美語情景對話 第1195期:Do you believe in the death penalty? 你支持死刑嗎?

Tlotlo:Hi, my name is Tlotlo and I am from Botswana.

特羅特洛：大家好，我是特羅特洛，我來自博茨瓦納。

Reese:Me, I'm Reese from Botswana as well.

里斯：我是里斯，我也來自博茨瓦納。

Tlotlo:And our question is do you believe in death penalty?

特羅特洛：今天的問題是，你贊成死刑嗎？

Reese:I think I do believe in death penalty.

里斯：我認爲我贊成死刑。

Tlotlo:Why?

特羅特洛：爲什麼？

Reese:Because I feel that before you take the life of someone, you should know that your life could be taken as well.

里斯：因爲我認爲在你奪走其他人的生命前，你要知道你的生命也可能被奪走。

Tlotlo:But don't you think it is the Will of God to give and take, not the decision of another person to take someone else's life?

特羅特洛：可是你不認爲給予和索取是上帝的旨意，不應該由另一個人來有奪走他人的生命嗎？

Reese:But I feel that if the death penalty is not in place then people will not consider the real reality of their actions. They will always be like if they just get life sentence then people can live in prison, you can live a good life in prison.

里斯：我認爲，如果沒有死刑，那人們不會考慮他們所做行爲的現實性。他們會一直那樣做，如果他們被刑，他們會被關進監獄，然後在監獄裏過美好的生活。

Tlotlo:How is that?

特羅特洛：怎麼說？

Reese:In prison you can do so much in prison nowadays. You can workout, you can study in prison if you want to.

里斯：現在在監獄裏可以做很多事。可以健身，如果你想的話還可以學習。

Tlotlo:What are you saying? Are you saying being in prison is actually like a leisure because you're putting it that way.

特羅特洛：你在說什麼？你是在說進監獄就像休閒一樣嗎？你剛說的聽起來就是那個意思。

Reese:What I'm saying is it's not as bad as losing your life so people won't think of it, if we go to the extent of killing someone then your life must not be that good anyway.

里斯：我的意思是，進監獄沒有失去生命那麼嚴重，所以人們不會去考慮，如果是殺人這種程度，那一定不能讓那個人過好生活。

Tlotlo:No-one should ever have to pass judgement and no-one should ever have to make such a decision, especially one that involves taking the life of someone else. It is not our will and it should never be. God can only decide that thing for us but we cannot. I totally disagree with you.

特羅特洛：沒有人應該做出評判，沒有人應該做出這種決定，尤其是涉及奪去其他人生命的決定。這不是我們的意願，而且永遠不應該是我們的意願。只有上帝可以爲我們決定事情，而我們不可以。我完全不同意你的看法。

Reese:I feel that if you're going to take it as written by God, do unto others as you want to be done unto yourself.

里斯：我認爲你可以把這看作上帝的教導，己所不欲勿施於人。

Tlotlo:I think you are using God's words in vain. That is not what he meant. What about the words that he says. What about forgiving? What about that?

特羅特洛：我認爲你褻瀆了上帝的教導。那不是上帝的意思。他的其他教導呢？比如原諒？你怎麼看？

Reese:Forgiving?

里斯：原諒？

Tlotlo:Yes, forgiving.

特羅特洛：對，原諒。

Reese:There's forgiveness but such a harsh crime. What about the person?

里斯：可以原諒，但是如果是嚴重的犯罪，那要怎麼辦？

Tlotlo:I believe that going to prison is enough punishment for a person who committed murder.

特羅特洛：我認爲進監獄足以懲罰那些罪犯了。

Reese:I don't.

里斯：我不這樣認爲。

Tlotlo:Not to die.

特羅特洛：不至於判死刑。

Reese:I feel that if it's only prison then people don't see really how serious what they are doing is because losing your life and going to prison are two completely different things.

里斯：我認爲如果只是進監獄，人們不會意識到他們的罪行有多嚴重，因爲死刑和進監獄完全不同。

Tlotlo:Let's agree to disagree then.

特羅特洛：我們各自保留不同意見吧。

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重點講解：
1. as well 也；還；
例句：He speaks French, and Spanish as well.
他說法語，也會說西班牙語。
2. in place （法律、政策、行政體系等）正在運作，就位；
例句：The police roadblocks are still in place and the immediate vicinity of the house remains cordoned off.
警察設置的路障還在，房子四周仍然用警戒線隔離着。
3. in vain 無用的；無意義的；
例句：Paddy jumped to his feet, his face stupefied; he had never heard Fee take the name of the Lord in vain before.
帕迪跳起來了，他的面容發呆。從前他從未聽見菲這樣漫不經心地褻瀆上帝的聖名。
4. agree to disagree 擱置爭議；同意各自保留不同意見；
例句：I know we'll never agree on the issue of parenting but let's agree to disagree, shall we?
我知道我們在教養兒女這個議題上不會有共識，但是讓我們接受彼此會有不同的見解的事情。