【kaka礼节美语】134 盗版 2
Benny买了便宜的盗版影碟，他室友Carl觉得这样做无异于盗窃。Benny争辩说，
B: Come on. If you steal, it means you hurt someone, right? When I buy fake DVDs, who am I hurting?
C: Actually, lots of people. Movie and software companies all over the world have lots of employees performing all kinds of jobs. There are designers, lighting people, make-up people and many, many more. ---1---.
买盗版影碟，会伤害到很多人。另外，盗版影碟质量也不好。
C: Besides, isn't the quality of pirated DVDs really terrible?
B: Some of them are pretty bad. ---2---.
C: ---3---? You don't usually watch films again anyway. They just sit on your shelf taking up space!
B: (Laughs) That's true. I have 1000 of these things just lying around. OK, I can sort of see your point. But originals are still way too expensive!
盗版影碟质量差，有时连对话都听不清楚。况且，Carl说，一部电影也不会反复看，无非是放在架子上占地儿。Benny承认，I have 1000 of these things just lying around. 他确实有很多盗版影碟放在那里。可他又说，正版实在是太贵了。Originals are way too expensive. 这里的way起到了强调的效果。
C: Yes, I agree, but I think that will begin to change soon. ---4---. Prices should start to go down soon.
B: It's already happened for music. I can now buy single songs online legally for a very cheap price. Before I had to buy the whole CD, but usually I only liked a couple of the songs on it.
Carl说，用不了多久，电影也会数字化，可以很便宜地合法下载。Benny表示同意，因为他现在已经可以上网付费下载单曲，而不用象从前那样买整盘CD了。
C: Also, ---5---. You're a big Jackie Chan fan, right?
B: Yeah! Jackie Chan is the best! Nobody can do stunts like Chan!
C: But how can the movie studios pay Jackie Chan millions of dollars to star in the films if everybody buys fake copies of his movies?
B: Ok, Ok I get it! ...I'll give up pirated movies. ....Now what am I going to do tonight?
C: Want to play chess?
B: Sure!
Carl知道Benny是成龙的影迷，他继续劝Benny说，如果大家都买盗版，谁还付得起几百万美元请成龙拍电影呢？Benny这才终于表示，Ok I get it! I'll give up pirated movies. 意思是，好了，我明白了，以后不买盗版了。http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201205/201205081057529671821.mp3If the company doesn't make money, these people lose their jobs
Sometimes you can barely hear the dialogue because the audio is so poor
Then why not really enjoy the movie by renting a legal copy
Pretty soon everything will be digital and you'll be able go online and cheaply buy a legal copy to download
don't forget that buying original copies helps pay the salaries of your favorite movie stars
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