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funhouse mirror/  哈哈镜 / (hāhājìnɡ)

A: If you wanted to build an indoor amusement park for a kid, what would you put in it?

如果让你给小朋友们打造一个室内游乐场,你会在里面放哪些东西呢？

(rúɡuǒ rànɡnǐ ɡěi xiǎopénɡyǒu mén dǎzào yīɡè shìnèi yóulèchǎnɡ, nǐhuì zài lǐmiàn fànɡ nǎxiē dōnɡxī ne?)

B: That's a really interesting question to ask. I think I would put a toy pool full of plush toys. What about you? 

这个问题真有意思。我想我会给孩子们准备一个填满毛绒玩具的玩具池。你呢？

(zhèɡè wèntí zhēn yǒuyìsī.wǒxiǎnɡ wǒhuì ɡěi háizǐ mén zhǔnbèi yīɡè tiánmǎn máorónɡ wánjù de wánjùchí.nǐ ne?)

A: I would probably put a bunch of funhouse mirrors in an indoor amusement park. 

我应该会在室内游乐场里放哈哈镜。

(wǒ yīnɡɡāi huì zài shìnèi yóulèchǎnɡ lǐ fànɡ hāhājìnɡ.)

B: What's a funhouse mirror?

什么是哈哈镜呢？

(shénme shì hāhājìnɡ ne?)

A: You can think of a funhouse mirror as an optical instrument that has a curving mirror face. 

你可以理解哈哈镜为一种光学装置,有着表面凹凸不平的镜面。

(nǐ kěyǐ lǐjiě hāhājìnɡ wéi yīzhǒnɡ ɡuānɡxué zhuānɡzhì, yǒuzhe biǎomiàn āotū bùpínɡ de jìnɡmiàn.)

B: What's special about it? I really want to know it.

那它有何特殊之处吗？我特别想听听。

(nàtā yǒuhé tèshū zhīchǔ ma? wǒ tèbié xiǎnɡ tīnɡtīnɡ.)

A: It reflects a distorted image of people and things. It makes people laugh, so in Chinese it is called a "haha mirror." 

它反映人像及物件的扭曲面貌,令人发笑,因此在中文中我们叫它哈哈镜。

(tā fǎnyìnɡ rénxiànɡ jí wùjiàn de niǔqǔ miànmào, lìnɡrén fāxiào, yīncǐ zài zhōnɡwén zhōnɡ wǒmén jiàotā hāhājìnɡ.)

Illustrations:Liu Xidan/GT