大家说英语 第602期:一起打网棒球(2)

Conversation A

对话A

Taylor: Did you play lacrosse in Taipei, Alex?

泰勒：阿莱克斯，你在台北打过网棒球吗？

Alex: No. I only learned¹ about lacrosse in the US.

阿莱克斯：没有，我在美国才知道有网棒球这种运动。

Taylor: So it's still a new sport in Taipei.

泰勒：所以这种运动在台北还是一项新的运动。

Alex: Yes. I introduced it to my cousin, and now he loves it!

阿莱克斯：是啊，我把这项运动介绍给我的表弟，现在他很喜爱这项运动！

Taylor: Why do you like lacrosse?

泰勒：你为什么喜欢网棒球？

Alex: It's a challenging² game. Players need good skills and must play as a team.

阿莱克斯：这是个具有挑战性的运动。球员必须要有纯熟的技巧，团队也必须一起合作。

Taylor: So they work together to score goals.

泰勒：所以他们要合作才能得分。

Alex: Right.

阿莱克斯：没错。

Conversation B

对话B

Linda: What are you doing, James?

琳达：詹姆斯，你在做什么？

James: I'm reading interesting facts about lacrosse. It is the fastest game played on two feet in the world!

詹姆斯：我在看有关网棒球的趣味知识。这竟然是全世界用双脚玩的运动当中速度最快的一项！

Linda: That's interesting.

琳达：真有趣。

James: Native Americans have played it for hundreds of years.

詹姆斯：美洲原住民打这种球已经有好几百年的历史了。

Linda: I didn't know that.

琳达：这我还真不知道。

James: Now lacrosse is played all over the world. Alex told me there is even a team in Taiwan now.

詹姆斯：现在，在世界各地都有人打网棒球。阿莱克斯跟我说现在台湾也有一支球队了。

Linda: That's great!

琳达：太棒了！

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 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。