杰克:

What do you think are the main causes of war today?

你認為如今引起戰(zhàn)爭的主要原因有哪些?

凱西:

I`d say the main reason is poverty. Countries and their people get frustrated because they have so little. If their neighbors have some resources, they try to steal them by military force.

我得說主要是貧窮。一個國家和她的人民變得好戰(zhàn)是因為他們擁有的少。如果他們看見他們的鄰居有資源的話，他們就會想要用武力去偷去搶。

杰克:

It seems that a lot of wars nowadays are really civil wars. People from different ethnic groups in the same country sometimes fight for power in that country.

看起來許多現在戰(zhàn)爭都是國內戰(zhàn)爭，來自同一個國家的不同民族的人們有些時候會為了國家的政權而開戰(zhàn)。

凱西:

Several of those civil wars have been going on for years and years. It seems they will never end.

杰克:

How do you think they could be ended?

你覺得怎么樣才能讓他們停下來?

凱西:

I don`t think that there is any easy way. The united nations could send peacekeepers into the country. At least then the warring parties could be forced to negotiate.

我不認為有什么簡單的方法能讓他們停下來。美國派駐了維和部隊到這些國家.至少能讓戰(zhàn)斗的雙方被迫停下來和談。

杰克:

So, if the cause is poverty, there should be a programe to make the country richer. If the problem is resources, share them.

那么如果原因是貧窮，應該制定一個長期計劃讓國家變得富裕起來。如果是資源問題.那分享不久行了嘛。

凱西:

It sounds easy when you say it like that. In reality, it`s harder to make peace between countries.

你說起來倒是容易。現實中要實現國家之前的和平時很困難的。

杰克:

Yes. It is. One way to stop countries fighting is to cut off their financial support. Wars are very expensive.

是的。確實是。一個制止戰(zhàn)爭的方法就是切斷戰(zhàn)爭國家的經濟支援。戰(zhàn)爭是需要很多錢的。