美語情景對話 第254期:People 人
Jeff: My name is Jeff Eagar and I'm 32 years old and I'm from Canada and most people in Canada are Christians, they're Catholics or Protestants and my parents are Catholic but I've done a lot of traveling in my life and now I'm interested in the Buddhist religion, Buddhism. It's a very peaceful religion and it has some philosophies that I believe in, for example, it talks about detachment. You should not get attached to money, or you shouldn't get attached to fancy cars and fancy clothes. You should try to simplify your life and have as little as possible. Be comfortable but don't have too much. Don't have, don't be excessive with what you have, and I believe in this philosophy.
傑夫：我叫傑夫·伊格，我今年32歲，來自加拿大，加拿大大多數人都是基督徒，基本他們都是天主教徒，或是清教徒，我父母就是天主教徒，而我去過許多地方旅行，所以我現在對佛教感興趣。這是一個非常和平的宗教，它包含許多我相信的哲理，比如說，佛教追求超然。你不應該執着於金錢，你不應該執着於豪華汽車和奢華的衣服。你應該試圖簡化你的生活，儘可能的簡化所擁有的東西。要過得舒適，但是不要擁有太多。不要過分追求要擁有的東西，我相信這個哲理。The Buddhist religion also has a philosophy of karma, of the cycle of good behavior, brings you good behavior in return and if you act bad, bad things will happen to you, and I think this is kind of true because if you do good things for people, most of the time good things happen to you. People treat you well. If you treat people poorly, and badly, people will treat you badly, so believe in this Buddhist philosophy of Karma and good things will happen to you if you do good things for others.
佛教的哲理同樣也包含因果報應，善有善報，惡有惡報，我認爲這是真的，因爲如果你爲別人做了善事，很多時候你身上都會降臨好事。人們會善待你。如果你對別人不好，那別人同樣也會對你不好，所以要相信佛教中的因果報應，如果你做了善舉，你身上也會有好事發生。Canada is a very peaceful country, and I'm a peaceful guy. I don't believe in fighting and I don't believe in war, and my neighbor, across the border, the United States of America is at the moment at war with Iraq and for me this is a very senseless or sort of silly thing to be doing. I think it wastes money and it wastes lives and I think there should always be sort of, some sort of peaceful way to end an argument so I believe in peace and I don't think war should be, I think war is a waste of time, and a waste of people and a waste of lives.
加拿大是一個非常和平的國家，我也是和平的人。我不支持爭鬥，不支持戰爭，我們的鄰國美國目前就在和伊拉克進行戰爭，對我來說這場戰爭根本毫無意義，是愚蠢的行爲。我認爲戰爭既浪費金錢又會損失生命，總有和平解決爭端的方法，所以我支持和平，我認爲戰爭不應該發生，因爲戰爭浪費時間、浪費人力，還會犧牲生命。
重點講解：
1. get attached to
非常喜歡…的，熱愛…的；
eg. By themselves they are good experiences, but if you get attached to them, they become obstacles.
它們是很好的經驗，但如果你執著於它，就會變成一種障礙。
eg. Various parts will have a cult food that people get enormously attached to.
很多地方都有這樣讓人十分着迷的食物。
2. in return
回報；報答；
eg. He was always ready to help others, in return, he was liked by everyone.
他總是樂於助人，作爲回報，大家都喜歡他。
eg. I'm just watching for a chance to punish him in return!
我正在伺機報復他呢！
3. a waste of
浪費；
eg. It's a waste of time and energy.
那是浪費時間和精力。
eg. A wrong approach means a waste of effort.
路子不對等於白費勁兒。
