【话匣子英语】黄牛党与门票

为了看演唱会或者篮球赛，你会从黄牛党手里买票吗？

Andrew: But, let’s say you wanted to watch the Super Bowl or some major, major sporting event. Then you could be paying up to half a million dollars for a box seat.

 

Harp¹: Wow! My jaw² just dropped. That is insane.

 

Andrew: Yeah. That is crazy. But, yeah, I guess if you want to really enjoy the experience, you have to pay for it.

 

Harp: Wow. That’s crazy. So another type of ticket that you could potentially buy is a courtside seat.

 

Andrew: This type of ticket is really just for a basketball game. And when you sit courtside, it means you actually sit on the floor right beside the basketball game, on the court, on the basketball court, which is why it’s called courtside.

 

Harp: Yup. And these tickets are, again, super expensive. And oftentimes, if you look on celebrity³ magazines, you’ll see pictures of celebrities⁴ sitting at courtside seats.

 

Andrew: Yeah. If you watch a Los Angeles Lakers game on TV, then you’ll always see Jack⁵ Nicholson sitting courtside because he owns two of those courtside seats.

 

Harp: Yeah. So I definitely think we wouldn’t be able to afford it, but those tickets? Really good tickets. And very expensive.

 

Andrew: Yeah. It’d be so rad to sit up close like that. You could see the players super close and sometimes even, it they score a good shot, you see them high five the people that are sitting in the courtside seats.

 

Harp: Yes. So those are really cool tickets to have.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 jaw   

n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训

参考例句：

• He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
• A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。

3 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

4 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

5 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。