核心
Hé xīn
凡是迎接贵宾或
欢庆节日的时候
fánshì yíngjiē guìbīn huò
huan qìng jiérì de shíhou
马来人都喜欢通过鼓声来
营造气氛
mǎ lái rén dōu xǐhuan tōngguò gǔ shēng lái
yíngzào qìfēn
他们左手握着
又圆又扁的单面鼓，
tāmen zuǒshǒu wòzhe
yòu yuán yòu biǎn de dān miàn gǔ,
右手有节奏地拍打，
yòushǒu yǒu jiézòu de pāidǎ,
鼓声整齐有力。
这种单面鼓就是马来族的传统鼓
gǔ shēng zhěngqí yǒulì.
Zhè zhǒng dān miàn gǔ jiùshì mǎ lái zú
de chuántǒng gǔ
贡邦 gòng bāng
贡邦是怎么来的呢？gòng bāng shì zěnme lái de ne?传说，在一个村子里，有一棵枯树会发出魔音Chuánshuō, zài yígè cūnzi lǐ, yǒuyì kē kū shù huì fāchū mó yīn使人进入昏睡状态，村民很害怕shǐ rén jìnrù hūnshuì zhuàngtài, cūnmín hěn hàipà一天当村民用火去烧树时，突然，
Yìtiān dāng cūnmín yòng huǒ qù shāo shù shí, túrán,
突然，一条大红蛇从树洞里
钻了出来，
túrán, yìtiáo dàhóng shé cóng shù dòng lǐ
zuānle chūlái,
并且发出魔音，大家听了，顿时昏睡
过去，bìng qiě fā chū mó yīn, dàjiā tīngle, dùnshí hūnshuì guòqù,
只有耳聋阿里没受影响。
zhǐyǒu ěr lóng ālǐ méi shòu yǐngxiǎng.
阿里立刻往伙伴身上泼水Ālǐ lìkè wǎng huǒbàn shēnshang pōshuǐ把他们弄醒，身体像石头一般坚硬，bǎ tāmen nòng xǐng, shēntǐ xiàng shítou yìbān jiānyìng,村民怎么打都伤不了他，只好逃回家去cūnmín zěnme dǎ dōu shāng bùliǎo tā, zhǐhǎo táo huí jiā qù
当晚，一个村民梦到
一种特别的火石可以消灭大红蛇，
dàngwǎn, yígè cūnmín mèng dào
yì zhǒng tèbié de huǒshí kěyǐ xiāomiè dàhóng shé,
这种火石一淋到水就会烧起来。
zhèi zhǒng huǒshí yì lín dào shuǐ jiù huì shāo qǐlái.
于是，村民设法找来火石，用布塞住耳朵，
Yúshì, cūnmín shèfǎ zhǎo lái huǒshí, yòng bù sāi zhù ěrduo,
趁大红蛇沉睡的时候，把火石投进树洞里，
chèn dàhóng shé chénshuì de shíhou, bǎ huǒshí tóu jìn shù dòng lǐ,
并奋力泼水。大红蛇终于被消灭了。
bìng fènlì pōshuǐ. Dàhóng shé zhōngyú bèi xiāomièle.
村民把蛇皮剥下来，用盘子撑开
Cūnmín bǎ shé píbō xiàlái, yòng pánzi chēng kāi
他们一拍打蛇皮，他就发出低沉的声音
tāmen yì pāidǎ shé pí, tā jiù fāchū dīchén de shēngyīn
这就是最早的“贡邦”
zhè jiùshì zuìzǎo de “gòng bāng”
Word Bank- 凡是 = every, any, whatever [indicate all or everything]
- 迎接 = to welcome
- 贵宾 = Special Guest
- 或 – 或者 = or
- 欢庆 = to celebrate
- 节日 = festival
- 的时候 = when
- 马来 － 马来西亚 = Malaysia
- 人 = man, people
- 都 = indicates all
- 喜欢 = like to
- 通过 = by, through
- 鼓声 = drum sound
- 来 = come, do. It is an auxiliary verb which equivalent with “let’s” in English, or to start or ask to do something.
- 营造 = to build
- 气氛 = atmosphere
- 他们 = they, them
- 左手 = left hand
- 握着 = grasp, holding
- 又圆又扁 = round and flat
- 平面 = plane [in math]
- 鼓 = drum
- 右手 = right hand
- 有 = there’s, having
- 节奏 = rhythm
- 拍打 = to tap, to pat, to beat
- 鼓声 = drum sound
- 整齐 = neat, adjusted
- 有力 = strong, powerful
- 这种 = this kind
- 单面鼓 = flat drum
- 就是 = exactly is
- 族 － 民族 = ethnic group
- 传统 = tradition
- 贡邦 = is an Singaporean Chinese which means drum, it is directly translated from Malaysian language
- 怎么来的 = how come, [originally from?]
- 传说 = legend
- 在 = located on/at/in; something is going on
- 一个 = a, one
- 村子 = village
- 里 － 里面 = inside
- 一棵 = measure word for tree, which mean a tree
- 枯树 = withered tree [dried up tree]
- 会 = will
- 发出 = to issue, to send out
- 魔音 = demon sound
- 使 － 令 － 让 = to make, to cause
- 进入 = to get into, to enter
- 昏睡 = a lethargic sleep, a trance
- 状态 = a state or condition
- 村民 = villager
- 很 = very
- 害怕 = afraid
- 一天 = one day
- 当...时候 = at the time when...
- 用 = to utilize, to use
- 火 = fire
- 去 = to go
- 烧树 = burning tree
- 突然 – 忽然 = suddenly
- 一条 = measure word for string, strip, road,etc
- 大 = big
- 红 = red
- 蛇 = snake
- 从 = from
- 树洞 = hollow [tree cave]
- 钻 – 穿孔 = drilling, penetrate from a hole
- 出来 = out
- 并且 = and then
- 大家 = everyone
- 听 = listen to
- 了 = indicates after or an action has been done
- 顿时 – 立刻 – 马上 = immediately
- 昏睡过去 = fall asleep
- 只有 = only
- 耳聋 = deaf
- 没 – 没有 － 无 = there’s no, have no
- 受影响 = get influenced, impact
- 往 － 拐 = to turn to
- 伙伴 = partner
- 身上 – 身体 = body
- 泼 = splash
- 水 = water
- 把 = particle markingthe following noun as a direct object, to cause
- 弄醒 = to awake
- 这时 － 这个时候 = at this time
- 又 = again
- 开始 = start to
- 攻击 = attack
- 非常 = extremely
- 厉害 = fierce, great, powerful
- 像 = look like, seem as
- 石头 = stone
- 一般 = generally
- 坚硬 = hard solid
- 伤不了 = unhurtable
- 只好 = it’s better to, there’s no alternative way but...
- 逃 = to escape
- 回家 = go home
- 去 = go to
- 当晚 = as the night come
- 一个 = a
- 村民 = villager
- 梦到 = dream of
- 一种 = kind of
- 特别 = particularly, special, unique
- 可以 － 能 = can
- 消灭 = eliminate, wipe out
- 一 = one, once
- 淋到水 = springkled by water [drenched by water]
- 就 = exactly
- 会 = will
- 烧起来 = burnt up
- 于是 = therefore, hence
- 设法 = to think a method, to consider the solution
- 找来 = to find out, to get
- 火石 = fire stone
- 布 = a cloth
- 塞住 = plugged in, stuck in
- 耳朵 = ear
- 趁,..的时候 = take a chance [when there’s still an opportunity]
- 沉睡 = asleep
- 投进 = droped into
- 并 = and also
- 奋力 = to do one’s best
- 泼水 = splashing water
- 终于 – 总算 = finally, at last
- 被 =
- 蛇皮 = snake skin
- 剥下来 = to shell off, taken off
- 盘子 = plate
- 撑开 = to unfurl ; to open
- 一拍打 = once beaten, once plugged
- 蛇皮 = snake skin
- 低沈 - 降低下沉 - 低微深沉 = low [for sound]
- 声音 = sound
- 这就是 = this is exactly
- 最早 = first, the most early, origin
