美语情景对话 第366期:Futsal and Soccer 五人制足球和足球

Simon: Hi! What's your name?

西蒙：你好，你叫什么名字？

Nathan: My name is Nathan Curtis Gildard. Well, my name is Nathan but people call me Nate, so.

内森：我叫内森·柯蒂斯·吉尔达德。我的名字是内森，不过大家都叫我内特。

Simon: OK. What do you do in your free time?

西蒙：好。你空闲时间都做什么？

Nathan: I do a lot of different things. I like to travel around, I like to go to places I've never been. I like to play guitar in a band, which I'm not in right now. I like to play soccer. I play soccer a lot, and I play futsal too.

内森：我会做很多不同的事情。我喜欢四处旅游，我喜欢去以前从未去过的地方。我喜欢在乐队里演奏吉他，目前我并没有乐队。我也喜欢踢足球。我非常喜欢踢足球，我也喜欢玩五人制足球。

Simon: Futsal, what's that?

西蒙：五人制足球，那是什么？

Nathan: Futsal is a 5 a side soccer game, so it's played on a small court about the size of a basketball court, and the ball is smaller than a soccer ball, it's kind of heavy, and you have five people so there are 4 players and one keeper, goalie.

内森：在五人制足球中，每支球队有5名队员上场比赛，所以要在一个小型的场地进行，大小和篮球场一样，五人制足球的用球要比足球小。不过比赛很激烈，因为是5个人参加比赛，所以有4名球员和1名守门员。

Simon: Oh, interesting. Is it similar to soccer in other ways?

西蒙：哦，真有意思。那其他方面都和足球类似吗？

Nathan: Well, it's similar in ways that you pass the ball but it's different in ways that for example you have a stop clock in the international futsal games, and professional games, so there's a stop clock. The way you move around is very different, you know, you have positions like midfield, forward, defense, but often a defender can find themselves playing forward which is kind of fun because defenders get a chance to score too.

内森：嗯，传球之类的是一样的，但是也有不一样的地方，比如，在国际比赛和正式比赛中会配备秒表，会使用到秒表。而且五人制足球的移动方式非常不同，你知道，五人制足球也有中场、前锋、防守等位置，不过通常防守球员会发现他们其实在踢前锋，这也是一种乐趣，因为防守球员也有进球的机会。

Simon: OK, here is the last question, which do you prefer, soccer or the big football or futsal?

西蒙：好的，我还有最后一个问题，足球和五人制足球你更喜欢哪个？

Nathan: Ah, that's a difficult question. I think at the moment I enjoy futsal a little bit more because it is a harder pace. You're running a lot faster. There's more chances to score. It's a really challenging game. It takes a lot of energy, and the five guys that you play with, there's only five people so you really depend on each other to do well so it's a real team sport. You really need each other.

内森：啊，这是一个很难回答的问题。我现在更喜欢五人制足球，因为五人制足球的速度更快。你跑得速度更快。有更多的进球机会。这是一项非常有挑战性的比赛，需要大量能量，而且只有五个人一起比赛，所以你们必须互相依靠，这是一个真正的团队运动。你们真的互相需要。

Simon: Thank you.

西蒙：谢谢你。

重点讲解：
1. the size of
大小；规模；
eg. They disagreed with him on the size of the tax reduction.
他们不同意他的减税幅度。
eg. Tabletop displays commercially available are the size of a coffee table.
商用版的桌面显示器有一张咖啡桌那么大。
2. be similar to
相像的；相仿的；类似的；
eg. The effect was similar to that of a mother singing to a baby.
这种效果跟母亲给婴儿唱歌类似。
eg. In many respects, today's macro climate is strikingly similar to that period.
今天的宏观经济状况在很多方面都与那时惊人的相似。
3. each other
彼此；互相；
eg. They genuinely respect each other.
他们由衷的敬佩彼此。
eg. We shall always be ready to help each other. If anyone is in difficulty, we shall all help him or her.
我们随时预备互相帮助。假如任何人有困难，我们大家都会帮助他或她。