only see photos of the individual. And me personally, I think that's kind of strange. What do you feel about that? Do you feel like if you're in a relationship, your social media account can be just you and only you? Or should it include your...

託德：對，沒錯。我同意你的觀點。我認爲奇怪的是，你會和已婚的人成爲朋友。你們可能會持續聯繫四五年的時間，不過你們不是每天都聯繫。然後你會發現，對方的社交媒體介紹上從來沒有出現過他們的配偶。你會想知道，他們是否還在一起，因爲你從來沒有見過對方配偶的照片。你只看過對方的照片。我個人認爲這非常奇怪。你是什麼看法?在你看來，在戀愛關係中，你的社交媒體賬號是隻有你的信息?還是也應該包括你的……

Marianne: That's a good question. Yes.

瑪麗安：這是個好問題。嗯。

Todd: Your other person.

託德：你的伴侶的信息。

Marianne: Yes. That's a very good question actually. Yes, because for example – your partner for example, he or she, like you are not allowed sometimes to upload photo of him or her. So how do you, yes, how do you decide like what kind of content. And it's the same question for your children for example. Many people upload photo of their babies, newborn babies. So it's very cute but nobody asks them are they okay with like having their photos on your social media? So yes, it's a good question. In my case, well I use social media only for my work purpose, my job, or I just upload some events. So it's very like – it's more a platform where I exchange some information. And I don't talk too much about my private life. So I avoid this question about like uploading some content that concern my family or my partners or my children if I have some, so.

瑪麗安：這是一個非常好的問題。有時可能你的伴侶不允許你上傳他或她的照片。要怎麼決定社交媒體上發佈的內容?對孩子來說也是一樣。許多人會上傳自己新生兒的照片。孩子們非常可愛，可是沒有人徵求過這些孩子的意見，他們的照片是否可以放到社交媒體上?這是一個好問題。就我來說，我只在工作時使用社交媒體，我上傳的都是一些活動信息。對我來說社交媒體更像是一個交換信息的平臺。我不會在上面談太多和私生活有關的事情。我會避免上傳與我的家庭、父母或孩子(如果我有孩子的話)有關的內容。

Todd: Yeah. I guess, it's a tricky issue really, isn't it?

託德：好。這是一個棘手的問題，對吧?

Marianne: Yes.

瑪麗安：對。

Todd: Anyway, thanks, Marianne.

託德：總之，謝謝你，瑪麗安。

Marianne: Thank you.

瑪麗安：謝謝。