看,在法国,一个女人因为上街戴面纱被罚款22欧元。
Lily: How come?
怎么会?
Ann: It’s because France makes a law that women couldn’t wear veil when they are in the public place.
是因为法国立法,妇女在公共场合不可以戴面纱。
Lily: Why? I think that European countries have policy of freedom of religion.
为什么?我认为欧洲国家应该是有宗教自由的政策啊。
Ann: So do I.
我也这么认为的。
Lily: But how do the Muslim people lead a normal life in France?
那穆斯林怎么过活啊?
Ann: I am not quite sure. Maybe they have to give up their religious belief or move out of France.
我不是很确定,也许他们要放弃自己的宗教信仰,或者离开法国。
Lily: I think that French government should think over it cautiously . Wearing a veil is the identity of Muslim women. How could they give up their religious belief?
我想法国政府应该慎重考虑下,戴面纱是穆斯林身份的象征啊,他们怎么能放弃他们的宗教信仰呢?
Ann: I agree. But the president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is the one who proposed this bill.
我同意,但是法国总统,尼古拉萨科奇是这项法案的提议人。
Lily: Maybe he has his reason,but who knows.
或许他有他的理由,但是谁知道呢。