英文原版对话1000个:811 Salsa Dancing

Todd: So, Katia and Fred, we're talking about your dance school, and before we were talking about the belly¹ dance, and Katia you do the belly dance, but you also do Salsa.

Fred: That's right, Todd.

Todd: And that takes two?

Fred: That takes two. It takes two to salsa.

Todd: It takes two to salsa. So you are part of the salsa team?

Fred: Yes. If we could call it a team, I mean,

Katia: Yes.

Fred: It's mostly Katia teaching me how to dance and then I try to pass it on to the others.

Katia: That's not true. Fred... Fred is a very good teacher, I think he's just very humble² but where I think we make a very good team: We're both patient and we know what a student is struggling and that's the important part.

Fred: And it's also good to have partners like this to teach other people, whether they're partners or not, or they just want to learn salsa, like the men would come to me to learn about a special move and then the women would have a tendency of going more towards Katia so we're making... striking a perfect balance in teaching, I think.

Todd: Now, do you get a fair balance of students, of male to female students, for salsa class?

Katia: Right now, we have more women than men so hopefully we'll have a balance in there, but yeah.

Fred: I guess women are more open towards taking dance lessons than men are. Maybe men feel a bit scared. I don't know. How do you feel, Todd? Would you come to the school?

Todd: Well, you know what, I will. I will come, but I have to admit my feeling would be that I would be intimidated³. That I would look really foolish, so yeah. I think most guys would probably feel the same way.

Fred: Yeah, that's why we have more girls I think.

Katia: Unfortunately, but the truth is from what I've heard from the guys, from the men, they do want to learn how to dance.

Todd: Yeah, it does sound fun. It does.

Katia: And women also like it. Women like for the men to dance, and especially in Salsa, usually it's the man is the leader,so it's very important that the man is who leads.

Todd: That sounds like more pressure.

Katia: No, no, no. Well, you learn how to be a good leader and how to lead, and the woman how to follow.

Todd: So, let's say somebody goes to your school, like myself and they have two left feet. They cannot dance. How long does it take to where you can do a salsa reasonably well?

Katia: We... right from the beginning, at least we can a little bit, where the person is and does it, can they hear the music or not. From the first class, you dance with a partner. Of course not freely. We can tell you what steps to take. And we advance accordingly, so it might take in one step, it might take a long time, so it depends on people that are in the class, and it all depends on the person.

Todd: Right. So some people learn faster than others.

Katia: Yes.

Fred: But definitely after one class, you will have learned a minimum two steps

Todd: OK. Really.

Fred: Yeah.

Todd: OK.

Fred: Guaranteed.

Todd: I'm sold. I'll definitely come and try it out.

Fred: Please do.

Katia: Please do.
 

1 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

2 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

3 intimidated   

v.恐吓；威胁adj.害怕的；受到威胁的

参考例句：

• We try to make sure children don't feel intimidated on their first day at school. 我们努力确保孩子们在上学的第一天不胆怯。
• The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police. 这个贼恫吓那男孩使他不敢向警察报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》