大学体验英语(三)

Reference Dialogue for Task 2

A:	Hey, I got a great new program for my computer yesterday. It's a brilliant game. You should come over and play.
B:	Another program? I don't know how you can afford them all.
A:	Well you know … it's a pirate copy.
B:	Don't you feel bad supporting the pirates?
A:	I can't afford the real thing!
B:	But it's illegal …
A:	Illegal to want to save money? It's as good as the real thing but costs a quarter of the price.
B:	Maybe, but you see the problem is that with pirates the people who really do all the work end up losing out.
A:	Look, I'm just an average consumer. I've got to think about what's good for me.
B:	But in the long run it's not good for you. This pirate thing is getting out of control. You see, the more money the manufacturers lose through pirating, the higher the price of the real thing will become. In the end only an elite few will be able to afford the genuine articles.
A:	I see what you mean but if they made the programs cheaper they could reduce the illegal copying.
B:	But they wouldn't make any profit!
A:	In the short term perhaps but in the longer term they probably would. Honestly, I'd prefer to buy the originals but I just can't. Now do you want to come and play or not?