aDid you know that abortion is still illegal in many states in the USA?
你知道吗,在美国很多州堕胎是违法的.
bWhy? I thought Americans were supposed to be more open than that.
怎么会?我以为美国人在这方面是很开放的.
aWell, for many religious people, they believe that people who abort their babies are murderers.
恩,对很多有宗教信仰的人来说,堕胎是一种谋杀.
bDo you think most people in America believe that abortion is wrong?
那你觉得大多数美国人都认为堕胎是错误的吗?
aNo, I think it's mostly the older generation who are against abortions.
不,我觉得主要是老一辈的人反对这个.
bIt's no wonder there are so many teenage pregnancies in America.
难怪现在美国有那么多的少女怀孕.
aReligious people blame it on pre-marital sex, not on abortion being illegal.
宗教人士认为这应该归咎于婚前性行为,而不应该把堕胎定为非法.
bWhat do you think about abortion?
你怎么看堕胎?
aI personally would never want to have one, but I think that since a pregnancy can affect a woman's entire life, she should have the right to decide for herself.
我可不想这样做,不过我觉得怀孕对一个女人的一生都会产生重大的影响,所以她应该有权自己做决定.
bDo you think the fathers should have some kind of say in the matter?
你觉得父亲那一方在这种事情中应该承担什么责任吗?
aI know this is going to sound sexist, but I don't think that men should have to give their approval to the mothers of their children.
我知道这听起来可能有点儿性别歧视,不过我觉得男人在孩子要不要生下来的这个问题上没有什么发言权.
bWhy not? It's their children, too.
为什么呢?那也是他们的孩子啊.
aThat may be true, but when a woman gets pregnant, it changes her life completely. Men can still carry on with their lives after the birth exactly as they did beforehand.
1、abortion 堕胎
例句：
He and his girlfriend had been going out together for a year when she had an abortion.
他的女友流产时，他和她已经交往了一年时间。
2、illegal 非法的；违法的
例句：
It is illegal to intercept radio messages.
窃听无线电信息是违法的。
3、be supposed to 应该；被期望
例句：
The diluted potential ordinary shares issued in the current period shall be supposed to be converted on the date of issuance.
当期发行的稀释性潜在普通股，应当假设在发行日转换。
4、religious 宗教的
例句：
Religious groups are now able to meet quite openly.
宗教团体现在可以公开集会了。
5、older generation 老一代，老一辈
例句：
Ochberg worried that the older generation, especially, would think back to previous losses.
奥伯格担心特别是老一代人，会将眼前的惨况与当时相联系。
6、it's no wonder that 难怪
例句：
It's no wonder that, in trying to do all this, many innovators (and companies) get twisted up in knots.
难怪许多创新者（和公司）为了做到这一切而出现扭曲的情况。
7、pregnancy 怀孕
例句：
It would be wiser to cut out all alcohol during pregnancy.
怀孕期间最好完全戒酒。
8、to decide for oneself 自主
例句：
If the right to decide for oneself is the based on the respect for human dignity, then who has the right to coerce someone to express one's self or form one's identity?
如果自我决定是一种基于人格尊严而生的利益，那麽又有谁能强迫别人要如何表达和形成自我呢？
9、blame it on归因于
例句：
The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.
当事情出错的时候，会笑的那个人是在考虑要怪罪于谁。
10、sexist性别主义者的；性别歧视者的
例句：
The Japanese workplace is not quite as sexist as it used to be.
日本的工作场所已经不像以前那样的男性至上主义。
11、give one's approval to sth 批准某人做某事
例句：
The legislature will give final approval to the plan during its week-long meeting starting Saturday.
人大将在本周六开始的为期一周的会议中，对该计划做出最终批准。
12、carry on with把…继续进行下去，继续干
例句：
They'll carry on with their plan.
他们将继续执行他们的计划。
13、have some say有权决定
例句：
Countries where people feel that they have some say in how the state acts, and where there are high levels of trust, tend to have high rates of tax compliance.
民众在国事上有某些话语权的国家，信用高的国家，倾向于有比较高的的上税率。
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