環(huán)球英語 1397 Listener Mail 129

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Welcome to Spotlight’s Listener Mail program. I’m Colin Lowther.

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And I’m Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

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Welcome to today’s Listener Mail program. In today’s program we read comments from people all around the world.

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We look at what you had to say about the moral behavior of babies. Are babies born with a sense of what is right and what is wrong?

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We talk about the way one man fought AIDS in the country of Thailand.

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We look at a way to solve corruption in India. Would it work in other places of the world?

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And finally, we discuss some good rules for using the internet. Keep listening!

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Our first comments today come from the program “Moral Babies”. In this program we told about studies by psychologists at Yale University. These scientists study human behaviour. They performed experiments on babies. They tried to discover if very young babies could tell the difference between what is right and what is wrong. We asked what you thought about these experiments. Georgino wrote:

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“This experiment about the sense of conscience in babies is awesome. This seems to demonstrate the moral and amoral parts of the young babies’ behaviour. However, I think the right or wrong things these babies do are the right behaviors for their ages. So, we have to lead their lives until they have developed a conscience.”

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And Dzung added:

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“I believe that a sense of good or evil behavior comes from education. Thank you to the psychologists from Yale University we also know that a sense of humanity begins to take shape when we are children.”

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It seems as if people are born knowing some difference between right and wrong. But, we also must learn to keep choosing what is right. Thank you for your comments!

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Our next comments are about a subject that is important all over the world - getting rid of AIDS. HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS, a deadly disease. This disease is spread through body fluids. In the country of Thailand, Senator Mechai Viravaidya worked to spread information about HIV and AIDS. We told about Senator Viravaidya’s work in our program “Mechai Viravaidya: Fighting AIDS in Thailand”. Our listeners liked Senator Viravaidya’s message. They agreed that everyone must work together to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS. This includes people and the government.

Today Senator Viravaidya is an old man. He does still work to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS in Thailand. But Augusto believes that Senator Viravaidya’s work must continue far into the future.

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“Mr. Viravaidya is a man who is spreading a warning message to the population of Thailand. He needs to spread his job to others so young people can take his place... HIV is a disease that is contagious to everybody... Thanks for sharing this important topic with listeners around the world.”

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Thank you for your comments Augusto! It is important to continue Senator Viravaidya’s work in Thailand, and around the world.

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We go now to another country – India. In our program “Zero for Tea Money” we told about the problem of corruption. Corrupt government officials may demand money to perform a job they are already required to do. But one organization in India wanted to stop corruption. They printed a bill worth nothing - a zero rupee note. When a government official asked for a bribe, a person could give him this zero rupee note. When the official received the false money, he felt shame. We asked what you thought about this idea for stopping corruption. Maluisa wrote:

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“I think that is a good idea for fighting against the corruption. The method seems very interesting to me because the government is involved in the solution.”

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Georgino agreed.

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“A zero rupee note is a good idea to fight corruption. I think the government must give a good example first. Most of the government departments are polluted by corruption. Today we are trying to control the corruption, but we do not want people to forget this bad custom. The citizens must help to solve this problem by always talking against it. War to corrupters!”

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Other listeners told about the corruption they see in their own countries. Lgavilanes said:

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“I live in Ecuador, and I think corruption is all over the world. Here I see corruption every day in judges, police, and more.”

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And Dzung told about the problem in her country, Vietnam.

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“The problem of corruption in my country is not as severe as in India. In my country, corruption happens in public health care services. There is a solution. But sometimes you must just accept the corruption. You will have a little trouble, and a bit of pain, and you will have to wait a long time for treatment. I am a poor person and I see no other way of getting rid of the problem.”

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It is difficult to fight against corruption. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.

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Our final comments today come from our program called “Good Rules for the Internet”. In that program we looked at four questions to ask before you send an email or leave a comment on the internet. Manta, from Ecuador believed that these rules were good for any time. She wrote:

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“We should all use the internet correctly as a good communication tool. And with friends we should all use our language correctly all the time.”

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And Edu believed this was important information for everyone to hear.

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“Each day the system is faster and the people need to know how to have good behavior in the world - including the Internet. I suppose people all over the world should listen to this program. When we are on the internet, we see peoples’ behavior and we can see we are not finished learning yet. It is common to see comments from selfish or badly educated people on the internet. One of the most important things that no one should forget is this: We must respect each other!”

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Thank you for those wise words Edu! They are good to remember when we are talking to any person - in real life, or on the internet!

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And thank you to all who have written to us and left comments on our programs! If you would like to leave a comment, you can visit the script page of any program. Or email us at [email protected]. We hope to hear from YOU soon!

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The writer of this program was Liz Waid. The producer was Michio Ozaki. The voices you heard were from the United States and the United Kingdom. All quotes have been adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight. You can hear this program again, and read it, on the internet at www.radioenglish.net. This program is called “Listener Mail 129”.

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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye!