实战口语情景对话：Eurovision 欧洲歌唱大赛

Aimee: Hey, Katie, did you hear that Australia are rejoining the Eurovision Song Contest?

艾米：嗨，凯蒂，你听说了吗，澳大利亚将重返欧洲歌唱大赛?

Katie: I did. It's a really big news. Really big news.

凯蒂：我听说了。这是个大新闻。这是重大新闻。

Aimee: So can you tell us a little bit about Eurovision? What is it exactly?

艾米：你可以介绍一下欧洲歌唱大赛吗?那到底是什么?

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.

凯蒂：欧洲歌唱大赛是每年五月举行的一场音乐竞赛。所有欧洲国家都可以参加。

Aimee: Right.

艾米：好。

Katie: So big, big music singing competition.

凯蒂：这是一场大型音乐比赛。

Aimee: And it's Euro...

艾米：这是欧洲……

Katie: Eurovision, yeah.

凯蒂：欧洲歌唱大赛。

Aimee: Okay.

艾米：好。

Katie: Eurovision, and yeah, every single country in Europe send somebody to sing in the competition.

凯蒂：欧洲每个国家都会派出选手参加欧洲歌唱大赛，在比赛中演唱歌曲。

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.

凯蒂：欧洲所有人都会观看比赛，并投票选出冠军，所以这是一场盛事。

Aimee: It does sound huge, continental competition.

艾米：听起来的确是盛大的洲际比赛。

Katie: Big battle with music.

凯蒂：大型音乐竞赛。

Aimee: And where is it usually hosted?

艾米：比赛通常在哪里举行?

Katie: It's hosted in the country of the previous year's winner.

凯蒂：在上次大赛中获得冠军的国家举行。

Aimee: Right. So this year then, do you know where it was?

艾米：好。那你知道今年在哪里举行吗?

Katie: I don't remember who won it last year, but the previous year, two years ago, it was won by someone from Austria.

凯蒂：我不记得去年哪个国家赢得了冠军，不过前一年，也就是两年之前，获胜的是奥地利选手。

Aimee: Okay.

艾米：好。

Katie: So last year, the competition was in Austria.

凯蒂：所以去年的比赛是在奥地利举行的。

Aimee: Right. That sounds like a wonderful event for the hosting country.

艾米：好。听起来这对举办国来说是精彩的盛事。

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.

凯蒂：对。我来自英国，英国很长时间都没赢得过冠军了。我真的非常希望英国能获胜，因为我想去现场看欧洲歌唱大赛。

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。你刚才提到你是超级粉丝。那在欧洲歌唱大赛的历史上，有没有哪位选手特别突出?

Katie: Probably my favorite entry was from ages and ages ago, before I was even born by an English entry called Bucks Fizz.

凯蒂：我最喜欢的选手是很多年前参赛的一个乐队，他们是在我出生前参加的比赛，这支乐队是来自英国的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.

凯蒂：他们真的非常棒。他们正在演唱一首很棒的歌曲，在歌曲进行到中段时，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.

凯蒂：不是你想的那样。女孩们穿着长裙，然后男生扯掉长裙以后，女孩们改为穿着短裙了。那真是太棒了。

Aimee: They kind of costume changed then.

艾米：可以说他们在舞台上完成了换装。

Katie: Yeah, costume change.

凯蒂：对，换装。

Aimee: Okay.

艾米：好。

Katie: And it happened in the '70s, I think, '70s or

凯蒂：那是在70年代，或者是……

Aimee: '80s, maybe?

艾米：也许是80年代?

Katie: Yeah. And at that time, it was probably the most exciting entry in Eurovision ever.

凯蒂：对。当时，他们是欧洲歌唱大赛中最令人激动的选手。

Aimee: Oh really.

艾米：哦，真的吗?

Katie: It's very exciting.

凯蒂：他们令人非常兴奋。

Aimee: A real shock.

艾米：让人震撼。

Katie: Real shock. A big costume change, big drama.

凯蒂：震撼。他们在舞台上换装，非常戏剧化。

Aimee: And how was the song?

艾米：那首歌怎么样?

Katie: Eh. The song was okay. No one remembers the song. Everyone remembers the skirts.

凯蒂：嗯，那首歌不错。不过没人记得歌曲。所有人都只记住了短裙。

Aimee: Okay. So I take it, they didn't win then?

艾米：好。我猜他们没有获胜，对吧?

Katie: I don't think so.

凯蒂：我不这么觉得。

Aimee: Did they?

艾米：他们赢得了冠军?

Katie: I don't, I don't know. I can't remember. Also, I remember the costumes but not if they won or not.

凯蒂：我不知道。我不记得了。我也只记住了舞台上的换装，但是不记得他们是否赢了。

Aimee: Yeah. Not the song.

艾米：好吧，你没记住他们演唱的歌曲。

Katie: Isn't that funny?

凯蒂：这是不是很有趣?

Aimee: Costumes, too are important.

艾米：看来服装也很重要。