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Leslie: Are you signing up for the Latin course?
莱斯利：你要选拉丁语课吗？
Scarlet: No, why should I? Nobody speaks Latin today.
斯嘉丽：不，为什么要选呢？现在又没有人说拉丁语了。
Leslie: But Latin is the language for ancient Rome! Wouldn't it be great to read the original Latin works? Also in the middle ages, Latin is the language for scholars and scholarly works.
莱斯利：但拉丁语是古罗马的语言耶！如果能够阅读原版的拉丁语作品不是很棒吗？而且在中世纪，拉丁语是学者和学术著作所使用的语言。
Scarlet: You have to spend years and years learning the language before you could read without hindrance. On the other hand, you could just read the translations.
斯嘉丽：在你能流畅地阅读拉丁语之前，你得花费好几年时间学它，而反过来，你可以直接读译作呀。
Leslie: OK. Still, I think Latin has a strong influence in languages such as English, German, French and Spanish. Maybe it would help once you've learned Latin.
莱斯利：好吧。我还是觉得拉丁语对于英语、德语、法语和西班牙语等语言产生过很大影响，也许学拉丁语会有助于学这些语言呢。
Scarlet: Fine. Since you are so interested, sign in. I'm not taking the trouble.
斯嘉丽：行，既然你这么感兴趣，那就选吧。反正我是不找这个麻烦。
