你看过这个新闻了吗?
Lily: What news?
什么新闻?
Ann: In Russia, the speaker of the House proposed that mistress should be legal.
在俄国，议长提议说二奶应该被合法。
Lily: Was he crazy?
他疯了吗?
Ann: I don’t know. The reason is that he said the rate of population growth was very low.
我不知道，他说这是因为俄国的人口增长率太低了。
Lily: If this propose were put into effort, do you think the rate of population growth would be improved?
如果这个提议被推行，你认为人口增长率会提高吗?
Ann: I don’t think so.
我不这么认为。
Lily: In Russia, even in most western country, people have a thought that they don’t want to have many babies.
在俄国，甚至是大部分的西方国家，人们的思想都是不想要太多的孩子。
Ann: Yes, German, France, Britain, Italy and so on, the rate of population growth have been among 0% to 3% for many years.
是的，德国，法国，英国，意大利等国家，人口增长率都在0%到3%之间徘徊多年了。
Lily: Wow, these countries need to have some change.
哇，这些国家真的需要点改变。