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挑战#2: The Five Venoms (Audio Quiz)


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Here's an audio clip (1:34) from the opening of the kung-fu classic The Five Venoms 《五毒》. There is a ton of good kung-fu vocab in this one, so it might be a bit tough if you do not spend some time in the 江湖. The characters involved are a student named 杨德 and his 师父. See if you can answer these questions without looking at the transcript (below and embedded as lyrics in mp3).

Five Venoms v2.mp3

1. How long has 杨德 been an apprentice?

2. What would happen if he spoke about 五毒门 to the outside world?

3. What is the first thing the previous five 师兄 did after their training?

4. Before sending him on a mission, what does 杨德's 师父 want to tell him?

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Transcript

这几年来

我一直还想自救

现在看来是不行了

杨德

你拜师已经三年

当然知道我是五毒门的掌门人

五毒门在江湖上可以说是武林公敌

你跟我隐居在这里

可以说出五毒门这三个字来

但是你到了江湖上

五毒门三个字一出口

立时就有杀身之祸

为什么?

我们没有做过什么坏事

没有做过什么坏事

你不知道

五毒门在以前

在你以前

我先后收了五个徒弟

我有五位师兄?

他们叫什么名字?

在什么地方?

五毒门的弟子一到外面

第一件事就是改名换姓

将自己的来历

当作是一件绝大的秘密

我的五个弟子

有的还互不相识

他们五个的武功

你多少也学过一点

但都未深造

我在世的日子不多了

等你知道了他们五个武功之后

我有一件事要你去做

我先把他们五个的武功

也就是五毒门的功夫

详细的说给你听那边就是从前的练功房

Some links: 《五毒》 on tudou. A thread on Shaw Bros. movies.

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Thanks, xiaocai. Found another typo or two (ouch, or three) in the transcript, so fixed those. Consider it extra listening practice to find others.

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(I re-upped the file, so the embedded lyrics now have the typo fixes. Sorry about that).

While folks are working out the answers, this line from the clip ("五毒门在江湖上可以说是武林公敌") got me thinking that I wasn't clear on the difference between 江湖 and 武林. After some perusing, I found that 武林 specifically refers to the martial arts schools/sects, while 江湖 has a much wider scope and can include all sorts of figures from monks to beggars and others in between. But that both refer to circles of 武侠 society in some way. Am I getting that right?

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I don't want to be the person always answering them, but seeing as no-one else has given it a shot:

1. How long has 杨德 been an apprentice?

3 years

2. What would happen if he spoke about 五毒门 to the outside world?

He would meet certain death

3. What is the first thing the previous five 师兄 did after their training?

Changed their names to conceal their true identity

4. Before sending him on a mission, what does 杨德's 师父 want to tell him?

Detailed knowledge of the fighting skills of his five 师兄 - that is all about 五毒门 kungfu

Am I getting that right?

Yes, I think that's a pretty accurate summary. 江湖 is basically society at large, but the wild and in some ways lawless part of society, with it's own rules and honour system etc.

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