Bob:
Have you heard of The Beat Generation? 

你听说过垮掉的一代吗?
Tom:
What? 

什么?
Bob:
The Beat Generation, and it refers to a group of writer who lived and became famous at the 1950s to 1970s in American. 

垮掉的一代,这是指美国五十年代到七十年代成名的一群作家。
Tom:
Why called they the Beat Generation? 

为什么称呼他们为垮掉的一代?
Bob:
Their thoughts and behavior were strange and crazy, and most of the representative men were all gays and junkies. 

他们的思想和行为很奇怪疯狂,而且大部分的代表人物都是同性恋和吸毒者。
Tom:
Wow, they were crazy, weren’t they? 

哇,他们疯了,不是吗?
Bob:
They were just dissatisfied with the policies of government. 

他们只是对政府的政策不满。
Tom:
Why did they take drugs? 

为什么他们要吸毒呢?
Bob:
It might be their way of showing their dissatisfaction. 

这是他们表达不满的一种方式吧?
Tom:
I wouldn’t do something bad to myself. 

我是不会做伤害自己的事情的。


