Tokyo’s Unique Mascot School 东京吉祥物职业训练班
- 详细资料
- 创建于 2013年2月02日
- 最后更新于 2023年12月18日
- 发布于 2013年2月02日
- 作者：Mike Lee
- 点击数：314
课文朗读
Putting on a fuzzy costume and dancing for children is serious business in Tokyo, Japan. People there wishing to learn the art of being a costumed mascot enroll at the Choko Group Mascot School. Since opening her school in 1985, Choko Oohira has been teaching classes on how to fully become a character in order to entertain children.
在日本东京，穿上毛茸茸的道具服在孩子面前跳舞是一份须慎重看待的行业。在这座城市，想要学习从事穿着吉祥物道具服这份工作的人，会来参加「长子吉祥物职业训练班」。自1985年开办以来，大平长子女士持续授课以教导大众如何完全投入角色以娱乐孩童。
To embody their mascot, according to Oohira, the performers must first take care of costume management. Showing skin or allowing the mask to slip can be a major disappointment. Beyond that, each character has its own way of walking and its own set of gestures. An adorable baby and a scary dragon should obviously move in different manners.
据长子女士表示：为了具体呈现吉祥物，表演者首先必须要能控制好道具服。露出皮肤或是掉落面具对观众来说是件非常令人失望的事。除此之外，每一个角色都有自己的行走方式以及个别手势；一个可爱的宝宝和一只可怕的龙应该明显要以不同的方式走位。
After Oohira’s students learn how to properly play a character, their job prospects are quite favorable. It’s no stretch to say the capital of Japan is also the capital of mascot employment. Hundreds of business and government offices in the city’s region hire mascots for their promotional events. As funny as it may seem, the mascot has found a secure place in modern Japanese culture.
长子女士的学生们学习如何适当扮演吉祥物角色之后，他们的前景是非常看好的。我们可以毫不夸张的说：日本的首都也是吉祥物产业的集中地。城市里数以百计的企业以及政府机构，雇用吉祥物来为他们的促销活动加分。这项行业看来似乎滑稽可笑，但吉祥物已在日本的现代文化中占有一席稳固的位置。
－by Geoffrey Trager
单词发音
Vocabulary
fuzzy [ˋfʌzɪ] adj. 毛茸茸的
costume [ˋkɑstjum] n 化装服; 表演服; 道具服
mascot [ˋmæskət] n. 吉祥物
enroll [ɪnˋrol] v. 入学，注册
embody [ɪmˋbɑdɪ] v. 体现，使具体化
slip [slɪp] v. 滑落，滑掉
adorable [əˋdorəb!] adj. 可爱的
prospect [ˋprɑspɛkt] n. 前景，前途
favorable [ˋfevərəb!] adj. 有利的
It’s no stretch to say 毫不夸张地说
secure 稳当的；牢靠的
Reading Comprehension
1. Which of the following is a failure of costume management?
(A) Revealing some skin on the edge of the mask.
(B) Walking in a way that is not cute or funny.
(C) Moving the arms and legs like a different character.
(D) Slipping and falling down during a performance.
2. What happens when students graduate from Oohira's school?
(A) They usually return to their hometown to finish their education.
(B) They will travel abroad to test their skills.
(C) They often open their own school to teach others.
(D) They have an easy time finding jobs in Japan's capital.
3. What can we assume about the lessons at the Choko Group Mascot School?
(A) Students spend half the time learning how to talk and sing.
(B) Students learn special moves for their character.
(C) They teach students how to interview for jobs.
(D) They give lessons on how to make masks.
Answer
|
1. ( A ) |
2. ( D ) |
3. ( B ) |
|
|