留学生在中国 第32期 Sports in English 体育英语

 　　Chapter¹ 32 Study English through Sports第32章：谈运动，学英语David: What position do you like to play in soccer?

　　你踢足球时，喜欢踢什么位置？

　　You: I like to play at the back.

　　我喜欢在后场。

　　David: Do you mean the defense²?

　　你是说后卫吗？

　　You: Yes, the defense.

　　是的，后卫。

　　David: You mean the goal³. In Chinese, I think you use "men" but you can say "men" for "door" or "gate", you can use "men" in many ways.

　　你是说球门吧。汉语里，“门”有很多用法，既可以表示“door”，也可以表示“gate”。

　　You: Yes, like "mei menr" – "no way". Chinese use one word to refer⁴ to many things. I think this is more difficult than English. Do you think so?

　　是的，像“没门儿”，“No way.”汉语经常有一词多义的现象。这比英语难。你觉得呢？

　　David: I think Chinese is much more difficult than English.

　　我觉得汉语比英语难多了。

　　You: Chinese characters are more difficult.

　　汉字更难写。

　　David: Chinese characters and pronunciation are the hardest parts.

　　认字和发音是最难掌握的了。

　　You: I think you are quite clever. You know, I have some classmates from the USA in my class learning⁵ Chinese, but they make little progress. They have to express themselves in English, more often than in Chinese. They just know "xiexie", "nihao" and nothing else.

　　我觉得你很聪明。知道吗，我们班有一些学中文的美国同学，进步很缓慢。他们更多的还得用英语来表达。他们掌握的汉语，仅限于“谢谢”、“你好”等简单口语，再没别的了。

　　David: "xie xie". Talking about exercise, I find that Chinese people like to dance in the streets at night as exercise, maybe for fun and exercise.

　　谢谢。说到锻炼，我发现中国人喜欢晚上在大街上跳舞作为锻炼，也许娱乐和锻炼两者兼得。

　　You: Yes, you are right. My mother likes to do that, and I have to be her partner sometimes.

　　是的，你说对了。我妈妈就是，有时我还得做她的舞伴。

　　David: What? Not enough men want to do that? Is it mostly just women?

　　什么？没有足够的男士吗？是不是几乎都是女性？

　　You: If a man invites me, I say no, she is my partner. They sometimes get very angry when they see the old woman. It’s a lot of fun.

　　如果一个男人邀请我，我就说不，然后说她是我舞伴。当看到那个老太太的时候，他们有时候会非常生气。这很有趣。

　　David: It sounds like a lot of fun.

　　听起来很有趣哦。

1 chapter   

n.章，篇，重要章节

参考例句：

• I will skip the next chapter.我将略过下一章。
• Go and open a wonderful new chapter.去开启美好的新篇章。

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 goal   

n.(足球)球门；得分

参考例句：

• I shot the ball into the goal.我把球踢进球门。
• That was his best goal.那是他最好的一次得分。

4 refer   

vi.谈到，提到，涉及，有关

参考例句：

• He did not refer to the report from Australia.他没有提到澳大利亚传来的消息。
• Don't refer to the matter again.不要再提这件事了。

5 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。