2021年12月英语六级真题听力第一套Conversation 2原文
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英文原文
Conversation 2
对话2
Welcome to this week's episode of Book Talk.
欢迎收听本周的《读书时间》。
With me today is Heidi Brown, a historian who has written five critically acclaimed books about military history.
今天我的嘉宾是海蒂·布朗，她是一位历史学家，已经撰写了五本广受好评的军事历史书籍。
Thanks for having me, John. I'm so excited to talk about my latest book, which was published last month.
谢谢你邀请我，约翰。我很高兴能谈谈我上个月出版的最新作品。
So, this book is a novel? Your first attempt at that genre, and that's a bit of a departure for you.
所以，这本书是一部小说吗？这是你第一次尝试这种体裁，对你来说算是一个转变。
I'd say it's a major departure, as if not just a work of fiction, it's set 200 years in the future. Right? So, how did that happen?
我想说这是一个重大的转变，因为这不仅是一部虚构作品，它的背景还设定在未来200年。对吧？那么这究竟是怎么发生的呢？
You spent three decades writing about the past and focusing on the 18th and 19th centuries, and now you're speculating about the future.
你花了三十年时间研究过去，专注于18世纪和19世纪，现在你却开始推测未来了。
Well, after years of researching soldiers and chronicling their lives during battle, I just started wondering about other faces of their lives, especially their personal lives.
嗯，在多年研究士兵和记录他们在战斗中的生活后，我开始好奇他们生活的其他方面，尤其是他们的个人生活。
I can see that your novel is about soldiers, but it focuses on their relationships, especially the bonds between sons and mothers, and men and their wives.
我能看出你的小说是关于士兵的，但它聚焦于他们的关系，特别是母子之间的纽带，以及男人和妻子之间的关系。
Yes, that focus came about when I still intended to write another book of history. I started by researching soldiers' actual personal lives, studying their letters home.
是的，这个焦点是在我原本打算再写一本历史书籍时出现的。我最初是研究士兵的真实个人生活，研究他们寄回家的信件。
So, how did that history book become a novel?
那么，这本历史书籍是如何变成小说的呢？
Well, I realized that the historical record was incomplete, so I'd either have to leave a lot of gaps or make a lot more assumptions than a historian should.
嗯，我意识到历史记录是不完整的，所以我要么得留下很多空白，要么得做出比历史学家应该做的更多的假设。
But why write a novel set in the future when your credentials are perfect for a historical novel? As a historian, any historical novel you write would have a lot of credibility.
但为什么你要写一部设定在未来的小说呢？你的资历明明更适合写历史小说。作为历史学家，你写的任何历史小说都会很有可信度。
I felt too constrained working with the past, like what I wrote needed to be fact as opposed to fiction. But writing about the future gave me more freedom to imagine, to invent.
我觉得研究过去太受限制了，就像我写的东西必须是事实，而不是虚构的。但写未来给了我更多的想象空间，让我可以创造。
Well, having read your book, I'm glad you made that choice to move into fiction.
嗯，读过你的书之后，我很高兴你选择了转向虚构文学。
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
问题5至8基于你刚刚听到的对话。
Question 5: What does the man say about the woman?
问题5：男士对女士说了什么？
Question 6: What does the woman say about her newly published book?
问题6：女士对她新出版的书说了什么？
Question 7: What did the woman do before writing her new book?
问题7：女士在写新书之前做了什么？
Question 8: What does the woman say about her writing history books?
问题8：女士对她写历史书籍有何看法？
