英语口语畅谈世界文化之阿根廷03：Tango探戈

英语口语畅谈世界文化

之阿根廷03：Tango探戈

M: Man       W：Woman
M：男人    W：女人

W: I wish you could find another hobby. Fishing is so boring! I want to find something we can do together.
w:我希望你还有其它的爱好。钓鱼太没意思了！我想找点我们能一起做的事情。

M: Well, honey, you are going to love me even more! I have an idea . . . what about dance classes ?
M:这样吧，亲爱的，你会更爱我的！我有个主意……上个舞蹈班怎么样？

W: Dance classes! How fabulous! But you said "real men don't dance"
W:舞路班？太好了！可是你说过“真正的男人不跳舞。”

M: Maybe I've changed my mind. Now, let's decide which dance class to take.
M:也许我改变主意了。现在咱们决定一下上哪个舞蹈班。

W: There's ballroom dancing, disco, tap, jazz . . . and tango. Tango sounds interesting, isn't it from Argentina?
W:有交际舞、迪斯科舞、踢踏舞、爵士舞……还有探戈’。探戈听起来很有趣，是从阿根廷传过来的吗？

M: Yes, I guessed you'd choose that one so I did some research on the Internet.
M:是的。我猜你会选这个课，所以我上网查了一下。

W: You know me too well. I took ballet when I was little but have never had the chance to dance in the past few years, because I thought you didn't enjoy it.
W:你对我很了解嘛。我小时候学过芭蕾舞，可是过去几年一直就没有机会跳，因为我以为你不喜欢呢。

M: Did you know that Argentine tango was influenced by something called Tango Habenera?
M:你知道阿根廷的探戈受过一种叫什么探戈•哈巴涅拉舞的影响吗？

W: I read that the knee flexing of the dance originated from African people living in Argentina. They danced with their knees bent to show off their skill.
W:我从书上看到过．舞蹈中膝盖弯曲动作源于生活在阿根廷的非洲人。他们跳舞时弯曲膝盖以显示自己的舞技。

M: It seems you are a bit of an expert. Have you been reading about it too?
M:你有点像个专家。你也一直看这方面的书吗？

W: Well, you know I've wanted to take dance classes for ages. Anyway, the tango they teach today didn't come about until the late 1930s, so it's probably very different to the original Style.
W:是的，你知道这些年来我也总想上舞蹈班。不管怎么样．他们现在教的探戈是20世纪30年代末才出现的，所以很可能跟原始风格大不一样。

M: The modem style is usually danced with flowers and a kind of musical instrument, those things you hold in one hand, they make a clicking sound.
M:现代风格通常是跳舞时拿着一些花，一只手拿着一种会发出卡嗒声的乐器。

W: You mean castanets. That sounds fun. my friend brought me some back from Spain when I was a child. Maybe I still have them somewhere. Did you know there arc three different
kinds of tango today? Which one do they teach?
W:你是说响板吧。听起来很有意思。小时候，有个朋友从西班牙给我带回来一些响板。我应该还有．也许放在什么地方了。你知道如今有3种不同的探戈吗？他们要教哪一种？

M: The form known for stage, sometimes is referred as" for export". is aimed at English speaking people. So I suppose they teach that one.
M:舞台上常见的那种，有时被称作“出口货”，是针对讲英语国家的人们，所以我想他们会教这一种。

M: I think tango is becoming more and more popular nowadays, some of these classes are already fully booked.
W:我觉得现在探戈越来越受欢迎了，有些班已经全部报满了。

W: The Golden Age of Tango took place in the late 1940s and early 1950s, I guess it's having a revival!
W”探戈的赞金时代是在20世纪40年代末和50年代初，我想现在是复兴时期。

M: What's the phone number? We should hurry up and book the classes.
M:电话号码是多少？我们应该赶快预定课程。

【单词词组讲解】
Real man don’ t dance 真正的男人不跳舞
A bit of an expert 有点像专家
Change my mind 改变主意
Fully booked 全部订满

【背景介绍】
探戈：阿根廷的探戈，墨西哥的松、智利的库艾卡、秘鲁的圆母曲等椰是典型的拉走民问音乐歇舞俸栽。拉丁美洲的文化是欧洲之化．印第安文化和非洲文化经过长期的碰报，冲突，渗透，吸收后融合而成的。欧洲殖民者带来的西班牙、葡萄牙的伊比利亚音乐，结合印第安音乐和非洲黑人音乐，形成了拉美音乐丰富的色彩。独特的节毒．美妙的旋律和浓郁的和声．为世人瞩日.