關於七龍珠的十大真相：英語精讀講義

In all the Japanese versions of Dragon Ball,

在所有日語版的《七龍珠》中，

Goku his father Bardock and his two sons Gohan and Goten

悟空、他的父親巴達克以及他的兩個兒子悟飯和悟天，

is actually voiced by an older woman 用詞

其實都是由一位年長的女性配音的，

named Masako Nozawa.

她就是野澤雅子。

Many of the characters' names are actually a play on English words. 慣用語

許多角色的名字實際上是英語單詞的諧音梗。

Some examples are Kakarot taken from carrot,

例如，卡卡羅特（Kakarot）取自胡蘿蔔（carrot），

Vegeta simply taken from the first six letters of the word vegetable,

達爾（Vegeta）直接取自蔬菜（vegetable）這個詞的前六個字母，

Raditz from radish,

拉帝茲（Raditz）取自蘿蔔（radish），

Frieza comes from freezer,

弗利沙（Frieza）取自冰櫃（freezer），

Broly from broccoli,

布羅利（Broly）取自青花菜（broccoli），

Paragus taken from asparagus,

帕拉加斯（Paragus）取自蘆筍（asparagus），

and then there's more obvious ones such as Trunks, Briefs,

還有一些更明顯的，比如特南克斯（Trunks，短褲）、布里夫（Briefs，內褲）、

Launch, Piano, Chilled, Cooler and many more.

蘭琪（Launch，午餐）、皮亞諾（Piano，鋼琴）、齊爾德（Chilled，冷藏）、克維拉（Cooler，冷風機）等等。

Also in Japanese,

同樣在日語中，

Saiyan is formed by rearranging the syllables of the Japanese word "yasai", 文法

賽亞人（Saiyan）是由日語單詞「yasai」的音節重新排列而成的，

which also happens to mean vegetable. 文法

而「yasai」的意思恰好也是蔬菜。

In other words, Super Saiyan equals Super Vegetable. 表達脈絡

換句話說，超級賽亞人就等於超級蔬菜。

Something that I also covered in my very first episode of this series

在我這個系列的第一期節目中，

Top 10 Facts Memes

《十大迷因冷知識》裡我也講過，

is that the line from the popular meme "It's over 9,000" 文化背景

那句知名的網路迷因「戰鬥力超過9000了」的台詞，

is actually wrong.

其實是錯的。

In the original manga, he actually says it's over 8,000.

在原版漫畫中，他其實說的是超過8000。

After doing some further digging into the dark corners of the web, 慣用語

在網路深處進行了進一步挖掘之後，

it seems like it was changed to better fit the character's mouth movements in the English dub. 片語搭配

似乎這是為了更好地配合英文配音中角色的口型而做出的改動。

However, Vegeta still says 8,000 in the remastered English DVD release of the episode.

然而，在這一集高畫質重製的英文版DVD中，達爾說的仍然是8000。

What does the scouter say about his power level?

探測器顯示他的戰鬥力是多少？

It's over 8,000!

超過8000了！

8,000?

8000？

Frieza is one of the most significant villains in the series,

弗利沙是這個系列中最重要的反派之一，

but he's also the most frequently defeated villain,

但他也是被擊敗次數最多的反派，

being defeated a total of five times.

總共被擊敗了五次。

He lost to Goku on Namek, was executed by Future Trunks and defeated by Pikkon in Dragon Ball Z.

他在那美克星輸給了悟空，被未來特南克斯處決，並在《七龍珠Z》中被排骨飯擊敗。

He was also sent back to hell by Gohan in Fusion Reborn

在《復活的融合》中，他也被悟飯送回了地獄，

and was frozen and smashed to pieces by Goku in Dragon Ball GT. 片語搭配

在《七龍珠GT》中被悟空凍結並打碎。

It could also be said to be six if you count Ghost Warrior Frieza 文法

如果你算上幽靈戰士弗利沙，也可以說是六次，

who was also defeated by Future Trunks.

他同樣也被未來特南克斯擊敗了。

Frieza's fight against Goku is also the longest fight in the Dragon Ball Z anime

弗利沙對陣悟空的戰鬥也是《七龍珠Z》動畫中最長的一場戰鬥，

spanning 19 episodes. 文法

跨越了19集。

And quite ironically,

頗具諷刺意味的是，

despite doing everything in his power to make sure that the Super Saiyan would never surface, 講解

儘管他竭盡全力確保超級賽亞人永遠不會出現，

Frieza actually caused the most Super Saiyan transformations in the series.

但弗利沙實際上促成了該系列中最多次的超級賽亞人變身。

In one way or another, 慣用語

他以這樣或那樣的方式，

he caused Goku, Gohan, Bardock and Broly 文法

促使了悟空、悟飯、巴達克和布羅利

to become a Super Saiyan.

變成了超級賽亞人。

During a scene in the first episode of the Namek Saga,

在那美克星篇第一集的一個場景中，

a picture of several Nameks is shown

出現了一張幾個那美克星人的畫面，

and one of them has a mustache.

其中一個人長著鬍子。

This is kind of weird as no other Namekian 語氣意圖

這有點奇怪，因為沒有其他那美克星人

in the entire series has been seen

在整個系列中曾被看到

with facial hair of any kind.

有任何形式的面部毛髮。

The exception would be Piano, 表達脈絡

唯一的例外是皮亞諾，

a mutated Namek who has a few sprouts

一個變異的那美克星人，他的後腦勺上

of hair on the back of his head.

長著幾根毛髮。

Goku's signature attack, the Kamehameha,

悟空的標誌性絕招，龜派氣功（Kamehameha），

translates to turtle destruction wave from Japanese.

在日語中翻譯為「烏龜毀滅波」。

But Kamehameha is also the name of a man

但Kamehameha也是一個人的名字，

who established the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810.

他在1810年建立了夏威夷王國。

His full name was...

他的全名是……

Ikea?

Ikea（宜家）？

Okay, that's fucking impossible to say.

好吧，這他媽根本念不出來。

I'm just Saiyan. 慣用語

我只是隨口「賽亞」而已（諧音：說說而已）。

Aside from anime and manga, 片語搭配

除了動畫和漫畫之外，

Dragon Ball is also a very popular video game franchise,

《七龍珠》也是一個非常受歡迎的電子遊戲系列，

especially in Japan.

尤其是在日本。

There have been a total of 138,

總共有138款，

138 video games about the Dragon Ball franchise.

138款關於《七龍珠》系列的電子遊戲。

The majority of which have only been released in Japan, though. 文法

不過，其中絕大多數只在日本發行。

In Dragon Ball as well as in the beginning of Dragon Ball Z,

在《七龍珠》以及《七龍珠Z》的初期，

Piccolo's blood is seen as red,

比克的血液被畫成紅色的，

but later in the series his and other Namekians'

但在系列後期，他和其它那美克星人的

blood is always purple.

血液總是紫色的。

This change most likely took place because in the beginning 片語動詞

這種改變很可能是因為在開始時，

Piccolo was just seen as an evil alien.

比克只是被視為一個邪惡的外星人。

He didn't have a race or background or anything. 語氣意圖

他沒有種族、背景或任何東西。

He was just a simple villain.

他只是一個簡單的反派。

But as the story progressed and his character was further developed, 表達脈絡

但隨著故事的發展和對他的角色的深入刻畫，

he was eventually given a race and thus somewhere along that process 慣用語

他最終被賦予了一個種族，因此在那個過程中的某個時候，

they decided to change the color of Namekians' blood.

他們決定改變那美克星人血液的顏色。

The Dragon Ball anime is actually quite sexual

《七龍珠》動畫實際上有相當多的性暗示內容，

even though it's aimed towards children and early teens. 講解

儘管它的目標受眾是兒童和青少年早期。

And I'm not talking about subtle dialogue and sexual innuendos here.

我在這裡說的不是含蓄的對話和性暗示。

No, more in the lines of stuff that wouldn't even make it 講解

不，更多的是那些甚至無法

on most Western animated shows aimed towards adults and late teens.

在大多數面向成人和青少年的西方動畫片中播出的內容。

Like when Bulma shows herself naked simply to get what she wants.

比如布瑪為了得到她想要的東西而直接展示自己裸體的畫面。

Or when she on several occasions teases Goku by revealing her panties

或者她在好幾個場合透過露出內褲來挑逗悟空，

and the dialogue implies that she will undress for him.

對話甚至暗示她願意為他脫衣服。

Or how about when Goku literally undressed her while she's sleeping? 表達脈絡

或者悟空在她睡覺時直接脫掉她衣服的那次呢？

Or just some very sexual fan service in general. 文化背景

或者一般意義上的非常性感的粉絲福利。

Or how about skipping all the hinting and just show some completely uncensored breasts.

又或者跳過所有的暗示，直接展示完全沒有打碼的胸部。

Not kidding here. 語氣意圖

沒開玩笑。

It was only shown for about three or four frames

它只展示了大約三到四幀，

and hard to see without slowing it down, 片語動詞

不放慢速度很難看清，

but still you would never see that in, for example, an American cartoon.

但舉例來說，你絕對不會在美國動畫片中看到這樣的畫面。

Just goes to show how different some cultures and countries view nudity and sex. 慣用語

這恰恰說明了不同文化和國家對裸體和性的看法是多麼不同。

A live-action movie based on Dragon Ball was made in 1990

1990年製作了一部基於《七龍珠》的真人電影，

named Dragon Ball Fight Son Goku Win Son Goku.

名為《七龍珠：打倒孫悟空，戰勝孫悟空》。

It was a very low-budget unofficial Korean film based on the manga.

這是一部非常低成本的、未獲官方授權的韓國電影，改編自漫畫。

A similarly low-budget and unofficial movie was made in Taiwan in 1991

1991年，台灣也製作了一部類似低成本和非官方的電影，

and was called Dragon Ball The Magic Begins.

名為《新七龍珠》。

Even so, these two movies are still better than this sorry excuse of a movie released in 2009. 講解

即便如此，這兩部電影仍然比2009年上映的那部糟糕透頂的電影要好。

It's a movie I wouldn't even want on my list of bad movies.

那是一部我甚至不想把它列入我的爛片名單的電影。

That's how bad it is. 文法

它就是這麼爛。

It's one of these movies,

就是那種電影，

you know, that when you watch it, 語氣意圖

你懂的，當你看著它的時候，

you're just blown away by the fact that 慣用語

你完全不敢相信這樣一個事實：

a whole bunch of executives have sat through this whole thing, 講解

一大群高管居然坐著把這整部片子看完了，

probably several times, and said,

而且可能還看了好幾遍，然後說，

"You know what, Steve,

「你知道嗎，史蒂夫，

I like this movie.

我喜歡這部電影。

I like it so much, in fact, 文法

事實上，我非常喜歡它，

that I'm going to put my name on it 慣用語

以至於我要把我的名字印在上面，

to let everyone know who made it

讓所有人都知道是誰製作了它，

and release it for the whole world to view."

並把它發行給全世界看。」

That is incredible.

真是不可思議。

That requires balls. 慣用語

這需要帶種（balls）。

You could almost say it requires Dragon Balls.

你簡直可以說這需要七顆龍珠（Dragon Balls）來壯膽。