实战口语情景对话 第94期:肯尼亚足球 Soccer in Kenya

 Todd: Alex, when you were little, what did you like to do? 艾利克斯，你小时候喜欢做什么？

Alex: When I was small and I was in junior¹ high school we used² to like playing soccer with my friends. Actually in Kenya, what's different from other countries, we used to make our own soccer ball to play. So, it's very easy. 我上高中的时候喜欢和朋友踢足球。肯尼亚与其他国家的区别就在于，我们要自己制作足球。这十分简单。

Todd: Wow. How do you make the soccer ball? 哇。你怎么做足球？

Alex: We used to collect like plastic papers³ and bind⁴ them with string⁵, around them to make something round. So it was like, you didn't have to spend any money. 我们会收集塑料纸，用绳子捆起来，再找圆的东西照在外面。这样，你就不用花钱买足球了。

Todd: Wow, that's ingeneous. That's great. So were you a good soccer player? 哇，真是聪明。真棒。你球踢得好吗？

Alex: Not really. I used to like playing soccer but I was not very good, actually to tell the truth 不是很好。我以前很喜欢踢足球，但说实话并不是很擅长。

Todd: Yeah, me too. I wasn't a very good athlete. I mean I like sports but I was never any good. Um, so do you play soccer in Japan? 我也是。我不是很擅长运动。我的意思是我喜欢运动，但我并不擅长。嗯，你在日本也踢球吗？

Alex: Sometimes, until last year when I was in school I still played soccer. Right now, actually I'm not playing anymore because I'm like busy. 有时候踢，去年我在学校的时候还踢足球呢。现在不踢了，因为忙起来了。

Todd: Yeah. 是的。

Alex: Yeah. You can't play soccer without a big group of people and everyone is busy right now so I'm not playing anymore. 是的。要踢球必须找一大批朋友，而现在大家都很忙，所以就不踢了。

Todd: Yeah, that's a bummer. Like I always want to play sports but it's hard as you get older. When's the last time you played soccer? 是的，这点很麻烦。我喜欢运动，但年纪越大坚持越难。你上一次踢足球是什么时候？

Alex: About one year ago. I think November of 199?,...2003, November. 大约一年前。好像是九几年11月，或者03年11月。

Todd: OK. Actually in Kenya do you call it soccer or football? 在肯尼亚你们管足球叫“soccer”还是“football”？

Alex: In Kenya you call it football. 在肯尼亚，人们管足球叫“football”。

Todd: Football. I'm sorry. “football”。真遗憾。

Alex: Actually, I've been in Japan for sometime⁶ so I'm used to calling it soccer. In Kenya you call it football. 我在日本已经待了一段时间了，所以习惯叫足球“soccer”了。在肯尼亚我们叫它“football”。

1 junior   

adj.年少的，较年幼的；资历较浅的；三年级的；n.年少者；等级较低者；三年级学生

参考例句：

• Mary,a junior,will graduate next year.玛丽，一名三年级的中学生，明年将毕业。
• We could give the job to somebody junior.我们可以把这份工作交给职位较低的人。

2 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

3 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。

4 bind   

vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬

参考例句：

• I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
• He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。

5 string   

n.细绳，线，字符串，索，带子；一串，一行，一列；v.缚，扎，穿，串起，排成一列

参考例句：

• It's a piece of string.这是一根绳子。
• I need a ball of string.我需要一团线。

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。