生活英语口语 第 7 课：American’s Favorites 美国人的爱好- 2

A: The fans are great here, too. Not like in Philadelphia. 这里的球迷也很好,不像费城。

B: It was a great idea to spend a day watching a game. 花一天看看球赛真是个好主意。

A: Yeah, it reminds you why they say baseball is America’s favorite pastime. 是呀。这让人想起为什么人们说棒球是美国人最喜欢的娱乐活动。

A: Wow, American football is more exciting than I thought. 哇，美式足球可比我想象的刺激多了。

B: You’re in America now, my British friend. We just call it football. 我的英国朋友，你现在可是在美国，我们叫它橄榄球。

A: Oh, right. So, I can’t quite follow what’s going on…who’s winning? 哦，对了。哦，我不知道情况怎么样了，谁赢了？

B: The Giants are up by three points because of the field goal they kicked, but the Redskins have the ball and there pretty close to the end zone. 因为射门得分，巨人队领先3分。但现在是红人队控球，而且很接近底线区了。

A: Wow! What a hit! 哇，瞧这球！

B: Yeah, he tackled him so hard his helmet came off. 是呀，他拼命抢球头盔都掉了。

A: Is he ok? 他没事吧？

B: It looks like it, he’s getting up. 好像是，他站起来了。

A: I guess he hit him too hard; the referee just called a penalty on the home team. 我猜他强得太凶，裁判判罚主队。

B: The Giants? 你是说巨人队？

A: Yeah. 是呀。

B: Well, here we go again. 哦，又继续打了。

A: What happened? Why did everyone get so quiet? 怎么回事？大家都不说话了。

B: The Redskin’s quarterback just threw a touchdown pass for seven points. We’re losing again. 红人队的四分卫触地板回了7分，我们又输了。

A: Who are those guys? 这些人是谁？