实战口语情景对话 第932期:Dancing in Chile 智利舞蹈

Daniel: And while we drink this, we dance cueca.
丹尼尔：我们通常一边喝酒一边跳奎卡舞。

Olga: What is cueca?
奥尔嘉：什么是奎卡舞？

Daniel: Cueca is our national dance.
丹尼尔：奎卡舞是智利国舞。

Olga: How do you, how can you explain it?
奥尔嘉：你能介绍一下吗？

Daniel: It's about, OK, it's the Chilean cowboy dancing in order to flirt with the girl.
丹尼尔：好，这是智利牛仔为了和女孩调情而跳的舞。

Olga: Do you wear any kind of special dress?
奥尔嘉：那要穿特别的服装吗？

Daniel: Yes. The girl is wearing a long dress.
丹尼尔：对。女生要穿长裙。

Olga: Yes.
奥尔嘉：好。

Daniel: And the guy is wearing sombrero.
丹尼尔：男生要戴阔边帽。

Olga: Yeah.
奥尔嘉：好。

Daniel: It's not like, it's not as big as Mexican sombrero but it's smaller and a small poncho.
丹尼尔：不是墨西哥的那种大阔边帽，比那个要小一些，男生还要穿庞乔斗篷。

Olga: Oh yeah, I think I've seen it before. Yeah, like the small poncho is like almost like every time it's brown and with like kind of like colorful lines?
奥尔嘉：哦，好，我以前看到过。是那种小的庞乔斗篷，通常是棕色底彩色条纹的，对吧？

Daniel: Yes.
丹尼尔：对。

Olga: Oh yeah, I've seen it before, yeah.
奥尔嘉：哦好，我以前看到过。

Daniel: And we also wear boots and spurs which makes it really, really difficult to dance.
丹尼尔：我们还要穿靴子，靴子上要配靴刺，这使跳舞变得很难。

Olga: Have you danced it before?
奥尔嘉：你以前跳过这种舞吗？

Daniel: I have but I don't think I succeeded.
丹尼尔：我跳过，不过我想我没有成功。

Olga: Oh, I see. And what do you mean it's kind of romantic dance?
奥尔嘉：哦，我明白了。你为什么说这是种浪漫的舞蹈？

Daniel: It is a romantic dance.
丹尼尔：这是浪漫舞蹈。

Olga: How?
奥尔嘉：为什么？

Daniel: Because you have to flirt with the girl.
丹尼尔：因为是用来和女孩调情的。

Olga: Oh, I see.
奥尔嘉：哦，我明白了。

Daniel: That's the point of the dance.
丹尼尔：这是这种舞蹈的精髓。

Olga: And is it, does it mean anything? Does it have any meaning?
奥尔嘉：这有什么意义吗？有意义吗？

Daniel: It's related to how, because we use a handkerchief so it's how, it symbolizes a rope so you can, you have to catch the girl with your rope.
丹尼尔：这与……因为我们要跳舞时要用手帕，这象征着绳子，代表你可以用绳子套住那个女孩。

Olga: Oh, I see, that's pretty cute.
奥尔嘉：哦，我明白了，这太可爱了。

Daniel: Yeah, it is.
丹尼尔：对，没错。