英语听力精选进阶版 6679

William: Hello. You're listening to Authentic¹ Real English. I'm William Kremer.

Feifei: I'm Feifei. What's today's word, William?

William: Well there's a footballing theme to this week's question, or at least a sporting theme. Let me ask you, Feifei, what characteristics do you associate with British people?

Feifei: 我把什么特性和英国人能联系在一起呢？Um... well, you're all a bit cynical² 愤世嫉俗的，有点儿冷嘲热讽的。

William: Ye-es. That's... That is probably fair. But what about more positive characteristics?

Feifei: Um...

William: To do with sport...

Feifei: 你们英国人善于发明体育项目，不过虽然很多体育项目是你们发明的，可是在比赛中水平反而不及其他国家，哎。

William: Yeah, that's also probably fair as well. But what about our sportsmanship, Feifei? In particular, our sense of fair pay?

Feifei: Maybe. Fair play 的意思就是公平比赛，公平竞争。英国人向来都认为在体育竞技和每日生活中，fair play 是非常重要的一个原则。But what about the phrase, fair play? When do we use that, William?

William: Well, that's a little bit tricky³ to explain. But we tend to say 'fair play' when somebody does something annoying or perhaps a little negative but we shouldn't criticise⁴ them because they were sticking to the rules of the game, or to the spirit of the rules.

Feifei: Right. That is a little tricky to understand. Can you give us an example?

William: I'd be delighted to, Feifei. This example is from two men watching a football match. A goal has just been disallowed⁵ because the scorer was offside.

Feifei: 下面对话中两位男士在观看一场足球比赛。一个进球刚刚被判无效，因为一名队员越位了。Offside 越位。他们对裁判 ref 的这一判决很是不满。

Example

Man: Oooooh! Ref, I can't believe it?!

Man 2: That is a shame. That is a shame.

Man: What a joke! This referee⁶ needs to get some glasses.

Man 2: Yeah, but fair play to him, that player was offside.

Feifei: 虽然这两位男士对裁判的判决很是不满，但是其中的一位还是说了"fair play to him, that player was offside".

William: Yeah, fair play to him. Now although this phrase comes from sport, we don't just use it to discuss football and so on. So let's hear another example.

Example

Man: Have you heard about Gary?

Man 2: No...

Man: He's kicked his son out of his house.

Man 2: No, what, Kevin?!

Man: Yeah, he's kicked him out. I mean, fair play to Gary, Kevin is 42 now.

Man 2: Yeah and he crashed Gary's car, remember?

Feifei: Hmmm. 在上面的这个例子中两位男士在谈论关于他们朋友 Gary 把自己的儿子 Kevin 赶出家门的事情。

William: One of the men says, "Fair play to Gary, Kevin is 42 now."

Feifei: 因为他们朋友的儿子已经42岁了，而且他还把自己父亲的汽车给撞坏了，所以父亲一气之下就把他给赶出去了。Fair play to him.

William: Maybe not everyone understood that clip⁷, but then, fair play to them, it was quite hard. Let's listen again.

Example

Man: Have you heard about Gary?

Man 2: No...

Man: He's kicked his son out of his house.

Man 2: No, what, Kevin?!

Man: Yeah, he's kicked him out. I mean, fair play to Gary, Kevin is 42 now.

Man 2: Yeah and he crashed Gary's car, remember?

Feifei: William 我注意到刚才上面两个例子里都是男士们在说话。

William: Yes, I think this might be a phrase that men are a little bit more likely to use than women. Maybe that's because it comes from sport.

Feifei: Hmmm... interesting. Bye!

William: Bye bye!

1 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

2 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。

3 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

4 criticise   

v.批评，评论；非难

参考例句：

• Right and left have much cause to criticise government.左翼和右翼有很多理由批评政府。
• It is not your place to criticise or suggest improvements!提出批评或给予改进建议并不是你的责任！

5 disallowed   

v.不承认（某事物）有效( disallow的过去式和过去分词 )；不接受；不准；驳回

参考例句：

• The judge disallowed that evidence. 法官驳回那项证据。 来自辞典例句
• Her claim was disallowed on the ground(s) that she had not paid her premium. 她要求赔款遭到拒绝，原因是她事先没有交纳保险费。 来自辞典例句

6 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

7 clip   

n.夹子，别针，弹夹，片断；vt.夹住，修剪

参考例句：

• May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗？
• She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。