实战口语情景对话 第25期:棒球先生 Mr. Baseball

 Todd: OK. Kevin, we're back here in the forest. Um, we're gonna talk about sports. 凯文，我们现在来到了森林里。我们来谈谈运动。

Kevin: OK. Great. I love sports. 好的。我喜欢运动。

Todd: What sports do you like? 你喜欢什么运动？

Kevin: Well, my favorite sport is baseball, obviously¹ I grew up and my father was a baseball player, so I was always around baseball. 我最喜欢的运动是棒球，很明显，我爸爸是名棒球运动员，从我小时候起我就围着棒球转了。

Todd: Wow. 哇。

Kevin: My whole life. 我的整个人生都围绕着棒球。

Todd: You mean your father was a player in the Major Leagues. 你是说你父亲是美国棒球协会的运动员。

Kevin: Yeah, exactly, and not only was he a player in the Major Leagues, he was fortunate enough to play in the World Series² twice with the New York Mets. 是的，他不但是美国棒球协会的运动员，他还够幸运两次在世界职业棒球大赛中效力纽约大都会队。

Todd: Wow. That's amazing. 哇。太棒了。

Kevin: Yeah, The Amazing Met's. 1969. 是的，那是1969年，神奇的机遇。

Todd: Wow, that's great. Did you play baseball yourself? 哇，太棒了。你自己打棒球吗？

Kevin: Yeah, I played baseball pretty much my whole life up through college and university. 是的，我经常打棒球，尤其是上大学期间。

Todd: OK. Why did you stop? 为什么不打了呢？

Kevin: Well, it wasn't exactly by choice. I wasn't drafted³ high enough in professional⁴ baseball to, in order for me to sign, so I ended up retiring from baseball and persuing other things. 并不是我决定不打了。我没有期望签约作职业棒球运动员，所以我不打棒球而去做其他的事了。

Todd: OK. Great. Do you like any others sports? 好的，很棒，你还有没有其他喜欢的运动？

Kevin: Yeah. I actually, I enjoy all competition. You know I enjoy the, the other typical American sports of basketball and American football and so on, but I also try to learn about and enjoy the, the national sport of the countries that I'm in. For example now I'm in Japan and I've actually gotten quite into Sumo wrestling⁵. 是的。实际上，我喜欢竞技运动。我喜欢其他典型的美国运动如篮球和橄榄球等，但我也在努力学习并享受我现在身处国家的传统运动。比如现在我在日本，我迷上了相扑运动。

Todd: Oh, really. 真的。

Kevin: Yeah! 是的！

Todd: Nice. Have you ever seen a sumo match live? 很棒。你看过现场的相扑运动吗？

Kevin: Yes, I have. I've been to two sumo, uh, bashos as they call them, or matches in Tokyo. 是的。我看过两场现场相扑，在东京他们所说的相扑场看过两场。

Todd: Nice. Yeah, I wanna go, I wanna go myself. 好的。我也想去，我打算自己去。

Kevin: Yeah! Let's go sometime⁶. 好的！以后我们一起去。

Todd: OK. Let's do it. 我们一起去。

1 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

2 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

3 drafted   

v.起草( draft的过去式和过去分词 )；制定；征募；拟稿

参考例句：

• The government has drafted out its plan for future laws. 政府已草拟了未来法律的规划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was drafted last autumn by the Detroit Lions. 他去年秋天被底特律雄狮队选作队员了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 professional   

adj.专业的；职业的；n.专业人员；职业运动员

参考例句：

• He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
• I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。

5 wrestling   

n.摔跤；摔角

参考例句：

• There is a wrestling match tonight.今晚有摔交比赛。
• He defaulted in the wrestling tournament.他在摔跤比赛中弃权了。

6 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。