【英语趣味课堂】团队运动还是个人运动-Team vs. Individual Sports

Todd: So, Santi are from Indonesia, correct?

Santi:Yes.

 

Todd: So, I take it, you can play sports all year round cause it's really warm?

 

Santi: Yes. It's true.

 

Todd: So, what kind of sports do you like to play?

 

Santi:I like swimming and I like doing yoga. I like sports that involve like individual, not the group kind of sports.

 

Todd: You don't like team sports?

 

Santi: No.

 

Todd: Really?

 

Santi:Yes.

 

Todd: That's interesting. So why? What is it about team sports you don't like?

 

Santi: Well, actually, when you play individually you can compete with yourself. It's much better for me.

 

Todd: Right, so like if you're swimming, you can increase your time.

 

Santi:Yes. That's true.

 

Todd: What about yoga?

 

Santi: I yoga just for relaxing and just release¹ my stress.

 

Todd: See, I love team sports, you know, there's something about team sports. It's so fun. Like you have camaraderie². You have friendship, you know, like you share the thrill of victory or you share, you know, when you lose, the pain of the loss. I just love that. When you do something individually, you just don't have that.

 

Santi:Yes, sometimes, it's true ... your opinion about that, but in my opinion, I think when I do sports, I'm very competitive³, so if I get into a group, that is full of my friends, sometimes when we got lost, sometimes I feel angry.

 

Todd: You want to put the blame on your friends?

 

Santi: Sometimes I put the blame on mine, if it is my fault, but sometimes, yeah, it's just like not going so well at the end.

 

Todd: Right. That's true. That is true. I kind of see your point.

 

Santi: And I feel disappointed in them sometimes, so I'm not very good at teamwork when doing sports.

1 release   

vt.发布，发表，发行；释放，放开

参考例句：

• After my examination I had a feeling of release.考完试后我有如释重负之感。
• This medicine will give you release from pain.这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。

2 camaraderie   

n.同志之爱，友情

参考例句：

• The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.同事之间的情谊使枯燥乏味的工作变得还能忍受。
• Some bosses are formal and have occasional interactions,while others prefer continual camaraderie.有些老板很刻板，偶尔才和下属互动一下；有些则喜欢和下属打成一片。

3 competitive   

adj.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的

参考例句：

• Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
• These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。