交谊舞对新一辈的冲击

Ballroom¹ Dancing Strikes Right Note with New Generation

交谊舞对新一辈的冲击

 

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This scene from the 1936 film “Swingtime” shows how ballroom dancing is practiced by professionals -- in this case Fred Astaire and Ginger² Rogers. But everyone has to start somewhere...

 

Dance Instructor³: Right-two-three, left-two-three...

 

It might sound like arithmetic, but these people are learning ballroom dancing.  Each one has his or her own reason.

 

Male Student: I couldn't dance and I was like, 'Wow, I wish I knew how to dance.'  So I just said, 'Well, there's only one way to learn -- go out and do it. Go out and take a class.' So I did. And I got hooked.

 

Humans have been dancing almost as long as they have been walking. In fact, some people call dance "walking to music."  Ballroom dancing like this will never go out of style, says dance instructor Chris Thompson.

 

Chris Thompson: The interest in dancing never really went away. It's always been there. It went underground for a little while, but people really have always been interested.

 

This dance studio, called the Dance Factory, near Washington, D.C., is owned and operated by Dennis Schroeder.

 

Dennis Schroeder: We feel that this is just really good clean fun and it's the kind of tune⁴ you can whistle turn to and it's what Grandma and Grandpa used to do, maybe even Mom and Dad.

 

Chris Thompson: People come in for different reasons, everyone has a different reason. And I think some people come in just to get ready for a wedding, to get ready for one social event. But some of those people the bug⁵ really bites them and they really develop a life-long interest that goes on for many years.

 

Far from being just another passing fad⁶, ballroom dancing looks like it is here to stay.

 

George Dwyer, VOA News, Virginia.

 

注释：

ballroom dancing 交谊舞

arithmetic [E5riWmEtik] n. 算术

hook [huk] v. 沉迷，上瘾

tune [tju:n] n. 曲调，调子

fad [fAd] n. 时尚

1 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。

2 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。

3 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

4 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

5 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

6 fad   

n.时尚；一时流行的狂热；一时的爱好

参考例句：

• His interest in photography is only a passing fad.他对摄影的兴趣只是一时的爱好罢了。
• A hot business opportunity is based on a long-term trend not a short-lived fad.一个热门的商机指的是长期的趋势而非一时的流行。