实战口语情景对话 第393期:Samoan Life 萨摩亚的生活

 　　Joel: So, a lot of Americans, we know about Hawaii, and Samoa is fairly close to Hawaii, right? So is the culture similar? Do you know about Hawaii?

　　乔尔：许多美国人都很了解夏威夷，而萨摩亚离夏威夷非常近，对吧？那这两个地方的文化有相似点吗？你了解夏威夷吗？

　　Patricia: I have family in Hawaii, actually and from seeing them and hearing about their way of life, I think it's a bit different. Perhaps the traidtional life, way of life in Hawaii, like 50 years ago probably is the same as our life now but I think we're more on a cultural basis as I said earlier.

　　帕特丽夏：我有家人生活在夏威夷，其实从我看到的和听到的他们的生活方式来看，还是有一点不同的。也许夏威夷50年前传统的生活方式和我们现在的生活方式一样，不过我认为就像我之前说过的，我们有更多的文化基础。

　　Joel: OK, and is that because Hawaii has much more tourism, and so they've advanced more?

　　乔尔：好，是因为夏威夷旅游业发达，所以那里更先进吗？

　　Patricia: I don't think it's based on the tourism. I think it's based on the multicultural¹ ideal, idea in it, in Hawaii itself, I mean, it consists of so many cultures, so many ethnicities and Hawaii itself, like the original people are not really Hawaiians, I mean, there supposed to be from another area. If you, this has actually, this all goes back to history. It's a historical point that the migration², the original people of Hawaii. They were the last, I think they were perhaps the last settled, after them it was us and then New Zealand, so their people were also mixed so their tradition, there're different cultures that they inherited as they were navigating³ around the world created a certain culture that is very complex, very mutlicultural I think it's very different in Hawaii and Samoa.

　　帕特丽夏：我认为那并不是以旅游业为基础的。我认为那里的生活方式是以夏威夷自身的多元文化为基础的，我是说，夏威夷由多种文化组成，那里有许多种族，其实夏威夷的原居民并不是真正的夏威夷人，因为他们是从其他地方搬来的。如果我们回顾一下历史，从历史观点来看的话，夏威夷的原居民其实是移民。我想他们可能是最后一批定居的居民，在他们之后就是我们这一代人还有新西兰人，所以他们的传统是混合的，那里有不同的文化，他们在世界各地航行时继承了不同的文化传统，，形成了一种非常复杂和多元化的文化，我认为夏威夷和萨摩亚在这点上很不同。

　　Joel: So what are the popular sports and popular hobbies and pastimes⁴ in Samoa?

　　乔尔：那萨摩亚最受欢迎的体育运动、爱好和消遣活动是什么？

　　Patricia: Rugby.

　　帕特丽夏：橄榄球。

　　Joel: Rugby, really! What, even on the American side?

　　乔尔：橄榄球，真的吗？在美国这边叫什么？

　　Patricia: Football.

　　帕特丽夏：橄榄球。

　　Joel: American football or soccer?

　　乔尔：美式橄榄球还是足球？

　　Patricia: Yeah, both.

　　帕特丽夏：两者都有。

　　Joel: yeah, a lot of big people so maybe they are good at American football and rugby. And what about triditional dance? I know Hawaii has like hula dance. Do you guys have something distinct⁵ like that?

　　乔尔：嗯，那里有许多身材健硕的人，所以他们可能很擅长美式橄榄球。那传统舞蹈呢？我知道夏威夷喜欢草裙舞。那你们有像草裙舞这样独特的舞蹈吗？

　　Patricia: We have the taualunga. It's called taualunga.

　　帕特丽夏：我们的舞蹈是taualunga，舞蹈名为taualunga。

　　Joel: taualunga.

　　乔尔：taualunga。

　　Patricia: Taualunga. Hawaii is a bit different because they have, the hula is done by many people. For us, our traditional dance which is called the taualunga, is usually done by one individual. The girl is supposed to be the daughter of a cheif and she's known as a Taupo.

　　帕特丽夏：对，taualunga。与夏威夷的舞蹈不同，因为夏威夷的草裙舞是许多人一起跳的。而我们的传统舞蹈是一个人跳的。独舞要由首领的女儿来跳，她通常被称为Taupo。

　　Joel: Taupo (Taupo) is the daughter of a chief. OK.

　　乔尔：Taupo是首领的女儿。

　　Patricia: The daughter of a chief, and she will be the only individual to be dancing and all the other people will be sitting around her cheering and singing songs while she's dancing. This individual the taupo is supposed to be, well you can consider her a princess of the village. She will hold the most highest title. she will also be the person who is most cared about. She will usually be the first person to eat. Her brothers are supposed to take care of her, sort of stuff, like all these sort of everyday life is put into the dance. (Wow) It's like appreciation⁶ value and the importance of being a female, and how culture should be respected in this way because this individual is pure, sort of.

　　帕特丽夏：首领的女儿，所以她是唯一跳舞的人，而其他人在她跳舞的时候会坐在她周围欢呼、唱歌。而独舞应该由taupo来跳，你可以把她想成是村庄里的公主。她会得到最高称号，她也是得到最多关心的人。一般来说她是第一个吃饭的人。她的兄弟会照顾她，她会把所有的日常生活融入舞蹈中。（哇）舞蹈会展示出一名女性的价值和重要性，以及文化应如何受到尊重，因为跳舞的人非常纯洁。

　　Joel: Oh, that sounds really interesting. I'm going to have to go and see that some time. It usually happens like in the evening. I imagine like tiki torches and things like that, but maybe that's a stereotype⁷.

　　乔尔：哦，那听起来真有趣。有时间我一定要去欣赏一下那种舞蹈。我认为通常大家会在晚上跳舞，我会想象周围有火把之类的东西，不过那也许是我的刻板印象。

　　Patricia: Usually it happens in the evening but nowadays with tourism and all we usually have it in the afternoon, morning, it depends on the event. If we have, say a festival or something, and important event, we usually have these taualungas

　　帕特丽夏：通常人们是在晚上跳舞，不过现在随着旅游业的发展，我们也会在下午甚至是上午跳舞，这要取决于活动的类型。如果我们举行节日庆典等重要的活动，我们通常会跳taualungas这种舞蹈。

　　Joel: All right. Wow, that's fascinating.

　　乔尔：好。哇，那太有吸引力了。

1 multicultural   

adj.融合多种文化的，多种文化的

参考例句：

• Children growing up in a multicultural society.在多元文化社会中长大的孩子们。
• The school has been attempting to bring a multicultural perspective to its curriculum.这所学校已经在尝试将一种多元文化视角引入其课程。

2 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

3 navigating   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网

4 pastimes   

n.消遣，娱乐( pastime的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• First, pastimes (or \"amusements\") must be distinguished from true games. 首先，必须将消遣活动与真正的游戏加以区别。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• She shared their expatriation, their convictions, their pastimes, their ennui. 她与他们有共同的流亡国外的命运，共同的信念，共同的乐趣，共同的苦闷。 来自辞典例句

5 distinct   

adj.种类不同的，有区别的，清楚的，明显的

参考例句：

• I had the distinct impression that I was being followed.我清楚地感觉到有人跟踪我。
• The party split into two distinct groups.该党分裂成两个截然不同的团体。

6 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

7 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。