美語情景對話 第1140期:Eurovision 歐洲歌唱大賽
Aimee: Hey, Katie, did you hear that Australia are rejoining the Eurovision Song Contest?
艾米:嗨,凱蒂,你聽說了嗎,澳大利亞將重返歐洲歌唱大賽?Katie: I did. It's a really big news. Really big news.
凱蒂:我聽說了。這是個大新聞。這是重大新聞。Aimee: So can you tell us a little bit about Eurovision? What is it exactly?
艾米:你可以介紹一下歐洲歌唱大賽嗎?那到底是什麼?
Katie: Eurovision is basically a music competition that happens every year in May. And countries from all over Europe have an entry in the competition.
凱蒂:歐洲歌唱大賽是每年五月舉行的一場音樂競賽。所有歐洲國家都可以參加。Aimee: Right.
艾米:好。Katie: So big, big music singing competition.
凱蒂:這是一場大型音樂比賽。Aimee: And it's Euro...
艾米:這是歐洲……Katie: Eurovision, yeah.
凱蒂:歐洲歌唱大賽。Aimee: Okay.
艾米:好。Katie: Eurovision, and yeah, every single country in Europe send somebody to sing in the competition.
凱蒂:歐洲每個國家都會派出選手參加歐洲歌唱大賽,在比賽中演唱歌曲。Aimee: Okay.
艾米:好。Katie: And all of Europe watches it, and all of Europe votes for a winner, and it's huge. It's huge.
凱蒂:歐洲所有人都會觀看比賽,並投票選出冠軍,所以這是一場盛事。Aimee: It does sound huge, continental competition.
艾米:聽起來的確是盛大的洲際比賽。Katie: Big battle with music.
凱蒂:大型音樂競賽。Aimee: And where is it usually hosted?
艾米:比賽通常在哪裏舉行?Katie: It's hosted in the country of the previous year's winner.
凱蒂:在上次大賽中獲得冠軍的國家舉行。Aimee: Right. So this year then, do you know where it was?
艾米:好。那你知道今年在哪裏舉行嗎?Katie: I don't remember who won it last year, but the previous year, two years ago, it was won by someone from Austria.
凱蒂:我不記得去年哪個國家贏得了冠軍,不過前一年,也就是兩年之前,獲勝的是奧地利選手。Aimee: Okay.
艾米:好。Katie: So last year, the competition was in Austria.
凱蒂:所以去年的比賽是在奧地利舉行的。Aimee: Right. That sounds like a wonderful event for the hosting country.
艾米:好。聽起來這對舉辦國來說是精彩的盛事。Katie: Yeah. And I'm from the UK, and the UK hasn't won it in such a long time. And I really, really want to win because I wanted to go and see a live Eurovision competition.
凱蒂:對。我來自英國,英國很長時間都沒贏得過冠軍了。我真的非常希望英國能獲勝,因爲我想去現場看歐洲歌唱大賽。Aimee: Right. So over the – you mentioned that you're such a big fan. Over the Eurovision history, do you have any personal highlights?
艾米:好。你剛纔提到你是超級粉絲。那在歐洲歌唱大賽的歷史上,有沒有哪位選手特別突出?Katie: Probably my favorite entry was from ages and ages ago, before I was even born by an English entry called Bucks Fizz.
凱蒂:我最喜歡的選手是很多年前參賽的一個樂隊,他們是在我出生前參加的比賽,這支樂隊是來自英國的Bucks Fizz。Aimee: Okay.
艾米:好。Katie: They were really awesome. They were singing a great song, and then suddenly, halfway through the song, the boys ripped the girls' skirt off.
凱蒂:他們真的非常棒。他們正在演唱一首很棒的歌曲,在歌曲進行到中段時,男孩突然把女孩的裙子扯掉了。Aimee: Oh.
艾米:哦。Katie: Not that way. But they were wearing a long dress and then they were suddenly wearing a skirt. And it was amazing.
凱蒂:不是你想的那樣。女孩們穿着長裙,然後男生扯掉長裙以後,女孩們改爲穿着短裙了。那真是太棒了。Aimee: They kind of costume changed then.
艾米:可以說他們在舞臺上完成了換裝。Katie: Yeah, costume change.
凱蒂:對,換裝。Aimee: Okay.
艾米:好。Katie: And it happened in the '70s, I think, '70s or
凱蒂:那是在70年代,或者是……Aimee: '80s, maybe?
艾米:也許是80年代?Katie: Yeah. And at that time, it was probably the most exciting entry in Eurovision ever.
凱蒂:對。當時,他們是歐洲歌唱大賽中最令人激動的選手。Aimee: Oh really.
艾米:哦,真的嗎?Katie: It's very exciting.
凱蒂:他們令人非常興奮。Aimee: A real shock.
艾米:讓人震撼。Katie: Real shock. A big costume change, big drama.
凱蒂:震撼。他們在舞臺上換裝,非常戲劇化。Aimee: And how was the song?
艾米:那首歌怎麼樣?Katie: Eh. The song was okay. No one remembers the song. Everyone remembers the skirts.
凱蒂:嗯,那首歌不錯。不過沒人記得歌曲。所有人都只記住了短裙。Aimee: Okay. So I take it, they didn't win then?
艾米:好。我猜他們沒有獲勝,對吧?Katie: I don't think so.
凱蒂:我不這麼覺得。Aimee: Did they?
艾米:他們贏得了冠軍?Katie: I don't, I don't know. I can't remember. Also, I remember the costumes but not if they won or not.
凱蒂:我不知道。我不記得了。我也只記住了舞臺上的換裝,但是不記得他們是否贏了。Aimee: Yeah. Not the song.
艾米:好吧,你沒記住他們演唱的歌曲。Katie: Isn't that funny?
凱蒂:這是不是很有趣?Aimee: Costumes, too are important.
艾米:看來服裝也很重要。譯文屬僅供學習交流使用,未經許可請勿轉載
重點講解:
1. all over 到處;遍及;
例句:She has danced, choreographed, lectured and taught all over the world.
她在世界各地跳過舞、編過舞、講過學、也教過書。
2. rip off 撕掉;
例句:He ripped off one end of the envelope and pulled out the letter.
他撕開信封的一端,抽出裏面的信件。
3. kind of 稍微;有幾分;有點兒;
例句:It was kind of sad, really.
有點兒讓人難過,真的。
4. I take it 我自認爲;我以爲;我猜測;
例句:I take it that neither of you reads 'The Times'.
我覺得你們倆都不讀《泰晤士報》。