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国际交流英语视听说BU会计学第1页/共20页Listening 1 Professor: The pictures show the red blood on the ice, and for many people, it’s disgusting. They think it’s their responsibility to stop the seal hunt. Yes? You have a question?Student 1: Yes, I have seen those pictures—and videos, too. They’re really difficult to watch! I’m not surprised that Europeans want to stop seal hunting! It’s awful!Professor: It does look bad, but the Inuit people have a different opinion. They depend on animals for food. After all, not many plants can grow in such a cold climate, so people there can’t raise crops such as rice or wheat. Therefore, the Inuit people have a special relationship with animals. They say they value the animals and have a lot of respect for them, and with seals, they know how to kill the animals quickly. To be continued 第2页/共20页Listening 1 Professor: They compare it to Europeans and other people killing animals such as chickens or cattle for food. Of course, a lot of us don’t see those animals being killed, so maybe that’s why it doesn’t upset us. Anyway, how does the law in the European Union affect hunters in North America? Well, it doesn’t affect a lot of the hunters. Many of the people in those pictures and videos are not Inuit people. They hunt seals for their own reasons. But within the Inuit community, seal skins are a source of income. The seal meat is usually eaten at home, and in the past, they sold the skins—mostly to Europe. So for the Inuit people, the law has serious results. Are there any questions?To be continued 第3页/共20页Listening 1 Student 2: I’m wondering what’s ahead for the Inuit people—you know, what will their future be like? I mean, they can’t control the laws in Europe, right? Professor: That’s true. However, the Inuit people are trying to change the law. They think that they should be able to sell seal products in Europe because they were some of the first people in North America. To them, the Inuit seal hunt is different from the rest of Canada’s seal hun