外國(guó)人最想和你聊的時(shí)事話題：鄰里關(guān)系

     They live in good neighborhood with one another.
     他們鄰里關(guān)系十分和睦。
     Some of us tried at first to be neighborly but they seemed to want to keep their own company.
     起初，我們有些人想搞好鄰里關(guān)系，但他們似乎不想與人來(lái)往。
     We shall be living here for a long time, so we must keep in touch well with the neighbours.
     我們要在這里長(zhǎng)期居住，所以一定要和鄰里搞好關(guān)系。
     The neighborhood relationship in modern society is becoming lighter and lighter.
     現(xiàn)代社會(huì)的鄰里關(guān)系變得越來(lái)越淡漠了。
     He was a good neighbor and well respected for honoring his word.
     他和鄰里的關(guān)系處得很好，由于說(shuō)話算話而很受人尊敬。
     Distant relatives are not as helpful as close neighbors； getting well along with neighbors is very significant for our lives.
     遠(yuǎn)親不如近鄰，處理好鄰里關(guān)系對(duì)我們的生活非常重要。
     We maintain cordial relations with our neighbors.
     我們與鄰里保持親切友好的關(guān)系。
     Goals and Objective: Try to make a design for Virtual Community through observing and studying the life of people in the Virtual Community, integrating the neighborhood in physical community and the communication in virtual world.
     目標(biāo)：通過(guò)觀察和研究人們?cè)谔摂M社區(qū)中的交往活動(dòng)，結(jié)合現(xiàn)實(shí)社區(qū)的鄰里關(guān)系和虛擬社區(qū)的交往方式，探索虛擬社區(qū)的設(shè)計(jì)。
     If a neighborhood allows broken windows to stay that way, and fails to replace them, the neighborhood will deteriorate because vandals and other unsavory people will assume no one cares.
     如果你的鄰居對(duì)"破窗"置之不理，并沒(méi)修復(fù)它，那么久而久之鄰里關(guān)系就會(huì)惡化，因?yàn)槟切┢茐恼吆鸵恍┯懭讼拥娜司蜁?huì)認(rèn)為沒(méi)人管他們而繼續(xù)肆無(wú)忌憚。
     It was found that the subjective crowdedness at home, home facility adequacy, living convenience in community, tidiness of community environment, and satisfaction with neighborhood relationships were key factors affecting the overall residential satisfaction of the urban elderly.
     在老人對(duì)居住環(huán)境的各項(xiàng)評(píng)價(jià)指標(biāo)中，主觀擁擠度、家中設(shè)施充足度、社區(qū)生活方便感、社區(qū)環(huán)境整潔度以及鄰里關(guān)系滿意度都是影響其整體居住環(huán)境滿意度的重要因素。
     From the angle of sociology, this paper ana1ysis social conditions that form good community relationships of inhabitant districts. It points out that using "central public space" to promote community relationship and using "courtyard style" to improve neighborhood relationship.
     文章從社會(huì)學(xué)的角度分析了形成小區(qū)良好社區(qū)關(guān)系的社會(huì)條件，提出以小區(qū)中心公共空間達(dá)到促進(jìn)社區(qū)關(guān)系，以院落方式密切鄰里關(guān)系的觀點(diǎn)。
     In terms of community environment, the old people from new-built residential area gave better evaluation on tidiness, but had less living convenience and satisfaction with the neighborhood relationships than those living in old residential area.
     在家中設(shè)施充足度、社區(qū)環(huán)境整潔度方面，新住宅區(qū)的老人給予較好評(píng)價(jià)；然而在社區(qū)生活方便感以及鄰里關(guān)系滿意度方面，老住宅區(qū)老人的主觀評(píng)價(jià)卻高于新住宅區(qū)的老人。
Part 3　Let's Talk！　開(kāi)始交流吧！
     Peter: Alexandra, please help me to print this file, it is need in the conference in the afternoon.
     彼得：亞歷山大，幫我打印一下文件，下午開(kāi)會(huì)時(shí)要用。
     Alexandra: Why not print it by yourself?
     亞歷山大：你為什么不自己去打?。?br />      Peter: I've to go back home, my friend sends me a post.
     彼得：我要回家一趟，朋友寄來(lái)了郵件。
     Alexandra: Why don't you ask your neighbor for help?
     亞歷山大：為什么不讓你的鄰居幫你取一下呢？
     Peter: I know nobody.
     彼得：我一個(gè)鄰居都不認(rèn)識(shí)。
     Alexandra: God! You've been living there for one year, how can you recognize nobody?
     亞歷山大：天??！你都在那里住了一年了，怎么會(huì)一個(gè)鄰居都不認(rèn)識(shí)呢？
     Peter: I go to work early in the morning and come back late in the evening, which offers me no opportunity to meet neighbors at all.
     彼得：我每天一早就出去上班，晚上很晚才回家，根本遇不到鄰居。
     Alexandra: What about weekend?
     亞歷山大：那么周末呢？
     Peter: I'll either go out or stay at home at weekends.
     彼得：周末不是出去玩就是宅在家。
     Alexandra: The neighborhood relationship in modern society is becoming lighter than before. People all prefer to live in their own world and refuse to contact with others.
     亞歷山大：現(xiàn)代社會(huì)的鄰里關(guān)系和以往相比淡漠多了。大家都生活在自己的圈子里，不愿意和別人接觸。
     Peter: In addition, along with the development of technology and internet, people spend more time on suffering the net. We can not only chat on internet, but do shopping as well rather than go out.
     彼得：而且，隨著科技和網(wǎng)絡(luò)的發(fā)展，人們花費(fèi)更多的時(shí)間在網(wǎng)上。不僅在網(wǎng)上聊天，連購(gòu)物都可以通過(guò)網(wǎng)絡(luò)而不用自己出門。
     Alexandra: It further decreases the opportunity for people to contact with each other.
     亞歷山大：這就更加減少了人與人接觸的機(jī)會(huì)。
     Peter: However, it also reduces the contradiction among neighbors.
     彼得：不過(guò)，這也同樣減少了鄰里之間的矛盾。
     Alexandra: Indeed, dealing with the neighborhood relationship is a difficult task.
     亞歷山大：的確，處理鄰里之間的關(guān)系是一件困難的事情。
     Peter: Well, I have to go back to take the post. Don't forget to print the files.
     彼得：好了，我先回去取郵件了，別忘了打印文件。
     Alexandra: Okay, no problem.
     亞歷山大：好的，沒(méi)問(wèn)題。
     Peter: Thank you very much.
     彼得：非常感謝。