實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Manga 漫畫(1)

Joel: A lot of Japanese adults read comic books. Do you find that strange at all? You said you read comic books too but I know in the United States, we think it's strange if you see an adult reading a comic book. Is it because the stories are different or because are you reading the same kind of story you would when you were a kid.

喬爾：日本有很多成年人都看漫畫書。你會覺得這很奇怪嗎?你說過你也看漫畫書，不過我知道，在美國我們認為成年人看漫畫書是件奇怪的事情。是因為故事不一樣，還是因為你小的時候已經(jīng)看過類似的故事了?

Tres: OK, to answer the first part of your question, when I first came over as a high school student in Japan I was quite shocked by how prolific comic books were throughout all layers of society. I did not expect adults to read comic books, nor did I expect there to be comic books focusing on Japanese history, world history, cooking, what have you where you can actually learn useful information through a comic. I guess my understanding of a comic at the time was just sheer pleasure, Superman or Spiderman, it's something that you grow out, sort of like pimples. You grow out of it. But nowadays in the U.S. I think Japanese comic books have become more popular. Of course more adults save rare comics than kids. I mean, right, it's a pretty big. You can make a lot of money if you have really old comics. And I think Japanese comic books are starting to help the domestc comics in the United States, by making it OK for adults to read comics because they can say listen this can be a satire of modern day society, or this may speak to me because it's about homosexual issues, blah, blah, blah, blah, whatever.

特雷斯：我先回答第一個問題，我剛來日本上高中時，對于日本社會各個階層都熱衷于看漫畫這件事感到非常震驚。我沒想到成年人也看漫畫書，而且我也沒想到還有與日本歷史、世界歷史、烹飪等內容有關的漫畫書，你可以通過漫畫學到很多有用的信息。我想當時我認為漫畫書只是一種娛樂，超人或者蜘蛛俠是你長大以后就不再關注的事情，就像青春痘一樣，成年后就不會再長。長大后你就不再看漫畫。但是我想，現(xiàn)在日本漫畫在美國越來越受歡迎。當然相比于孩子來說，有更多的成年人會收藏珍貴的漫畫。這要花費一大筆錢。如果你有古舊漫畫，那你會掙一大筆錢。我認為日本漫畫有助于使美國成年人接受本土漫畫，因為漫畫可以包含對現(xiàn)代社會的諷刺，可能會含有同性戀問題等等。

Joel: OK, I think that's the difference. There's a whole bunch of different genres than it seems like in the united states. In the United States there is just the super hero.

喬爾：好，我認為有很大不同。日本有各種風格的漫畫，比美國漫畫的種類多。美國只有超級英雄這種類型的漫畫。

Tres: Yeah, the super hero comics. And it's starting to change. I think the idea of Japan's comic book where you create a world as opposed to just one super hero character. In this world you can follow various characters, and I think you can, in a sense you become closer to the characters within a comic book.

特雷斯：對，超級英雄漫畫?，F(xiàn)在開始改變了。我認為日本漫畫的概念是要創(chuàng)造一個世界，而不是只創(chuàng)造一個超級英雄的形象。在創(chuàng)造出來的世界中，可以有各種不同的角色，從某種意義上說，你會感覺更接近漫畫中的人物。