053 孟加拉街头艺术

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Do you know where to find Bangladesh on a map?

你知道在地图上哪里可以找到孟加拉国吗？

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Most people have heard of it, but can't find it

大多数人都听说过它，但找不到它。

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We'll give you a hint: it is somewhere in Asia

提示一下：它在亚洲的某个地方。

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Bangladesh is surrounded by India and a tiny part of Myanmar

孟加拉国被印度和缅甸的一小部分所环绕。

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It is a small country, but it is a strong country

它是一个小国，但它是一个坚韧的国家。

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For hundreds of years, Bengalis have lived through many wars

数百年来，孟加拉国人经历了许多战争。

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And every year from May to October, the country is flooded by the monsoons and overflowing rivers

每年五月到十月，这个国家都因季风和泛滥的河流而被洪水淹没。

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But the Bengalis have survived

但孟加拉人幸存了下来。

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With the wars and the flooding, you might think the people are depressed

经历了战争和洪水，你可能会觉得人们很沮丧。

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But they aren't

但他们并没有。

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The Bengalis like to say," We don't have much, but we are proud of what we do have."

孟加拉人喜欢说：“我们拥有的不多，但我们为自己所拥有的感到骄傲。”

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If you visit Bangladesh, you will see that this is very true

如果你到访孟加拉国，就会发现这话说得一点没错。

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Everywhere you go in Bangladesh, the Bengalis show artistic pride in what they have

在孟加拉国，无论你走到哪里，孟加拉人都对身边事物展现出艺术般的自豪。

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The women wear beautiful saris and salwar kameez

女士们穿着漂亮的纱丽和萨尔瓦卡米兹。

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It takes eight and a half meters of fabric to make a sari, and the women wrap it around and around to make a dress

做一件纱丽需要八米半的布料，女士们把它一层一层裹起来做成裙子。

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It does not take as much fabric to make a salwar kameez, and the women say it is easy to wear

做一套萨尔瓦卡米兹用的布料没那么多，女士们都说它穿起来很方便。

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Both the sari and the salwar kameez are made out of bright and beautiful fabrics that give a feeling of life and happiness

纱丽和萨尔瓦卡米兹都采用色彩明亮、漂亮的布料，给人一种充满生机和快乐的感觉。

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Believe it or not, the men actually wear skirts, called lungis

信不信由你，男人们其实会穿一种裙子，叫做笼吉。

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The lungi is made out of bright patterns and colors just like the women's clothes

笼吉和女装一样，也采用鲜艳的图案和颜色。

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And when they need to ride a bicycle or walk through deep water, they pull it up and tuck it in so that it looks like shorts

需要骑自行车或蹚过深水时，他们就把它拉起来塞好，看起来就像短裤一样。

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For some people, all they own are the clothes they wear

对一些人来说，他们全部的家当就是身上穿的这套衣服。

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But like all Bengalis, they show great pride by making their clothes very colorful

但和所有孟加拉人一样，他们把自己的衣服做得五彩斑斓，以此表达深深的自豪。

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Bengalis are also artistic when they travel

孟加拉人在出行时也很有艺术感。

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Because cars are so expensive, many Bengalis ride in rickshaws

因为汽车太贵，许多孟加拉人会乘坐人力车。

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A rickshaw is a bicycle with a cart behind it where one or two people ride inside

人力车就是一辆自行车后面带个车厢，里面可以坐一到两个人。

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Of course, sometimes they can even squeeze three or four people inside!

当然，有时他们甚至能挤进三四个人！

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Bengali rickshaw drivers are very proud of their rickshaws

孟加拉人力车夫对自己的车非常自豪。

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Most rickshaws have been carefully decorated in bright colors on all sides

大多数人力车的每个面都仔细地装饰着鲜艳的颜色。

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If you rode in a rickshaw, you would see paintings on the back of the cart or its cover, on the driver's seat, and decorations on the wheels

如果你坐上人力车，你会看到车厢背面或顶棚上、车夫的座位上都有绘画，车轮上也有装饰。

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But, rickshaws aren't the only painted vehicles

不过，被画上图案的交通工具可不止人力车。

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Those people who can afford trucks show how thankful they are by making them look beautiful

那些买得起卡车的人，会把卡车打扮得漂漂亮亮，以此表达他们的感恩之情。

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For example, this truck has five different pictures on each side

比如，这辆卡车每一边都有五幅不同的画。

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And that truck has different colored stripes on the front!

那辆卡车的前脸则有不同颜色的条纹！

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As you can see from our quick tour of Bangladesh, it is a very colorful country

从我们这趟孟加拉国速览中，你能看出这是一个非常多彩的国度。

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And even though storms and battles may come, Bengalis still find a reason to be artistic and smile

即便暴风雨和争斗可能来临，孟加拉人依然能找到追求艺术和微笑的理由。