杰克:

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

你認(rèn)為如今引起戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)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(shuō)主要是貧窮。一個(gè)國(guó)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?jiàn)他們的鄰居有資源的話，他們就會(huì)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(lái)許多現(xiàn)在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)都是國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，來(lái)自同一個(gè)國(guó)家的不同民族的人們有些時(shí)候會(huì)為了國(guó)家的政權(quán)而開(kāi)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(jué)得怎么樣才能讓他們停下來(lái)?

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(jiǎn)單的方法能讓他們停下來(lái)。美國(guó)派駐了維和部隊(duì)到這些國(guó)家.至少能讓?xiě)?zhàn)斗的雙方被迫停下來(lái)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(zhǎng)期計(jì)劃讓國(guó)家變得富裕起來(lái)。如果是資源問(wèn)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(shuō)起來(lái)倒是容易。現(xiàn)實(shí)中要實(shí)現(xiàn)國(guó)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(zhēng)的方法就是切斷戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)支援。戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)是需要很多錢(qián)的。