文档介绍：美联英语提供:美联英语:关于歧视的情景对话
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Michael: Hey Billy. Why the long face?
Billy: I think I have just been discriminated against!
Michael: Tell me what happened!
Billy: When I was buying a ticket for the bus, I had to pay more than an old fogey.
Michael: Why do you think that was discrimination?
Billy: Well, if one person pays more than someone else, that is discrimination.
Michael: But sometimes discrimination is OK.
Billy: I suppose that bargain bus fares for pensioners is OK, but I really hate discrimination.
Michael: I agree! Judging someone just because of their skin color, age or religious beliefs is wrong.
迈克尔:嘿,比利,脸怎么这么长?
比利:我觉得我刚被别人歧视!
迈克尔:告诉我发生了什么事情!
比利:我在公共汽车上买票的时候,我比一个老顽固要多付很多钱。
迈克尔:为什么你认为那是歧视呢?
比利:嗯,如果一个人比另一个人要多付钱,那就是歧视。
迈克尔:不过有时候歧视没事。
比利:我觉得给领养老金的人卖便宜公交车票是可以的,不过我真的讨厌歧视。
迈克尔:我同意!以一个人的肤色、年龄或宗教信仰来评判一个人是错误的。
New Words
1) Long face: saying used to describe someone unhappy or sad 拉长了脸:用来描述一个人不高兴或忧愁的说法
When he came into work this morning I could tell that he was unhappy from his long face.
今天上午他来工作的时候他的脸拉得长长的,我就知道他不高兴。
2) Discrimination: to make judgments and treat people based on the color of their skin, their age, their culture or religion
歧视:根据一个人的肤色、年龄、文化或宗教来评判和对待他人
If everyone knows that discrimination is wrong, why do so many people still do it?
如果每个人都知道歧视是不对的,为什么那么多人还这么做?
3) Fogey: a per