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TheLXD_2010-_网络时代舞蹈的发展_
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| I'm Jon M. Chu, and I'm not a dancer. |
我是Jon M. Chu。我不是一个舞蹈家 |
| I'm not a choreographer , I'm actually a filmmaker , a storyteller . |
我也不是舞编,我其实是一个拍电影的,一个讲故事的 |
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choreographer:n.编舞者,舞蹈指导; filmmaker:n.电影制作人;电影摄制者; storyteller:n.说故事的人;故事作者;短篇小说作家;
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| I directed a movie two years ago called "Step Up 2: The Streets." |
两年前我执导了一部电影 叫做“走向街头” |
| Anybody? Anybody? Yeah! |
你们谁看过吗？看过吗？啊,好 |
| During that movie I got to meet a ton of hip-hop dancers -- amazing, the best in the world -- and they brought me into a society, the sort of underground street culture that blew my mind. |
在拍摄这部电影的过程中我认识了一大批街头嘻哈舞蹈家 世界上最神奇,最棒的 他们把我带到了另一个社会,有点像地下社会 街头文化让我大吃一惊 |
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hip-hop:n.街舞,即兴音乐;嘻哈;
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| I mean this is literally human beings with super-human strength and abilities. |
我意识到这是一群活生生的的人 他们有着超常的韧性和本领 |
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literally:adv.按字面:字面上:确实地:
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| They could fly in the air. They could bend their elbow all the way back. |
他们可以在空中飞。他们可以把他们的手臂倒弯过来 |
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elbow:n.肘;弯头;肘状物;v.用肘推;挤进;讨价还价;
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| They could spin on their heads for 80 times in a row. |
他们能头顶在地上连续转80多圈 |
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spin:v.旋转;纺纱;吐丝;纺线;n.头晕;(快速)旋转;常用于英式英语;晕头转向;
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| I'd never seen anything like that. |
这是我以前从来没有见识过的 |
| When I was growing up, my heroes were people like |
还没长大的时候,我的英雄是 |
| Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson. |
Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson. |
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Gene:n.基因;遗传基因;遗传因子;
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| I grew up in a musical family. |
我成长在音乐之家 |
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| And those guys, those were like ultimate heros. |
而这些家伙,他们就是终级英雄 |
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ultimate:adj.最终的;极限的;根本的;n.终极;根本;基本原则;
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| Being a shy little skinny Asian kid growing up in the Silicon Valley with low self esteem , those guys made me believe in something bigger. |
作为一个在硅谷长大的瘦小腼腆的亚洲孩子 有点自卑,这些家伙让我相信可以成就更大的事情 |
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skinny:adj.极瘦的;干瘦的;皮包骨的;紧身的;n.(不公开的)信息;内幕消息; Silicon Valley:n.硅谷(美国加利福尼亚州一处计算机和电子公司聚集地,有时用以指任何计算机公司聚集地); esteem:vt.尊敬;认为;考虑;估价;n.尊重;尊敬;
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| Those guys made me want to, like, "I'm going to do that moonwalk at that bar mitzvah tonight for that girl." |
这些家伙让我觉得,好像“我今天 晚上要为女孩子们在成人仪式上跳月球漫步。” |
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moonwalk:n.月球漫步;vi.漫步月球; bar mitzvah:n.受诫礼(为年满13岁的犹太男孩举行的成人仪式);v.[犹]使受戒;
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| And it seems like those dance heros have disappeared , sort of relegated to the background of pop stars and music videos. |
看上去这些舞蹈英雄好像已经消失了 他们常常被当成流行明星和音乐录像的背景 |
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disappeared:adj.消失的;消失了的;v.消失,失踪;(disappear的过去式和过去分词) relegated:v.使贬职;使降级;降低…的地位;(relegate的过去分词和过去式)
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| But after seeing what I've seen, the truth is, they have not disappeared at all. |
但是当我亲眼目睹后 发现实际上,他们一点儿也没有消失 |
| They are here, getting better and better every day. |
他们就在这里,并且每一天都变得越来越好 |
| And dance has progressed. |
舞蹈也有了新进展 |
| It is insane what dance is right now. |
现在的舞蹈真是令人不可思议 |
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insane:adj.疯狂的;精神病的;极愚蠢的;
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| Dance has never had a better friend than technology . |
没有什么比科技更能推动舞蹈的发展 |
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technology:n.技术;工艺;术语;
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| Online videos and social networking ... |
在线录像,社交网络 |
| dancers have created a whole global laboratory online for dance, where kids in Japan are taking moves from a YouTube video created in Detroit , building on it within days and releasing a new video, |
舞蹈家们为舞蹈创造了一个全球的在线实验室 日本的孩子们从YouTube的 一段在底特律制作的录像上学会新的舞蹈动作 然后在那个基础上添加新的动作,然后发布一段新的录像 |
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global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的; laboratory:n.实验室,研究室; Detroit:n.底特律(美国一座城市); releasing:n.释放;松释动作;脱扣释放;v.释放;排放;(release的现在分词);
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| while teenagers in California are taking the Japanese video and remixing it with a Philly flair to create a whole new dance style in itself. |
而加州的青少年则将日本的录像融合进了Philly特色 形成一种全新的舞蹈风格 |
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remixing:v.再混合,重拌和;重新合成(remix的现在分词); Philly:n.费城(Philadelphia的俗称,美国一座城市); flair:n.天资;天分;资质;鉴别力;
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| And this is happening every day. |
这每天都在发生 |
| And from these bedrooms and living rooms and garages , with cheap webcams , lies the world's great dancers of tomorrow. |
从卧室到客厅到车库 用廉价的摄像机 培养了明天世界上最伟大的舞蹈家 |
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garages:n.车库;汽车修理厂;飞机库;vt.把…送入车库; webcams:n.网路摄影机(webcam的复数);
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| Our Fred Astaires, our Gene Kellys our Michael Jacksons are right at our fingertips , and may not have that opportunity, except for us. |
我们的Fred Astaires,我们的 Gene Kellys 我们的Michael Jacksons就在我们的身边 如果没有我们,他们也许没有这个机会 |
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fingertips:n.指尖;(fingertip的复数)
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| So, we created the LXD, sort of a -- the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, a justice league of dancers that believe that dance can have a transformative effect on the world. |
所以我们建立了LXD 意思是:杰出舞蹈家组成的舞蹈团 它由一群相信舞蹈可以改变世界的 舞蹈家组成 |
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Legion:n.(古罗马)军团;众多;军队;adj.众多的;大量的; Extraordinary:adj.非凡的;特别的;离奇的;临时的;特派的; justice:n.公平;公正;司法制度;审判; league:n.联赛;联盟;协会;种类;v.(使)结盟;(使)联合[团结];一鼻孔出气;组成联盟; transformative:adj.变化的,变形的;有改革能力的;
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| A living breathing comic book series , but unlike Spiderman and Iron Man, these guys can actually do it. |
他们创造着活生生的动画系列 唯一跟蜘蛛侠和钢铁人不一样的地方是 这些家伙可以真的做到 |
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series:n.系列,连续;[电]串联;级数;丛书; Spiderman:n.高空作业的建筑工人;
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| And we're going to show you some today. So, let me introduce to you, some of our heros right now. |
今天我们就在这里为你们展示一下。现在,让我向你们介绍 我们中的几位英雄 |
| We got Madd Chadd, |
我们的Madd Chadd |
| Lil' C, Kid David, and J Smooth. |
Lil*C,Kid David,以及J Smooth |
| Please be excited, have fun, yell, scream. |
请大家兴奋起来,高兴起来,对,欢呼吧 |
| Ladies and gentlemen, The LXD. |
先生们,女士们,LXD |
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| (Video): Madd Chadd: When people first see me |
(录像):Madd Chadd:当人们第一次看见我 |
| I get a lot of different reactions actually. |
事实上大家的反应很不一样 |
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reactions:n.反应;回应;抗拒;生理反应;副作用(reaction的复数)
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| Sometimes you would think that maybe kids would enjoy it, but sometimes they get a little freaked out. |
有的时候你想大概孩子们会喜欢这东西 但是有的时候他们倒是被吓倒了 |
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freaked:v.(使)强烈反应,震惊,畏惧;(freak的过去分词和过去式)
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| And, I don't know, I kind of get a kick out of that a little bit. |
我不知道,我觉得这挺逗的 |
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get a kick out of:vt.因某事感到愉快;
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| J Smooth: When I'm in the zone, I'm dancing and freestyling it, |
J Smooth:当我在场上的时候,我边跳边自由创造些动作 |
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freestyling:n.自由式滑雪;
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| I actually visually kind of picture lines, and moving them. |
我事实上在想象一些图片 线条,然后移动它们 |
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visually:adv.形象化地;外表上;看得见地;
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| I think of like, Transformers , like how panels open and then they fold , they fold in, and then you close that panel. |
我想到变形金刚 像它们那样打开折叠模块 它们折叠起来,然后你关起那一块 |
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Transformers:n.[电]变压器;促使变化的人或物;(transformer的复数) panels:n.面板(panel的复数); v.嵌镶(panel的第三人称单数形式); fold:v.折叠;包;可叠平(以便贮存或携带);裹;n.褶;褶层;折叠部分;褶痕;
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| And then another thing opens. |
然后另一块打开 |
| You close that. |
然后你关起来 |
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| Kid David: It's kind of like, honestly a lot of times |
Kid David:老实说,很多时候,好象 |
| I don't really know what's going on when I'm dancing. |
我真的不知道怎么回事 当我跳舞的时候 |
| Because at that point it's just really like it's my body and the music. |
因为那一刻音乐就是我身体的一部分 |
| It's not really a conscious decision, "I'm going to do this next, I'm going to do this." |
这不是一个有意识的决定 “我下面做这个,做那个” |
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conscious:adj.意识到的;故意的;神志清醒的;
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| It's kind of like this other level where you can't make choices anymore, and it's just your body reacting to certain sounds in the music. |
我们在另一个层面 你不再能够做出选择 你的身体只是对音乐中的不同声音做出反应 |
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reacting:v.起反应;(对…)作出反应;回应;(react的现在分词)
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| I got my name just because I was so young. |
我得到这个名字只是因为我很年轻 |
| I was young when I started. I was younger than a lot of the people I was dancing with. |
我很小就开始跳街舞了。我比很多跟我一起跳的人都要小 |
| So, it was always like they called me Kid David, because I was the kid. |
所以他们都叫我小孩大卫,因为我就是个小孩 |
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| L'il C: I tell them to create a ball, and then you just use that ball of energy. |
L*il c:我让他们去做个球 然后你就用球带来的力量 |
| And instead of throwing it out, people would think that's a krump move, that's a krump move. |
不是把它扔出去,人们会觉得 那是个Krump移动,那是Krump移动 |
| That's not a krump move. You're going to throw it out, you throw it out, and you hold it. |
这不是一个Krump移动。你将要把球扔出去 你扔出去,你握住 |
| And you let it go, and then right when you see the tail you grab it by the tail, then you bring it back in. |
然后你让它出去,而当你看见它的后面 你抓住它的后面,然后你把它带回来 |
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grab:v.攫取;霸占;将…深深吸引;n.攫取;霸占;夺取之物;
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| And you just got this piece of energy and you just, you're manipulating it. |
你就把握了这股力量 你只是控制它 |
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manipulating:v.(暗中)控制,操纵,影响;正骨;治疗脱臼;(manipulate的现在分词)
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| You know, you create power, then you tame it. |
你知道你创造了一种力量,然后驯服它 |
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tame:adj.养驯的;驯服的;平淡无奇的;枯燥乏味的;v.驯化;驯服;使易于控制;
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