剑桥大学校园英语情景对话12：炫彩五月舞会（mp3+中英）

C: I'm looking for a sapphire blue gown. Do you have any gown suits me?

C:我在找一件宝蓝色的晚礼服，你们这儿有适含我穿的吗？

T: Yes, please follow me.

T：有，请跟我来。

C: I bought a ticket for Queens’ May Ball this year, so I really want to find a gorgeous evening dress for the ball.

C:我买了今年女王学院五月舞会的门票，所以很想找一件漂亮的晚礼服参加这个舞会

T： You mean the May Ball held by Queens College, Cambridge?

T:你指的是剑桥大学女王学院举办的五月 舞会吗？

C : Exactly. A May Ball is a ball at the end of the academic year that happens at any one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge.

C:就是那个舞会。五月舞会是指在剑桥大学各学院的学年末举行的舞会。

T： Oh, I heard of that. It’s the formal affair, requiring evening dress, with ticket price of about 100 pounds.

T:哦，我听说过那个舞会。那可是个正式的舞会，要求穿晚礼服，持票入场，门票大概100英镑。

C: The balls are held in the college gardens, lasting from around 9 p.m. until well after dawn，with some colleges offering rides in balloons when the ball ends, and even breakfast in Paris, or more traditionally, punting to River Cam.

C:这个舞会一般在各学院的花园举行，从晚上9点持续到第二天黎明后。一些学院 在舞会结束时还让学生们乘坐热气球当作短途旅行，甚至还可以去巴黎吃早餐，或者还有更传统的活动~在剑河撑船。

T: It sounds interesting. So the May Balls are held in May?

T:听起来很有意思。那么五月舞会是在五月举行吗？

C: Many Cambridge colleges originally held the balls in May, sometimes in the week preceding year-end exams. Today, they take place in May Week.

C:剑桥大学的很多学院最初是在五月份举行舞会的，有时在学年末考试的前一周举 行。现在各学院在"五月固”举行舞会。

T： May Week?

T:五月固？

C: May Week is the name used within Cambridge to refer to a period of time at the end of the academic year. Originally May Week took place in the week during May before year-end exams began. Today, May Week takes place in June and lasts about ten days, after exams are over.

C: “五月固”这个名字是在剑桥大学内部使用的，指的是学年末（考试结束后的）一段时期。最初"五月固”是指在五月份学年末考试开始前的那一固。现在‘'五月固"指的是6月份考试结束后的十来天里。

T: Oh, I see. And I know that the balls operate a strict dress code. Magdalene is the only college that insists on white tie, which is recommended but not required at Trinity and Peterhouse，while all the others have a minimum of only black tie.

T:哦，我知道了。我知道五月舞会有严格的着装要求。麦格达伦学院是唯一一个要 求穿燕尾服、系白领结的学院。三一学院和彼得学院虽然要求没那么严，但是也 建议这样穿。其他的学院则要求至少要穿小礼服。

C: Well, it seems you know a lot about the May Ball.

C:哇，看起来你对五月舞会还挺了解的。

T: Because some Cambridge students pick evening dress here, too.

T:那是因为有些剑桥学生也到这儿来挑晚礼服。'

C： I get it. And talking about the balls, most balls are themed, though Magdalene’s and Trinity’s are notable for their lack of a theme.

C:哦，原来是这样。说到五月舞会，'虽然麦格达伦学院和三一学院的舞会以缺少主 题而闻名，但是绝大多数学院的舞会都是有k题的。

T: But Trinity May Ball will offer a variety of spectacles to entertain you all night long. And usually a fireworks display would be performed at that night.

T:但是三一学院的舞会在整个晚上都会举行很多新奇的娱乐活动。在举行舞会的那 天晚上，学院通常都有烟花表演。

C； It’s true. And it’s difficult to buy a ticket of Trinity May Ball.

C:嗯，是这样的。所以三一学院五月舞会的票很难买到。

T: With tickets priced at over ￡100 and in short supply, there maybe students trying to gain unauthorized access to the ball.

T:这些舞会门票的价格都在100英榜以上，又供不应求，所以可能会有学生试图混 进舞会吧。

C： Some students climb high walls, others arrive dressed as gorillas pretending to be part of the evening’s entertainment, still others pose as journalists.

C:有些学生翻高墙，还有的学生扮作大猩猩到舞会现场，假装要来舞会表演节目， 甚至还有学生扮成记者。

T: Do the colleges adopt any measures to deal with it?

T：各学院有没有辨取什么措施来应对？

C: Typically, college porters are joined by professional security staff and, at larger balls, police to identify and apprehend the crashers,

C: 一般来说，专业安保人员会加入到学院的保安队伍中，在规模较大的舞会上，警 察还在现场巡逻，逮捕擅闯舞会的人。

T： I read on a piece of news that Some colleges have painted walls with anti-burglar paint, which stains the crashers，clothes with luminous green paint, making it somewhat difficult to blend in.

T：我看过一则新闻，说的是一些学院在墙上涂上“防盗油漆”，谁摈自闯入，谁的 衣服就会沾上夜光绿漆，这样一来，没买票的人就很难混进来了。

C： But, you know what? More courageous crashers can be seen swimming down the river Cam holding their clothes in a plastic bag above the water in an attempt to enter colleges from the banks.
 

C:但是，你知道吗？更有甚者竟然游过剑河，把衣服装在塑料袋里，高举过水面， 试图从岸边进入学院。