实战口语情景对话：Tips for Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡旅游小贴士

Widuri: Okay, Danu. So I heard that Sri Lanka has a lot of beautiful places. Can you mention some famous one?

威杜里：好，达努。我听说斯里兰卡有很多美丽的地方。你能介绍几个著名景点吗?

Danu: Yes. Sure, Widuri. Sri Lanka is a beautiful island in South Asia. So I will talk about this famous temple known as the Temple of the Tooth Relic.

达努：当然可以，威杜里。斯里兰卡是南亚一个美丽的岛国。我要介绍一座著名的寺庙——佛牙寺。

Widuri: Tooth Relic?

威杜里：佛牙?

Danu: Yes.

达努：对。

Widuri: Okay. Tooth Relic. What is it?

威杜里：好。佛牙。那是什么?

Danu: Tooth Relic. Tooth Relic is the tooth of Lord Buddha.

达努：佛牙。佛牙是佛陀的牙齿。

Widuri: Tooth?

威杜里：牙齿?

Danu: Yes, tooth.

达努：对，牙齿。

Widuri: Okay.

威杜里：好。

Danu: Yes. And this Temple of the Tooth Relic is situated in the city called Kandy.

达努：嗯，佛牙寺位于坎迪市。

Widuri: Kandy.

威杜里：坎迪。

Danu: Yes. And I'm from Kandy as well.

达努：对。我就来自坎迪市。

Widuri: Oh yeah?

威杜里：哦，是吗?

Danu: Yes.

达努：对。

Widuri: So it's close to your house?

威杜里：那佛牙寺离你家近吗?

Danu: My house is right next to the Temple of the Tooth Relic.

达努：我家就在佛牙寺旁边。

Widuri: Wow.

威杜里：哇哦。

Danu: Yes.

达努：嗯。

Widuri: Okay. So tell me more about it.

威杜里：好。请详细介绍一下佛牙寺。

Danu: Sure. So Temple of the Tooth Relic was a castle before.

达努：好的。佛牙寺以前是座城堡。

Widuri: Castle.

威杜里：城堡。

Danu: Yes. There was a king ruling Sri Lanka. He's known as the last king of Sri Lanka. So in Sri Lanka, to become the king, you should possess the Temple of the – oh I'm sorry. You should, you must possess the tooth relic.

达努：对。以前有一位国王统治斯里兰卡。他被称为斯里兰卡最后一位国王。在斯里兰卡，只有拥有佛牙寺……抱歉，我说错了。只有拥有佛牙，才能成为国王。

Widuri: Okay.

威杜里：好。

Danu: So if you want to become the king or if you want to overthrow the current king, you just have to go and get the tooth relic.

达努：如果你想当国王，或者你想推翻现任国王，那你必须去得到佛牙。

Widuri: Wow, interesting.

威杜里：哇哦，有意思。

Danu: Yes.

达努：对。

Widuri: Okay.

威杜里：好。

Danu: But since Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country, the people respect and worship the tooth relic. So there are like proper offerings and proper people assigned to take care of the tooth relic in this temple. So it's a very famous place in Sri Lanka as well as around the world. So for example, in August, there is the biggest festival in Sri Lanka, the display of the tooth relic.

达努：因为斯里兰卡是佛教国家，所以民众尊敬和崇拜佛牙。佛牙要进行适当的供奉，还要有专人负责照管寺里的佛牙。佛牙寺不仅在斯里兰卡有名，同时也闻名于世。举例来说，每年8月斯里兰卡会举行最大规模的庆典，展示佛牙。

Widuri: Okay.

威杜里：好。

Danu: So there are so many elephants walking in the street in colorful dresses illuminated, and so many traditional dances.

达努：届时会有身着霞披、彩灯环绕的大象穿过街道，人们还会表演传统舞蹈。

Widuri: Okay.

威杜里：好。

Danu: And there is this special tusker. You know tusker, right?

达努：有一只特殊的大象。你知道大象，对吧?

Widuri: Tusker?

威杜里：Tusker?

Danu: Yes. The elephant right tusk.

达努：对。就是大象。

Widuri: Okay.

威杜里：好。

Danu: So this tusker will carry the tooth relic.

达努：这只特殊的大象会驮着佛牙。

Widuri: Oh.

威杜里：哦。

Danu: Yes. The tooth relic is in a special casket.

达努：嗯。佛牙放在一个特殊的佛龛内。

Widuri: Okay.

威杜里：好。

Danu: A golden casket. And they will display the golden casket around the streets of my city.

达努：一个金色的佛龛。大象会驮着这个金色的佛龛在城市各条街道游行。

Widuri: I see.

威杜里：我明白了。

Danu: So during that season, which is in August, the streets will be filled with people, local people and foreign people. So many tourists coming for Sri Lanka just to witness this colorful festival, which is known as the Kandy Perahera.

达努：在庆典期间，也就是8月份，街道上到处都是人，既有当地人也有外国人。许多游客前往斯里兰卡，就是为了见证这个令人兴奋的庆典，这个庆典被称为坎迪佛牙节游行。

Widuri: Kandy Perahera.

威杜里：坎迪佛牙节游行。

Danu: Do you know what does perahera means?

达努：你知道perahera是什么意思吗?

Widuri: Is it parade?

威杜里：是游行的意思吗?

Danu: Exactly.

达努：没错。

Widuri: Wow.

威杜里：哇哦。

Danu: Perahera means parade.

达努：Perahera的意思是游行。

Widuri: Parade.

威杜里：游行。

Danu: Kandy is my city so Kandy Perahera. So if I talk more about this temple, it has very old drawings by a famous Sri Lankan artist who used to live in Sri Lanka in the past, for example, maybe 500 years ago. And there is the king's throne, king's crown and the clothes which the king used to wear. So it's a temple and a museum where you can learn a lot about Sri Lanka's history is you can visit there.

达努：坎迪是我的家乡城市，所以那个庆典名为坎迪佛牙节游行。我想再介绍一下这座寺庙，寺里有非常古老的画作，那是斯里兰卡一位著名的艺术家所作，这位艺术家在大约500年前生活在斯里兰卡。寺里还有国王的王位、王冠以及国王以前穿过的衣服。所以，那既是一座寺庙，也是一家博物馆，在那里你可以了解到斯里兰卡的历史。

Widuri: Wow, for interesting. I bet you never miss this Kandy Perahera every year.

威杜里：哇哦。有意思。我打赌你一定每年都参加坎迪佛牙节游行。

Danu: I have watched so many times and as well as I have done volunteer service for the organizing as well.

达努：我已经观看过很多次了，而且我还曾为主办方志愿服务过。

Widuri: Wow. You can be a king, you can stole it.

威杜里：哇哦。你可以偷走佛牙，成为国王。

Danu: But it's really, really bad to steal.

达努：可是偷窃是非常不好的行为。

Widuri: I see.

威杜里：我明白了。