Animal Rights

You should have seen the T.V. show that was on last night, the topic it covered was really interesting; animal rights.

你昨晚应该看那个电视节目的，讨论的话题真有意思：动物权利。

Do you really believe in that? If they are going to focus on something, they should do it on civil rights.

你真的相信这个吗？如果要关注什么，他们应该关注民权才对。

Yes, but we can't deny that animals are vulnerable, defenseless, and are completely at the mercy of human beings.

是啊，但我们不能否认动物很脆弱、毫无防备，完全受人类支配。

I understand your point, but we continue to have transgressions against human rights. If so much attention weren’t devoted to the topic of animals, we would then concentrate more on saving a human being instead of protecting a koala.

我理解你的意思，但人权侵犯仍在发生。如果没那么多注意力放在动物话题上，我们就能更专注于救人，而不是保护一只考拉。

You can’t compare apples and oranges; I believe that both topics are important and that we can’t ignore them, the mistreatment of animals can cause a great environmental imbalance. I believe that governments should prohibit activities like poaching.

你不能拿苹果和橘子比；我认为两个话题都重要，都不能忽视，虐待动物会导致严重的环境失衡。我认为政府应该禁止偷猎之类的活动。

Well, you are right on that point. This is the reason that I don’t buy leather and I try to buy synthetic products.

嗯，在这一点上你说得对。这就是为什么我不买皮革，尽量买人造产品。

At least youre doing your part. My contribution is to have a pet in the house that I treat like a member of the family.

至少你在尽自己的一份力。我的贡献是养一只宠物，把它当家人一样对待。

As long as you dont treat it better than your wife, it's fine.

只要你别对它比对老婆还好，那就没问题。