2015年公共英语考试二级口语对话练习7

　　Two neighboring office workers are looking at pictures on the internet

　　Ajie:Look at these pictures. These soldiers are peeing on this prisoner.

　　Beth:That’s disgusting. How could they do such a thing?

　　Ajie: This is even worse.They’ve beating him with the butts of their guns.

　　Beth: I thought thosesoldiers were supposed to be liberating Iraq, not destroying it.

　　Ajie: As anAmerican, how does it make you feel to see your country’s troops acting thisway?

　　Beth: Well, when you give people the power over life and death, you’vebound to create a lot of problems.

　　Ajie: No offense, but it sure makes theAmerican and British armies look bad.

　　Beth: None taken. Things will get alot tougher for Bush and Blair now.

　　两个坐隔壁的同事在看网络上的照片

　　阿杰：看看这些照片。这些士兵在这个犯人身上尿尿。

　　贝丝：那真恶心。他们怎么可以做这种事?

　　阿杰：这张更糟哩。他们在用枪柄打他。

　　贝丝：我还以为这些军人是要去解放伊拉克，而非摧毁它。

　　阿杰：身为一个美国人，看到贵国军队这种行径，你做何感想?

　　贝丝：这个嘛，当你赋予人生杀大权时，你就一定会制造出很多问题。

　　阿杰：无意冒犯，但这件事实在让美国和英国军队尊严扫地。

　　贝丝：我不在意。这下情况对布什和布莱尔会越来越棘手了。

　　重点解说

　　pee (v.) 尿尿，小便

　　liberate (v.) 解放，使获自由

　　troop (n.)军队

　　the power over... 支配……的权力