地道美語(yǔ)聽力播客847：政府形式

Margaret: Okay, the teacher said that we should set up an ideal form of government for our imaginary country and then work out detailed plans for governance.

瑪格麗特：好吧，老師講到我們應(yīng)該為我們的理想國(guó)度建立一個(gè)理想的政府機(jī)構(gòu)。并制作出詳細(xì)管理方案。

Tony: I think the simplest is a dictatorship. I’ll make all of the decisions.

托尼：我認(rèn)為最簡(jiǎn)單的就是獨(dú)裁了。我可以做任何決定。

Margaret: You’re sounding like a fascist. This is supposed to be a partnership, remember?

瑪格麗特：聽起來(lái)你就像個(gè)法西斯主義者。這好像是傀儡政治，你還記得嗎?

Tony: Okay then, let’s make it a monarchy. I can be king and you can be queen.

托尼：那君主政治怎么樣。我是國(guó)王而你是王后。

Margaret: You’ll probably still make all of the decisions as king. Maybe we should consider an oligarchy. Your family and mine can rule equally.

瑪格麗特：作為一名君主，你還是很可能決定一切。我們或許考慮寡頭政治，你和我的家人都可以平等統(tǒng)治。

Tony: That’s fine with me, but you’re the communist, or at least socialist. Don’t you think an oligarchy would be too elitist? I would think you would prefer a meritocracy of some sort.

托尼：對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，可以接受。但是你是一名共產(chǎn)主義者，或者說(shuō)是一名社會(huì)家。難道你不覺(jué)得寡頭政治太至高無(wú)上了嗎?我覺(jué)得你還是傾向于精英統(tǒng)治。

Margaret: This isn’t about my personal politics. It’s about what’s best for our imaginary nation. How about a simple democracy?

瑪格麗特：這不是我自己一個(gè)人的政治，而是為我們理想國(guó)度好處考慮的政治。那么簡(jiǎn)單的民主政治怎么樣?

Tony: There’s nothing simple about a democracy. How about no government at all?

托尼：民主政治并沒(méi)有那么簡(jiǎn)單。無(wú)政府如何呢?

Margaret: You mean anarchy?

瑪格麗特：你的意思是無(wú)政府主義?

Tony: Sure, that would be the simplest.

托尼：嗯，那應(yīng)該是最簡(jiǎn)單的了。

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?

瑪格麗特：為什么我覺(jué)得你只是為了完成這項(xiàng)作業(yè)而提出建議而不是出于政治考慮呢?

Tony: That’s because you’re very perceptive. I have a big weekend planned!

托尼：那是因?yàn)槟憷斫饬μ珡?qiáng)了。我周末有一項(xiàng)重大計(jì)劃。