生活英語情景口語:你相信外星人的存在嗎?
L: do you believe in UFO's?
B: sure. A UFO is just a space vehicle from another planet. If you think about it, our space shuttles are UFOs.
L: I've never thought about it like that before.
B: I've seen photos of UFOs in America before, but they've all looked doctored up.
L: do you think that there's life on other planets?
B: I think there must be.
L: why is that?
B: I don't't think it would make sense if we were the only beings in this whole world. The world is just far too big for that.
L: do you think that there's intelligent life trying to contact us?
B: no, but we're trying to contact them.
L: I suppose you're right.
B: I think that countries are working hard to find a planet that we can live on in the future so that when global warming destroys this planet, humankind will not become extinct.
L: do you really think that global warming wil destroy Earth some day?
B: there's a lot of evidence that suggest it will, but I don't think it's going to happen any time soon.
你相信有UFO嗎?
當然是外星人的一種空間旅行工具.如果你仔細想一想,咱們的宇宙飛船就是一種UFO.
我從來沒有這麼想過.
我以前看到過UFO在美國出現的照片,不過那些照片看起來都像是經過處理的.
你覺得我們以外的星球真的有生命體存在嗎?
我相信肯定有.
爲什麼?
我覺得真個宇宙只有我們人類一種生命存在時不可能的.宇宙可是非常大的.
那你覺得某些智能生物正試圖跟我們取得聯繫嗎?
不是,而是我們正試圖跟他們聯繫.
我猜你說的對.
我認爲很多國家都在努力研究,試圖發現另一個適合人類居住的星球.只有這樣當未來全球升溫,地球毀滅後,人類纔不會因此而滅絕.
你真的相信未來某一天地球會因爲氣候變暖而毀滅嗎?
有很多證據表明確實如此,不過我並不相信這一天會很快到來.
Space shuttle: a spacecraft designed to be used, for example, for travelling between the earth and a space station 航天飛機; 太空梭
Make sense:
have a meaning that you can easily understand 有道理;有意義;講得通
This sentence doesn't make sense. 這個句子不通.
be a sensible thing to do 是明智的;合乎情理
It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version. 買最新的版本是明智的.
be easy to understand or explain 表述清楚;易於理解;道理明顯
John wasn't making much sense on the phone. 約翰在電話上說得不大清楚.
Who would send me all these flowers? It makes no sense. 誰會給我送這麼多花呢?真不可思議.
Doctor sth (up): alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive 篡改,僞造
The cashier doctored the accounts. 那個出納員竄改了賬目.
He was accused of doctoring the figures. 他被指控篡改數字.
Extinct: of a type of plant, animal, etc. 某種植物或動物等 no longer in existence 不再存在的;已滅絕的;絕種的
an extinct species 已滅絕的物種
to become extinct 絕種
