禮節(jié)美語(yǔ)lesson 133 Piracy 1

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Carl下課，看到室友Benny買東西剛回來(lái)，好象很興奮。

Benny: Hey Carl! Check this out! I just picked up three brand-new Hollywood movies...they haven't even been released in theaters yet!

Carl: Um...you mean they're counterfeit copies?

B: Sure! They only cost a couple of bucks each!

C: Yeah, but...they're illegal copies.

B: So? What's the problem?

C: I just don't think it's right to buy pirated goods. I don't want to sound too judgmental, but I think it's wrong.

Benny興奮地叫 Carl，Check this out!快來(lái)看。原來(lái)，Benny買了三張盜版影碟，都是尚未發(fā)行的好萊塢大片。盜版可以說(shuō)counterfeit goods, 也可以說(shuō)pirated goods. 盜版碟很便宜，每張只要a couple of bucks兩美元。Carl說(shuō)，I don't want to sound too judgmental, judgmental is spelled j-u-d-g-m-e-n-t-a-l, 意思是對(duì)別人妄加評(píng)論，但Carl還是要說(shuō)，買盜版碟不對(duì)。

B: But Carl, those Hollywood film companies make millions and millions of dollars! It's not like I'm hurting some poor kid in Africa. These guys are billionaires.

C: Yes, that's true. But there's a simple rule to find out if something is wrong or not: Ask yourself, "What would happen if everyone did what you are doing?"

B: Well, if everyone bought pirated copies, no one would buy originals.

C: And if that happened the movie companies would go bankrupt and you'd never be able to enjoy cool new films, right?

B: I guess so.

Benny覺(jué)得，自己買盜版，受損失的只是那些身價(jià)數(shù)十億美元的好萊塢制片公司，所以沒(méi)什么了不起。Carl讓 Benny想想，如果大家都象他一樣買盜版，會(huì)是什么結(jié)果。Benny承認(rèn)，那就沒(méi)人買正品了。正品叫original, original is spelled o-r-i-g-i-n-a-l, original. 沒(méi)人買正品，制片公司就會(huì)go bankrupt破產(chǎn)，那就沒(méi)電影看了。Carl還說(shuō),

C: Also, think about the initial investment. When a drug company makes a new medicine, it takes years to test it before they can sell it. If we buy the fake version, the drug company might not have the money to test some newer medicine. Movies are a big investment, too.

B: But the prices they charge are insane! I could buy 35 pirated DVDs for the price of one original!

C: Actually, I agree with you there. The movie studios do need to reduce their prices to something more reasonable. But that doesn't change the fact that it's still stealing.

Carl提醒說(shuō)，拍電影跟開(kāi)發(fā)新藥一樣，需要大筆投資，這一點(diǎn)也不能忘。Benny爭(zhēng)辯說(shuō)，可正版影碟實(shí)在是太貴了。The prices are insane. Carl在這一點(diǎn)上同意Benny的看法，覺(jué)得制片公司需要把價(jià)格降低到更合理的價(jià)位，to reduce their prices to something more reasonable. 但他堅(jiān)持說(shuō)，這改變不了買盜版就是盜取的事實(shí)。Carl是否能夠說(shuō)服 Benny 以后不再買盜版，我們下次繼續(xù)聽(tīng)。