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Capital Punishment

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ID: 0496 Upper Intermediate
Now, we know all our CPoddies are law-abiding good citizens, but the debate rages on about the death penalty. Now, we’re not telling you to take sides, but at least learn what everyone’s talking about when the topic comes up. In this podcast get informed about capital punishment—in Mandarin Chinese.
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抢劫 qiǎngjié to rob
残酷 cánkù cruel
废除 fèichú to abolish
荒唐 huāngtang absurd
现在有些人胆子真大,为了一点小事就去抢劫、杀人。还好我们有死刑。
xiànzài yǒuxiē rén dǎnzi zhēn dà ,wèile yīdiǎn xiǎoshì jiù qù qiǎngjié 、shārén 。háihǎo wǒmen yǒu sǐxíng 。
Nowadays, some people have a lot of nerve. Over some trifle they will commit robbery or murder. Good thing we have the death penalty.
你怎么能这么说?死刑多么残酷!这种古老的刑罚,一点也不适合现在 的社会,早该被废除了。其实大多数发达国家都在某种程度上废除了死刑,中国也该这样。
nǐ zěnme néng zhème shuō ?sǐxíng duōme cánkù !zhèzhǒng gǔlǎo de xíngfá ,yīdiǎn yě bù shìhé xiànzài de shèhuì ,zǎo gāi bèi fèichú le 。qíshí dàduōshù fādáguójiā dōu zài mǒuzhǒng chéngdù shàng fèichú le sǐxíng ,Zhōngguó yě gāi zhèyàng 。
How can you say such a thing? The death penalty is so brutal. This kind of archaic punishment doesn't fit in at all with the society today. It should have been abolished a long time ago. Actually, the vast majority of developed countries have to some extent abolished capital punishment--China should too.
荒唐!美国、日本还不保留着死刑?没有死刑,那些杀人放火的坏人就更无法无天了。到时候社会还有什么安定?老百姓还怎么过日子?
huāngtang !Měiguó 、Rìběn hái bù bǎoliú zhe sǐxíng ?méiyǒu sǐxíng ,nàxiē shārén fànghuǒ de huàirén jiù gèng wúfǎwútiān le 。dào shíhou shèhuì hái yǒu shénme āndìng ?lǎobǎixìng hái zěnme guò rìzi ?
That's absurd. The United States and Japan still have capital punishment, don't they? Without the death penalty, those evildoers committing murder and arson would be even more lawless. When that happens what stability will there be in society? How will the average citizen be able to live?
话也不能这么说。我看过好多研究统计,都说死刑与犯罪的升降并不具有必然的关系。好多人犯罪是迫不得已,再说碰到冤案怎么办?白白死一个无辜的人?
huà yě bùnéng zhème shuō 。wǒ kàn guo hǎo duō yánjiū tǒngjì ,dōu shuō sǐxíng yǔ fànzuì de shēngjiàng bìngbù jùyǒu bìrán de guānxi 。hǎo duō rén fànzuì shì pòbùdéyǐ ,zàishuō pèngdào yuān'àn zěnme bàn ?báibái sǐ yī ge wúgū de rén ?
You can't say that. I've seen a lot of research statistics, and they all say that the death penalty isn't necessarily related to the crime rate. A lot of people commit crimes because they are compelled to. Furthermore, what about when you run into a mistaken conviction? Kill an innocent person for nothing?
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