英语口语,走遍美国,有所作为。

(18) Making a Difference

ACT I

I don't believe it!

我简直难以相信！

What's wrong?

怎么了？

Carter Boswell!

Carter Boswell！

Who's Carter Boswell?

谁是Carter Boswell？

He's running for the school board.

他正在竞选联合校董会董事。

The election's next month.

选举就在下个月。

What's wrong with wanting to be on the school board?

想进入联合校董会有什么错？

Nothing.

没有什么。

But he wants to cut the school budget!

但他想削减学校的预算！

Maybe it needs cutting.

也许真需要削减呢。

Cutting the budget is fine, but he wants to do it by cutting all the cultural programs. 削减预算是好的，但他要削减，是透过取消所有的文化活动。 No music, no dance, no concert, no stage presentations. 没有音乐、没有舞蹈、没有音乐会 、没有舞台表演。 Why does he want to do that?

为什么他要那么做呢？

He says it's to save the taxpayers' money, and I think he believes that the taxpayers will vote for

him if he spends less on the cultural programs.

他说这是为了要节省纳税人的钱，而我认为他相信纳税人会投他一票，假如他在这文化活动

上减少开支的话。

He's probably right.

他也许是对的。

Lots of people want their taxes used for new books and a new paint job in the schoolrooms. 许多人希望他们缴的税金被用来购买新书和重新油漆教室。 Maybe some of us would like to pay a little bit more and keep the cultural programs for our kids. 也许我们之中有一些人愿意多付一点钱，以便为我们的孩子保存文化活动。 Well, I'm not sure. Ellen.

噢，我无法肯定，Ellen。

I hear it from my patients.

我是从我的病人那儿听到这些的。

Lots of people are tired of higher taxes.

许多人对于增税很厌烦。

I know, but if Boswell wins he'll be an important decision-maker on the school board, and he

doesn't know anything about our children's education. 我知道，但是假如Boswell赢了，他将成为一个重要的决策者，在联合校董会中，而他毫无

所知对于我们孩子的教育。

Who's running against him?

谁与他竞选？

Nobody. That's the problem.

没有人。这就是问题所在。

Well, it sounds to me like Carter Boswell is going to win this seat on the board. 噢，听起来好像Carter Boswell稳登联合校董会董事的宝座了。 Oh, not if I can stop him!

噢，要是我能阻止他，他就甭想！

And how are you going to stop him?

那你怎么去阻止他呢？

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