Learning to dance
学跳舞
I went to England with my mother.
我和妈妈去了英国。
She used to be a singer in a band.
她曾经是一个乐队的歌手。
We went to the hotel that she used to sing at.
我们去了她过去唱歌的酒店。
It was a big fancy hotel.
那是一家豪华的大酒店。
Some of the people that she knew when she sang in the band were still there.
她在乐队唱歌时认识的一些人仍然在那里。
They remembered my mother, and they had a good time talking to her and remembering old times.
他们记得我妈妈，他们和她聊得很开心，回忆起过去的时光。
Many people told me that I looked like my mother.
许多人告诉我，我长得像我妈妈。
In the hotel, they had a fancy hall where they had ballroom dancing.
在酒店里，他们有一个别致的大厅，在那里他们可以跳交际舞。
I am not used to that kind of dancing.
我不习惯那种舞蹈。
I always dance to rock music.
我一直跟着摇滚乐跳舞。
A man told me that he would teach me how to dance.
一个男人告诉我他会教我跳舞的。
It looked very easy.
看起来很简单。
I held one of his hands, and put my other hand on his shoulder.
我握住他的一只手，另一只手放在他的肩膀上。
He told me exactly how to move my feet.
他准确地告诉我如何移动我的脚。
I was very clumsy, and I stepped on his toes.
我很笨拙，踩到了他的脚趾头。
He was patient with me, and he counted “one, two, three.”
他对我很有耐心，他数着“一、二、三”。
I tried to waltz with him.
我试着和他跳华尔兹。
I would start out pretty well, but then I would get mixed up and stand on his toes again.
我一开始做得很好，但之后我变得混乱，再次踩在了他的脚尖上。
The man laughed about it.
那人笑了。
I told him that I wasn’t a very good dancer, but he said that I was good for a beginner.
我告诉他我不是一个很好的舞者，但他说对于我这样一个初学者来说，已经不错了。
I think he was just being polite.
我想他只是出于礼貌而已。
The man asked my mother to dance.
那个男人请我妈妈跳舞。
My mother is a very good dancer.
我妈妈是一个很好的舞蹈演员。
I didn’t know that about her.
我不了解那些。
She never stepped on the man’s toes once.
她从未踩过那个男人的脚趾。
The man thanked us for dancing with him, and I thanked him for giving me dancing lessons.
他感谢我们和他跳舞，我感谢他给我上舞蹈课。
I don’t think I’ll ever be very good at that type of dancing.
我想我永远不会很擅长那种舞蹈。
Each generation has a specific type of dancing.
每一代人都有特定的舞蹈类型。
The way that I dance is different from the way that my mother dances.
我跳舞的方式和我妈妈跳舞的方式不同。
The way that I dance doesn’t involve moving your feet too much.
我跳舞的方式不会让你的脚动得太多。
I’m not too good at fancy steps.
我不太擅长花哨的步伐。
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