英语访谈对话 6 Japanese Culture

 　　Reiko: Ikebana, it's an art of flowers and it's quite different from Western style flower arrangement because in Ikebana's theory you can decorate one flower, only with one flower.

　　Anili: Oh, really!

　　Reiko: And it's, the flower arrangement in Japan is not only decorating flowers but it's an art with flowers and space.

　　Anili: I see.

　　Reiko: The air between the flowers and also the room, and everything, it shows the space or even the universe, and that.

　　Anili: What's another Japanese art?

　　Reiko: Japanese art? Mm, Ikebana! Tea Ceremony!

　　Anili: Tea Ceremony!

　　Reiko: Tea Ceremony!

　　Anili: Tea Ceremony! Tell me about Tea Ceremony.

　　Reiko: Tea Ceremony! It's, there's a certain way you have to make tea, not only make tea, there's a certain way to for example wipe a bowl.

　　Anili: I see.

　　Reiko: Yes, with one piece of cloth, and you need to learn how to fold the cloth so that you you use each part of the cloth only once to wipe the bowl

　　Anili: OK.

　　Reiko: Yeah, so it's a complicated¹ traditional procedure² in a sense but.

　　Anili: How do you learn that? Is that something that your mother would teach you?

　　How do people learn that?

　　Reiko: There's some professionals³ for both flower arrangement and tea ceremony. So you need to go to a school, yes, and learn from your teacher and their heirarchy and the organization and you need to pass each test to go, climb up the ladder in the heirarchy.

　　Anili: I see. Fantastic.

1 complicated   

adj.错综复杂的，麻烦的，结构复杂的

参考例句：

• The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂，我理解不了它的意思。
• This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。

2 procedure   

n.程序，手续，步骤；常规的做法

参考例句：

• The results show clearly that this procedure is correct.事实充分说明这种做法是正确的。
• It has passed through an interesting procedure of evolution.它经过了一个有趣的进化过程。

3 professionals   

n.具有某专业资格的人( professional的名词复数 )；专业人士；内行；专门职业者

参考例句：

• The tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals. 这次锦标赛业余选手和职业选手均可参加。
• a book written for professionals and laymen alike 一本内行外行都可以读的书