【话匣子英语】加拿大的运动

加拿大最出名的运动当属曲棍球了，小孩子们从小就开始玩了.....

 

Maura: Now, today’s episode¹ is a Chatterbox episode, and that is where Harp² and I chat about some topic of interest. And today we are going to chat about…

 

Harp: Sports.

 

Maura: That’s right. Harp and I are gonna talk about sports. First, we’re gonna talk about sports that are popular in Canada.

 

Harp: Yup. And then we’re gonna talk about traditions³ for watching sports.

 

Maura: And lastly we’re going to talk about our own stories playing sports and growing up with sports.

 

Harp: Excellent. Let’s get started, Maura.

 

Maura: All right. So I feel like if we’re gonna talk about popular sports in Canada, we should start with hockey.

 

Harp: Of course. Hockey is, like, the Canadian sport. It is the sport that most Canadians are obsessed⁴ with.

 

Maura: Right. And if you were a little boy in Canada, you probably played hockey. A lot of boys in Canada grew up playing hockey.

 

Harp: And now even a lot of girls are playing hockey. It’s really the national sport.

 

Maura: And one thing we should mention, if you didn’t know and if you’ve never played hockey, it’s actually really expensive.

 

Harp: Yeah, hockey is a very expensive sport to play, especially for kids, because they’re growing and every year they need new skates and new equipment⁵.

 

Maura: I’ve heard that hockey equipment, like, everything that you need to play ice hockey, can cost more than $1000.

 

Harp: It’s very expensive.

 

Maura: Yeah, it is very expensive. But it’s a very Canadian sport and so lots of parents pay that much money for their kids to play.

 

Harp: Yeah, definitely⁶. And now there are a lot of organizations that help with poor families who can’t afford for their kids to play.

 

Maura: Yup. Well, another popular sport in Canada is football. Harp: Yup. Surprisingly, football is very popular in Canada. And when we say football, we mean American-style football. We don’t mean soccer right now. Soccer is getting very popular, but we mean American football.

1 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

2 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

3 traditions   

n.传统( tradition的名词复数 )；惯例

参考例句：

• one of the theatre's most hallowed traditions 戏院最受尊崇的传统之一
• He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions. 他说那栋新建筑只是模仿古典传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

5 equipment   

n.装备，设备

参考例句：

• In the new factory all the equipment was up to date.这个新工厂里的所有设备都是现代化的。
• The oil company will ship out the heavy equipment.石油公司将用船运送重型设备。

6 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。