2015年ESL之日常生活 17 Forms of Government
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：2015年ESL之日常生活
Forms of Government
Margaret: Okay, the teacher said that we should set up an ideal form of government for our imaginary country and then work out detailed 1 plans for governance.
Tony: I think the simplest is a dictatorship. I’ll make all of the decisions.
Margaret: You’re sounding like a fascist 2. This is supposed to be a partnership 3, remember?
Tony: Okay then, let’s make it a monarchy 4. I can be king and you can be queen.
Margaret: You’ll probably still make all of the decisions as king. Maybe we should consider an oligarchy 5. Your family and mine can rule equally.
Tony: That’s fine with me, but you’re the communist, or at least socialist 6. Don’t you think an oligarchy would be too elitist? I would think you would prefer a meritocracy of some sort.
Margaret: This isn’t about my personal politics. It’s about what’s best for our imaginary nation. How about a simple democracy?
Tony: There’s nothing simple about a democracy. How about no government at all?
Tony: Sure, that would be the simplest.
Margaret: Why do I get the feeling that you’re making suggestions based on the amount of work this assignment will take, rather than political considerations?
Tony: That’s because you’re very perceptive 8. I have a big weekend planned!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- The strikers were roughed up by the fascist cops.罢工工人遭到法西斯警察的殴打。
- They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship.他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
- The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
- The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。
- The only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism.寡头政体的唯一可靠基础是集体主义。
- Insecure and fearful of its own people,the oligarchy preserves itself through tyranny.由于担心和害怕自己的人民，统治集团只能靠实行暴政来维护其统治。
- China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
- His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
- There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
- The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- He is very perceptive and nothing can be hidden from him.他耳聪目明，什么事都很难瞒住他。