這兩天觀看了南非世界杯比賽的人們大概已經(jīng)開(kāi)始適應(yīng)場(chǎng)內(nèi)如蜂鳴般的那種聲音了吧。那些聲音就這種叫做vuvuzela的喇叭發(fā)出來(lái)的。今天，我們就給大家介紹一下這個(gè)vuvuzela的背景。

A vuvuzela is a brightly-coloured plastic trumpet, usually about a metre long, which is commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa. Playing the vuvuzela requires a practiced combination of lip and lung action to produce an extremely loud, monotonous sound, a bit like a foghorn.

Vuvuzela（嗚嗚祖拉）是一種顏色鮮艷的塑料喇叭，大約有一米長(zhǎng)，是南非球迷在足球比賽時(shí)經(jīng)常會(huì)用到的一個(gè)裝備。吹vuvuzela時(shí)需要嘴唇和肺部運(yùn)動(dòng)協(xié)調(diào)配合，這樣才能吹出音量極高、音調(diào)單一的那種聲音，跟霧笛的聲音有些類似。

The vuvuzela is said to be based on the Kudu horn, a tribal instrument used to summon villagers to meetings. Originally made of tin, the vuvuzela rose to popularity in South Africa at football matches in the late 1990s. Its fate was sealed in 2001, when South-African-based company Masincedane Sport began to mass-produce a plastic version, thereby making it essential kit for football supporters across the country.

據(jù)說(shuō)，vuvuzela的原形來(lái)自于庫(kù)杜號(hào)角，是土著部落用來(lái)召集村民開(kāi)會(huì)的器具。最早的vuvuzela是用錫做的，上世紀(jì)90年代后期在南非的足球賽中逐漸流行起來(lái)。2001年，南非一家體育用品公司Masincedane Sport開(kāi)始大規(guī)模生產(chǎn)塑料的vuvuzela，由此，vuvuzela便成了南非球迷裝備中的必備品。

The origin of the word vuvuzela is uncertain. Some argue that it originates from the Zulu for 'making a loud noise'. Others maintain it relates to township slang for the word 'shower', because it 'showers people with music'.

Vuvuzela這個(gè)詞的來(lái)源說(shuō)法不一。有人說(shuō)是來(lái)源于祖魯語(yǔ)中“制造噪音”的說(shuō)法。也有人說(shuō)是跟當(dāng)?shù)刭嫡Z(yǔ)“噴灑”的意思接近，因?yàn)関uvuzela是“將音樂(lè)灑向人群”。

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