張恒

Hundreds of Chinese and American audience marveled2 at the performance of Chinese Shaolin kung fu in Houston， the fourth largest city in the United States.

在美國第四大城市休斯敦舉行的中國少林功夫表演，令數(shù)百名中美觀眾驚嘆不已。

Named “The legend of Shaolin 2018”， the show was the recital3 of the Shi Xing Hao Shaolin Kung Fu Academy in Houston. Students of the academy， young and old， performed all kinds of martial arts， receiving cheers and acclamation4 from the audience.

這場名為“2018少林傳奇”的演出是休斯敦釋行浩（音）少林功夫學院的專場表演。學院學生不論老少都表演了各種武術，受到觀眾的歡呼和喝彩。

The academy started as a small class of only 10 students in 1998. In the past 20 years， it has trained thousands of kung fu lovers， and many of them gain national and international medals.

學院在1998創(chuàng)辦時，只有一個10名學生的小班。在過去的20年里，學院培養(yǎng)了數(shù)千名功夫愛好者，其中許多人獲得了國家級和國際獎牌。

A disciple5 from Shaolin Temple in China， the principal of the academy， Shi Xing Hao， told Xinhua that during the past 20 years， more and more Americans have showed great passion for Chinese kung fu.

少林寺院長釋行浩是中國少林寺的一名弟子，他告訴新華社，在過去的20年里，越來越多的美國人對中國功夫表現(xiàn)出極大的熱情。

“Kung fu is a namecard of Chinese people， representing positive6 energy，” he said.

“功夫是中國人的名片，代表著積極的能量?！彼f。

Billy Nisbett， who has been with the academy for eight years， said kung fu has brought huge changes to his life， both physically and spiritually. He said kung fu has opened a door for him about China.

比利·尼斯貝特在學院工作了八年，他說功夫給他的生活帶來了巨大的變化，無論是身體上還是精神上。他說功夫為他打開了通向中國的大門。

“Im learning Chinese now and I stayed in China for about two months. I definitely know more about China than before，” Nisbett， now a PHD student in physics， said.

“我現(xiàn)在正在學漢語，在中國呆了大約兩個月。我對中國的了解比以前多了，”尼斯比特說道，他現(xiàn)在是一名物理學博士生。

Established in 1998， Shi Xing Hao Shaolin Kung Fu Academy is an institution dedicated7 to spreading the traditional Chinese culture and the exchange of heritage8 between the East and the West.

釋行浩少林功夫學院成立于1998年，是一個致力于傳播中國傳統(tǒng)文化、促進東西方傳統(tǒng)文化交流的機構。

1. applaud [ ] vi. 喝彩；鼓掌歡迎；vt. 贊同；稱贊；向……喝彩

2. marvel [ ] vt. 對……感到驚異；vi. 感到驚訝

3. recital [ ] n. （通常是一個人的） 朗誦會； 演奏會

4. acclamation [ ] n. 歡呼，喝彩

5. disciple [ ] n. 門徒，信徒；弟子

6. positive [ ] adj. 積極的；肯定的；正面的

7. dedicate [ ] vt. 致力；獻身

8. heritage [ ] n. 遺產；傳統(tǒng)