今天的这段对话，在讨论奎卡舞，
 
智利的国舞是奎卡舞，这是一种怎样的舞蹈呢
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A: And while we drink this, we dance cueca.
 
我们通常一边喝酒一边跳奎卡舞。
 
B: What is cueca?
 
什么是奎卡舞？
 
A: Cueca is our national dance.
 
奎卡舞是智利国舞。
 
B: How do you, how can you explain it?
 
你能介绍一下吗？
 
A: It's about, OK, it's the Chilean cowboy dancing in order to flirt with the girl.
 
好，这是智利牛仔为了和女孩调情而跳的舞。
 
B: Do you wear any kind of special dress?
 
那要穿特别的服装吗？
 
A: Yes. The girl is wearing a long dress.
 
对。女生要穿长裙。
 
B: Yes.
 
好。
 
A: And the guy is wearing sombrero.
 
男生要戴阔边帽。
 
B: Yeah.
 
好。
 
A: It's not like, it's not as big as Mexican sombrero but it's smaller and a small poncho.
 
不是墨西哥的那种大阔边帽，比那个要小一些，男生还要穿庞乔斗篷。
 
B: Oh yeah, I think I've seen it before. Yeah, like the small poncho is like almost like every time it's brown and with like kind of like colorful lines?
 
哦，好，我以前看到过。是那种小的庞乔斗篷，通常是棕色底彩色条纹的，对吧？
 
A: Yes.
 
对。
 
B: Oh yeah, I've seen it before, yeah.
 
哦好，我以前看到过。
 
A: And we also wear boots and spurs which makes it really, really difficult to dance.
 
我们还要穿靴子，靴子上要配靴刺，这使跳舞变得很难。
 
B: Have you danced it before?
 
你以前跳过这种舞吗？
 
A: I have but I don't think I succeeded.
 
我跳过，不过我想我没有成功。
 
B: Oh, I see. And what do you mean it's kind of romantic dance?
 
哦，我明白了。你为什么说这是种浪漫的舞蹈？
 
A: It is a romantic dance.
 
这是浪漫舞蹈。
 
B: How?
 
为什么？
 
A: Because you have to flirt with the girl.
 
因为是用来和女孩调情的。
 
B: Oh, I see.
 
哦，我明白了。
 
A: That's the point of the dance.
 
这是这种舞蹈的精髓。
 
B: And is it, does it mean anything? Does it have any meaning?
 
这有什么意义吗？有意义吗？
 
A: It's related to how, because we use a handkerchief so it's how, it symbolizes a rope so you can, you have to catch the girl with your rope.
 
这与……因为我们要跳舞时要用手帕，这象征着绳子，代表你可以用绳子套住那个女孩。
 
B: Oh, I see, that's pretty cute.
 
哦，我明白了，这太可爱了。
 
A: Yeah, it is.
 
对，没错。