大家说英语 第556期:骑马(2)

Conversation A

对话A

Alex: The competition is starting. There are the first horse and rider, and they're moving fast.

阿莱克斯：比赛开始了。这是第一批马和骑手，他们跑得很快。

Susie: That's because they must complete the course in a set time.

苏西：那是因为他们必须在规定的时间内完成跳栏路线。

Alex: And they can't knock over the jumps, can they?

阿莱克斯：他们不能把跳栏撞倒，是吗？

Susie: No. The horse and rider must clear every jump. By the way, the jumps are called fences.

苏西：不能。马和骑手必须准确地跳过每个跳栏。顺便说一下，这些跳栏叫做障碍。

Alex: Uh-oh. The first horse knocked over a fence.

阿莱克斯：哦吼。第一匹马撞倒了障碍。

Susie: Then they get a penalty¹ point.

苏西：那他们就被罚了一分。

Conversation B

对话B

Taylor: Are you going to watch the jumping competition?

泰勒：你要去看马术比赛吗？

Linda: I don't know. I may be too busy to go.

琳达：我不清楚。我可能太忙了所以去不了。

Taylor: I may not go, either. I'd rather go riding myself!

泰勒：我也可能不去。我宁愿自己去骑马。

Linda: We can go riding at Dusty Stables sometime.

琳达：我们可以找时间去Dusty Stables骑马。

Taylor: I'm not a very skillful² rider anymore. Do they have some calm horses?

泰勒：我现在骑术没有以前熟练了。那里有比较温顺的马吗？

Linda: Yes, I've ridden there a few times.

琳达：有，我曾经在那里骑过几次。

Taylor: Then let's go this weekend!

泰勒：那我们这周末就去吧！

1 penalty   

n.处罚，刑罚，罚款

参考例句：

• If you knock the ball with your hand in football,you will suffer a penalty.如果在踢足球时你用手碰到球，你将受到处罚。
• One of those arrested could face the death penalty.被捕的那些人中有一人可能被判死刑。

2 skillful   

adj.灵巧的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Soon they became very skillful in answering such questions.很快他们就会很熟练地回答这种问题了。
• It was very skillful of you to repair my bicycle.你修好了我的自行车，技术真好。