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  • Alice: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Alice.

    愛麗絲:你好,歡迎來到6分鐘英語。我'是愛麗絲。

  • Rob: And I'm Rob. Hey Alice...

    我是羅布。嘿,愛麗絲...

  • I read in the paper recently that the substance called "fluoride" might be bad for our health.

    最近我在報紙上看到,一種叫"氟化物"的物質可能對我們的健康有害。

  • But it's in nearly every brand of toothpaste, isn't it?

    但它幾乎在每一個品牌的牙膏,是不是'?

  • Alice: You shouldn't believe everything you hear, Rob.

    愛麗絲你不應該相信一切 你聽到的,羅布。

  • Fluoride protects our teeth against decay.

    氟化物可以保護我們的牙齒,防止蛀牙。

  • Rob: But there's a theory that drug companies are using fluoride to affect our brains...

    羅布:但是有一種理論認為,藥廠使用氟化物來影響我們的大腦......

  • and make us all dumb...

    讓我們都啞了...

  • Alice: That's ridiculous Rob!

    愛麗絲這是荒謬的羅布!

  • Rob: Well... I'm not sure if I believe it or not. But it is worrying me.

    羅布:嗯...我'不知道自己是否相信。但這讓我很擔心。

  • Alice: Do you also worry that the moon landings never really happened?

    愛麗絲你也擔心 月球登陸從來沒有真正發生過?

  • Rob: It's funny you should mention that because... yes!

    羅伯:很有趣,你應該提到這一點,因為......是的!

  • I wonder about this too... Apparently, in the 1960s television footage of the moon landing,

    我也想知道...顯然,在上世紀60年代登月的電視畫面中。

  • the American flag is fluttering...

    美國國旗在飄揚... ...

  • and there's no air on the moon so the US government must've faked it!

    而且月球上沒有空氣 所以美國政府一定是偽造的!

  • Alice: To fake something means to make something that isn't true appear to be real.

    愛麗絲意思是讓不真實的東西變成真實的。

  • I didn't realize you were so gullible Rob.

    我不知道你這麼容易上當,羅布。

  • And that means easily persuaded to believe something.

    而這意味著很容易被說服去相信一些東西。

  • Rob: I just like to question things.

    羅伯:我就是喜歡質疑的東西。

  • Alice: Oh, I see...

    愛麗絲哦,我明白了...

  • Rob: I have a healthy distrust of authority, Alice.

    羅伯:我對權威有一種健康的不信任,愛麗絲。

  • And today we're talking about conspiracy theories.

    而今天我們要談的是陰謀論。

  • A conspiracy theory is a belief that some organization or group of people

    陰謀論是指相信某些組織或團體的人

  • is responsible for a situation or event through secret planning.

    通過祕密策劃對某一情況或事件負責。

  • Alice: We'll talk more about how healthy this type of distrust might be later on in the show.

    愛麗絲。我們'會談論更多關於如何健康 這種類型的不信任可能是 在後面的節目。

  • But now please focus your intellectual powers on today's quiz question, Rob.

    但現在請把你的智慧力量集中在今天的問答題上,羅布。

  • Around what proportion of the US population

    約佔美國人口的多少比例

  • believes that the assassination of President John F Kennedy was not the result of a lone gunman?

    認為約翰-肯尼迪總統的遇刺不是獨行俠的結果?

  • Is it... a) 6%? b) 16%?

    是......a)6%? b)16%?

  • Or c) 60%?

    還是c)60%?

  • Rob: I'll go for b) 16%.

    羅布:我'會去b)16%。

  • Alice: Well, we'll find out if you chose the right answer later on in the programme.

    愛麗絲好了,我們'會發現,如果你選擇了正確的答案 在節目的後面。

  • But for now let's move on. Let's talk about what types of people are thought to be susceptible to

    不過現在我們先來繼續說說吧'。讓我們'來談談什麼類型的人被認為容易受到

  • or likely to be influenced by... conspiracy theories.

    或者很可能受到... 陰謀論的影響。

  • Rob: The stereotype is of a loner, maybe male, middle aged, sitting in front of the computer.

    羅布:人們的刻板印象是一個孤獨的人,也許是男性,中年人,坐在電腦前。

  • But in actual fact this isn't true.

    但實際上這並不是真的。

  • People of all ages and from all social classes are susceptible to conspiracy theories.

    各個年齡段、各個社會階層的人都容易受到陰謀論的影響。

  • Lots of us worry that important things are being covered up

    我們很多人都擔心重要的事情被掩蓋了

  • and a cover-up means an attempt

    而掩飾是指企圖

  • to prevent the public from discovering information about something important.

    以防止公眾發現重要資訊;

  • Alice: Let's listen now to Professor Chris French from Goldsmiths,

    愛麗絲。現在讓我們來聽聽來自金匠學院的克里斯-弗蘭奇教授。

  • a college within the University of London, talking more about people who believe in conspiracy theories.

    倫敦大學內的一個學院,談論更多的是相信陰謀論的人。

  • Chris French: There are quite a few personality dimensions that seem to be related to belief

    克里斯-弗蘭奇。有幾個人格維度似乎與信仰有關。

  • in conspiracy theories and not surprisingly paranoia is one of them;

    在陰謀論中,偏執狂是其中之一,不足為奇。

  • also openness to new ideas ... people who are

    也對新思想持開放態度......的人是

  • willing to entertain ideas that are kind of off the beaten track.

    願意接受一些不按常理出牌的想法。

  • People who believe in conspiracy theories tend to believe in the paranormal.

    相信陰謀論的人往往相信超自然現象。

  • Rob: That was Professor Chris French. So he says that paranoia is a personality trait

    羅伯:那是克里斯-弗蘭奇教授。所以他說偏執狂是一種人格特質。

  • Or quality that leads some people to believe in conspiracy theories.

    或者說品質導致一些人相信陰謀論。

  • Alice: Paranoia is a strong and unreasonable feeling that other people don't like you

    愛麗絲妄想症是一個強烈的和不合理的感覺 其他人不喜歡你。

  • or want to harm you.

    或想傷害你。

  • Rob: And ideas that are off the beaten track are those which are unusual

    羅伯:而不走尋常路的想法就是那些不尋常的想法。

  • and aren't shared by many other people.

    並沒有被其他很多人分享。

  • Alice: Believing in the paranormal

    愛麗絲相信超自然現象

  • means believing in strange things that can't be explained by science, for example, ghosts.

    意味著相信科學無法解釋的奇怪事物,比如鬼魂。

  • Rob: Ghosts, yes. Do you believe in them, Alice?

    鬼魂,是的。你相信他們,愛麗絲?

  • Alice: No, Rob, I don't. How about you?

    愛麗絲不,羅布,我不'沒有。你呢?

  • Rob: Well, maybe.

    羅伯:嗯,也許吧。

  • Alice: Moving on. Most of the time believing in conspiracy theories is quite harmless and

    愛麗絲繼續前進。大多數時候,相信陰謀論是很無害的,而且...

  • might even be good ... because we shouldn't just accept everything that we're told.

    甚至可能是好的......因為我們不應該只接受我們被告知的一切。

  • But there can also be serious consequences.

    但也會造成嚴重的後果。

  • Let's hear more from Professor French on this.

    讓我們來聽聽弗蘭奇教授對此的看法。

  • Chris French: Studies have shown that people are less likely to engage with the political process.

    克里斯-弗蘭奇。研究表明,人們不太可能 參與政治進程。

  • People who accept medically based conspiracies

    接受醫學上的陰謀的人

  • are likely to avoid getting their kids vaccinated.

    很可能避免給孩子接種疫苗。

  • And even terrorist acts ... it's been shown that terrorist groups will actually

    甚至是恐怖行為......事實證明,恐怖組織實際上會。

  • use conspiracy theories

    巧言令色

  • as both a means to get new recruits and also to motivate people to carry out extreme terrorist acts.

    既是招募新成員的手段,也是激勵人們進行極端恐怖行為的手段,

  • Rob: So the toothpaste thing I mentioned at the beginning of the show is a medically based conspiracy theory?

    羅伯:所以我在節目一開始提到的牙膏的事情是基於醫學的陰謀論?

  • Alice: Yes.

    是的,我知道

  • Rob: But more serious examples are parents choosing not to vaccinate their children against

    羅伯:但更嚴重的例子是,父母選擇不給孩子接種疫苗,以防

  • diseases because of unsubstantiated ideas that they are harmful

    因為沒有經過證實的想法,認為這些疾病是有害的

  • 'unsubstantiated' means 'not supported by evidence'.

    'unsubstantiated'是指'沒有證據支持'。

  • Alice: That's right. OK, now remember the question I asked earlier, Rob?

    愛麗絲這是正確的。好了,現在還記得我之前問的問題嗎,羅布?

  • Around what proportion of the US population believes that the assassination of President

    約有多少比例的美國民眾認為,刺殺總統的事件

  • John F Kennedy wasn't the result of a lone gunman? Is it... a) 6%, b) 16% or c) 60%?

    約翰-肯尼迪不是一個孤獨的槍手的結果?是......a)6%,b)16%還是c)60%?

  • Rob: Well, I said b) 16%.

    羅布:嗯,我說b)16%。

  • Alice: And you were wrong today, Rob, I'm afraid.

    愛麗絲。而你今天錯了,羅布,我'恐怕。

  • The answer is actually c) 60%.

    答案其實是c)60%。

  • And this statistic comes from a Gallup poll from 2013 that suggests a clear majority of

    而這一數據來自於2013年蓋洛普的一項民調,該民調顯示,明顯多數人的

  • Americans still believe others,

    美國人還是相信別人。

  • besides the gunman Lee Harvey Oswald, were involved.

    除了槍手李-哈維-奧斯瓦爾德外,還涉及。

  • Rob: That's more than I expected. But they might have a point.

    羅布:這比我想象的要多。但他們可能有一個點。

  • Alice: There you go again... Come on, Rob.

    愛麗絲,你又來了你又來了...來吧,羅布。

  • Now let me remind everybody what words we've heard today. They are:

    現在讓我來提醒大家,我們今天聽到了什麼詞。它們是:

  • to fake something

    弄虛作假

  • gullible

    輕信

  • conspiracy theory

    陰謀論

  • susceptible

    易受影響的

  • cover-up

    掩蓋

  • trait

    特質

  • paranoia

    妄想症

  • off the beaten track

    人跡罕至

  • paranormal

    超自然

  • unsubstantiated

    無根據

  • Rob: That's the end of today's 6 Minute English. Please join us again soon!

    羅布:今天的'6分鐘英語就到此結束。請儘快再次加入我們的行列!

  • Both: Bye.

    都:再見。

Alice: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Alice.

愛麗絲:你好,歡迎來到6分鐘英語。我'是愛麗絲。

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