美語情景對話 第744期:Salsa Dancing 薩爾薩舞

Todd: So, Katia and Fred, we're talking about your dance school, and before we were talking about the belly dance, and Katia you do the belly dance, but you also do Salsa.

託德：卡蒂亞，弗雷德，我們來聊聊你們的舞蹈學校，之前我們談過了肚皮舞，卡蒂亞既教肚皮舞也教薩爾薩舞。

Fred: That's right, Todd.

弗雷德：沒錯，託德。

Todd: And that takes two?

託德：薩爾薩舞是兩個人跳的舞？

Fred: That takes two. It takes two to salsa.

弗雷德：對，是兩個人配合的舞蹈。

Todd: It takes two to salsa. So you are part of the salsa team?

託德：薩爾薩舞需要兩個人配合。所以你們在跳薩爾薩舞時是個團隊嗎？

Fred: Yes. If we could call it a team, I mean,

弗雷德：對，如果可以稱爲團隊的話。

Katia: Yes.

卡蒂亞：對。

Fred: It's mostly Katia teaching me how to dance and then I try to pass it onto the others.

弗雷德：基本上是卡蒂亞先教會我怎麼跳，然後我再教給其他人。

Katia: That's not true. Fred... Fred is a very good teacher, I think he's just very humble but where I think we make a very good team: We're both patient and we know what a student is struggling and that's the important part.

卡蒂亞：不是這樣的。弗雷德是非常優秀的舞蹈老師，他太謙虛了，我認爲我們這個團隊非常好：我們兩人都很耐心，而且我們知道學生的困難，這是最重要的部分。

Fred: And it's also good to have partners like this to teach other people, whether they're partners or not, or they just want to learn salsa, like the men would come to me to learn about a special move and then the women would have a tendency of going more towards Katia so we're making... striking a perfect balance in teaching, I think.

弗雷德：而且在教學生的時候有這樣一個搭檔非常好，無論學生是不是有舞伴，如果他們想學習薩爾薩舞，男生會找我來學動作，而女生則會去找卡蒂亞學習，所以我想我們在教學上達到了一種完美的平衡。

Todd: Now, do you get a fair balance of students, of male to female students, for salsa class?

託德：那你們薩爾薩舞課程的男女學生比例平衡嗎？

Katia: Right now, we have more women than men so hopefully we'll have a balance in there, but yeah.

卡蒂亞：目前女生比男生多，我們希望能做到平衡。

Fred: I guess women are more open towards taking dance lessons than men are. Maybe men feel a bit scared. I don't know. How do you feel, Todd? Would you come to the school?

弗雷德：我認爲在上舞蹈課這個方面，女性比男性更容易接受。可能男性會有害怕的感覺。我也不知道原因。託德，你是什麼感覺？你會來舞蹈學校上課嗎？

Todd: Well, you know what, I will. I will come, but I have to admit my feeling would be that I would be intimidated. That I would look really foolish, so yeah. I think most guys would probably feel the same way.

託德：嗯，你知道，我會去的。我會去上課的，不過我也必須承認，我有些膽怯。我看上去可能會有些傻。我想大多數男性都會有這種感覺。

Fred: Yeah, that's why we have more girls I think.

弗雷德：對，這就是我們的女學生人數更多的原因。

Katia: Unfortunately, but the truth is from what I've heard from the guys, from the men, they do want to learn how to dance.

卡蒂亞：這真不幸，不過據我對男性的瞭解，他們想來學習跳舞。

Todd: Yeah, it does sound fun. It does.

託德：對，聽上去很有趣。

Katia: And women also like it. Women like for the men to dance, and especially in Salsa, usually it's the man is the leader,so it's very important that the man is who leads.

卡蒂亞：女性也喜歡。女性也喜歡男性跳舞，尤其是薩爾薩這種舞蹈，男性是主導者，所以重要的是要由男性來主導舞蹈。

Todd: That sounds like more pressure.

託德：聽起來讓人更有壓力了。

Katia: No, no, no. Well, you learn how to be a good leader and how to lead, and the woman how to follow.

卡蒂亞：不，不是，不是這樣。你會學習如何主導舞蹈，如何帶頭，而女性則要配合男性。

Todd: So, let's say somebody goes to your school, like myself and they have two left feet. They cannot dance. How long does it take to where you can do a salsa reasonably well?

託德：如果有人去你們的舞蹈學校，比如像我這種笨種笨腳的人。我們不會跳舞。那要把薩爾薩舞跳好需要多長時間？

Katia: We... right from the beginning, at least we can a little bit, where the person is and does it, can they hear the music or not. From the first class, you dance with a partner. Of course not freely. We can tell you what steps to take. And we advance accordingly, so it might take in one step, it might take a long time, so it depends on people that are in the class, and it all depends on the person.

卡蒂亞：剛開始時，我們會先了解這個人的水平，看是否能配合音樂。第一節課會和舞伴一起跳。當然不是隨便跳。我們會教你舞步。然後循序漸進，所以可能很快就可以跳好，也可能需要很長時間，這取決於學習舞蹈那個人本身的情況。

Todd: Right. So some people learn faster than others.

託德：好。有些人學的比其他人快。

Katia: Yes.

卡蒂亞：對。

Fred: But definitely after one class, you will have learned a minimum two steps.

弗雷德：不過上完一節課以後，你最少能學會兩種舞步。

Todd: OK. Really.

託德：好，真的嗎？

Fred: Yeah.

弗雷德：對。

Todd: OK.

託德：好。

Fred: Guaranteed.

弗雷德：我保證。

Todd: I'm sold. I'll definitely come and try it out.

託德：我相信。我一定會去上課的，我想試試。

Fred: Please do.

弗雷德：請一定要來。

Katia: Please do.

卡蒂亞：請來吧。

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1. whether or not 是否；
例句：She stood in the doorway, unable to decidewhether or notto enter.
她站在門口，一時決定不了要不要進去。
2. right now 目前；現在；
例句：The boss is being in royal spiritsright now.
此刻，老闆情緒極好。
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例句：What are youhearing frompeople there?
你在那裏都聽到人們說了些什麼？
4. depend on 取決（於）；有賴（於）；
例句：The opportunities available willdepend onyour previous work experience and qualifications.
能否有機會要看你的工作經歷和學歷。
5. try out 試驗；測驗；
例句：She knew I wanted totrythe boatoutat the weekend.
她知道我週末想開船出去試一下。