杰克:

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

你認(rèn)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(gè)國家和她的人民變得好戰(zhàn)是因?yàn)樗麄儞碛械纳佟Ｈ绻麄兛匆娝麄兊泥従佑匈Y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(xiàn)在戰(zhàn)爭都是國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爭，來自同一個(gè)國家的不同民族的人們有些時(shí)候會為了國家的政權(quán)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(rèn)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(duì)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(yīng)該制定一個(gè)長期計(jì)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?，F(xiàn)實(shí)中要實(shí)現(xiàn)國家之前的和平時(shí)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(shí)是。一個(gè)制止戰(zhàn)爭的方法就是切斷戰(zhàn)爭國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)支援。戰(zhàn)爭是需要很多錢的。