新标准大学英语 视听说教程3 原文及翻译
INTERVIEWER: SO WHAT PEOPLE OR EVENTS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON
YOUR LIFE?
SPEAKER 2: I THINK THAT TRAVELING MY GAP YEAR MADE ME GROW
UP AND SEE BOTH THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD AND,
WELL…JUST THE GENEROSITY OF ORDINARY PEOPLE. I
TRAVELED A LOT AROUND ASIA AND YOU KNOW, I FOUND
THAT IN SOME OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES, LIKE
CAMBODIA AND LAOS, PEOPLE SHARE WHATEVER LITTLE
THEY HAVE, AND THEY POSSESS A REAL JOY FOR LIFE. IT‘S
PROBABLY MADE ME A LESS SELFISH PERSON.
INTERVIEWER: INTERESTING…SO YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE A GAP YEAR TO DISCOVER THEMSELVES
AND THE WORLD?
SPEAKER 2: DEFINITELY. IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY O LEARN
ABOUT THE WORLD BEYOND THE ONE YOU GREW UP IN AND I
FOUND IT REALLY…
INTERVIEWER: COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THINGS IN YOUR LIFE HAVE
HAD THE GREATEST INFLUENCE IN FORMING YOUR
PERSONALITY?
SPEAKER 3: WELL…A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS ON A REALITY TV
SHOW WHERE A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE ALL LIVED IN A
HOUSE TOGETHER. EACH WEEK SOME ONE WAS VOTED OFF