【一起闲话英语】给自己的国家提出意见-Country Criticism

Sunny / Korea

speaker I'm from Korea, and it's developed very recently in a rapid pace, so I think competition is the one thing that people always have in mind, and I hope Korea can be a little slow-paced and relaxed.

 

Tim / United States

speaker In America, I think it would be very helpful if people were more considerate about others, not necessarily¹ people that they would interact² with, but also people that they'll never see. So, if people could try to not litter so much or keep things in public areas much cleaner, or just do things that would be more helpful in the future, I think that would help things a lot.

 

Rese / Botswana 

speaker Yeah, I wish the public transportation system was better, because currently³ it takes a long time to get from one bus station to another, and the buses are crowded, you cannot really get a good seat.

 

Gareth / England 

speaker I think my country is too violent. I'm from England, and there's a lot of youth violence, a lot of stabbing⁴. In England, we don't have so much gang⁵ culture; it's a little bit in the cities, but it's mainly violence from fighting, like brawls⁶. And I would like to stop this.

 

Kat / Germany 

speaker One thing I'd like to change about Germany is how many taxes we have to pay. Some people pay up to fifty percent of what they own to the government, and I think that's just too high, so I'd really like to change the tax system.

 

Katia / Mexico

speaker One thing that I would like to change about the country is perhaps have a little bit of less violence. Right now, it's a little bit critical situation, but I think that's the only thing that I would like to see changed in my country.

1 necessarily   

adv.必要地，必需地；必定地，必然地

参考例句：

• More work does not necessarily call for more men.增加工作量不一定就要增添人员。
• A voter must necessarily be no younger than eighteen.选民必须在18岁以上。

2 interact   

vi.相互作用，相互影响，互通信息

参考例句：

• All things are interrelated and interact on each other.一切事物互相联系并相互作用。
• The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.警察劝罪犯与警方合作。

3 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

4 stabbing   

n.用利器伤人

参考例句：

• A few searchlights went stabbing through the dusk and then faded. 几盏探照灯戳穿夜幕，接着又熄了。 来自演讲部分
• The red knife of light appeared stabbing the darkness through and through. 阳光象一柄红色利剑，刺透了一层层黑暗。

5 gang   

n.一伙，一帮；结伴的朋友

参考例句：

• The gang live abroad,beyond reach of the British police.这帮匪徒住在国外，英国警方鞭长莫及。
• Some gang came in and shot the place up.有股匪帮进来对这个地方开枪扫射。

6 brawls   

吵架，打架( brawl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Whatever brawls disturb the street, there should be peace at home. 街上无论多么喧闹，家中应有宁静。
• I got into brawls in the country saloons near my farm. 我在离我农场不远的乡下沙龙里和别人大吵大闹。