本期节目话题背景

　　最近，有同学问了我这样一道题“Describe an interesting conversation you had with your friend”。跟朋友在一起总是轻松愉快的，经常会聊一些天马行空的话题。有一次，我跟我的朋友之间就发生了一次非常有趣的对话，我跟朋友聊到了一个话题：永生。我和朋友们各自发表了对“永生”的看法，最后都认为，这不是一个好主意，这是为什么呢？我们一起来聊聊吧！
　　在描述这个话题时，不仅要说清楚跟谁聊，在哪儿聊，聊的是什么话题，还要说明你觉得这个对话有趣的原因。对于我来说，“永生”并不意味着“长生不老”，所以它并非一个好主意。

　　本期Part 2 话题

　　Describe an interesting conversation you had with your friend
　　You should say:
　　Who you spoke with
　　Where you were
　　What the conversation was about
　　And explain why you think it was interesting

　　本期节目话题参考文本

　　I remember this time I was having coffee with some friends in a coffee shop and we discussed immortality. So basically the conversation is about whether living forever is a good idea or not.
　　When it comes to immortality, I think most people believe it is a good idea but don’t know why and can’t exactly define it. I mean, does immortality mean living for a long time or does it mean never age? I think it is two completely different questions.
　　So my friend said if he can live forever, but still getting old, but just age very slowly. For example, living to be 400 years old but still be old, if that is the case, he doesn’t want that because he still has to work, pay the bills and that is pure suffering. I mean, to think about it, he is right.
　　Now, most people start working at the age of 25 and can’t retired till 65. That is 40 years of working paying taxes and dealing with all the stress. Imagine if you could live to be 400 years old, then you had to work for 160 years, who would want that?
　　So I think most people think immortality as in a way to become a god or some sort of deity that you no longer need to deal with money, health, paying the bills, which is why most people love the idea of immortality but if you actually think about it, life extension isn’t a great idea because it doesn’t mean a happy life and it doesn’t mean it is a healthy life.

　　Words & expressions in this episode
　　1. immortality n. 永生；不朽；不朽的声名
　　2. suffering n. 痛苦；受苦
　　3. deity n. 神；女神；上帝