美語情景對話 第1140期:Eurovision 歐洲歌唱大賽

Aimee: Hey, Katie, did you hear that Australia are rejoining the Eurovision Song Contest?

艾米：嗨，凱蒂，你聽說了嗎，澳大利亞將重返歐洲歌唱大賽？

Katie: I did. It's a really big news. Really big news.

凱蒂：我聽說了。這是個大新聞。這是重大新聞。

Aimee: So can you tell us a little bit about Eurovision? What is it exactly?

艾米：你可以介紹一下歐洲歌唱大賽嗎？那到底是什麼？

Katie: Eurovision is basically a music competition that happens every year in May. And countries from all over Europe have an entry in the competition.

凱蒂：歐洲歌唱大賽是每年五月舉行的一場音樂競賽。所有歐洲國家都可以參加。

Aimee: Right.

艾米：好。

Katie: So big, big music singing competition.

凱蒂：這是一場大型音樂比賽。

Aimee: And it's Euro...

艾米：這是歐洲……

Katie: Eurovision, yeah.

凱蒂：歐洲歌唱大賽。

Aimee: Okay.

艾米：好。

Katie: Eurovision, and yeah, every single country in Europe send somebody to sing in the competition.

凱蒂：歐洲每個國家都會派出選手參加歐洲歌唱大賽，在比賽中演唱歌曲。

Aimee: Okay.

艾米：好。

Katie: And all of Europe watches it, and all of Europe votes for a winner, and it's huge. It's huge.

凱蒂：歐洲所有人都會觀看比賽，並投票選出冠軍，所以這是一場盛事。

Aimee: It does sound huge, continental competition.

艾米：聽起來的確是盛大的洲際比賽。

Katie: Big battle with music.

凱蒂：大型音樂競賽。

Aimee: And where is it usually hosted?

艾米：比賽通常在哪裏舉行？

Katie: It's hosted in the country of the previous year's winner.

凱蒂：在上次大賽中獲得冠軍的國家舉行。

Aimee: Right. So this year then, do you know where it was?

艾米：好。那你知道今年在哪裏舉行嗎？

Katie: I don't remember who won it last year, but the previous year, two years ago, it was won by someone from Austria.

凱蒂：我不記得去年哪個國家贏得了冠軍，不過前一年，也就是兩年之前，獲勝的是奧地利選手。

Aimee: Okay.

艾米：好。

Katie: So last year, the competition was in Austria.

凱蒂：所以去年的比賽是在奧地利舉行的。

Aimee: Right. That sounds like a wonderful event for the hosting country.

艾米：好。聽起來這對舉辦國來說是精彩的盛事。

Katie: Yeah. And I'm from the UK, and the UK hasn't won it in such a long time. And I really, really want to win because I wanted to go and see a live Eurovision competition.

凱蒂：對。我來自英國，英國很長時間都沒贏得過冠軍了。我真的非常希望英國能獲勝，因爲我想去現場看歐洲歌唱大賽。

Aimee: Right. So over the – you mentioned that you're such a big fan. Over the Eurovision history, do you have any personal highlights?

艾米：好。你剛纔提到你是超級粉絲。那在歐洲歌唱大賽的歷史上，有沒有哪位選手特別突出？

Katie: Probably my favorite entry was from ages and ages ago, before I was even born by an English entry called Bucks Fizz.

凱蒂：我最喜歡的選手是很多年前參賽的一個樂隊，他們是在我出生前參加的比賽，這支樂隊是來自英國的Bucks Fizz。

Aimee: Okay.

艾米：好。

Katie: They were really awesome. They were singing a great song, and then suddenly, halfway through the song, the boys ripped the girls' skirt off.

凱蒂：他們真的非常棒。他們正在演唱一首很棒的歌曲，在歌曲進行到中段時，男孩突然把女孩的裙子扯掉了。

Aimee: Oh.

艾米：哦。

Katie: Not that way. But they were wearing a long dress and then they were suddenly wearing a skirt. And it was amazing.

凱蒂：不是你想的那樣。女孩們穿着長裙，然後男生扯掉長裙以後，女孩們改爲穿着短裙了。那真是太棒了。

Aimee: They kind of costume changed then.

艾米：可以說他們在舞臺上完成了換裝。

Katie: Yeah, costume change.

凱蒂：對，換裝。

Aimee: Okay.

艾米：好。

Katie: And it happened in the '70s, I think, '70s or

凱蒂：那是在70年代，或者是……

Aimee: '80s, maybe?

艾米：也許是80年代？

Katie: Yeah. And at that time, it was probably the most exciting entry in Eurovision ever.

凱蒂：對。當時，他們是歐洲歌唱大賽中最令人激動的選手。

Aimee: Oh really.

艾米：哦，真的嗎？

Katie: It's very exciting.

凱蒂：他們令人非常興奮。

Aimee: A real shock.

艾米：讓人震撼。

Katie: Real shock. A big costume change, big drama.

凱蒂：震撼。他們在舞臺上換裝，非常戲劇化。

Aimee: And how was the song?

艾米：那首歌怎麼樣？

Katie: Eh. The song was okay. No one remembers the song. Everyone remembers the skirts.

凱蒂：嗯，那首歌不錯。不過沒人記得歌曲。所有人都只記住了短裙。

Aimee: Okay. So I take it, they didn't win then?

艾米：好。我猜他們沒有獲勝，對吧？

Katie: I don't think so.

凱蒂：我不這麼覺得。

Aimee: Did they?

艾米：他們贏得了冠軍？

Katie: I don't, I don't know. I can't remember. Also, I remember the costumes but not if they won or not.

凱蒂：我不知道。我不記得了。我也只記住了舞臺上的換裝，但是不記得他們是否贏了。

Aimee: Yeah. Not the song.

艾米：好吧，你沒記住他們演唱的歌曲。

Katie: Isn't that funny?

凱蒂：這是不是很有趣？

Aimee: Costumes, too are important.

艾米：看來服裝也很重要。

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重點講解：
1. all over 到處；遍及；
例句：She has danced, choreographed, lectured and taught all over the world.
她在世界各地跳過舞、編過舞、講過學、也教過書。
2. rip off 撕掉；
例句：He ripped off one end of the envelope and pulled out the letter.
他撕開信封的一端，抽出裏面的信件。
3. kind of 稍微；有幾分；有點兒；
例句：It was kind of sad, really.
有點兒讓人難過，真的。
4. I take it 我自認爲；我以爲；我猜測；
例句：I take it that neither of you reads 'The Times'.
我覺得你們倆都不讀《泰晤士報》。