Culling Stray Dogs
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ID: 2663
Intermediate
Bridge Lesson: Int>UpInt Today we discuss a news article about a government order to cull stray dogs. Listen to some of the arguments for and against this issue.
Fiona Tian,Gwilym
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 新闻 | xīnwén | news | |
| 巴基斯坦 | bājīsītǎn | Pakistan | |
| 流浪狗 | liúlàng gǒu | stray dogs | |
| 数量 | shùliàng | amount |
你听今天的新闻巴基斯坦因流浪狗数量增多扰民政府下达扑杀令好惨政府担心市民被狗咬杀了好多流浪狗
nǐ 你tīng 听jīntiān 今天de 的xīnwén 新闻bājīsītǎn 巴基斯坦yīn 因liúlàng gǒu 流浪狗shùliàng 数量zēngduō 增多rǎomín 扰民zhèngfǔ 政府xiàdá 下达pūshālìng 扑杀令hǎo 好cǎn 惨zhèngfǔ 政府dānxīn 担心shìmín 市民bèi 被gǒu 狗yǎo 咬shā 杀le 了hǎo duō 好多liúlàng gǒu 流浪狗
Listen to today's news, (reads paper). As the amount of stray dogs in Pakistan has increased and they have proved a nuisance to local people, the government has issued an order for a cull. It's terrible! The government are going to kill lots of stray dogs because they are worried about citizens being bitten.
是因为狂犬病吧听说那边的疫情很严重
shì 是yīnwèi 因为kuángquǎn bìng 狂犬病ba 吧tīngshuō 听说nàbiān 那边de 的yìqíng 疫情hěn 很yánzhòng 严重
It's probably to do with rabies, no? I hear they have a serious epidemic there.
这里的最后一段还提到政府担心流浪狗越来越多会影响市容听起来好冷血
zhèlǐ 这里de 的zuìhòu 最后yí 一duàn 段hái 还tídào 提到zhèngfǔ 政府dānxīn 担心liúlànggǒu 流浪狗yuèláiyuèduō 越来越多huì 会yǐngxiǎng 影响shìróng 市容tīng qǐlai 听起来hǎo 好lěngxiě 冷血
It says in the last bit here, that the government is worried that too many stray dogs will make the city look bad. It sounds so cruel.
但是这是事实并不是每个人都像你一样爱狗大多数的人会觉得这些狗又脏又臭
dànshì 但是zhè 这shì 是shìshí 事实bìngbúshì 并不是měi ge rén 每个人dōu 都xiàng 像nǐ 你yīyàng 一样àigǒu 爱狗dàduōshù 大多数de 的rén 人huì 会juéde 觉得zhèxiē 这些gǒu 狗yòu 又zāng 脏yòu 又chòu 臭
But that is reality, not everyone loves dogs as much as you do, the majority of people think that the dogs are dirty and smely.
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