研究生英语听说教程(引进版)2第5单元.docVIP

Lesson 5(1) PART TWO MAIN DIALOGUE Exercise 1 Reporter: And now we’ll switch to highlights of last night’s debate between the city’s two candidates for mayor, Bella Porter and Dan Shmankie. The debate lasted more than an hour and was at times rather loud and contentious. The crowd interrupted the speakers several times showing their strong disagreement. ??????????????Here’s what the candidates had to say on some of the issues. The first point that was hotly debated was in response to a question regarding the current homelessness problem in our city. Bella Porter, who has been active in city politics for over a decade and is currently serving as president of the city council, answered the question first. B.?Porter: I feel that Mr. Shmankie’s solution to the homeless problem is to sweep it under the rug. Mr. Shmankie believes that putting the homeless in jail will solve the problem. If we don’t’ see homeless people sleeping on our streets, the problems doesn’t exist, right? Wrong! ??????????????Mr. Shmankie appears to be more concerned with the comfort of tourists and visitors to our city than with actually helping some of our poorest and neediest citizens. A night in jail will not help a homeless person get his or her life back together. We need to provide real job training for these people in addition to affordable housing and medical services. Reporter: Dan Shmankie, a local businessman for over twenty years, then gave his response to the homeless question. D. Shmankie: As usual, Councilwoman Porter’s solution to any problem is to throw money at it. The people we see on the streets are for the most part lazy drunks or drug addicts who don’t want to get a job and contribute to society. We hear stories every day from good hard-working citizens who are constantly harassed by panhandlers who come up to them and demand spare change. People have been attacked in front of stores and waiting in their cars at stop lights. Store owners are losing business because dirty, scar