常春藤生活英语【85】Cheering for the Team

One evening, many friends came over to my house to watch an important baseball game. It was the last game of the championships1, and we were all rooting for the Elephants. Everyone was cheering and shouting throughout¹ the close game. After eight and a half innings2, the scores were still tied at two and two.

My friends and I were really nervous, because we eagerly² wanted the Elephants to win. All eyes were on the TV when suddenly, the screen became black. My TV broke at the most exciting moment of the game.

Because there was only one TV in my house, I quickly took out my radio and tried to find the baseball station. As soon as I did, we heard, "They won! They won! The Elephants won three to two." We were so happy that some of us even hugged each other.

某个傍晚，许多朋友为了观看一场重要的棒球比赛而来到我家。那是冠军赛的最后一场，而我们都是帮象队加油的。一整场难分轩轾的比赛下来，我们都在大声地欢呼吶喊。经过了八局半的比赛后，比分仍然停留在二比二的平手局面。

我和我的朋友都紧张不已，因为我们非常渴望象队能赢得比赛。所有人的目光都聚集在电视上之时，屏幕突然在一瞬间变黑。我的电视竟在比赛最刺激的一刻坏掉了。

因为我家里只有一台电视，所以我赶紧拿出我的收音机，试图找到转播棒球的电台。当我一转到时，我们就听到：『赢了！赢了！象队以三比二赢了。』我们真是开心极了，有些人甚至还抱在一起呢。

cheer　vi. 欢呼，喝采
Everyone cheered as the band went on stage.
乐团登台时，每个人都大声欢呼。

close　a. 势均力敌的，几乎平手的
The election³ results were closer than anyone thought they would be.
选举的结果比任何人猜想的都还接近。

tie　vt. & vi. 与……打成平手
Luke and Stella tied for second place in the singing contest.
路克和史黛拉在歌唱比赛中并列第二。

eagerly　adv. 热切地，渴望地
Vincent is eagerly looking for a girlfriend.
文森正殷切地寻找女友中。

hug　vt. 拥抱
Andie hugged her doll tightly⁴ to her chest⁵.
安蒂将她的洋娃娃紧抱在胸前。

root for...　　为……加油
Danny and I are rooting for different players.
丹尼和我分别为不同的选手加油。

championships　n. 冠军赛；锦标赛（恒用复数）
inning　n.（棒垒球中的）一局

All eyes were on the TV...
（所有人的目光都聚集在电视上之时……）
本句中的 eye 并不是当『眼睛』解，而是表『目光』，相同的用法也用于下列词组中。

catch + 所有格 + eye　　吸引某人的目光
A strange object⁶ that was floating⁷ in the sky caught Cory''s eye.
（一个飘浮在空中的奇怪物体引起了柯瑞的注意。）
cannot take + 所有格 + eyes off...　　（某人）无法将目光从……上移开
Fiona looks so beautiful tonight that I can''t take my eyes off her.
（今晚的菲欧娜是如此的美，我简直无法将目光从她身上移开。）

1 throughout   

adv.到处，自始至终；prep.遍及，贯穿

参考例句：

• These magazines are sold at bookstores throughout the country.这些杂志在全国各地书店均有发售。
• Guilin is known throughout the world for its scenery.桂林以山水著称于世。

2 eagerly   

ad.热切地，急切地

参考例句：

• Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint. 我年轻时的确热心于和圣贤经常来往。
• Five hundred pairs of eyes were fastened upon him eagerly. 五百双眼睛热切地盯着他。

3 election   

n.选举，选择权；当选

参考例句：

• There is no doubt but that he will win the election.毫无疑问，他将在竞选中获胜。
• The government will probably fall at the coming election.在即将到来的大选中，该政府很可能要垮台。

4 tightly   

adv.紧紧地，坚固地，牢固地

参考例句：

• My child holds onto my hand tightly while we cross the street.横穿马路时，孩子紧拉着我的手不放。
• The crowd pressed together so tightly that we could hardly breathe.人群挤在一起，我们几乎喘不过气来。

5 chest   

n.胸，大箱子，金库，资金，一箱，密封室，衣橱

参考例句：

• The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
• Mother has a pain in her chest.母亲胸口疼.。

6 object   

n.物，物体，目标，宾语；v.反对

参考例句：

• Now he had no object in life.现在他没有生活的目标。
• I object strongly to the idea.我坚决反对这种主张。

7 floating   

adj.不固定的，流动的，浮动的v.（使）浮动( float的现在分词 )；（使）漂浮[飘动]；（使货币汇率）自由浮动；轻盈走动

参考例句：

• a bloated body floating in the canal 沟渠里一具发胀的浮尸
• His decapitated body was found floating in a canal. 人们发现他被斩首的尸体漂浮在一条水渠里。