体育美语-030 Putt-putt Golf

Y: 今天我和Patrick打高尔夫球。

P: I'm teaching Yang, well, I'm trying to teach Yang Chen, how to play golf.

Y: Are you sure this is a golf course?

P: This place is great! What were you expecting?

Y: Well, I was hoping to meet Tiger Woods. 这里都是小孩儿，简直就是个游乐场啊。

P: It's sort of like an amusement park. This is putt putt golf, or, just putt putt.

Y: Putt putt, 听起来好可爱。

P: Yeh, for children such as yourself, Yang Chen. So anyway, putt means miniature golf, little golf.

Y: 噢，迷你高尔夫球。So it's not a real golf course.

P: So, Yang Chen, if we went to a real golf course we would be the worst players on the course.

Y: No, you are the worst player.

Y: Oh god, 欺负小孩子. Shame on you.

P: ...especially you, but here we play with little kids so we can kick their butts²!

Y: Oh, god, 欺负小孩，shame on you.

P: I do it all the time. Stop complaining and grab a club. Let's tee off.

Y: Tea? 喝茶?

M: No, you spell this tee T-E-E, it's a small peg³ that holds the golf ball. Tee off means to start a round of golf. You can also use tee off in everyday life when you start something.

Y: T-e-e, 就是高尔夫球的球座。 Tee off就是开始。我们的老板昨天teed off the staff meeting with a great speech, don't you think?

P: You don't have to拍他的马屁. He can't hear you. Let's just play putt putt and kick some little kids' butt¹ butt.

Y: Let's tee off.
 

1 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

2 butts   

笑柄( butt的名词复数 )； （武器或工具的）粗大的一端； 屁股； 烟蒂

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
• The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。

3 peg   

n.木栓，木钉；vt.用木钉钉，用短桩固定

参考例句：

• Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.把你的大衣挂在门厅的挂衣钩上。
• He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet.他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。