Topic 28
Mulan and Bathing Beauty
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木兰扇
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与
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出水芙蓉
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You：我妈妈懂很多中国功夫，也教了我一些，像太极拳和“木兰扇”。“木兰扇”很适合女性练习，在上海很流行。
David：Mulan Shan? Just like the Disney movie called “Mulan”?木兰扇？就像迪斯尼卡通片里的“木兰”？
You：不太清楚，但我觉得不是吧。总之是指一种专门适合女性练习的功夫。I’m not sure, but I don’t think so.
David：And it is a type of Kung Fu for women only. So if I did it, maybe people would think it is very strange? 是一种专门适合女性练习的功夫？那像我这样的男士就不可以练吗？要是我练的话，人们会觉得很奇怪的，是吧？
You：有点吧。就像电影《出水芙蓉》里演的一样。你知道这部电影吗？它很有名。
David：No.不知道。
You：这部电影讲了一个男士追求一个女舞蹈演员的故事。他加入了她们的舞蹈团。他穿着女人的衣服和她们一起跳芭蕾，样子很滑稽。
David：What is the name of the movie?那部电影的中文名字叫什么？
You：《出水芙蓉》。它是以一个中国习语“出水芙蓉”命名的。总之电影里那个男主角很滑稽。
David：The man is the water lily?那个男主角是出水芙蓉？
You：不，他跳起舞来像出水芙蓉。
David：Oh.哦。
分析
我妈妈懂很多中国功夫，也教了我一些，像太极拳和“木兰扇”。“木兰扇”很适合女性练习，在上海很流行。
常见错误及点评（点击查看）
常见错误
：My mother knows many traditional Kong Fu and she taught me a little, like Taiji and another Kong Fu fit for woman, Mulan Shan, very popular in Shanghai.
very popular in Shanghai：“very popular in Shanghai”是不正确的，应加上“which is”或“that is”构成一个完整的定语从句或加连词“and is”构成一个新的句子。例如： Eating dumplings and drinking tea are common in Beijing, and are also very popular in Shanghai. 在北京人们爱吃饺子，喝茶，在上海也是。
参考答案：My mother knows many traditional types of Kung Fu and has taught me a little, such as Taiji and Mulan Shan, which is fit for women and very popular in Shanghai.
■隐藏■
有点吧。就像电影《出水芙蓉》里演的一样。你知道这部电影吗？它很有名。
常见错误及点评（点击查看）常见错误：Yeah. Just like the film, “Bathing Beauty”. Do you know the famous film?
参考答案：Sort of. Just like the film, “Bathing Beauty”. Do you know this famous film?
sort of：“sort of”表示某事既不积极也不消极，介于两者中间。也可以用来表达对某事不完全肯定。
■隐藏■
这部电影讲了一个男士追求一个女舞蹈演员的故事。他加入了她们的舞蹈团。他穿着女人的衣服和她们一起跳芭蕾，样子很滑稽。
常见错误及点评（点击查看）常见错误：That film told a man to after a woman. The woman is a dancer. The man took part in the dancer’s team. He is very funy. He dances ballet. Ladies dance ballet. The dress is very funny.
to after：“to”和“after”不能同时出现。或者把“to”去掉，改成“the man is after a woman”， 或者选用一个更好的表述：“is interested in the woman”。例如： He sent her many flowers, as the guy was after the woman from his office. 他在追求同他一个办公室的那位女士，还送了很多花给她。
参考答案：The film tells the story of a man who is interested in a woman, who is a dancer. The man takes part in the dancer’s team. He is quite humorous as he dances ballet with the women in his funny costume.
■隐藏■
《出水芙蓉》。它是以一个中国习语“出水芙蓉”命名的。总之电影里那个男主角很滑稽。
常见错误及点评（点击查看）常见错误：Chu Shui Fu Rong. A Chinese traditional idiom. The lily from water. The water lily. The man is funny.
参考答案：The name of the movie is “Bathing Beauty”, and we Chinese translate it as Chu Shui Fu Rong, named after a traditional Chinese idiom, “the lily from water”. Anyway, the man in the movie is very funny.
■隐藏■
作业：翻译对话中划线的句子。
不，他跳起舞来像出水芙蓉。
posted on 2007-08-30 21:51
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