【大家说英语】 第114期:看篮球赛

 Lesson 4 Sports 第四课 运动

February 9 2月9日

Let's Watch a Basketball Game 看篮球赛

Read it! 读读看！

Rob¹ will go to a college² basketball game tomorrow. 罗柏明天要去看一场大学篮球赛。

Alex and Jim can go, too. 亚力克斯和吉姆也可以去，

Rob can order³ tickets online⁴. 罗柏可以上网订票。

The game will be good. 比赛一定会很精彩，

Isaac College is playing Dunn University⁵. 由艾萨克学院出赛邓恩大学，

They are both good teams. 双方都是很优秀的球队。

This is Alex's first live game! He's excited⁶! 这是亚力克斯第一次现场看球！他很兴奋！

Conversation⁷ A 会话A

Good morning, Rob! 罗柏，早安！

Hi, Alex. Guess what? 嗨，亚力克斯，你知道吗？

What? 知道什么？

There's a college basketball game tomorrow. 明天有一场大学篮球赛。

That's nice. But why are you so excited? 很好啊， 可是你为什么这么兴奋？

I love basketball. So I'm going⁸ to the game! 我热爱篮球， 所以我要去看那场比赛！

That sounds fun. 听起来很好玩。

Do you want to go with me? 你要和我一起去吗？

Sure. What time is the game? 好啊，比赛什么时候举行？

It's tomorrow night at 6 o'clock. 明天晚上六点。

Conversation B 会话B

Jim! 吉姆！

Hi, Rob. What are you doing? 嗨，罗柏，你在做什么？

I'm ordering⁹ tickets online. 我在网络上订票。

What kind of tickets? 什么票？

I'm ordering tickets to the basketball game tomorrow. 我在订明天篮球赛的票。

Do you want to go? 你要去吗？

Maybe. Which teams are playing? 也许可以。比赛的是什么队伍？

Isaac College is playing Dunn University. 艾萨克学院对抗邓恩大学。

Dunn University has a really good team. 邓恩大学的球队很棒。

Sure, I can go! 好啊，我可以去！

Conversation C 会话C

I'm so excited. 我好兴奋，

This is my first live basketball game. 这是我第一次现场看篮球赛。

Live games are fun. They can be exciting. 现场看比赛很好玩， 比赛可能会很刺激。

Yeah! The energy¹⁰ of the game is great. 没错！比赛现场所展现的活力非常棒。

I can't wait! 我等不及了！

I can't wait to buy a hot dog and soda¹¹. I'm hungry. 我等不及要买热狗和汽水了， 我好饿。

OK. OK. We're almost¹² inside¹³. 好，好。我们就快进去了。

1 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

2 college   

n.学院；高等专科学校

参考例句：

• The college drama society is going to put on a play.大学戏剧协会正准备上演一个剧目。
• I was hot on playing basketball when I was in college.我上大学时热衷于打篮球。

3 order   

n.订单；命令；n.顺序，整齐；勋章；阶级，决议；vt.命令； 调整；定购

参考例句：

• His desk is always in order.他的书桌上总是整整齐齐的。
• You pay for it at the time you order it.订购时就得付款。

4 online   

adj./adv.在线；上网

参考例句：

• I read the paper online every morning.我每天早上在网上看报纸。
• The computer might not support online working.计算机不能承载联机工作。

5 university   

n.大学

参考例句：

• She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。
• I'm going to enter a university.我要上大学。

6 excited   

adj.激动的；兴奋的

参考例句：

• He was so excited that he could not speak.他太兴奋，连话都说不出来了。
• The excited children forgot to take the presents to the party.孩子们兴奋得忘了把礼物带到聚会上了。

7 conversation   

n.谈话，交谈

参考例句：

• Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
• We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。

8 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

9 ordering   

n.排序；分类；调整；整顿v.（医生）开（处方）( order的现在分词 )；订购；（上帝、命运等）注定；点（饭菜，饮料等）

参考例句：

• Remember to specify your size when ordering clothes. 订购服装时记着要详细说明你要的号码。
• His big brother is always ordering him about. 他的大哥老是对他颐指气使。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 energy   

n.活力，精力，能力，能，能量

参考例句：

• He is full of energy.他充满了活力。
• It took a lot of energy to move the furniture.搬这些家具费了很大劲。

11 soda   

n.苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
• I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。

12 almost   

adv.几乎，差不多

参考例句：

• The band has been on the road for almost a month. 那支乐队进行巡回演出近一个月了。
• We stay in almost every night and watch television.我们几乎每个晚上都在家里看电视。

13 inside   

n.内部，内脏，内幕；adj.内部的，秘密的，户内的；prep.在...之内

参考例句：

• Two minutes later we were inside the taxi.两分钟以后我们已经坐在出租车里面了。
• He will be back inside two days.他将在两天内回来。