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EC: Well, there are lots of examples of societies in which people have done some horrendous things to try to make themselves look more beautiful.
伊麗莎白·凱德：好的，在社會中，人們?yōu)榱耸棺约嚎雌饋砀雷隽嗽S多可怕的事情，這種例子很多。
EC: For instance, some European women used to have their bottom ribs removed so that they would have thin waists.
伊麗莎白·凱德：譬如，一些歐洲婦女曾經(jīng)摘除她們最下面的肋骨好讓腰部變細(xì)。
EC: Neck-stretching was fashionable in some parts of South-East Asia.
伊麗莎白·凱德：在東南亞的一些地方拉頸很流行。
EC: In Africa, there were tribes which stretched their ear lobes or lips.
伊麗莎白·凱德：在非洲，有些部落的人拉長耳垂或嘴唇。
EC: I think it is ridiculous that people -- usually women -- have been forced by society to endure such considerable pain and suffering.
伊麗莎白·凱德：我認(rèn)為人類，通常是女人們一直以來被社會強(qiáng)迫著忍受如此巨大的疼痛與折磨是荒謬的。
SL: So do I. But times have changed. No one forces people to come to 'Sue's Salon', my health studio.
休·萊斯利：我也這樣認(rèn)為。不過時代已經(jīng)改變了。沒人強(qiáng)迫人們來‘休的沙龍’，我的健康工作室。
SL: They are free to come, and they enjoy coming because after a course there, they look as if they were ten years younger.
休·萊斯利：她們想來就來，并且她們喜歡來。因為在那里上完一堂課后，她們看起來似乎年輕了十歲。
SL: So I don't see any real point in discussing all these quaint old customs.
休·萊斯利：所以我覺得再去討論這些古怪的陳舊習(xí)俗沒有什么實際意義。
EC: But there really is no difference between then and now! That is why today, millions of women alter their bodies.
伊麗莎白·凱德：但是當(dāng)時與現(xiàn)在并沒有什么差別！這就是為什么現(xiàn)在有數(shù)以百萬計的婦女們改變她們的身體。
EC: They have eye operations, facelifts, and many other operations just to make other people think they are more beautiful.
伊麗莎白·凱德：她們做眼部手術(shù)，面部拉皮以及許多其他的手術(shù)，就為了讓別人認(rèn)為她們更美了。
SL: Yes, but it's their own choice.
休·萊斯利：是的，但這是她們自己的選擇。
EC: I don't agree. Society still judges people on how they look, and so forces them to worry about their appearance.
伊麗莎白·凱德：我不同意。社會依舊以貌取人，這促使她們擔(dān)心自己的外貌。
EC:Judging people by their appearance is silly. We should judge the whole person.
伊麗莎白·凱德：以貌取人實在是愚蠢。我們要全面地看一個人。
Host:Well, I think that sets out some of the issues very well, so now, let's take our first call...
主持人：好的，我想這十分透徹地揭示了一些問題，現(xiàn)在讓我們來接進(jìn)第一個電話吧。
