【双语有声阅读】你是Cosplayer一族吗?(下)

Secondly¹, I typically cosplay characters that I myself care about.

其次，我一般只扮演我喜欢的角色。

I've grown to love these characters for different reasons, but nevertheless, I care for them like you care for a character in a novel you love, or a movie you enjoy.

我对这些角色一见倾心有很多原因，我喜欢它们就像你喜欢小说或者电影中的人物一样。

I want to kind of 'pay homage²' to these characters by re-creating them in the best way I can.

我更好的再现这些角色的同时也对这些角色表达着一种敬意。

As an actor, I enjoy the element of occasionally being in character as well.

作为演员，我也很享受这种偶尔入戏的感觉。

Finally, I enjoy the people. I've made a lot of friends through this hobby, and every few forms of social gathering³ can compare with the true Cos experience!

最后，我喜欢这群玩角色扮演的人。因为这个兴趣，我结交了很多朋友，几乎没有什么社会活动能比真正的角色扮演更有趣。

As it is, I can say that my reasons for cosplaying haven't really changed all that much since I began... and I like it that way. I'm here to have fun, and I hope that never changes."-- Matt

正如我所说，我喜欢角色扮演的理由自开始就从未改变过，我喜欢那种感觉。角色扮演能使我获得乐趣，我希望这一点永远不会改变。

The reason I started doing this was, well, I've been looking for an "analog⁴" hobby for a while now.

我开始玩角色扮演的理由是，我想发展自己模仿方面的兴趣。

I mean I do a lot of things with computers and electronics.

我大多时间要和电脑和电子工程打交道。

I work at a computer company and I am on the computer most of the time in my off hours.

我在一家电脑公司就职，下班时间也总上网。

I got bored one day so me and a friend went to Fanime, an anime convention in San Jose.

有天我觉得特无聊，就和朋友一起去一个在San Jose，参加一个叫Famine的动漫展会。

There we saw a lot of great costumes from anime that I recognized and from video games too.

在那儿我看到许多在漫画书和电子游戏中见过的装扮。

I sort of wanted to tackle a costume, and that's where it all started. -- Dennis

这是我萌生置办一套装扮的想法，从那起我就开始我的角色扮演之旅了。---丹尼斯

I first heard of this phenomenon when I moved to the USA three years ago (from Germany).

我是在3年前搬到美国才听说这个现象。(来自德国）。

I joined an anime club and we planned a group trip to the biggest anime convention here, Anime Expo.

我加入了一个动漫俱乐部，随后我们一起计划去当地最大的动漫展会。

The idea of dressing⁵ up as a drawn⁶ character fascinated me and I started planning a costume.

扮演漫画中的角色这个念头是我十分激动，于是就开始自己设计服装。

After wearing it to the convention I was completely addicted⁷.-- Christina

穿上装扮之后，我就完全沉醉于角色扮演了。---克里斯提娜。

1 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

2 homage   

n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬

参考例句：

• We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
• The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 analog   

n.类似物，模拟

参考例句：

• The analog signal contains high-frequency video information,which helps make up the picture.模拟信号包括有助于构成图像的高频视频信息。
• The analog computer measures continuously,without proceeding step by step.模拟计算机不是一步一步地进行，而是连续地进行量度。

5 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

6 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

7 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。