(单词翻译:单击)
“They say dance is a vocabulary,” Alien Ness said, exhorting the dancers to contort and pretzel their bodies to spell their names.
“他们说舞蹈是一种词汇，”阿利安·耐斯说，并鼓励舞者们扭曲身体，拼出自己的名字。
He added, “If it feels like the letter, if it moves like the letter, then it is the letter.”
他补充说：“如果感觉像字母，如果身体像字母一样移动，那么它就是字母。”
Alien Ness, a pioneering B-boy born Luis Martinez, joined the Mighty Zulu Kingz in the early 1980s when breaking, along with lyricism, turntablism and graffiti, were among the distinct elements that coalesced to form hip-hop.
霹雳舞元老阿利安·耐斯的原名是路易斯·马丁内斯，他在20世纪80年代初加入了“伟大祖鲁国王”舞团，当时霹雳舞和说唱、转盘、涂鸦等其他独特元素一起构成了嘻哈文化。
In the decades since, breaking has mostly faded from hip-hop’s forefront in the United States, while achieving a modest popularity in countries including Japan, Australia and France thanks to demonstrations from originating dance crews and the popularity of TV dance competition shows.
此后的几十年里，霹雳舞已经基本上从美国嘻哈的前沿地带消失了，但在日本、澳大利亚和法国等地获得了一定的流行度，这要归功于一些创始舞团的示范和电视舞蹈比赛节目的流行。
It has largely been left out of the giant block party commemorating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary.
在纪念嘻哈诞生50周年的大型街区派对上，霹雳舞很大程度上被排除在外。
Domestically, regional scenes and pockets still flourish, but the biggest convergence points are the corporate-sponsored competitions, like the one Alien Ness patrolled.
在国内，地区性的舞团和组织仍然在蓬勃发展，但最大的汇合点是企业赞助的比赛，比如阿利安·耐斯来参观的这场比赛。
Now breaking, born in New York City, is preparing for its biggest international spotlight yet when it bows as an Olympic sport at the Paris Games in 2024.
诞生于纽约市的霹雳舞，现在正准备走向最耀眼的国际聚光灯，届时它将作为一项奥运项目在2024年巴黎奥运会上登台。
“It changes everything,” Alien Ness said. “Now it’s an Olympic gold medal. Now it’s a box of Wheaties. Now it’s your own Nike shoe. It’s everything that comes with that.”
“成为奥运项目改变了一切，”阿利安·耐斯说，“现在霹雳舞是奥运金牌，是Wheaties麦片（该品牌邀请运动冠军代言），是你自己独有的耐克运动鞋。是随之而来的一切东西。”
The new platform has left pioneers and younger breakers to grapple with issues of authenticity that some of hip-hop’s other tenets have already confronted.
这一新的平台让元老和年轻舞者需要努力解决真实性问题，嘻哈文化的一些其他信条已经受到过真实性问题的拷问。
If DJs founded hip-hop, B-boys and B-girls offered it pulsating vibrancy and staying power during a period of economic and social unrest in the Bronx.
如果说DJ们创立了嘻哈，那么在布朗克斯区经历经济和社会动荡之时，霹雳舞男孩和霹雳舞女孩们为嘻哈注入了的勃勃生机和持久耐力。
Circles formed. Dancers hit the ground performing dizzying, athletic, explosive moves that were also influenced by the martial arts talents of Bruce Lee.
他们围成一个圆圈，舞者走上地板，表演令人眼花缭乱的、健美的、爆炸性的动作，这些动作也受到了李小龙武术的影响。
“We were walking around with bald spots on our heads when we were kids,” said Chino Lopez, who took the name Action. “That’s how you knew a kid was awesome in head spins.”
“我们小时候顶着头上的一块块斑秃到处走，”奇诺·洛佩兹（他给自己取名为“行动”）说， “看到斑秃就知道这个小孩的头部旋转技术很厉害。”
By the 1990s, breaking was surging in popularity abroad.
到20世纪90年代，霹雳舞在国外大受欢迎。
In America, its reach became increasingly regional throughout the decade, leading to Red Bull’s sponsorship of the first Lords of the Floor competition in 2001, and global competitions.
在美国，它的影响范围在过去十年里变得越来越具有地方性，从而促使红牛在2001年赞助了首届“地板之王”比赛，以及后来的各种全球比赛。
A cash prize of $4,000 attracted top talent.
4000美元的奖金吸引了各地的顶尖舞者。
Red Bull sponsored the event again the next year before it evolved into its popular BC One competition, an annual international breaking showdown.
第二年，红牛再次赞助了这项赛事，后来它演变成了广受欢迎的BC One个人比赛，这是一年一度的国际霹雳舞决战。
