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Read a letter that a student has written to the campus newspaper.
请阅读这封学生写给校报的信。
You have 50 seconds to read the letter. Begin reading now.
你有50秒的时间阅读这封信。现在开始计时。
Now listen to two students discussing the letter.
两个学生正在讨论这封信，请听他们的对话。
W: Hey, Ted, you're a runner. Did you see this letter in the paper?
女：Ted，你是个跑步运动员。你看过报纸上的这封信了吗？
M: Yeah, I did, and I use those.
男：看过了。而且我也用这些。
W: And?
女：怎么样？
M: I think it's a terrible idea.
男：我觉得这个主意糟透了。
W: How come?
女：怎么会呢？
M: Well, she really hasn't thought it through.
男：她实在是没有从头到尾好好想过。
Like, the thing about making them safer, what's she's not thinking about is the long-term consequence of running on a hard surface.
就拿把它们变得更安全这件事来说吧。她没有仔细想过在坚硬的地面跑步的长期后果。
W: What do you mean?
女：什么意思？
M: I mean, it's not good for you. It's too hard on your bones and joints.
男：我的意思是这样对身体不好。太损伤骨头和关节了。
If you run repeatedly on hard surface, it can lead to injuries or, that's what I've been taught anyway, it's better to run on a soft surface. It does less damage to your body.
如果经常在坚硬的地面上跑步的话，可能会受伤的，反正我们老师是这么教的，在柔软的地面上跑步比较好。对身体的伤害要小一些。
W: Oh, I wasn't aware of that.
女：哦，原来是这样。
M: Yeah, so actually it wouldn't be safer. And her second point...
男：对，所以事实上按照她的建议反而不会变得更安全。还有她的第二个观点......
W: About changing the way they look?
女：关于改变它们的外观？
M: Yeah, I don't think people will like it.
男：是的，我觉得大家不会喜欢那个样子的。
W: So they'd use them less?
女：这样的话他们就不会经常使用这些了？
M: Yeah, I mean, one of the main reasons people enjoy them now was it's a way of taking a break from the rest of the campus, from buildings and streets and stuff.
男：没错。大家现在喜欢它们的一个主要原因就是，这里让他们有种离开了学校其他地方比如教学楼和街道的感觉。
It's, you know, a chance like you're out in the nature.
这是一个让你感觉自己身在大自然中的机会。
W: Oh, so you wouldn't get that effect anymore.
女：哦，所以按照她的想法来的话，就再也没有那种效果了。
M: Right! It'd be just like you're on a regular street or sidewalk. It wouldn't be as relaxing.
男：对！如果那样的话，跟在寻常街道上没什么两样。就没那么放松了。
