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  • [00:00.00] Oral Workshop: Discussion Lesson23-25(Text B) ;[00:16.24] Lesson 23 All For a Son ;[00:20.79] Text A ;[00:22.97]The desire for a son and heir is common to all mankind. ;[00:27.13]In our country, especially,to have as many male descendents as possible ;[00:31.59]has always been regarded as the greatest blessing in life. ;[00:35.16]The failure to produce male heir was ;[00:37.48]considered the most unfilial of all unfilial crimes. ;[00:41.47]A man was justified to cast away his wife ;[00:43.88]and take another if she failed to bear him son. ;[00:46.54]For the rich,the probl -em could be solved by aking a concubine or several concubines. ;[00:51.92]All traditional ideas die hard.The desire for a son is as strong s ever, ;[00:58.14]and the problem has been aggravated by our one-child family planning policy. ;[01:02.54]Hence the numerous tragedies and comedies e hear and read so often. ;[01:07.69]There are fathers who drop down in a faint ;[01:09.88]when they hear their wives have given birth o daughters. ;[01:12.94]There are"guerrilla" couples who roam from place to place ;[01:16.70]dodging family planning officials to give one birth after another ;[01:20.45]until they finally have a son. ;[01:22.45]But more often we hear f tragedies of wives being ill treated by their husbands ;[01:27.50]and by their parents- -in-law because they failed to give birth to sons. ;[01:31.77]Recently I saw a photograph in Yangcheng Evening ;[01:35.76]showing a woman with a baby in her arms appealing to passers -by in the street. ;[01:40.26]The caption says she is telling people of her plight of ;[01:43.46]being thrown out into the street with her baby girl by her husband's family, ;[01:48.10]all because she has given birth to a daughter instead of a son. ;[01:51.86]I remember some time ago reading about a man ;[01:55.20]pushing his three-year-old daughter down a well. ;[01:57.94]Fortunately the girl was saved by someone who happened to pass by. ;[02:01.51]The man only got a year and a half imprisonment for attempted murder. ;[02:05.13]To my mind,he was just s guilty as if the girl had really drowned. ;[02:08.88]By comparison,the story of Zhou Cheng Hu, ;[02:12.32]an ordinary farmer of Changning County in Sichuan Province ;[02:15.19]arouses more ridicule than indignation. ;[02:18.26]Zhou's parents had died when he was still young, ;[02:21.41]and he was the only son to carry on the family line. ;[02:24.15]He had married early when he was only twenty. ;[02:27.21]The first child was a girl,so he tried again, ;[02:30.60]and the second child born the following year was also a girl ;[02:34.45]Zhou was vexed but still not unduly worried, ;[02:37.04]but when the third birth turned out to be a girl too, ;[02:40.38]he could sit tight no more.He began to consult doctors, quacks,witches, ;[02:45.30]and fortune-tellers. One geomancer told him ;[02:48.15]that his ancestral graves were wrongly located, ;[02:50.99]so he dug up his mother's grave and had her remains reburied. ;[02:54.29]But that didn't seem to help him as he had a fourth daughter. ;[02:57.35]Now really desperate he disturbed the dead again ;[03:00.73]and had his father reburied this time. ;[03:03.10]But it seemed nothing could help,for the fifth was still a daughter. ;[03:06.02]In the meantime he had ncurred upon himself heavy fines ;[03:09.53]for violating family planning laws.Another geomancer ;[03:13.77]told him that the gods would help him if he had a temple archway built. ;[03:16.93]What would he not do as long as he could get a son? ;[03:20.40]So no expenses were spared and he did as the geomancer told him. ;[03:25.00]But the gods remained unmoved and gave him another girl. ;[03:28.71]As the newborn baby uttered her first cry upon entering this world, ;[03:32.23]her father began to wail most miserably. ;[03:35.34]He was now a bitterly disappointed and broken man. ;[03:39.56]He became a heavy drinker. ;[03:41.56]He habitually beat up his wife and daughters or no reasons at all. ;[03:45.08]He had nothing to live for. ;[03:46.57]He felt he could not look people in the face because he had no son. ;[03:50.42]When the whole village ad electric lights installed, ;[03:53.02]he had to go without because he had no money. ;[03:55.38]In fact,his debts ran to four figures and he ould see no way of repaying them ;[04:00.67]Then one day early this year,after loading himself heavy with drink. ;[04:06.28]Zhou Chenghu ended his wn miserable life at the age of forty. ;[04:10.23]Perhaps he was not as guilty as the man who tried to drown his own aughter, ;[04:14.22]but to leave his wife and six daughters to fend for themselves, ;[04:17.09]though no crime was certainly not excusable. ;[04:20.02]And all because he had no son! ;[04:23.82] Text B ;[04:26.79]After ignoring family planning policies and siring three girls, Zhang, ;[04:32.36]who lives in village in Henan Province, ;[04:34.49]finally got the son he was waiting for this year. ;[04:37.18]Despite the heavy fines exacted ;[04:39.69]for breaking the regulations on family planning,Zhang was overjoyed. ;[04:43.77]The honest and simple peasant does not hesitate when asked ;[04:47.87]why he so much desired son."Why? Who'll support me when I get old?" ;[04:53.51]Actually there are some homes for old folks in the village and nearby. ;[04:59.22]But though he supposes hey live well there, ;[05:01.40]Zhang still does not believe the old folks are happy. ;[05:04.18]"It's just so-so there. ;[05:06.45]Who knows what it'll be like over there when I get old. ;[05:09.14]It's better to have a son,"Zhang said. ;[05:12.07]And a son-in-law cannot be depended on to support him, says Zhang. ;[05:16.34]A son-in-law who lives with his wife's family s looked down on by the community. ;[05:21.67]He cannot be expected to replace a natural son. ;[05:24.55]A family nearby has four sons. ;[05:27.52]Life became very hard when the two older sons got married. ;[05:31.09]However,the third son says he would rather be a bachelor for life ;[05:34.52]than risk having to take in some day his wife's aged parents. ;[05:38.45]As China's family planning programme enters the 1990s, ;[05:41.97]traditional ideas on family life are posing he major barriers ;[05:44.99]to limiting China's population. ;[05:46.94]These ideas have formed over thousands of years. ;[05:50.93]The concept of"more sons,more happiness" still exists in some rural areas, ;[05:56.86]especially in poor and emote ones.For some families, ;[06:01.27]the presence of several sons gives parents a feeling of protection. ;[06:05.45]Families with no boys, or few boys,may feel intimidated by famili- es with many sons. ;[06:12.08]Another problem the country must face is early marriages. ;[06:16.54]A survey in a town in Zhecheng County shows young people marrying ;[06:20.15]earlier than the law prescribes.Some are engaged by the age of 15. ;[06:25.44]Parents dream of grandchildren, ;[06:27.48]and sometimes they encourage early marriages, ;[06:29.71]ignoring the government's call for "marriage at mature ages". ;[06:33.79]Changing these ideas is hard as tens of millions of peasants are illiterate. ;[06:39.87]Additional Information ;[06:43.21]Wang is a school teacher in Shimen in east Sichuan. ;[06:47.43]At 36 he was still a lonely bachelor ;[06:50.96]and was likely to remain one until one day towards the end of 1988 ;[06:55.46]he happened to read in the matrimonial column ;[06:57.64]of a magazine an advertisement which read:Yang,a woman of 31 ;[07:03.44]who is a family planning officer in a certain township in south Sichuan, ;[07:07.10]seeks a reliable and understanding man ;[07:10.16]for a spouse having been disappointed in her first love affair ;[07:13.78]by the man she has lost her heart to... ;[07:16.75]"Somehow this advertisement appealed to Wang greatly. ;[07:21.39]After much thought he plucked up his courage and wrote to this woman Yang. ;[07:26.07]It was the first love letter he had written in his life. ;[07:29.32]To his surprise and great joy he got a very warm response. ;[07:34.06]Things went so smoothly in fact that ;[07:36.37]very soon the woman appeared before him in flesh and blood, ;[07:39.25]with a divorce certificate in her hand ;[07:41.11]to prove that she was a free woman and was sincere in her desire to marry him. ;[07:46.10]Wang could hardly believe in his own luck, ;[07:48.68]and so with great haste he said goodbye to his bachelor life. ;[07:52.48]On the wedding night,however, ;[07:54.70]he got a great shock when he discovered that his bride ;[07:57.74]was already three months pregnant. ;[08:01.28]But he was a reasonable man, ;[08:03.05]and instead of blaming er he did his best to console her, ;[08:06.04]assuring her that nothing could alter his love for her. ;[08:08.57]And he was as good as his words, ;[08:12.42]so the newly-wed couple lived in harmony and bliss ;[08:15.10]until half a year later when Yang gave birth to a lovely plump son. ;[08:19.40]Wang cared for the mother and child as if he was the real father. ;[08:23.40]Then on the day of the full month of the baby, ;[08:26.79]Wang came home from school to find that his wife had prepared a small feast. ;[08:31.09]Overjoyed and touched by this show of affection, ;[08:34.43]he nevertheless admonished her ;[08:35.92]for overtiring herself hile secretly ;[08:38.01]congratulating himself ;[08:39.46]for having found such a considerate and loving wife. ;[08:42.29]Then,before he had finished eating and with the wine still warm in his heart. ;[08:47.56]Yang suddenly said to him:"Happily we got together,now let us gladly part!" ;[08:53.43]Wang could hardly believe his ears. "Please don't talk such nonsense!" ;[08:58.59]"I'm not talking nonsense.We have to divorce. ;[09:01.88]To be quite honest,I don't find it easy leaving you like this, ;[09:05.62]and I feel very sad having cheated you. You are a very good man. ;[09:10.18]But I was a happily married woman with a lovely daughter. ;[09:13.77]Our only regret was having no son.What were we to do? ;[09:18.12]I couldn't very well give a second birth, ;[09:20.15]especially as I am a family planning officer. ;[09:22.68]So my husband and I worked out this plan... ;[09:25.26]We agreed to divorce temporarily after having made sure I was pregnant again. ;[09:30.93]I had secretly gone to see a doctor ;[09:32.94]and he had given me hope that it was likely going to be a boy, ;[09:35.99]and so we went ahead with our plan. ;[09:38.27]After I put out the advertisement,I got many offers. ;[09:42.01]We picked on you for two reasons. ;[09:44.14]First,you are a teacher and therefore ;[09:46.47]are likely to be a reasonable man ;[09:48.34]and would not make things difficult for me. ;[09:50.97]Secondly,you are no longer so young and would not be ;[09:53.75]too choosy and therefore would readily take me... ;[09:56.43]Now you know all. Say whatever you like.Curse me, call me names... ;[10:02.36]All I ask is that you forgive me and let me go back to my former husband." ;[10:07.92]Wang was dumb-founded. ;[10:10.56]In vain he tried to plead and remonstrate, and begged her to stay ;[10:14.96]But Yang was adamant. "I still love my former husband. ;[10:18.86]Our divorce was not for real in the first place. ;[10:21.84]If you don't let me go,you can only keep my body, ;[10:25.38]but you can't keep my heart. ;[10:27.76]I had made it clear in my advertisement ;[10:29.72]that I had lost my heart to my first love!" In the end the good, ;[10:34.29]honest Wang had to agree to divorce her and let her go. ;[10:37.43]Left alone again, Wang thought not only of the injury done to himself, ;[10:42.79]but the deceit and trickery on the part of the couple to dodge the law ;[10:46.39]and the woman was supposed to be some sort of officer of the law too. ;[10:49.88]Could such a monstrous hing be allowed? ;[10:52.71]Was the force of feudal ideas so much stronger than the force of law? ;[10:56.91]We may well ask the same questions. ;[11:03.09] Lesson 24 Want to Kill Yourself? ;[11:45.93] Text A ;[11:47.93]I wonder whether smoking is as harmful as doctors make us believe it to be? ;[11:52.99]Some of the things they say are really hair-raising, ;[11:56.28]and even if only half of what they say is true,then it is,if not suicidal, ;[12:01.03]at least a self- inflicted chronic disease. ;[12:04.12]This afternoon our League branch organized a discussion ;[12:08.29]on the harmful effects f smoking and what effective measures should be taken to ;[12:12.00]prevent young people from smoking. ;[12:13.97]According to our form master,50% of our class smoke, ;[12:18.53]or have smoked at one time or another.If that is true, ;[12:22.27]then all the boys must be smokers, ;[12:24.60]because we make up about 50% of our class--I can hardly believe that. ;[12:28.85]I,for one,certainly don't smoke,though I must admit ;[12:32.85]I did once take a few puffs just out of curiosity, ;[12:35.88]but you can't call that smoking.The discussion was quite a lively one. ;[12:41.50]The girls,of course, all spoke in one voice against smoking ;[12:45.15]but for the most part they had nothing original to offer ;[12:47.98]besides repeating what we can read in the papers ;[12:50.21]and popular science magazines.At first the boys listened in glum silence ;[12:55.32]and I could see boredom and disdain on their faces. ;[12:58.15]Then the cross-fire between Fatty and Liu Dandan livened the meeting up. ;[13:02.56]Dandan has always been something of an actress and in her theatrical manner ;[13:06.96]she went on and on describing how bad a cigarette tastes. ;[13:10.86]Fatty couldn't contain imself any longer and muttered under his breath, ;[13:14.65]"Heavens,you must be a ery experienced smoker!" ;[13:17.79]Everybody burst out laughing and Dandan spluttered with rage. ;[13:21.59]The girls rallied round her and began to attack Fatty. ;[13:24.72]Of course we could have none of that and the classroom was soon in uproar. ;[13:28.92]"All right you boys and girls,that is quite enough.Show some sense. ;[13:34.49]Our form master's firm oice had quite a sobering effect ;[13:37.63]and order was restored again. ;[13:39.15]"Those who do smoke, please put up your hands." ;[13:42.79]Taken by surprise, nobody made any move. ;[13:46.43]"Come on.There is nothing to fear. This is not for punishment. ;[13:49.98]I only want statistics. I only want information ;[13:53.10]so that we can really find out something about smoking." ;[13:56.35]We looked at each other. ;[13:58.18]First Fatty,then about alf a dozen boys raised their hands. ;[14:02.48]Then our form master proceeded to ask each of them why they smoked ;[14:06.02]and whether they liked moking.Did they ever try to give it up? Why not? ;[14:10.57]And so on and so on. ;[14:12.19]Soon he didn't have to sk any questions as we all volunteered information ;[14:17.05]and the discussion became very lively and the atmosphere relaxed. ;[14:21.05]Some interesting facts came out. ;[14:24.29]Family and surround- ings play a very important part in influencing smokers. ;[14:29.40]All those who smoke come from smoking families or are surrounded ;[14:32.84]by smoking friends and relatives.Films and TV lays also play a part. ;[14:38.66]In the past only villains smoked and drank. ;[14:41.45]Now heroes also smoke and drink,and heroes now are mostly young people ;[14:45.49]with the "spirit of the 80s"fighting feudalism and conservatism. ;[14:48.97]As to those who smoked nd have given up, ;[14:51.85]they did so because they didn't enjoy smoking and found it too expensive. ;[14:55.80]Very few people think about health dangers. ;[14:57.98]All those who still smoke admit that they ;[15:00.42]don't derive any great leasure out of smoking. ;[15:03.04]Smoking has not become hardened habit with them ;[15:06.23]and they could give it p easily if they really wanted to. ;[15:09.16]They just haven't felt any urgent need to do it. ;[15:12.10]A very interesting and rewarding discussion. ;[15:16.55]Those smokers who haven't given much thought to their smoking will, ;[15:19.89]I'm sure,give more thought to it now. ;[15:22.93] Text B ;[15:27.08]Few people like changing their habits,good or bad,and, ;[15:32.19]whether it is smoking, drinking or over-eating, ;[15:35.07]they continue 'enjoying' them to the end,often the bitter end. ;[15:39.27]On every packet of cigarettes and in every advertisement, ;[15:42.97]Americans are warned against the dangers of smoking: ;[15:45.70]"Warning:The Surgeon General Has Determined ;[15:48.84]That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health". ;[15:51.47]In spite of this, millions of them start smoking or go on smoking. ;[15:56.73]Why?One reason may be that people watch their 'heroes' on TV drinking alcohol, ;[16:02.81]smoking cigarettes and fighting their way from adventure to adventure, ;[16:06.35]'heroes' who seem to fear nothing, ;[16:08.52]neither killing other people nor killing themselves with alcohol and cigarettes ;[16:12.37]If they are not afraid f the effects of smoking and ;[16:15.07]drinking alcohol why should John Smith, ;[16:17.65]sitting at home in his armchair watching all this,be afraid? ;[16:20.48]The simple warning on the cigarette packet does not influence his ;[16:24.18]"hero's" either.But even stronger warnings,like ;[16:28.08]showing pictures of smokers who have lost a leg or died of cancer, ;[16:31.57]seem to have no effect on people's smoking habits. ;[16:34.40]Knowing and believing seem to be two different things. ;[16:39.06]The young girl smoking a cigarette in the advertisement ;[16:41.66]runs the risk of dying f cancer in a few years. ;[16:44.52]The smoker sitting next to you may have a heart attack next week. ;[16:47.51]But don't worry!The chance of dying in an accident is just as great. ;[16:51.91]Particularly if enough eople agree with one advertiser that ;[16:55.17]driving a car at 212m. p.h and smoking interesting cigarettes ;[17:00.31]is all that life is really about. ;[17:02.79]Additional Information ;[17:05.22] (A) World 'No Tobacco' Day ;[17:10.13]People in all parts of he world are observing "No Tobacco Day". ;[17:16.10]It is the day when the World Health Organization appeals to ;[17:19.39]people to stop using tobacco products. ;[17:22.58]The W-H-O hopes if people stop smoking cigarettes or chewing tobacco for one day, ;[17:27.24]they will stop permanently. ;[17:29.21]The day includes special observances and awards ;[17:32.60]ceremonies in one- hundred-sixty-six countries. ;[17:35.74]The target group for this year's "No Tobacco Day" is women. ;[17:39.69]Organizers want to make sure women know the dangers of smoking. ;[17:43.18]Health experts have warned for years that smoking can lead to heart disease, ;[17:48.24]cancer and other problems. ;[17:50.42]The Wold Health Organization says diseases linked to smoking kill at least ;[17:54.53]two-million five- hundred-thousand persons each year. ;[17:58.16]Still,many people find it difficult to stop smoking.One reason is nicotine, ;[18:04.08]a substance found in cigarettes.Nicotine is drug. ;[18:07.88]The effects of nicotine are similar to the effects of cocaine and heroin. ;[18:12.08]"No Tobacco Day" is aimed at smokers and those who earn money from tobacco sales. ;[18:17.44]So businesses are asked to stop selling tobacco products for twenty-four hours. ;[18:21.69]Newspapers are asked not to publish advertisements for cigarettes. ;[18:25.44]Two important developments have been observed in recent years. ;[18:29.69]In industrial countries. ;[18:31.56]the number of smokers has been falling about one percent a year. ;[18:35.00]But in developing countries,the number has been rising two percent a year. ;[18:39.30]This is the result of increased efforts by tobacco companies to sell their products ;[18:44.57]in developing countries. ;[18:45.78]the World Health Organization has approved ;[18:48.75]plans to help reach its goal of a 'smoke -free'world. ;[18:52.41]One urges governments to offertobacco farmers the chance ;[18:55.79]to earn money by growing other crops. ;[18:58.18]Another involves impro -ved public informatio -n campaigns about the angers of smoking. ;[19:04.20] (B) ;[19:06.58]MIRIAM:Yeah,when, when did you start smoking? ;[19:10.53]STEVE:Well,I started when I was,er, about sixteen,and I really started ;[19:14.01]because I...well,I think my family smoked nd that really made me want to, ;[19:18.39] er...really;somehow it was like growing up. ;[19:21.21]MIRIAM:Yeah. ;[19:22.27]STEVE:And,of course, my friends around me were smoking and when we, ;[19:25.76] when we left school we'd go over the park and have a ..., ;[19:28.55] and have a quick cigarette.And er, I mean, ;[19:31.99] I do remember when I first started that ;[19:33.74] I didn't really draw cigarettes at all because ;[19:36.04] I didn't really know how to do it and I didn't think it was very pleasant; ;[19:39.48] and it's only as time goes by you get more and more involved in that, ;[19:42.67] erm,in that process until finally you've... ;[19:46.36] you realise that you,you can't give up. ;[19:49.45] And,in fact,when I first started I used to ;[19:51.96] pretend that I was so hooked that I couldn't give up, ;[19:55.02] because it was like being a child-it was like being a, being a grown-up. ;[19:59.87] You know,grown-ups say they can't give up smoking, ;[20:02.76] they wish they couldn't smoke and I used to pretend to say that. ;[20:06.15] And of course,by the time it really happens it's too late. ;[20:09.49] It doesn't mean the same thing any more. ;[20:11.77] You actually want to give up but you can't. ;[20:14.95]MIRIAM:I've smoked since I was eighteen and I started, ;[20:17.03] er...as you did, sort of...sort of socially. ;[20:20.88] And it wasn't a lot of fun to start with. ;[20:23.25]STEVE:Right. ;[20:23.96]MIRIAM:It was quite embarrassing, sometimes,you know ;[20:26.44] You get smoke in your eyes and your eyes would water ;[20:29.68] and it's a dead give -away that you've only just started. STEVE:Mmm. ;[20:33.22]MIRIAM:Er.And I didn't care for the taste all that much but everybody... ;[20:37.98] people smoked... I mean I started smoking a long time ago ;[20:41.88] before anything was known about cancer and, ;[20:44.97] er...it was just the thing to do.And as, as you said,it was a..., ;[20:50.53] it was being grown- up.It was drawing that line,you know: I am,now grown up. ;[20:56.61]ANNE:I should think I started at nine...I started. ;[21:00.25] No,I really started my first year at university. ;[21:03.28] Everybody else smoked.It was just the thing to do. ;[21:07.13] And now not so many people smoke,it's... ;[21:11.23] it seems to me that it was an awful waste of time and money. ;[21:15.94] But my father smoked and my mother didn't ;[21:18.92] so it was always a split thing in the house. ;[21:21.25] I don't know, I really. ;[21:23.22] I think it probably just was a social habit more than anything else. ;[21:27.48]JOHN:Like most people,I started smoking at school, foolishly. ;[21:31.73] Er,I was offered cigarettes by other,er, ;[21:34.31] children and in those days, ;[21:35.96] I suppose smoking was the equivalent of drug taking today; ;[21:39.22] er,that it was considered,erm,... erm,... ;[21:43.22] fashionable and sophisticated and adult to smoke. ;[21:49.09] Lesson 25 Don't They Feel Ashamed of Themselves? ;[22:32.10] Text A ;[22:35.04]We were at the terminus and as a bus had just left, ;[22:39.24]there were only the two of us. ;[22:41.11]"We're sure to get good seats,"I thought to myself confidently. ;[22:45.26]But soon there was a crowd ;[22:46.83]and nobody seemed to have the least intention of forming a ine. ;[22:50.12]In fact everybody was trying to crane forward ;[22:53.21]and soon they were almost standing in the middle of the road ;[22:55.89]so as to be in the best strategic position. ;[22:58.42]I realized I had been over-optimistic about getting seats. ;[23:02.67]So I said to Granny: "You get on in your own good time,Granny ;[23:06.62]I'll get on first to find a seat for you." ;[23:09.00]She was terrified at the idea:"Oh no,you don't! ;[23:12.69]Never mind about the seat.The important thing is to get on the bus. ;[23:16.79]I'll never manage it by myself." ;[23:19.47]Looking at all the young men around us, I realized Granny was right. ;[23:23.88]All the young men had intent faces just like oldiers ready to go into action. ;[23:29.19]And when a bus did finally arrive, everybody rushed forward to meet it ;[23:32.85]so as to be just in front of one of the doors, ;[23:35.23]and people ran along with the bus,keeping as near to a door as possible ;[23:38.72]until finally the bus came to a halt and the oors opened. ;[23:42.11]The mad scramble that followed defies description. ;[23:45.86]It was almost a free-for-all:people fought,jostled, ;[23:50.46]pushed and elbowed their way forward, ;[23:52.38]accompanied by shouts and curses all around. ;[23:55.47]I had great difficulty n pushing Granny into the bus. ;[23:58.51]I was really afraid that her old bones might crack. ;[24:01.75]Had a lot of difficulties in getting on myself too. ;[24:04.58]People behind me pushed,people beside me elbowed, ;[24:08.07]and people in front of e seemed to have formed a block of solid wall. ;[24:11.46]Actually there was plenty of room in the bus. ;[24:13.69]After all the seats had been taken, ;[24:15.97]people who got on just stood near the doorway and refused to move in, ;[24:19.11]blocking the way for all those behind who had not yet got on. ;[24:22.45]After what seemed to me to be an eternity of pushing and shouting, ;[24:26.39]all the passengers managed to get on and the doors finally closed. ;[24:30.19]I looked around, hoping somebody would have ;[24:32.72]the decency to give up his seat to Granny. ;[24:35.20]But they all seemed to he glued to their seats, ;[24:37.53]those "elegantly" dressed young men and ladies,looking happy and smug, ;[24:41.37]apparently proud of the fact that they were smart enough ;[24:44.00]be ahead of everybody else. ;[24:45.83]After the bus started, Granny began to wobble n her feet ;[24:50.43]and I had to hold her tight to prevent her from falling. ;[24:53.87]"Will someone be kind enough to give the old ady a seat?" ;[24:57.16]The conductress called ut several times, meeting no response. ;[25:01.36]Some seemed to have suddenly dozed off, ;[25:03.74]and others seemed to be captivated by something ;[25:05.97]very interesting outside the bus window. ;[25:08.80]In the end it was a middle-aged lady who stood up and gave Granny her seat. ;[25:12.19]After thanking the lady,I helped Granny sit down and looked at those ;[25:16.04]"elegant"young people again, ;[25:17.26]trying to detect some traces of shame on their faces.But I found none. ;[25:22.21] Text B ;[25:24.54]Vietnam? Isn't that a shame?(Laughs softly.) ;[25:30.11]I saw a film on Vietnam,it showed the actual fighting. ;[25:33.45]It looked ridiculous, just a bunch of kids. ;[25:36.54]It was actually embarrassing to watch that, ;[25:38.86]people were actually shooting and shouting. I saw Vietnam. ;[25:43.72]I looked at a map once.I'm concerned with Vietnam if my brother has to go, ;[25:48.43]otherwise,no.My interest in life is me.It's a shame. ;[25:54.25]I wish I could pick up a newspaper and read it. ;[25:56.88]What I hear about things is heard from other people. ;[26:00.07]I hope I'll make it. I think it's marriage, to someone who is successful. ;[26:05.38]Highland Park,a couple of kids. ;[26:08.93]I'm not too crazy about children, though. ;[26:11.56]You're sitting in a room,and all of a sudden five kids' ll come in and they'll ;[26:14.95] go to another girl in the room.Same with dogs. ;[26:19.00]I'm worried about the next couple of years. ;[26:21.53]Here I'm putting all this time and feeling into this relationship ith Steven, ;[26:26.59]and to have it not work out,it would be terrible.I don't know what I'd do. ;[26:31.40]I'd probably find someone else and be just as happy. ;[26:35.39]We have to have war, there's been wars through all the ages, ;[26:39.44]apparently everyone gets enjoyment out of it. ;[26:42.33]If we removed this part from man,it would be boring. ;[26:45.31]Otherwise things would be sort of dull. ;[26:48.20]I love my building, I just love it.If I'm on a bus going to my mother's, ;[26:52.95]I look at these people nd get a nauseous feeling. ;[26:55.64]On Michigan Avenue,I respect them more.Home ives me a sick feeling. ;[27:00.60]It's a shame Blacks don't like me ;[27:02.47]and children don't like me and dogs don't run up to me. ; 对不起，这个教程没有文本下载！