Advanced Listening Lesson 20

A: "How did you golf on Saturday?"

B: "I did pretty good. I shot a 13."

A: "Not too bad. I thought you were going to break single."

B: "I had a chance. I shot a 4 on the front nine, but the back nine killed me."

A: "What happened?"

B: "My drive was totally off. All of the sudden, I started hooking the ball. I hit two balls OB, and that killed my score right there."

A: "That sucks. You could have broken single if it wasn't for the penalty strokes."

B: "Yeah. I was so frustrated¹ after that hole. But overall, I shot well, so I'm not too disappointed. How about you? How have you been hitting lately?"

A: "I hit great on the range, but when I get on the course, I can't seem to hit the ball right."

B: "That happened to me for the longest time. It just takes time and practice. When you go out on the course more often, that problem will fix itself."

A: "I'm still trying to break 90. I've been hitting in the mid² nineties for ever."

B: "How far does your driver go?"

A: "I don't use it that much. I use my 3 wood more. I'm not consistent with the driver to use it."

B: "You gotta keep practicing with it. Eventually you'll get the hang of it."

A: "Yeah. I practice with it on the range, but I'm not making any progress on it."

B: "Let's go to the range together and I'll check out your swing."

A: "That sounds good. Let's go tomorrow night."

B: "Ok. That will give us practice for our round on Wednesday."

A: "I'll meet you there at 6:30."

B: "Ok. See you tomorrow then."

1 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。