Conversation A : In the Locker Room
MARTIN: Coach Havranek, thanks for meeting with me. May I ask you some questions?
COACH: Yes. I have about ten minutes now.
MARTIN: The team looks very good. Are you happy?
COACH: Yes, I'm very happy. The game is too slow. I want to see more action, but I'm happy.
MARTIN: I don't want to talk only about this game. I want to talk about coaching.
COACH: OK.
MARTIN: Did you want to be a university football coach?
COACH: First, I wanted to be a professional football player.
MARTIN: Did you play professional football?
COACH: I played for two years.
MARTIN: What happened?
COACH: I broke my leg.
MARTIN: In a football game?
COACH: No, in an accident. I fell out of a tree.
MARTIN: A tree?!
COACH: It's funny now. But it wasn't funny then. I was playing with my children. I wanted to get a ball in the tree. I went up the tree. And the limb broke. I broke my leg in three places.
MARTIN: And no more football.
COACH: That's right. I wanted to play, but my wife didn't want me to play. My leg wasn't good.
MARTIN: Now you're a coach.
COACH: It's funny. I played football for ten years. I never had an accident.
MARTIN: Do you like coaching?
COACH: Very much. I wanted to play football. But I like coaching very much. I'm very happy.
MARTIN: You played professional football. You coach university football. Did you want to coach professional football?
COACH: No. I wanted to work with younger men. First. I wanted to coach high school football. I like to work with young men and women.
MARTIN: Did you want to teach?
COACH: Coaching is teaching. I wanted to see the young men and women grow. I liked to watch my children grow, and I wanted to watch other children grow.
MARTIN: Do girls play football?
COACH: My girls did. They were very good. Some schools have football for boys and girls.
MARTIN: You wanted to coach high school, but you are coaching university men now.
COACH: That's right. The university wanted me. They asked me.
MARTIN: What do you want to see this year?
COACH: I want to see my men grow. We're going to work very hard.
MARTIN: What do you mean “grow”?
COACH: They were good last year. I want them to learn. I want them to become better.
Practice 1:want 除了用來(lái)表示想要某物外,還表示可以做某事,即:
want to do (sth.)
Examples:
MARTIN: I want to talk about coaching. I want to talk.
COACH: I want to get a ball. I want to get.
COACH: I want to play football. I want to play.
COACH: I wanted to work with younger men. I wanted to work.
會(huì)話(huà)A : 在更衣室
馬 ?。汉崭ダ峥私叹殻x謝你和我見(jiàn)面,我可以問(wèn)你些問(wèn)題嗎?
教 練:可以,我現(xiàn)在大約有10分鐘時(shí)間。
馬 丁:球隊(duì)看來(lái)不錯(cuò),你高興嗎?
教 練:是的,我很高興。比賽的節(jié)奏太慢,我想看到更多的攻勢(shì),但我仍感高興。
馬 ?。何也幌氚颜勗?huà)僅局限于這場(chǎng)比賽,我想談?wù)動(dòng)?xùn)練。
教 練:可以。
馬 ?。耗惝?dāng)初就想當(dāng)大學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì)教練嗎?
教 練:最初,我想當(dāng)名職業(yè)橄欖球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。
馬 ?。耗氵M(jìn)過(guò)職業(yè)球隊(duì)嗎?
教 練:我在專(zhuān)業(yè)隊(duì)打過(guò)兩年球。
馬 ?。撼隽耸裁词?
教 練:我摔斷了腿。
馬 丁:是在橄欖球賽中嗎?
教 練:不是,在一次意外事故中,我從樹(shù)上摔了下來(lái)。
馬 ?。簶?shù)上?
教 練:現(xiàn)在聽(tīng)起來(lái)很滑稽,但那時(shí)并不可笑。當(dāng)時(shí)我和孩子一起玩,我想從樹(shù)上取個(gè)球,但樹(shù)枝斷了,把腿摔斷了3處。
馬 丁:因此就不能打橄欖球了。
教 練:對(duì),我還想打球,但我妻子不讓我打球,我腿不好。
馬 丁:現(xiàn)在你當(dāng)上了教練。
教 練:很有趣,我打了10年橄欖球,從未出過(guò)事故。
馬 丁:你喜歡教練工作嗎?
教 練:非常喜歡,我原來(lái)想打橄欖球,但現(xiàn)在我非常喜歡教練工作,我很高興。
馬 丁:你過(guò)去是打職業(yè)橄欖球的,你現(xiàn)在訓(xùn)練大學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì),你想訓(xùn)練職業(yè)橄欖球隊(duì)嗎?
教 練:不,我想和年齡比我小的人在一起,起初,我想訓(xùn)練中學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì),我喜歡和年輕的男女在一起。
馬 ?。耗阆脒^(guò)要教學(xué)嗎?
教 練:訓(xùn)練就是教學(xué),我想看著年輕人長(zhǎng)大。我喜歡看著我孩子長(zhǎng)大,我也想看著其他孩子長(zhǎng)大。
馬 ?。号⒁泊蜷蠙烨騿?
教 練:我隊(duì)里的女孩打,他們打得很好。有些學(xué)校有男子橄欖球隊(duì)和女子橄欖球隊(duì)。
馬 丁:你原想當(dāng)中學(xué)教練,但你現(xiàn)在訓(xùn)練的是大學(xué)生。
教 練:對(duì),大學(xué)需要我,他們請(qǐng)的我。
馬 ?。耗憬衲陮?duì)你的球隊(duì)有什么期望呢?
教 練:我想看到我的隊(duì)員有更大長(zhǎng)進(jìn),我們要刻苦訓(xùn)練。
馬 丁:你說(shuō)的長(zhǎng)進(jìn)是指什么?
教 練:他們?nèi)ツ甏虻煤芎?,我想讓他們多學(xué)習(xí),我想讓他們打得更好?! —?BR>
MARTIN: Coach Havranek, thanks for meeting with me. May I ask you some questions?
COACH: Yes. I have about ten minutes now.
MARTIN: The team looks very good. Are you happy?
COACH: Yes, I'm very happy. The game is too slow. I want to see more action, but I'm happy.
MARTIN: I don't want to talk only about this game. I want to talk about coaching.
COACH: OK.
MARTIN: Did you want to be a university football coach?
COACH: First, I wanted to be a professional football player.
MARTIN: Did you play professional football?
COACH: I played for two years.
MARTIN: What happened?
COACH: I broke my leg.
MARTIN: In a football game?
COACH: No, in an accident. I fell out of a tree.
MARTIN: A tree?!
COACH: It's funny now. But it wasn't funny then. I was playing with my children. I wanted to get a ball in the tree. I went up the tree. And the limb broke. I broke my leg in three places.
MARTIN: And no more football.
COACH: That's right. I wanted to play, but my wife didn't want me to play. My leg wasn't good.
MARTIN: Now you're a coach.
COACH: It's funny. I played football for ten years. I never had an accident.
MARTIN: Do you like coaching?
COACH: Very much. I wanted to play football. But I like coaching very much. I'm very happy.
MARTIN: You played professional football. You coach university football. Did you want to coach professional football?
COACH: No. I wanted to work with younger men. First. I wanted to coach high school football. I like to work with young men and women.
MARTIN: Did you want to teach?
COACH: Coaching is teaching. I wanted to see the young men and women grow. I liked to watch my children grow, and I wanted to watch other children grow.
MARTIN: Do girls play football?
COACH: My girls did. They were very good. Some schools have football for boys and girls.
MARTIN: You wanted to coach high school, but you are coaching university men now.
COACH: That's right. The university wanted me. They asked me.
MARTIN: What do you want to see this year?
COACH: I want to see my men grow. We're going to work very hard.
MARTIN: What do you mean “grow”?
COACH: They were good last year. I want them to learn. I want them to become better.
Practice 1:want 除了用來(lái)表示想要某物外,還表示可以做某事,即:
want to do (sth.)
Examples:
MARTIN: I want to talk about coaching. I want to talk.
COACH: I want to get a ball. I want to get.
COACH: I want to play football. I want to play.
COACH: I wanted to work with younger men. I wanted to work.
會(huì)話(huà)A : 在更衣室
馬 ?。汉崭ダ峥私叹殻x謝你和我見(jiàn)面,我可以問(wèn)你些問(wèn)題嗎?
教 練:可以,我現(xiàn)在大約有10分鐘時(shí)間。
馬 丁:球隊(duì)看來(lái)不錯(cuò),你高興嗎?
教 練:是的,我很高興。比賽的節(jié)奏太慢,我想看到更多的攻勢(shì),但我仍感高興。
馬 ?。何也幌氚颜勗?huà)僅局限于這場(chǎng)比賽,我想談?wù)動(dòng)?xùn)練。
教 練:可以。
馬 ?。耗惝?dāng)初就想當(dāng)大學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì)教練嗎?
教 練:最初,我想當(dāng)名職業(yè)橄欖球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。
馬 ?。耗氵M(jìn)過(guò)職業(yè)球隊(duì)嗎?
教 練:我在專(zhuān)業(yè)隊(duì)打過(guò)兩年球。
馬 ?。撼隽耸裁词?
教 練:我摔斷了腿。
馬 丁:是在橄欖球賽中嗎?
教 練:不是,在一次意外事故中,我從樹(shù)上摔了下來(lái)。
馬 ?。簶?shù)上?
教 練:現(xiàn)在聽(tīng)起來(lái)很滑稽,但那時(shí)并不可笑。當(dāng)時(shí)我和孩子一起玩,我想從樹(shù)上取個(gè)球,但樹(shù)枝斷了,把腿摔斷了3處。
馬 丁:因此就不能打橄欖球了。
教 練:對(duì),我還想打球,但我妻子不讓我打球,我腿不好。
馬 丁:現(xiàn)在你當(dāng)上了教練。
教 練:很有趣,我打了10年橄欖球,從未出過(guò)事故。
馬 丁:你喜歡教練工作嗎?
教 練:非常喜歡,我原來(lái)想打橄欖球,但現(xiàn)在我非常喜歡教練工作,我很高興。
馬 丁:你過(guò)去是打職業(yè)橄欖球的,你現(xiàn)在訓(xùn)練大學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì),你想訓(xùn)練職業(yè)橄欖球隊(duì)嗎?
教 練:不,我想和年齡比我小的人在一起,起初,我想訓(xùn)練中學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì),我喜歡和年輕的男女在一起。
馬 ?。耗阆脒^(guò)要教學(xué)嗎?
教 練:訓(xùn)練就是教學(xué),我想看著年輕人長(zhǎng)大。我喜歡看著我孩子長(zhǎng)大,我也想看著其他孩子長(zhǎng)大。
馬 ?。号⒁泊蜷蠙烨騿?
教 練:我隊(duì)里的女孩打,他們打得很好。有些學(xué)校有男子橄欖球隊(duì)和女子橄欖球隊(duì)。
馬 丁:你原想當(dāng)中學(xué)教練,但你現(xiàn)在訓(xùn)練的是大學(xué)生。
教 練:對(duì),大學(xué)需要我,他們請(qǐng)的我。
馬 ?。耗憬衲陮?duì)你的球隊(duì)有什么期望呢?
教 練:我想看到我的隊(duì)員有更大長(zhǎng)進(jìn),我們要刻苦訓(xùn)練。
馬 丁:你說(shuō)的長(zhǎng)進(jìn)是指什么?
教 練:他們?nèi)ツ甏虻煤芎?,我想讓他們多學(xué)習(xí),我想讓他們打得更好?! —?BR>