大学英语自学教程 下册 un11

[14:38.60]while they work away all day to earn a bare living.
[14:40.94]生活得像国王一们,而他们整天工作以求糊口.
[14:43.28]The money and the time we spend on pets
[14:45.20]我们花在宠物身上的金钱和时间
[14:47.12]is simply not our own to spend as we like
[14:51.27]in a time of widespread want and starvation.
[14:53.45]在广泛渴望帮助和饥饿遍布的时代绝对不是我们可以随心所欲花费的私有物.
[14:55.63]A relief organization advertises that for $33 a month
[15:01.51]they can give hospital care to a child suffering from kwashiorkor
[15:04.29]一个救援组织做广告说,每个月捐33美元就可使一个患恶性营养不良症孩子住院治疗
[15:07.08]the severe deficiency disease which is simply a starving for protein.
[15:10.01]--这是一种仅仅由于缺乏蛋白质而产生的严重营养不良疾病.
[15:12.95]Doing without such a pet,
[15:14.68]不养宠物,
[15:16.40]and then sending the money saved to a relief organization
[15:18.74]然后把节省下来的钱捐给救援组织将意味着挽救一条生命
[15:21.08]would mean saving a life over the years several human lives.
[15:24.20]--几年以后,就能挽救几条生命.
[15:27.32]Children not suffering from such a grave disease
[15:31.58]could be fed with half that amount--
[15:33.32]没有遭受到那种疾病的孩子可以用那个数目(每月33美元)的半数来糊口
[15:35.05]not on a diet like ours,but on plain,basic,life-sustaining food.
[15:38.53]--不是吃我们那们的食物,只是一般的,基本的,维持生命的食物.
[15:42.00]It is not unreasonable
[15:45.16]to believe that the amount of money we spend on the average Pet dog
[15:50.49]could keep a child alivein a region of great poverty.
[15:52.86]相信我们平均花在宠物狗上的钱能够养活一个特别贫穷地区的孩子是不过分的.
[15:55.22]To give what we would spend on a cat might not feed a child,
[15:57.60]拿出我们花在猫身上的钱可能养活不了一个孩子,
[15:59.97]but it would probably pay for his medical care or basic education.
[16:02.70]但可能付清他的医疗费用或基本教育费用.
[16:05.43]The point needs no laboring.
[16:08.80]That is all that need be said.
[16:10.53]这一点无须详述:这就是所有要说的话.