【英语趣味课堂】目标-Goal

 Simon: Where are you from?

Matt: I'm from a little country called England.

Simon: Oh, yeah, where in England?

Matt: All of it! I have no hometown.

Simon: OK. OK. Where do you live now?

Matt: I'm living in Tokyo, in Japan.

Simon: What do you do in your free time?

Matt: So, my main hobby is football, or soccer to the yanks.

Simon: OK. OK. Football. Yeah! What position do you play?

Matt: I'm a defender¹ so usually I play on the right side of defense².

Simon: What's your favorite thing about defending?

Matt: My favorite things is definitely "hacking⁴" down the stiker coming through. If he's too fast, don't worry about the ball, get the man.

Simon: OK. OK. Did you hack³ anybody today?

Matt: Um, I didn't hack anyone. A few people bounced off of me, but no! They're all a bunch of girls.

Simon: So you did play today?

Matt: I did play. I played two games today.

Simon: Did you score?

Matt: I did score.

Simon: Can you describe it?

Matt: Well, I was walking up from the back, there was a nice little corner. I thought, oh, I'll just wait at the edge of area. See what happens. Ball comes in, defender heads it out, bounces in front, chested it down, a nice volley into the far top corner, just over the keeper's flailing⁵ hand. Beautiful goal.

Simon: Alright! Alright! Do you do those kind of goals often?

Matt: I do those goals about once a lifetime.

Simon: So it was a pretty special day for you?

Matt: Very special day for me, yeah, definitely! I'm looking forward to the next one in about five years.

Simon: OK, thank you for that!

Matt: Cheers mate! 

1 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

4 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

5 flailing   

v.鞭打( flail的现在分词 )；用连枷脱粒；（臂或腿）无法控制地乱动；扫雷坦克

参考例句：

• He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse. 他变得喜怒无常、不可理喻，为点鸡毛蒜皮的小事就殴打凯瑟琳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His arms were flailing in all directions. 他的手臂胡乱挥舞着。 来自辞典例句