纪录片《中国春节》 第82期 欢庆（29）

Ren Zhong is the lead scientist here. He is obsessed¹ with pyrotechnics.

钟任是这里的首席科学家。他对烟花制造十分着迷

If you could make any firework, like your ultimate dream firework, what would it be?

如果你能随意制造烟花，你最梦寐以求的是制造什么烟花呢

Zhong has agreed to share his secret recipe for red fireworks with me.

钟先生同意告诉我红色烟花的秘密配方

What's it like, the moment that you've designed something in the laboratory

当你在实验室里设计好了一种烟花

and you get to see it explode for the first time, what does it feel like?

然后到外面看它试爆，那是怎样一番体验呢

That's magical, right? You've got the best job ever!

那很神奇，是吧。你这真是最棒的职业了

I want to do this, I want to make them myself.

我也想做，我想自己做一下

Alright, so mix up and then pour down there.

好的，混合起来，然后倒进去

The mixture we made is carefully spooned into a tube.

我们把做好的混合物小心地舀进管子里

Time to find out if the recipe has worked.

该检测配方是否有效了

So this is the fun bit, this is Mr. Zhong's test facility

这一步有意思，这是钟先生的试验设备

where I get to set lights to these bad boys and watch them burn.

我要点燃这些坏小子，看他们燃烧

Hopefully if we got it right, these gonna be red.

如果我们弄对了，就会出现红色

Put them down there. I've got a lighter². Boom!

放在这里。我有打火机。轰！　　　

Hit the lights. This is the moment of truth. It's happening.

把灯关上。这是见证时刻。效果没错

It is red! This is it. It is actually red!

是红色，红颜色，是红色

This is fantastic. I am now a bonafide fireworks maker³.

这太奇妙了，我现在是烟花制作人

1 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

2 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

3 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。