实战口语情景对话 第580期:Manga 漫画(1)

Joel: A lot of Japanese adults read comic books. Do you find that strange at all? You said you read comic books too but I know in the United States, we think it's strange if you see an adult reading a comic book. Is it because the stories are different or because are you reading the same kind of story you would when you were a kid.
乔尔：日本有很多成年人都看漫画书。你会觉得这很奇怪吗？你说过你也看漫画书，不过我知道，在美国我们认为成年人看漫画书是件奇怪的事情。是因为故事不一样，还是因为你小的时候已经看过类似的故事了？

Tres: OK, to answer the first part of your question, when I first came over as a high school student in Japan I was quite shocked by how prolific comic books were throughout all layers of society. I did not expect adults to read comic books, nor did I expect there to be comic books focusing on Japanese history, world history, cooking, what have you where you can actually learn useful information through a comic. I guess my understanding of a comic at the time was just sheer pleasure, Superman or Spiderman, it's something that you grow out, sort of like pimples. You grow out of it. But nowadays in the U.S. I think Japanese comic books have become more popular. Of course more adults save rare comics than kids. I mean, right, it's a pretty big. You can make a lot of money if you have really old comics. And I think Japanese comic books are starting to help the domestc comics in the United States, by making it OK for adults to read comics because they can say listen this can be a satire of modern day society, or this may speak to me because it's about homosexual issues, blah, blah, blah, blah, whatever.
特雷斯：我先回答第一个问题，我刚来日本上高中时，对于日本社会各个阶层都热衷于看漫画这件事感到非常震惊。我没想到成年人也看漫画书，而且我也没想到还有与日本历史、世界历史、烹饪等内容有关的漫画书，你可以通过漫画学到很多有用的信息。我想当时我认为漫画书只是一种娱乐，超人或者蜘蛛侠是你长大以后就不再关注的事情，就像青春痘一样，成年后就不会再长。长大后你就不再看漫画。但是我想，现在日本漫画在美国越来越受欢迎。当然相比于孩子来说，有更多的成年人会收藏珍贵的漫画。这要花费一大笔钱。如果你有古旧漫画，那你会挣一大笔钱。我认为日本漫画有助于使美国成年人接受本土漫画，因为漫画可以包含对现代社会的讽刺，可能会含有同性恋问题等等。

Joel: OK, I think that's the difference. There's a whole bunch of different genres than it seems like in the united states. In the United States there is just the super hero.
乔尔：好，我认为有很大不同。日本有各种风格的漫画，比美国漫画的种类多。美国只有超级英雄这种类型的漫画。

Tres: Yeah, the super hero comics. And it's starting to change. I think the idea of Japan's comic book where you create a world as opposed to just one super hero character. In this world you can follow various characters, and I think you can, in a sense you become closer to the characters within a comic book.
特雷斯：对，超级英雄漫画。现在开始改变了。我认为日本漫画的概念是要创造一个世界，而不是只创造一个超级英雄的形象。在创造出来的世界中，可以有各种不同的角色，从某种意义上说，你会感觉更接近漫画中的人物。