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突破对话1b 2. Americans Have So Much Money 美国人好有钱 A: I used to think that Americans had so much money they didn’t know what to do with it. 从前我老以为美国人都好有钱，却不知道该怎么花。 B: You did? 你真这么想? A: Yes. But now I’ve learned differently. Now I have a more realistic opinion. 是呀。不过我已经知道不是这么回事了。现在我的看法更实际。 B: What do you think now? 那你现在怎么想? A: There are lots of jobs, and almost everybody works. There is a high standard of living. People earn a lot, but they spend a lot to live. So there isn’t so much money after all. 美国有许多行业，而且几乎人人都工作。生活水准高，个人收入多，但生活开支也大。所以最后也没剩多少钱。 B: But I still say Americans spend a lot more money on useless things than we Chinese do. 但我还是认为美国人比我们中国人爱乱花钱。 A: That’s true. But Americans work hard for their money like we do. I don’t know why our spending habits are so different. 那倒是。但是美国人和我们一样努力地工作。我不知道为什么两国的消费习惯这么不同。 3. Could You Explain a Little More 你能再解释一下吗 A: What do you think is harder, reading or writing? 你认为读和写哪个比较难? B: Well, they’re completely different. Reading is passive, and writing is active. 它们是截然不同的两码事，读是被动的，写是主动的。 A: I don’t think I understand what you mean. Could you explain a little more? 我不知道你说的是什么意思，能不能再给我稍微解释一下? B: In reading you need to recognize language by seeing the words on the page and knowing what they are. In writing you have to produce language, you have to create your own words on a blank page. 阅读是认识纸上现有的语言文字，而写作是在白纸上用自己的话创造语言。 A: Oh, now I see what you mean. When you’re reading, you are just looking, but when you are writing, you are actually doing something! 哦，我明白你的意思了。读只是浏览，而写却是创造。 B: A reading knowledge of a language is larger and different from a writing knowledge. Don’t you think so? 一种语言的阅读知识要比写作知识来得广泛而且大不相同。你难道不同意吗？ A: I think I see what you mean. I can read Shakespeare but I definitely can’t write it. 我想我懂你的意思了。我可以阅读莎士比亚的作品，但却写不出来。 B: Exactly. 对极了。 　 A: So I have another question for you. What do you think is harder, speaking or understanding? 我还有一个问题。你认为听和说哪个比较难? B: They’re both harder than re