经济学人492:广场舞皇后

 　　Popular pastimes

　　流行的消遣活动

　　Dancing queens

　　广场舞皇后

　　Grooving¹ grannies encounter opposition²

　　随音乐起舞的大妈们遭到了反对

　　Oct 26th 2013 | BEIJING |From the print edition

　　ON OCTOBER 11th a story buried on page 15 of a Beijing newspaper drew national attention. A man in Changping, on the edge of the capital, had allegedly fired a shotgun into the air and set loose three Tibetan mastiffs to scare away a group of women whose public dancing annoyed him. The man was arrested, but received much sympathy online.

　　10月11日，北京一家报纸第十五页的一个故事引起了全国关注。据报道，北京昌平的一男子被大妈们激怒了，向空中开枪，并且放了三只藏獒，吓跑了这群在公共场所跳舞的大妈。该男子随后被抓，但是却得到了网民的同情。

　　Groups of people, often older women, dancing in public, are an increasingly common sight in Chinese cities. In the early morning and evening they set up loudspeakers in parks or squares to exercise, gossip and show off a little.

　　大量的人，尤其是大龄女性，在城市公共场所跳舞越来越常见。早上跟傍晚，她们开着扬声器，在公园里或者广场上练习跳舞，谈天说地，也带点炫耀的成分。

　　They call it guangchangwu, or “square dancing”, after the venues³ where they meet. Syrupy songs, and Western styles, are much in favour. The tunes⁴ of Phoenix⁵ Legend, a duo from the song-and-dance troupe⁶ of China’s strategic missile force, are hugely popular among guangchangwu aficionados⁷.

　　这被称作广场舞，是以她们见面的地点命名的。情歌跟西洋风格的歌曲最受欢迎。中国战略导弹部队歌舞团的双人组合凤凰传奇的歌曲是广场舞爱好者的最爱。

　　Many people grumble⁸ about the grannies and their throbbing⁹ music. Altercations¹⁰ often break out. The mayor’s hotline in Hefei, in the central province of Anhui, has received more than 200 complaints about guangchangwu so far this year. But officials are usually reluctant to intervene. As one local-government website put it: dancing grannies are preferable to those “wallowing in mah-jong and other bad activities”.

　　许多人抱怨大妈们以及她们扰民的歌曲。经常发生争吵。中部省份安徽合肥的市长热线今年已经收到了超过200次的广场舞投诉。但是官方通常不愿意介入。一个地方政府的网站上写着：跳舞的大妈比那些沉溺在麻将等不良活动中的人好多了。

1 grooving   

n.（轧辊）孔型设计v.沟( groove的现在分词 )；槽；老一套；（某种）音乐节奏

参考例句：

• It can be used for cutting ceramics, grooving and beveling. 该切机具备切割、切槽、倒角等功能。 来自互联网
• Top-quality steel blades are used to guarantee smoothness grooving. 选任优质锯齿型开槽刀片，保证开槽光洁度。 来自互联网

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

4 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

6 troupe   

n.剧团，戏班；杂技团；马戏团

参考例句：

• The art troupe is always on the move in frontier guards.文工团常年在边防部队流动。
• The troupe produced a new play last night.剧团昨晚上演了一部新剧。

7 aficionados   

n.酷爱…者，…迷( aficionado的名词复数 )； 爱看斗牛的人

参考例句：

• West Coast aficionados of postwar coffee-shop architecture(Karal Ann Marling) 西海岸战后咖啡店式建筑的狂热追随者（卡拉尔安马林） 来自互联网
• Clay developed a radical style which appalled boxing aficionados. 克莱发展出一种震惊拳击迷的全新风格。 来自互联网

8 grumble   

vi.抱怨；咕哝；n.抱怨，牢骚；咕哝，隆隆声

参考例句：

• I don't want to hear another grumble from you.我不愿再听到你的抱怨。
• He could do nothing but grumble over the situation.他除了埋怨局势之外别无他法。

9 throbbing   

a. 跳动的,悸动的

参考例句：

• My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动，身子在不住颤抖。
• There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。

10 altercations   

n.争辩，争吵( altercation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Have I been in physical altercations with men? 我有和男人们发生肢体上冲突么？ 来自互联网