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一样的新闻,不一样的看法

We Read the Same Story

生词 · New in this passage

新闻news
看法a way of seeing something; opinion
注意to notice; to pay attention
同意to agree
王芳

今天早上你看新闻了吗?

Did you read the news this morning?

李强

看了。新闻说苹果比去年便宜,太好了!

I did. The news said apples are cheaper than last year. Great!

王芳

便宜是好事吗?我看的是同一个新闻,但是我的看法不一样。

Is cheaper a good thing? I read the same news, but my view is different.

李强

为什么?我们看的不是同一个新闻吗?

Why? Aren't we reading the same news?

王芳

是同一个新闻,但是新闻后面还说:因为苹果便宜,明年可能没有人卖苹果。你没注意到吗?

It is the same news, but later on the article also said: because apples are cheap, maybe next year no one will sell apples. Didn't you notice that?

李强

我真没注意到。我看了前面,没看完。

I really didn't notice. I read the front part and didn't finish it.

王芳

我看到的是后面,所以我的看法是:便宜不好,因为明年可能没有苹果了。

What I saw was the later part, so my view is: cheap isn't good, because next year there might not be any apples.

李强

你说的也对。但是我不同意“没有苹果”这个看法,新闻就说“可能”,没说没有苹果。

What you say is also right. But I don't agree with the "no apples" idea. The article only said "maybe." It didn't say there won't be any.

王芳

对,是“可能”,不是别的。所以你觉得呢?我们两个人看的是同一个新闻,为什么看法不一样?

Right, it's "maybe," not something else. So what do you think? The two of us read the same news, why is our view different?

李强

因为我们注意的不一样:你注意后面,我注意前面。

Because what we each noticed is different: you noticed the later part, I noticed the earlier part.

王芳

我同意。可能大家看新闻,注意的都不一样。你觉得这是问题吗?

I agree. Maybe when people read the news, what they notice is always different. Do you think that's a problem?

李强

我觉得这不是问题。但是我同意你说的,我们应该都读完,再说我们的看法。

I don't think it's a problem. But I agree with what you said. We should both finish reading before we say our view.

王芳

好。下次我们都读完新闻,再说我们的看法,好吗?

Good. Next time let's both finish the whole article, then talk about our views, okay?

李强

好,就这样。

Good, let's do that.

看懂了吗 · Check yourself

According to the news, what happened to apple prices compared to last year?

苹果比去年便宜

What might happen next year, according to the later part of the article?

没有人卖苹果

Why do Wang Fang and Li Qiang end up with different opinions about the same news?

我们注意的不一样

What do the two colleagues agree to do next time before sharing their views?

都读完新闻

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