《名人传记》之我是李小龙4:香港最出名的童星

 　　There's bad blood historically between China and Hong Kong and Japan.

　　中日在香港问题上积怨颇深

　　His mother used to tell me

　　他妈妈曾告诉我

　　how Bruce would hang over the side of the balcony¹

　　布鲁斯如何在阳台上来回踱步

　　and shake his fist at the Japanese planes

　　并对着香港上空飞过的日本飞机

　　coming to land in Hong Kong.

　　挥舞着他的小拳头

　　If anyone said a word against the Chinese, he would rebel².

　　他不允许任何人说他祖国的坏话

　　And you work in motion³ pictures in Hong Kong?

　　你在香港演过电影吗

　　Yes, since I was around six years old.

　　是的 六岁左右就开始了

　　Bruce became a child actor under his father's influence,

　　在父亲的影响下布鲁斯成为了一个童星

　　his father being an actor in the Chinese opera,

　　他的父亲不仅是一个粤剧名旦

　　and then in Cantonese films as well.

　　也出演过一些粤语电影

　　And tell the crew⁵ what time they shoot the pictures in Hong Kong.

　　给我们说说在香港都什么时间拍电影吧

　　Well it's mostly in the morning

　　大多选在早晨

　　because it's kind of noisy in Hong Kong,

　　因为香港聚居了三百万居民

　　you know, around three million people there,

　　平时较为喧闹

　　so every time when you have a picture,

　　所以平时拍电影

　　it's mostly say, around 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. in the morning.

　　都选在凌晨十二点到上午五点这段时间

　　A lot of people don't touch on this,

　　很多人并不清楚

　　but he was the biggest childhood star in Hong Kong.

　　不过他确实是当时香港最出名的童星

　　He made 20, 20-something movies as a child star.

　　他当时大概出演了二十余部电影吧

　　He was like the Macaulay Culkin of that era⁴.

　　他就是那个年代的麦考利·卡尔金

　　And then you have the fact

　　在日本战败后

　　that Hong Kong was governed by the British.

　　香港被英国政府统治

　　They sort of targeted the British.

　　人们也多多少少有些针对英国人

　　You are crazy.

　　你疯了

　　But there's a lot of competition

　　当时生活在香港的

　　between the British people living there and the Chinese living there.

　　中英居民之间也发生过一些冲突

1 balcony   

n.阳台

参考例句：

• You can see the sea from our balcony.你从我们的阳台上就能看见大海。
• The balcony was closed with bars.阳台用铁条封上了。

2 rebel   

n.叛徒，起义者；vi.造反，反抗，反感；adj.造反的，反抗的，反叛者的

参考例句：

• The rebel army is attempting to subvert the government.反叛军队企图颠覆政府统治。
• The rebel army has readjusted its strategy.叛军已经重新调整了策略。

3 motion   

n.打手势，示意，移动，动作，提议，大便；v.运动，向...打手势，示意

参考例句：

• She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.她能感觉到脚下船在晃动。
• Don't open the door while the train is in motion.列车运行时，请勿打开车门。

4 era   

n.时代，年代，纪元，阶段

参考例句：

• We are living in the information era.我们生活在信息时代。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

5 crew   

n.全体船员，全体乘务员；vi.一起工作

参考例句：

• A captain controls his ship and its crew.船长管理他的船和船上的船员。
• The captain kept his crew at a distance.船长与他的船员总保持一段距离。