童鞋們快來上課了哦~~
今日主題：Can science fiction save the world?
科幻小說真的能拯救世界嗎？
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康康精選雅思會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!
建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/158.mp3
只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：
中英文稿：
Hello I'm Finn and welcome to 6 Minute English. Rob's here today. Hi Rob.
大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語節目。我是Finn，今天嘉賓是Rob，你好Rob。
Hello Finn – are you well?
你好呀，最近怎麼樣？
Very well, thanks. Rob, tell me – do you have a favourite science-fiction movie?
還不錯，Rob，你有沒有最愛的科幻電影？
Ahh, science fiction – stories about an imagined future …well my favourite was and always will be ET: Extra Terrestrial, and you Finn?
額，科幻描繪的是想像中的未來世界，恩，我最愛的是《E.T.外星人》， 你呢？
Mine would probably be Blade Runner – the movie with Harrison Ford set in a dark, scary Los Angeles where he hunts robots called replicants. You know the one?
我的最愛是《銀翼殺手》，就是那部，背景地是黑暗恐怖的洛杉磯，哈里森‧福特主演的追蹤消滅複製人的那部電影，你知道麼？
I do – and come to think of it, lots of movies and stories about the future are quite dark and negative …
我懂。我發現，很多關於未來的電影都是黑暗負面的，
But perhaps this might change. A new project wants to use the power of science fiction to do something very different: to inspire people to create a better future. It sounds very grand. We'll be discussing the project and learning some language to talk about the future in this programme.
這種趨勢可能會有所改變。最近有個項目，希望通過科幻故事來改變世界：希望科幻能夠激勵人們創作更好的未來。聽起來很厲害，今天我們就來討論一下這個項目，介紹一些關於描述未來的詞語。
But before we get too far into the future, I'm sure you have a question for me, Finn?
在我們開始討論未來之前，來聽聽問題吧，Finn你肯定準備了對吧？
Yes indeed. It's about the film Blade Runner. It's set in the future – but in which year?a) 2000b) 2019c) 2056
是的，是關於《銀翼殺手》的問題，這部電影描述的未來是哪一年呢？a）2000年b)2019年c）2059年
I think I'm gonna go for the far future, c) 2056.
我覺得選個最遠的好了，C,2056年。
Well I'll tell you if you're right or wrong later in the not-too-distant future.
好的，我會在不遠的未來告訴你你有沒有猜對。
Very good. So, as we were saying: lots of science fiction is negative.
好啊，剛才我們說到，很多關於未來的科幻故事都是消極的。
Yes, there's a word to describe the kind of future world which often appears in science fiction: dystopian.The noun 』dystopia' means an imagined place where things are unpleasant or bad. The opposite is utopia and utopian.
是的，有一個詞常常用來表述科幻故事中的未來世界：dystopian。這個詞dystopian指的是非常糟糕的想像世界，反義詞是utopia、utopia，（烏托邦，意指美好的未來世界）。
But why is so much science fiction dystopian? Dr Braden Allenby from Arizona State University.
為什麼這麼多科幻故事都是反烏托邦呢？來自美國亞利桑那州立大學的Braden Allenby博士為我們帶來答案。
【Braden Allenby, Professor of Engineering and Ethics, Arizona State University】The downside of both of science fiction and movies is that they tend to be dystopian, they tend to be very negative, they tend to be very noir. Dystopian is easier to do. It's easier to write a dystopian story than it is to write an optimistic story.
【Braden Allenby，工程倫理學博士，美國亞利桑那州立大學】科幻小說電影的缺點在於立意的反烏托邦，未來通常是黑暗消極的。寫反烏托邦要比寫樂觀故事的烏托邦容易得多。
He says dystopian stories are easier to write. I can see that – there's more conflict in a world which has problems – and good stories often have a lot of conflict and problems to resolve.
他說反烏托邦的故事更好寫，我認為，在問題世界裡衝突矛盾會有很多，而在一個正面故事裡需要解決這些衝突和矛盾。
Yes, but Braden thinks being negative is the downside of science fiction. A downside is a disadvantage, a bad point. He would prefer to see more optimistic science fiction.
是的，Braden認為消極的世界是科幻小說的不足之處，這裡他用到「downside」。「downside」指的是劣勢，缺點。Braden希望可以看到正面積極的科幻小說。
Optimistic, more positive about the future, which is why Braden is taking part in something called Project Hieroglyph.
Braden參加名為「象形文字」的項目中，希望人們保持樂觀的態度並且對未來有信心。
It brings together writers, scientists, engineers and artists to create optimistic stories about things which really could happen in the next 50 years.
這個項目彙集了作家、科學家、工程師、藝術家，一起努力創作積極的故事，展現可能發生的五十年內的美好未來。
So let's talk about the kinds of things are happening in these stories?
那咱們來談談這些故事的內容吧？
Well, there's one about a huge tower 20 km tall – going all the way into space. Apparently, building the tower is good for the US steel industry …and they invent a new kind of energy in the story too.
好的，其中一個是2萬米高的巨塔，能夠進入空間穿越，很顯然，建造這樣的塔需要美國鋼鐵行業的發展，故事裡還有關於新能源的故事。
Sounds very interesting – but is it plausible – could it really happen? Could they really build a tower that big?
聽起來不錯，但這些似是而非的事情真的會發生麼？人們真的能建造巨塔麼？
Well, there's another about environmentalists who fight to stop people building the first hotel in Antarctica.
恩，也有故事是關於環保主義者組織人們在南極建造第一家南極酒店的故事。
Environmentalists – people who care about the environment.Well there's conflict there … and it's plausible, so it could be a good story.But I can't help thinking – will these stories actually change anything?
Environmentalists 指的是致力於保護環境的環保主義者。恩，這個故事確實有衝突矛盾，聽起來可能發生又不確定，說不定這故事不錯。我不禁想問，這些故事真的能改變人們嗎?
Ed Finn, who edited a book of these stories, thinks so.He says: "A good science-fiction story can be very powerful". "It can inspire hundreds, thousands, millions of people to rally around something that they want to do."
這些故事的編輯Finn確實這樣認為，他說，「積極的科幻故事會力量無窮，」「它能激勵成千上萬的人們聚集在一起努力。」
To rally around something means to come together in support of a cause.
rally around something這裡指的是為了共同的目標事業聚集到一起。
And Braden Allenby says you can already see the influence of science fiction in modern research. Which item is being worked on right now?
Braden Allenby還說，在近代研究中，已經可以看到科幻小說的作用了。哪些科幻小說中出現的事情實現了呢？
【Braden Allenby, Professor of Engineering and Ethics, Arizona State University】"Why are people working on, for example, invisibility cloaks? Well, it's Harry Potter, right? That's where they saw it."
【Braden Allenby，工程倫理學博士，美國亞利桑那州立大學】「為什麼有人致力於研究隱身斗篷？因為《哈利波特》啊，故事裡人們第一次看到它。」
An invisibility cloak – a long coat which makes you invisible, in other words unable to be seen – which people first saw in one of the Harry Potter movies.
隱身斗篷指的是可以隱藏自己不被其他人看到的長大衣，最早出現在《哈利波特》的電影裡。
Interesting … so will the stories from Project Hieroglyph inspire people to do and invent new things that can help others? Can they help create a bright future – that's a good, positive future? Or will they just be good stories?
很有趣啊，那麼「象形文字」的故事能不能激勵人們發明研究出產品幫助人類呢？他們真的可以幫助建造美好未來麼？還是這些積極的故事也僅僅是故事？
Time will tell – that means we'll find out as time goes by. One thing that we're going to find out right now is the answer to when the movie Blade Runner was set?
時間會給你答案，讓時間來見證吧。現在，來看看關於《銀翼殺手》到底設定在哪一年呢？
I said the answer was c) 2056.
我猜的是C 2056年。
And the answer was in fact b) 2019. A little bit earlier, Rob.
正確答案是b 2019年。比你的答案要早一些呢。
Quite soon, then?
離我們沒幾年了。
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