体育美语-047 车尾派对 - Tailgating party

Y : Something smells good.

P: I've prepared some steak today for the tailgating party I'm having.

Y: 虽然我不知道什么是tailgating party， 可是我想知道Am I invited?

P: Of course you are invited. Yang Chen. Tailgating is when football fans gather outside the football stadium¹ in the parking² lot, and they host barbecue parties before, during and after the game.

Y: 你说tailgating party是在比赛之前，比赛进行当中，比赛之后；那些fans还要不要进 去看球啊?

P: That's a great question. The best thing about a tailgating party is you don't have to pay. You are outside, you are watching the game,

Y: In the parking lot.

P: That's right. A lot of people just stay in the parking lot. And they've got food and drinks, and the whole party is centered around the car that they drive in.

Y: So it's free.

P: Oh yeah.

Y: 那为什么叫tailgating party?

P: The tail of the car,

Y: 车尾巴。

P: Right, it's the end of the car. Usually we sit on the end of the car,

Y:就是车尾派对。

P: We have our snacks, our barbecue, our drinks; you listen to the radio, and watch the TV; it's a big party. It's great. Just a minute, Yang Chen. I need to go put my face paint on. OK, I'm back.

Y: (Screaming)

P: What are you so afraid of?

Y: You look like a clown³. 你脸上花花绿绿的是什么东西?

P: I'm not a clown. Yang Chen. I'm a fan. I'm a super fan.
 

1 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

2 parking   

n.停车，停机，停放

参考例句：

• A bus is parking on the road.路上停着一辆公共汽车。
• Next you must learn how to back a car into a parking space.下一步你应该学会如何把车倒入停车的空地。

3 clown   

n.小丑；丑角

参考例句：

• Doesn't the clown look funny!这小丑看上去真是滑稽！
• A clown's job is to amuse the spectators.小丑的工作就是娱乐观众。