英语翻译
Rachel:IcametoliveinBuenosAires,thecapitalcityofArgentina,in1998.OnmyfirstnightinthisbeautifulcityIwentforawalkinthestreetsnearmynewflat.Inasmallsquare,closetomyhome,Iheardmusic.Iwenttohavealook,andforthefirsttimeIsawpeopledancingthetango.
ThetangoisadancethatArgentinagavetotheworld–butno-oneknowsexactlywhenorwherepeoplefirstdancedthetango–orevenwheretheword‘tango’comesfrom.AtthestartofthetwentiethcenturythepopulationofBuenosAiresgotmuchbiggeraspeoplearrivedfromallovertheworldtostartanewlifeinSouthAmerica.MorethanamillionpeoplecamefromAfricaandfromEurope–Spain,Italy,France,Russia,Poland.Thetangobeganaroundthistime.Forme,thedanceshowsboththesadnessofthesepeoplewhohadsaidgoodbyetotheirhomesandalsothehopeofnewstartinArgentina.AnArgentinianfriendtoldmethatyouhavetolearnthetangoifyouwanttounderstandArgentina.Idecidedtolearnthisbeautifuldance.
IwenttoatangoschoolinthecentreofBuenosAiresandjoinedaclass.IwasverysurprisedtofindthatmyteacherwasnotArgentinianbutScottish.HernamewasClaireFlanagan–shecametoBuenosAires15yearsago–becauseofherlovefortango.“IfellinlovewiththetangoandnowI’vefalleninlovewithBuenosAires”shesays.