美語情景對話 第209期:冰球 Hockey

Todd: OK, Steve you were saying that you're a big hockey fan.

託德：史蒂夫，你說你是冰球的忠實球迷。

Steve: That's right. I love hockey.

史蒂夫：沒錯。我很愛冰球。

Todd: OK. Why? What is it about hockey?

託德：嗯。爲什麼呢？冰球的魅力在哪兒？

Steve: Well, hockey is a really exciting sport. It's played on the ice. It's really fast. It's aggressive. Also, it requires a lot of skill. It's a really good sport for spectators to watch because there's lots of action. You can watch it at home with friends. Drink beer, eat pizza, and have a really good time. I also like it because I'm Canadian and it's Canada's national sport, and Canada is the best hockey team in the world right now.

史蒂夫：嗯，冰球是一項非常刺激的運動。這是一項在冰上進行的運動。它很有進攻性。當然，這項運動要求許多技藝。是一項很適合觀衆觀看的運動，因爲有許多動作。你可以在家裏和朋友一起看比賽。你們在比賽時可以喝着啤酒，吃着批薩，然後享受快樂時光。我喜歡這項運動因爲我是加拿大人，這是加拿大的國球，加拿大的冰球是目前世界最強的。

Todd: Now Canada has the best hockey team.

託德：加拿大有目前最強的冰球隊。

Steve: That's right. We won the gold medal. We won the world championship. Both the men's and the women's teams.

史蒂夫：沒錯。我們獲得了金牌。我們贏得了世界盃。男子和女子都是冠軍。

Todd: Wow, that's pretty cool. In hockey, how long is the game?

託德：哇，那真棒！冰球比賽一般要用多長時間？

Steve: The game is three twenty minute periods, but because of stoppages in play , it usually takes about two and a half hours for a whole game.

史蒂夫：比賽分爲三局，每局20分鐘，但是因爲比賽經常中斷，所以通常完成整場比賽要用兩個半小時。

Todd: Oh, OK, and did you play in high school when you were younger?

託德：哦，好的，你以前在高中時打過冰球嗎？

Steve: Ah, no, I'm not that good a skater. You have to be a really good skater, but I played street hockey and floor hockey.

史蒂夫：沒有，我滑冰不是很好。你必須要滑冰滑得很好才能打冰球，不過我打過街頭曲棍球和室內曲棍球。

Todd: OK, what's the difference between street hockey and ice hockey?

託德：嗯，街頭曲棍球和冰球之間有什麼區別？

Steve: Well, it's pretty much the same thing. Street hockey you play on the road or on a tennis court and instead of using a puck you use a hockey ball or a tennis ball.

史蒂夫：其實差不多一樣。街頭曲棍球是在道路上或是網球場上進行的，比賽中不會用冰球，而是用曲棍球或是網球。

Todd: OK, and do you run or?

託德：好的，那比賽中會奔跑嗎？

Steve: Yeah, you run.

史蒂夫：對，會跑的。

Todd: Oh, you run!

託德：哦，會奔跑！

Steve: Yeah. It's pretty well the same game.

史蒂夫：對。其實差不多是一樣的。

Todd: OK, alright, thanks Steve.

託德：好的，謝謝你，史蒂夫。

重點講解：
1. pretty much/pretty well
幾乎；近乎；差不多；
eg. The result of the ballot is pretty much what we expected.
投票的結果和我們預料的差不多。
eg. I travel pretty well every week.
我幾乎每週都出去旅行。
eg. The two are pretty much the same.
這兩個簡直一模一樣。
2. instead of
代替…；而不是…；
eg. She had to spend nearly four months away from him that summer, instead of the usual two.
那個夏天她被迫離開他將近四個月而不是通常的兩個月。
eg. Check-out workers in London will receive £7.17 an hour instead of £6.54.
倫敦的收銀員每小時工資將從原先的 6。54 英鎊漲爲 7。17 英鎊。
eg. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
他們沒有降低成本，而是擡高價格、削減產量。