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ID: 2084 Upper Intermediate
Last month both Washington State and Colorado passed initiatives to decriminalize personal possession of marijuana. However, the debate in the US as to whether or not marijuana should be legalized is one that continues on the national level. In this lesson, two Chinese friends discuss the issues surrounding marijuana legalization.
Wed Dec 12 2012 | Vera, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
大麻 dàmá marijuana
合法化 héfǎhuà legalization
声音 shēngyīn sound
毒品 dúpǐn drugs
我看到有个美国朋友在Facebook上写：我希望大麻合法化。这也太可怕了，美国人到底怎么想的啊？
wǒ kàndào yǒu ge Měiguó péngyou zài Facebook shàng xiě ：wǒ xīwàng dàmá héfǎhuà 。zhè yě tài kěpà le ，Měiguó rén dàodǐ zěnme xiǎng de a ？
I've seen some of my American friends write on Facebook: I hope that marijuana is legalized. This is really scary. What are Americans thinking?
这个很正常啊，现在支持大麻合法化的声音很高。
zhè ge hěn zhèngcháng a ，xiànzài zhīchí dàmá héfǎhuà de shēngyīn hěn gāo 。
This is really quite common! Nowadays there is a lot of support for the legalization of marijuana.
可是大麻是毒品啊！美国不也每年花很多钱和精力去缉毒吗？
kěshì dàmá shì dúpǐn a ！Měiguó bù yě měinián huā hěn duō qián hé jīnglì qù jīdú ma ？
But marijuana is a drug! Doesn't America also spend lots of money and effort every year to bust drug dealers?
这个还是有区别的。大麻算不算毒品还是个有争议的问题。
zhè ge háishì yǒu qūbié de 。dàmá suànbusuàn dúpǐn háishì ge yǒu zhēngyì de wèntí 。
There's still a difference here. Whether or not marijuana should be considered a drug is still a controversial question.
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