生活英语美国人的喜好

生活英语

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美国人的喜好

Unit7:American's Favorites

Part One Expressions

Ripken just hit a home run.

卡尔·利普金击出一个本垒打。

's the score?

比分是多少？

's winning?

谁赢了？

referee just called a penalty on the home team.

裁判判罚主场的球队。

ll is America's favorite pastime.

棒球是美国人最喜欢的娱乐活动。

a hit!

瞧这球！

quarterback threw a touchdown pass.

四分卫触地得分。

shoots; he scores!

他投篮得分！

are the Los Angeles Lakers' star players.

他们是洛杉矶湖人队的明星球员。

l Jordan's slam-dunks are beautiful things to

watch.

迈克·乔丹的灌篮真是好看。

Part Two Dialogues

1. Watch Games

看比赛

A: Here's your hot dog and beer. What happened? Did

I miss anything?

B: Yeah, Cal Ripken just hit a home run.

A: What's the score?

B: Well it was 3 to 4, but Ripken's home run made it 5

to 4 since another player was on first base.

A: So Baltimore is winning?

B: Right.

A: This is a really great place to watch a baseball game.

B: Yeah, there isn't a bad seat in the place.

A: The fans are great here, too. Not like in Philadelphia.

B: It was a great idea to spend a day watching a game.

A: Yeah, it reminds you why they say baseball is

America's favorite pastime.

A:

这是你的热狗和啤酒。情况怎么样？我错过了什么吗？

B:

是呀，刚刚卡尔·利普金击了一个本垒打。

A:

比分是多少？

B:

刚才是

3

比

4.

因为有一个队员在

1

垒，利普金的本垒打

将比分扳为

5

比

4.

A:

那么巴尔的摩队赢了

?

B:

是的。

A:

这个地方看棒球比赛真不赖。

B:

是啊，没有一个座位不好的那样。

B:

花一天看看球赛真是个好主意。

A:

是呀。

这让人想起为什么人们说棒球是美国人最喜欢的娱

乐活动。

2. Football

美式橄榄球

A: Wow, American football is more exciting than I

thought.

B: You're in America now, my British friend. We just call

it football.

A: Oh, right. So, I can't quite follow what's going on

…

who's winning?

B: The Giants are up by three points because of the

field goal they kicked, but the Redskins have the ball and there

pretty close to the end zone.

A: Wow! What a hit!

B: Yeah, he tackled him so hard his helmet came off.

A: Is he ok?

B: It looks like it, he's getting up.

A: I guess he hit him too hard; the referee just called a

penalty on the home team.

B: The Giants?

A: Yeah.

B: Well, here we go again.

A: What happened? Why did everyone get so quiet?

B: The Redskin's quarterback just threw a touchdown

pass for seven points. We're losing again.

A:

哇，美式足球可比我想象的刺激多了。

B:

我的英国朋友，你现在可是在美国，我们叫它橄榄球。

A:

哦，对了。哦，我不知道情况怎么样了，谁赢了？

B:

因 为射门得分，

巨人队

3

分。

而且

很接近底线区了。

A:

哇，瞧这球！

B:

是呀，他拼命抢球头盔都掉了。

A:

他没事吧？

B:

好像是，他站起来了。

A:

我猜他强得太凶，裁判判罚主队。

B:

你是说巨人队？

A:

是呀。

B:

哦，又继续打了。

A:

怎么回事？大家都不说话了。

B:

红人队的四分卫触地板回了< /p>

7

分，我们又输了。

注：美式足球射门可得三分

3. Favorite superstar

喜爱的球星

A: Who are those guys?

B: Kobi Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, they are the Los

Angeles Lakers' star players.

A: Oh.

B: Wait a second. He shoots, he scores!

A: All right!

B: Here comes Jordan, though.

A: Wow, Michael Jordan's slam-dunks are beautiful

things to watch.

B: Yeah. He's older, so he doesn't slam, as much as he

did when he was younger, but when he does, it's still amazing.

A: Which team do you think will win?

B: The Lakers. Jordan is the only good player

Washington has.

A:

这些人是谁？

B:

科比·布雷恩和奥尼尔，他们 可是洛杉矶湖人队的明星球

员。