美语情景对话 第209期:冰球 Hockey

Todd: OK, Steve you were saying that you're a big hockey fan.

托德：史蒂夫，你说你是冰球的忠实球迷。

Steve: That's right. I love hockey.

史蒂夫：没错。我很爱冰球。

Todd: OK. Why? What is it about hockey?

托德：嗯。为什么呢？冰球的魅力在哪儿？

Steve: Well, hockey is a really exciting sport. It's played on the ice. It's really fast. It's aggressive. Also, it requires a lot of skill. It's a really good sport for spectators to watch because there's lots of action. You can watch it at home with friends. Drink beer, eat pizza, and have a really good time. I also like it because I'm Canadian and it's Canada's national sport, and Canada is the best hockey team in the world right now.

史蒂夫：嗯，冰球是一项非常刺激的运动。这是一项在冰上进行的运动。它很有进攻性。当然，这项运动要求许多技艺。是一项很适合观众观看的运动，因为有许多动作。你可以在家里和朋友一起看比赛。你们在比赛时可以喝着啤酒，吃着批萨，然后享受快乐时光。我喜欢这项运动因为我是加拿大人，这是加拿大的国球，加拿大的冰球是目前世界最强的。

Todd: Now Canada has the best hockey team.

托德：加拿大有目前最强的冰球队。

Steve: That's right. We won the gold medal. We won the world championship. Both the men's and the women's teams.

史蒂夫：没错。我们获得了金牌。我们赢得了世界杯。男子和女子都是冠军。

Todd: Wow, that's pretty cool. In hockey, how long is the game?

托德：哇，那真棒！冰球比赛一般要用多长时间？

Steve: The game is three twenty minute periods, but because of stoppages in play , it usually takes about two and a half hours for a whole game.

史蒂夫：比赛分为三局，每局20分钟，但是因为比赛经常中断，所以通常完成整场比赛要用两个半小时。

Todd: Oh, OK, and did you play in high school when you were younger?

托德：哦，好的，你以前在高中时打过冰球吗？

Steve: Ah, no, I'm not that good a skater. You have to be a really good skater, but I played street hockey and floor hockey.

史蒂夫：没有，我滑冰不是很好。你必须要滑冰滑得很好才能打冰球，不过我打过街头曲棍球和室内曲棍球。

Todd: OK, what's the difference between street hockey and ice hockey?

托德：嗯，街头曲棍球和冰球之间有什么区别？

Steve: Well, it's pretty much the same thing. Street hockey you play on the road or on a tennis court and instead of using a puck you use a hockey ball or a tennis ball.

史蒂夫：其实差不多一样。街头曲棍球是在道路上或是网球场上进行的，比赛中不会用冰球，而是用曲棍球或是网球。

Todd: OK, and do you run or?

托德：好的，那比赛中会奔跑吗？

Steve: Yeah, you run.

史蒂夫：对，会跑的。

Todd: Oh, you run!

托德：哦，会奔跑！

Steve: Yeah. It's pretty well the same game.

史蒂夫：对。其实差不多是一样的。

Todd: OK, alright, thanks Steve.

托德：好的，谢谢你，史蒂夫。

重点讲解：
1. pretty much/pretty well
几乎；近乎；差不多；
eg. The result of the ballot is pretty much what we expected.
投票的结果和我们预料的差不多。
eg. I travel pretty well every week.
我几乎每周都出去旅行。
eg. The two are pretty much the same.
这两个简直一模一样。
2. instead of
代替…；而不是…；
eg. She had to spend nearly four months away from him that summer, instead of the usual two.
那个夏天她被迫离开他将近四个月而不是通常的两个月。
eg. Check-out workers in London will receive £7.17 an hour instead of £6.54.
伦敦的收银员每小时工资将从原先的 6。54 英镑涨为 7。17 英镑。
eg. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
他们没有降低成本，而是抬高价格、削减产量。