慢速英语短文听力 洛杉矶篮球队

Basketball in LA

洛杉矶篮球队

Many people love to watch basketball. The Lakers are a great basketball team. The Clippers are a terrible basketball team. Both teams call Los Angeles their home. They play at the Staples¹ Center. The Staples Center is new. It is a shiny new arena². It is in downtown Los Angeles. It is next to two freeways. It is next to the 110 freeway. It is next to the 10 freeway. The 110 goes north and south. The 10 goes east and west. Many basketball fans take the freeways to Staples Center. They drive their cars on the crowded freeways. The crowded freeways have too many cars. The fans park their cars in the huge parking lot. Parking is not cheap. It is $22. The fans walk to the arena from the parking lot. They buy their tickets. The cheap tickets are $10. The expensive tickets are $2,600. Rich people buy the expensive tickets. Poor people buy the cheap tickets. The rich people sit very close to the basketball court. They talk to the players. The poor people sit far away from the basketball court. They talk to each other.

许多人喜欢打篮球。湖人队是伟大的篮球队。洛杉矶快船队却很糟糕。两支球队都将洛杉矶当作主场。两支球队在斯台普斯中心打球。斯台普斯中心是一栋新建筑。这是一个全新的体育场馆。它位于洛杉矶市中心。靠近两条高速路。靠近110号高速路。靠近10号高速路。110号是南北向道路。10号是东西向。球迷通过高速路前往斯台普斯中心。球迷驾驶汽车在拥挤的高速路穿行。高速路有许多车辆。并将车停在大型停车场。停车场价格不菲。22美元。球迷从停车场走到体育馆。购买球票。最便宜的10美元。最贵的2600美元。富人买价格昂贵的门票。穷人买便宜票。富人坐在离场地近的地方。他们可以和球员聊天。穷人坐在离球场远的地方。他们互相攀谈。

1 staples   

n.（某国的）主要产品( staple的名词复数 )；钉书钉；U 形钉；主要部份v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly. 订书机上的铁砧安装错位。 来自辞典例句
• I'm trying to make an analysis of the staples of his talk. 我在试行分析他的谈话的要旨。 来自辞典例句

2 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。