开口英语

77. The Weaker Sex 女人是弱者？

Who says that women are the weaker sex?
谁说女人是弱者？
Sixteen-year-old Kelly Williams from St. Petersburg, Florida is the first female wrestler to fight against boys and beat them.
来自佛罗里达州圣彼得堡16岁的凯莉 威廉斯是第一位和男孩子摔跤并击败他们的女摔跤选手。
Who would have thought that possible not so very long ago?
不久前，谁会认为这种事可能发生呢？
Her success, though, has angered some people.
然而，她的成功激怒了某些人。
They say she should have been banned from wrestling because it will cause the boys to think impure thoughts.
他们说应该禁止她摔跤，因为和她摔跤会使男孩子想入非非。
When asked about this, Kelly said, "People live in their own worlds and nobody has the right to force their values on others."
被问道这个问题时，凯莉说：“人们有各自的天地，没有人有权利强迫别人接受自己的价值观。”
Should women be allowed to wrestle with men in competition?
女性应不应该被允许和男性比赛摔跤？
What do you think?
你认为呢？

76. Believe it or Not

信不信由你

My friend, Andy, is talking to his girlfriend, Jenny, about what I said in the previous lesson.
我的朋友安迪正在和他的女朋友珍妮讨论我前一课说的事情。
A: So who did you go to the movies with?
安迪：你究竟陪谁去看电影？
J: Nobody.
珍妮：没有啊。
A: What do you mean NOBODY?
安迪：你说“没有啊”是什么意思？
J: Don't shout at me. Allow me to explain.
珍妮：别对我大吼大叫。让我解释嘛。
A: I'm waiting.
安迪：我在等啊。
J: Uh… that was my uh… brother.
珍妮：呃......那是我，呃......哥哥。
A: Do you expect me to believe that?
安迪：你以为我会相信吗？
J: You can believe what you want.
珍妮：随便你要相信什么。
A: I'll never get you to tell me the truth, I guess.
安迪：我想我永远也无法叫你对我说实话了。
J: Why don't you believer me?
珍妮：你为什么不相信我？
A: Because I had dinner with your brother last night!
安迪：因为我昨天晚上是和你哥哥一起吃晚饭的！

75. Think Before You Speak 三思而后言

Sometimes we say things without thinking.
有时候我们说话没有经过思考。
Very often a thoughtless remark may hurt others' feelings or cause a misunderstanding or an embarrassment.
一段欠缺思考的话往往会伤害到别人的感情，或会造成误会甚至尴尬的情况。
We must, therefore, always think before we speak.
因此，我们说话前必须先思考。
Once I told an old friend how beautiful his girlfriend looked when I saw them together at a movie theater the other day.
有一次我告诉一位老朋友我前几天在电影院看到他们在一块儿，而他的女朋友看起来美极了。
Unfortunately, I made a mistake.
很不幸，我弄错了。
It happened that she wasn't with my friend. She was with someone else.
恰巧她不是跟我朋友在一起，她是跟别人。
I had let the cat out of the bag, so to speak.
我可以说是无意中泄露了秘密。
I'd never been so embarrassed in my life.
我这辈子从来没有那么尴尬过。
I certainly learned my lesson, but at a very high price.
我的确学到了教训，但是付出了很大地代价。
His girlfriend never spoke to me again!
他的女朋友再也没有跟我讲过话。
And to make matters worse, it is rumored that they eventually broke up.
更糟的是，谣传他们最终分手了。