美国国家公共电台 NPR Video: K-Pop Dance Routines Are A Workout For Body And Brain

 

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Korean pop, or K-pop as it's known, has been huge - all the rage for a long time. It's a dance style, and it takes some serious training. NPR's Elise Hu and Code Switch's Kat Chow found out the hard way.

ELISE HU, BYLINE¹: If you're not familiar, K-pop is a style of music that typically features techno beats and intensely choreographed² music videos. In Seoul, you can go to specialized³ dance studios that teach the signature, synchronized⁴ routines.

We thought we were going to take a beginner's class, but that's not happening.

KAT CHOW, BYLINE: Nope. Apparently⁵ it's pretty advanced, which is going to be interesting.

HU: In the manufacturing of this music, each song is assigned a certain dance concept, like playful or sporty or innocent.

What, if anything, is the concept that we're going after today? Instructor⁶ Kim Ga-yeon.

KIM GA-YEON: (Speaking Korean).

CHOW: "It's a really manly⁷ dance. It's really wild."

HU: Let's do this.

KIM: And five, six, seven, eight.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

HU: There's a lot of...

CHOW: There was a lot of, like...

HU: ...There's a lot of, like, hip⁸.

CHOW: ...Hip

HU: (Laughter) We are making fools of ourselves, but actual K-pop training regimens are not funny. Trainees⁹ practice dance routines up to 12 hours a day.

Kat, what do you think?

CHOW: I would definitely give that a thumbs down.

HU: Kat Chow sums up our experience.

CHOW: Because, like, it's not even that I - like, I can't do it physically¹⁰ but mentally too. I just can't. I can't keep up.

HU: K-pop stars are born out of a lot of training, but at least some natural ability is required. Elise Hu, NPR News, Seoul.

MARTIN: You can see Elise giving it her all at K-pop dance class along with all her other adventures at npr.org/elisetries.

1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 choreographed   

v.设计舞蹈动作( choreograph的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• There was some carefully choreographed flag-waving as the President drove by. 总统的车经过时，人们按精心编排的动作挥舞着旗帜。
• Achim had choreographed the dance in Act II himself. 阿希姆自己设计了第2幕的舞蹈动作。 来自辞典例句

3 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

4 synchronized   

同步的

参考例句：

• Do not use the synchronized keyword in Managed Objects. 不要在管理对象上使用synchronized关键字。 来自互联网
• The timing of the gun was precisely synchronized with the turning of the plane's propeller. 风门的调速与飞机螺旋桨的转动精确同步。 来自辞典例句

5 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

6 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

7 manly   

adj.有男子气概的；adv.男子般地，果断地

参考例句：

• The boy walked with a confident manly stride.这男孩以自信的男人步伐行走。
• He set himself manly tasks and expected others to follow his example.他给自己定下了男子汉的任务，并希望别人效之。

8 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

9 trainees   

新兵( trainee的名词复数 )； 练习生； 接受训练的人； 训练中的动物

参考例句：

• We've taken on our full complement of new trainees. 我们招收的新学员已经满额了。
• The trainees were put through an assault course. 受训人员接受了突击训练课程。

10 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。