Todd: OK, Steve you were saying that you're a big hockey fan.
托德：史蒂夫，你說(shuō)你是冰球的忠實(shí)球迷。
Steve: That's right. I love hockey.
史蒂夫：沒(méi)錯(cuò)。我很愛(ài)冰球。
Todd: OK. Why? What is it about hockey?
托德：嗯。為什么呢？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(xiàng)非常刺激的運(yùn)動(dòng)。這是一項(xiàng)在冰上進(jìn)行的運(yùn)動(dòng)。它很有進(jìn)攻性。當(dāng)然，這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)要求許多技藝。是一項(xiàng)很適合觀眾觀看的運(yùn)動(dòng)，因?yàn)橛性S多動(dòng)作。你可以在家里和朋友一起看比賽。你們?cè)诒荣悤r(shí)可以喝著啤酒，吃著批薩，然后享受快樂(lè)時(shí)光。我喜歡這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)因?yàn)槲沂羌幽么笕耍@是加拿大的國(guó)球，加拿大的冰球是目前世界的。
Todd: Now Canada has the best hockey team.
托德：加拿大有目前的冰球隊(duì)。
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(méi)錯(cuò)。我們獲得了金牌。我們贏得了世界杯。男子和女子都是冠軍。
Todd: Wow, that's pretty cool. In hockey, how long is the game?
托德：哇，那真棒！冰球比賽一般要用多長(zhǎng)時(shí)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：比賽分為三局，每局20分鐘，但是因?yàn)楸荣惤?jīng)常中斷，所以通常完成整場(chǎng)比賽要用兩個(gè)半小時(shí)。
Todd: Oh, OK, and did you play in high school when you were younger?
托德：哦，好的，你以前在高中時(shí)打過(guò)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(méi)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(guò)我打過(guò)街頭曲棍球和室內(nèi)曲棍球。
Todd: OK, what's the difference between street hockey and ice hockey?
托德：嗯，街頭曲棍球和冰球之間有什么區(qū)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(shí)差不多一樣。街頭曲棍球是在道路上或是網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)上進(jìn)行的，比賽中不會(huì)用冰球，而是用曲棍球或是網(wǎng)球。
Todd: OK, and do you run or?
托德：好的，那比賽中會(huì)奔跑嗎？
Steve: Yeah, you run.
史蒂夫：對(duì)，會(huì)跑的。
Todd: Oh, you run!
托德：哦，會(huì)奔跑！
Steve: Yeah. It's pretty well the same game.
史蒂夫：對(duì)。其實(shí)差不多是一樣的。
Todd: OK, alright, thanks Steve.
托德：好的，謝謝你，史蒂夫。重點(diǎn)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(jié)果和我們預(yù)料的差不多。
eg. I travel pretty well every week.
我?guī)缀趺恐芏汲鋈ヂ眯小?BR> eg. The two are pretty much the same.
這兩個(gè)簡(jiǎn)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(gè)夏天她被迫離開(kāi)他將近四個(gè)月而不是通常的兩個(gè)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(shí)工資將從原先的 6。54 英鎊漲為 7。17 英鎊。
eg. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
他們沒(méi)有降低成本，而是抬高價(jià)格、削減產(chǎn)量。
托德：史蒂夫，你說(shuō)你是冰球的忠實(shí)球迷。
Steve: That's right. I love hockey.
史蒂夫：沒(méi)錯(cuò)。我很愛(ài)冰球。
Todd: OK. Why? What is it about hockey?
托德：嗯。為什么呢？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(xiàng)非常刺激的運(yùn)動(dòng)。這是一項(xiàng)在冰上進(jìn)行的運(yùn)動(dòng)。它很有進(jìn)攻性。當(dāng)然，這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)要求許多技藝。是一項(xiàng)很適合觀眾觀看的運(yùn)動(dòng)，因?yàn)橛性S多動(dòng)作。你可以在家里和朋友一起看比賽。你們?cè)诒荣悤r(shí)可以喝著啤酒，吃著批薩，然后享受快樂(lè)時(shí)光。我喜歡這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)因?yàn)槲沂羌幽么笕耍@是加拿大的國(guó)球，加拿大的冰球是目前世界的。
Todd: Now Canada has the best hockey team.
托德：加拿大有目前的冰球隊(duì)。
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(méi)錯(cuò)。我們獲得了金牌。我們贏得了世界杯。男子和女子都是冠軍。
Todd: Wow, that's pretty cool. In hockey, how long is the game?
托德：哇，那真棒！冰球比賽一般要用多長(zhǎng)時(shí)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：比賽分為三局，每局20分鐘，但是因?yàn)楸荣惤?jīng)常中斷，所以通常完成整場(chǎng)比賽要用兩個(gè)半小時(shí)。
Todd: Oh, OK, and did you play in high school when you were younger?
托德：哦，好的，你以前在高中時(shí)打過(guò)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(méi)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(guò)我打過(guò)街頭曲棍球和室內(nèi)曲棍球。
Todd: OK, what's the difference between street hockey and ice hockey?
托德：嗯，街頭曲棍球和冰球之間有什么區(qū)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(shí)差不多一樣。街頭曲棍球是在道路上或是網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)上進(jìn)行的，比賽中不會(huì)用冰球，而是用曲棍球或是網(wǎng)球。
Todd: OK, and do you run or?
托德：好的，那比賽中會(huì)奔跑嗎？
Steve: Yeah, you run.
史蒂夫：對(duì)，會(huì)跑的。
Todd: Oh, you run!
托德：哦，會(huì)奔跑！
Steve: Yeah. It's pretty well the same game.
史蒂夫：對(duì)。其實(shí)差不多是一樣的。
Todd: OK, alright, thanks Steve.
托德：好的，謝謝你，史蒂夫。重點(diǎn)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(jié)果和我們預(yù)料的差不多。
eg. I travel pretty well every week.
我?guī)缀趺恐芏汲鋈ヂ眯小?BR> eg. The two are pretty much the same.
這兩個(gè)簡(jiǎn)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(gè)夏天她被迫離開(kāi)他將近四個(gè)月而不是通常的兩個(gè)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(shí)工資將從原先的 6。54 英鎊漲為 7。17 英鎊。
eg. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
他們沒(méi)有降低成本，而是抬高價(jià)格、削減產(chǎn)量。