新标准大学英语 视听说教程3 原文及翻译
BY THE AUDIENCE. I GOT DOWN TO THE FINAL THREE! I
SUPPOSE BEING ON THE SHOW AND SEEING HOW THE OTHER
CONTESTANTS BEHAVED MADE ME REALIZE HOW SELFISH
AND SPITEFUL SOME PEOPLE CAN BE JUST TO GET WHAT
THEY WANT. I ALSO REALIZED IT‘S BEST TO JUST BE
YOURSELF IN LIFE. IF YOU PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY SEE THROUGH THE
LIES.
INTERVIEWER: RIGHT…AND
EVENTUALLY VOTED OFF? HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE
SPEAKER 3: RELIEVED, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BUT YOU KNOW, A
SLIGHT REGRET THAT I DIDN‘T WIN BECAUSE I KIND OF…
INTERVIEWER: SO YOU CAN TELL ME, WHAT ONE THING DO YOU THINK
THAT HAS HAD THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE?
SPEAKER 4: HMM, THAT‘S A DIFFICULT QUESTION. BUT I THINK
HELPING VICTIMS OF THE TSUNAMI IN 2004 HAD A VERY
GREAT IMPACT ON ME. I‘M HALF THAI AND I‘D JUST
ARRIVED IN THAILAND FOR A FAMILY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS I KNEW I HAD TO HELP-YOU
COULDN‘T NOT. I ENDED UP ACTING AS AN INTERPRETER FOR
A GROUP OF VOLUNTEER DOCTORS. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT TIME BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF