美語情景對話 第53期:全球化 Globalization

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Todd: OK. Jamie. We're back.
    杰米,我們開始吧。
    Jamie: OK.
    好的。
    Todd: Jamie, you're a businessman.
    杰米,你是一名商人。
    Jamie: Sometimes.
    有時是。
    Todd: OK, so..
    哦,那么……
    Jamie: Not this week.
    至少這周不是。
    Todd: Not this week! OK. Um. we're going to talk about globalization.
    這周不是!好吧,我們來聊聊全球化。
    Jamie: OK.
    好的。
    Todd: What do you think about globalization?
    你對全球化有什么看法?
    Jamie: Globalization! I'm not really sure, I have a clear definition of what globalization is, but if globalization is several nations trading on the open, or semi-regular basis then I think globalization is a relatively positive thing.
    全球化!我不確定我是否對全球化有一個清晰的概念,但如果全球化是指國家間公開進行貿(mào)易,或是經(jīng)常定期地進行交易,那么我認為全球化是一件相對積極的事情。
    Todd: Yeah!
    是的!
    Jamie: For, certainly for the countries that are involved in the, in the business that is going on between the nations that are obviously involved with that business.
    當然,這樣進行的貿(mào)易是國家之間的貿(mào)易,與參與國有著息息相關(guān)的聯(lián)系。
    Todd: Yeah. OK. Great. So do you think it makes the world a better place?
    好的,很棒。那么你認為這樣會讓世界更加和諧嗎?
    Jamie: Yeah, the world a better place? No, I don't think it make the world a better place. I think it's just good for the countries that are directly and indirectly involved with the business that is going on between countries.
    讓世界變得更好?不,我不認為這樣會使世界變得更好。我認為這樣只會使直接參與或是間接參與貿(mào)易的國家?guī)砗锰帲@樣的貿(mào)易還會在這幾個國家之間進行。
    Todd: OK. Great. Thanks a lot.
    好的,很棒,謝謝你。
    Jamie: My pleasure.
    不客氣。