英语访谈对话 409 Futsal and Soccer

 　　Simon: Hi! What's your name?

　　Nathan: My name is Nathan Curtis Gildard. Well, my name is Nathan but people call me Nate, so.

　　Simon: OK. What do you do in your free time?

　　Nathan: I do a lot of different things. I like to travel around, I like to go to places I've never been. I like to play guitar in a band, which I'm not in right now. I like to play soccer. I play soccer a lot, and I play futsal too.

　　Simon: Futsal, what's that?

　　Nathan: Futsal is a 5 a side soccer game, so it's played on a small court about the size of a basketball court, and the ball is smaller than a soccer ball, it's kind of heavy, and you have five people so there are 4 players and one keeper¹, goalie.

　　Simon: Oh, interesting. Is it similar to soccer in other ways?

　　Nathan: Well, it's similar in ways that you pass the ball but it's different in ways that for example you have a stop clock in the international futsal games, and professional² games, so there's a stop clock. The way you move around is very different, you know, you have positions like midfield, forward, defense³, but often a defender⁴ can find themselves playing forward which is kind of fun because defenders⁵ get a chance to score too.

　　Simon: OK, here is the last question, which do you prefer, soccer or the big football or futsal?

　　Nathan: Ah, that's a difficult question. I think at the moment I enjoy futsal a little bit more because it is a harder pace⁶. You're running a lot faster. There's more chances to score. It's a really challenging⁷ game. It takes a lot of energy, and the five guys that you play with, there's only five people so you really depend on each other to do well so it's a real team sport. You really need each other.

　　Simon: Thank you.

1 keeper   

n.管理人，看守人，看护人，饲养员

参考例句：

• He found a job as a keeper.他找到了一份当饲养员的工作。
• He might lose his job as keeper.他也许会丢掉他当监护人的职位吧。

2 professional   

adj.专业的；职业的；n.专业人员；职业运动员

参考例句：

• He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
• I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。

3 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。

4 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。

5 defenders   

n.防御者( defender的名词复数 )；守卫者；保护者；辩护者

参考例句：

• The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 pace   

n.速度，步调，步法；v.踱步，缓慢的走，引导

参考例句：

• She works so fast I cannot keep pace.她干得很快，我跟不上。
• He walked the horse at a slow pace.他缓步牵着马遛着。

7 challenging   

adj.大胆的(复杂的，有前途的，挑战的)；n.复杂(有前途，大胆，挑战)

参考例句：

• She performed the most challenging task without a mistake.她毫无差错地完成了这一最富有挑战性的任务。
• We have changed the course to make it more challenging.我们改了课程以使其更具挑战性。