Conversation One
对话一

W: Hi, Bill, how is it going?
女：嗨，比尔，最近怎么样啊？
M: Oh, hi, Jane. I'm OK.How about you?
男：哦，嗨，简。我还好，你呢？
W: You can probably tell just by looking at me.
女：你应该能看出来。
I'm really busy. Hey, what are you reading?
我真的很忙。你在读什么书？
M: A pretty interesting article.
男：一篇非常有趣的文章。
My biology professor assigned it, and I thought I just looked it over.
我的生物学教授安排的，我原打算就是随便看一看。
But I got really involved in it.
但是我真的被吸引了。
It's about endangered species.
它主要讲得就是濒危灭绝的物种。
W: That sounds pretty interesting.
女：听起来确实很有趣。
I'm getting frustrated with the two research papers I'm struggling with.
我已经对我正在准备的两篇研究论文疲于应付了
And can you believe they are both due on the same day?
你能相信它们会在同一天截止吗？
M: That's tough.
男：确实有点困难。
W: I'll get through it.
女：我会克服的。
So what's this you are reading?
你读的这个是什么？
M: Well, it's basically about the choices conservationists are faced with.
男：哦，这主要讲的是环保主义者面临的选择。
You know, these days when funding is so hard to come by.
你知道的，现在筹措资金是非常困难的。
W: Wait a minute.
女：等一等
Is the focus on biology or economics?
它关注的到底是生物学还是经济学？
M: Both. Conservationists don't have enough funding to save every endangered species in the world,
男：两方面都有。环保主义者没有充足的资金来挽救每一个濒危物种，
so they have to decide based on what would be lost if a species became extinct.
因此如果一个物种灭绝了，他们不得不作出决定舍弃什么。
W: Can you give me an example of what you mean?
女：你能举个例子来说明你所说的吗？
M: Take for instance, two animals, the spotted owl and the tailed toad.
男：比如说，两种动物，花斑猫头鹰和长尾蟾蜍。
The article says the toad is unique.
文章中说这种蟾蜍是特有的。
It has no relatives.
他没有任何支系。
But there are a lot of varieties of owls.
但是有许多种类的猫头鹰
W: So, if that toad became extinct, we'd lose an important link in the chain of evolution, right?
女：这么说的话，如果蟾蜍灭绝了，我们就会失去进化链中重要的一环，是这样吗？
M: Exactly. But that isn't so for the owl.
男：没错，但是对猫头鹰来说就不是这样的。
So for conservationists, it might be a clear choice of which animal to save.
因此对于环保主义者来说，做出挽救哪一物种的抉择就显而易见了
W: I see. I am glad I don't have to make that kind of decision, aren't you?
女：我明白了。我很高兴我不用做出这种决定，不是吗？

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题9到11是根据上面对话所提出的问题
Question 9.What are the speakers mainly discussing?
问题9 对话中的两个人主要在谈论什么？
Question 10.What problems do conservationists have?
问题10 环保主义者面临什么样的问题？
Question 11.What can be inferred about the tailed toad?
问题11 关于长尾蟾蜍我们能获知什么？