【英语趣味课堂】冰球-Ice Hockey

 Todd: OK, Chris, Friday the 13th is coming up. So, first of all, are you superstitious¹?

 

Chris: Yes. When I play sports I'm superstitious. I have a lucky shirt and stuff² like that.

 

Todd: Oh, really!

 

Chris: Yeah.

 

Todd: So what's your lucky shirt?

 

Chris: It's a bungy jumping shirt that I got about 10 years ago. It's all falling apart but it's still my lucky shirt.

 

Todd: OK, So you don't wash it or anything?

 

Chris: If I have a good game I don't wash it until I have a bad game and then I wash the badness out.

 

Todd: OK. What sport are we talking about?

 

Chris: I play ice hockey.

 

Todd: Oh, really.

 

Chris: Yeah.

 

Todd: Oh, so your a hockey player! Your a pretty solid³ guy.

 

Chris: Yeah, I'm a goalie. Being a goalie it's a lot to being comfortable in the position, so if you have a good game you don't touch anything. You do the same routine⁴. Goalies are known⁵ to be a little strange.

 

Todd: Wow. So that's cool. Are you still playing in Japan?

 

Chris: I've played a few times but it's just too much trouble to drag my equipment on three trains and a taxi and about a 800 meter walk. It's just not worth it right now. If I had a car I'd try for sure.

 

Todd: Oh, that's too bad. Alright, well, good luck and...so right now is your shirt dirty of clean? Your unlucky shirt?

 

Chris: It's just been washed. Yeah, it needed a good washing this time.

1 superstitious   

adj.迷信的

参考例句：

• They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人。
• These superstitious practices should be abolished as soon as possible.这些迷信做法应尽早取消。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

3 solid   

adj.固体的，结实的，可靠的，实心的；n.固体，实心；adv. 一致地

参考例句：

• Water may change from a liquid to a solid.水可以由液体变为固体。
• I know that James is a solid type of person.我知道詹姆斯是个可信赖的人。

4 routine   

n.例行公事，惯例；adj.例行的，常规的

参考例句：

• It is everyday routine.这是每天的例行公事。
• She found the hospital routine slightly dull.她感到医院的工作有点枯燥乏味。

5 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。