体育美语-003 Mascot

YC: Umm, 今天我们这里怎么来了一只chicken？

PW: I'm not a chicken, Yang Chen. I'm a rooster.

YC: Okay, so you are a rooster. 那你今天为什么装扮成一只公鸡呢？

PW: I've been asked to be the mascot¹ at my friend's baseball game. His team is called the "Roosters."

YC: 这个棒球队也是，什么名字不好起，偏偏叫"Roosters."要是叫"Pandas"，你不就可以扮成可爱的熊猫了吗？

P It's OK, A mascot can be any animal, person or even a clown.

YC: 小丑也可以作吉祥物。

P A Mascot M-A-S-C-O-T represents a team, brings the team luck and sometimes acts as a cheerleader for the team. So, since my friend's team is called the "Roosters" - the mascot is a big, colorful Rooster. That's me.

YC: 看来mascot还真是重要，既能代表这个球队，给球队加油， 还能给球队带来好运。可我还是想作一个可爱的mascot， not a rooster.

PW: But I really want to see you in the rooster costume, do you want to try it on?

Y: No way, not in a million years.

Patrick，请问你今天作为"Roosters"棒球队的吉祥物Rooster先生，你今天晚上都要作什么？

PW: Well, I'll be wearing this rooster costume the whole time.

Y: The whole time? 你一直都要穿着这身衣服？

P: Yeah, and I'll mostly run around the field doing crazy stunts². Stunts, s-T-U-N-T-S. Audiences really like it when the mascot acts totally crazy.

Y: Crazy stunts，那你都有什么疯狂的举动呢？

P: Like dancing and jumping.

Y: Patrick, You look pretty funny。我今天得去看你朋友的棒球队比赛。I can't wait to see you running around, doing crazy stunts in your rooster costume.

PW: Well, that's the point, Yang Chen. The point of being a mascot is to make the audience laugh and have fun and feel good about the team they are rooting for.

YC: 没错，mascot要是能逗观众乐，那就更愿意为这个球队加油打气了。

不过这身衣服一定很热吧？

PW: You bet³, Yang Chen. Especially under all of those stadium lights.

YC: 没错球场了灯光一照，那就更热了。Well, Patrick, 你要听我的话 - drink lots of water.

PW: Thanks, Mom. I will.

YC: Good boy. And good mascot.

PW: Oh please. Well, I'm off to the game.

YC: Wait. Let me take a picture of you in your funny rooster costume first.
 

1 mascot   

n.福神，吉祥的东西

参考例句：

• The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
• We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。

2 stunts   

n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
• The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。