实战口语情景对话 第16期:运动健将 The Jock

 Todd: OK, Conrad! 康拉德！

Conrad: Yeah! 是的！

Todd: You're quite the jock! 你真是个运动健将！

Conrad: Thanks Todd. 谢谢。

Todd: Yeah. So, we're gonna talk about sports. 我们将会讨论运动的话题。

Conrad: Alright. 好的。

Todd: What sports do you like? 你喜欢什么运动？

Conrad: Well, I like a lot of sports, but basketball is my favorite. Definitely¹. 我喜欢的运动很多，但篮球绝对是我的最爱。

Todd: Oh, really! 真的！

Conrad: Yeah! 是的！

Todd: OK. How long have you been playing basketball? 好的。你打篮球有多久了？

Conrad: Let's see! Probably about thirty years. I'm thirty seven now and I think I was in elementary

school when I started to play at first. 让我想想！也许有30年了。我今天37岁，我是从小学开始接触篮球的。

Todd: At what age were you your best? 你打得最好的时候是什么时候？

Conrad: Let's see! Probably around 20 maybe. Sometime² when I was in college. Yeah! 我想想，也许是20岁左右的时候，在大学的时候。

Todd: What position did you play when you played basketball? 你打篮球时打的是哪个位置？

Conrad: Guard. Guard. A little bit of forward, depending on what kind of team I was playing on. 后卫，偶尔前锋，这要看我在哪个队打球。

Todd: Yeah, were you mainly an offensive³ or defensive⁴ player? 你是攻击型的选手还是防守型的？

Conrad: Defensive. Yeah. 防守型的。

Todd: OK. Do you still watch a lot of basketball on TV? 你现在还经常在电视上看篮球吗？

Conrad: Well, now living in Japan I don't get, um, get many chances to watch the NBA but I do follow it on the internet. 我现在住在日本不看了，电视上倒是能看到NBA，但我都在网上关注。

Todd: OK. Do you still play basketball? 好的，你现在还打篮球吗？

Conrad: Yeah. Yeah. I play about once a week with my at the university I work at with the club team

there. 是的。每周一次，在大学里，我现在在Club队。

Todd: OK. Great. Alright. Thanks a lot Conrad. 好的。谢谢你，康拉德。

Conrad: Sure. No problem Todd. 没问题，托德。

1 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。

2 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

3 offensive   

adj.令人不快的，侮辱的，攻击用的；n.进攻

参考例句：

• His mode of doing business is offensive to me.他干事情的方式叫我很不喜欢。
• If all else fails,I will take the offensive.如果其他方法不行，我将采取攻势。

4 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。