原版英语口语情景对话第0270集：介绍加拿大的宗教信仰.doc

1、Jeff来自加拿大，听他讲讲加拿大人信奉的宗教种类及人民性格吧。Jeff: My name is Jeff Eagar and Im 32 years old and Im from Canada and most people in Canada are Christians, theyre Catholics or Protestants and my parents are Catholic but Ive done a lot of traveling in my life and now Im interested in the Buddhist religion, Buddhism

2、. Its a very peaceful religion and it has some philosophies that I believe in, for example, it talks about detachment. You should not get attached to money, or you shouldnt get attached to fancy cars and fancy clothes. You should try to simplify your life and have as little as possible. Be comfortab

3、le but dont have too much. Dont have, dont be excessive with what you have, and I believe in this philosophy.The Buddhist religion also has a philosophy of karma, of the cycle of good behavior, brings you good behavior in return and if you act bad, bad things will happen to you, and I think this is

4、kind of true because if you do good things for people, most of the time good things happen to you. People treat you well. If you treat people poorly, and badly, people will treat you badly, so believe in this Buddhist philosophy of Karma and good things will happen to you if you do good things for o

5、thers.Canada is a very peaceful country, and Im a peaceful guy. I dont believe in fighting and I dont believe in war, and my neighbor, across the border, the United States of America is at the moment at war with Iraq and for me this is a very senseless or sort of silly thing to be doing. I think it wastes money and it wastes lives and I think there should always be sort of, some sort of peaceful way to end an argument so I believe in peace and I dont think war should be, I think war is a waste of time, and a waste of people and a waste of lives.