2009 Taipei Dragon Boat Festival
2009台北端午节
Daniel Chen
【新闻关键字】
1. fire brigade ph. 消防队
2. unbeatable adj. 无以伦比的
3. University Division n.大学组
4. let the spectators down 让观众失望
5. overjoyed adj. 极度高兴的
Months of preparation and hard training all come down to today — Taipei International Dragon Boat Championship. Whether it’s a local fire brigade team or Taipei City Hall team lead by the Mayor Hau Lung-pin; or even winners from Japan, South Africa, Holland, Malaysia and the Philippines, there are estimated 200 teams all together, with 12 teams from overseas, that join the competition today.
经过好几个月的艰苦训练和准备就为了今天- 台北国际龙舟赛。总共有估计两百个队伍参加。其中包括本地消防队、由市长郝龙斌率领的台北市政府团队，甚至包括来自日本、南非、荷兰、马来西亚和菲律宾的冠军队伍，共有十二个来自海外的团队，参加今天的竞赛。
One of the unbeatable teams in the University Division is the Shi-da team, or better known as the NTNU Mandarin Training Centre Team, let’s see what they have to offer.
大学组最强队伍之一的师范大学，或称“师大国语中心队”更广为人知，让我们看看他们要做什么。
[Denial Hustler, NTNU Competitor]:
“Ni-hao, my name is Denial Hustler, I’m racing for the Shi-da. Xie-xie!”
[笛尼尔赫斯勒，师大队队员]：
“你好，我的名字是笛尼尔赫斯勒，我参加师大队。谢谢﹗”
[Amy van Reeuwyk, NTNU Competitor]:
“We’re going on the boat now, this is my team, my name is Amy. This is my first year here in Taipei attending the dragon boat races. I attended two years in Xin-zhu. Got to go, peace now!”
[埃米，师大队队员]：
“我现在要上船，这是我们的队伍，我叫埃米。这是我来台北后第一年参加龙舟赛。我参两次新竹的比赛。要走了，现在请静下来﹗”
This team did not let the spectators down, they reach the flag pole first and win the race in the mixed student’s division and everybody is overjoyed.
这队不负众望，他们第一个达到旗杆，并且赢得混合学生组冠军，每个人都欢欣鼓舞。
【新闻关键字】
6. to kick some butt: 打赢一些
7. participate in: v.phr. 参加
8. sheer adj. 全然的; 十足的
9. crowds n. 群众
10. real buzz: n. 真热闹
11. come along ph. 一起来
[Amy van Reeuwyk, NTNU Competitor]:
“Hi, we’re from Shi-da Mandarin Training Centre, this is my team and we just won the race and we’re very happy about that, and we’ll be back tomorrow to kick some butt. ”
[爱咪，师大队队员]：
“嗨，我们来自师大国语中心，这是我们队，我们刚赢得比赛，我们非常高兴，明天我们还会回来赢得一些奖。”
Not only the students participated in this event, there are also teachers from the Taiwan European School.
不是只有学生参加这次盛会，台湾欧洲人学校的教师也共襄盛举。
[David Devey, Teacher of TES]:
“This is really fun, you get people [from] all over Taipei coming here, like our school takes part. Rolling is a killer, really hard work, three minutes of sheer pain, I would say. As a whole it’s really fun, everybody and all the crowds cheering, it was great.”
[大卫德魏，台湾欧洲人学校教师]：
“真是有趣，台北所有的人都来这里看，喜欢我们的学校参加。我觉得，划龙舟真是要命，我只能说这真的是不容易，三分钟极度的酸痛，但整体来说，真的是很有趣的经验，每一位在场的观众热情的鼓舞，感觉真的很棒。”
[Jennie Leyfield, Teacher of TES]:
“It’s fantastic, there is really, really good atmosphere everywhere, there is a real buzz about everywhere, it’s really nice, we really enjoyed it! Everyone is really, really friendly, and if you come along and try to speak a bit of Chinese, there is so much to discover, yeah, we really love Taipei and we encourage our friends to come here.”
[珍妮蕾佛，台湾欧洲人学校的教师]：
“真是太棒了，每个地方的气氛都很好，到处都很热闹，真好，我们好喜欢﹗ 每个人真的，真的很友好，如果你要努力讲几句汉语，就会有许多新发现，是的，我们真的喜欢台北，我们鼓励我们的朋友来这里。”
本则英语新闻影音出处：新唐人英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2009-05-30/076946565670.html
相关学英语文章集结点：http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/ncid205.htm
