實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：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(gè)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?那到底是什么?

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(gè)國家都會(huì)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(huì)觀看比賽，并投票選出冠軍，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：比賽通常在哪里舉行?

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。那你知道今年在哪里舉行嗎?

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(gè)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(shí)間都沒贏得過冠軍了。我真的非常希望英國能獲勝，因?yàn)槲蚁肴ガF(xiàn)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。你剛才提到你是超級粉絲。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(gè)樂隊(duì)，他們是在我出生前參加的比賽，這支樂隊(duì)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(jìn)行到中段時(shí)，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。女孩們穿著長裙，然后男生扯掉長裙以后，女孩們改為穿著短裙了。那真是太棒了。

Aimee: They kind of costume changed then.

艾米：可以說他們在舞臺(tái)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(dāng)時(shí)，他們是歐洲歌唱大賽中最令人激動(dòng)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(tái)上換裝，非常戲劇化。

Aimee: And how was the song?

艾米：那首歌怎么樣?

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

凱蒂：嗯，那首歌不錯(cuò)。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：我不這么覺得。

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(tái)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。