National Sports 激情NBA 1. The NBA is on this Sunday! 这周有NBA联赛! 周末就有比赛; NBA starts this Sunday. Are you excited? 这周末美国职业篮球联赛 开始了,你激动吗? 心情很激动: I can't wait! 我都等不及了! ♦ NBA 美国职业篮球联赛(National Basketball Association 的首字 母缩写) 2. Did you catch the game last night? 你昨晚上赶上看比赛了吗? 看比赛了吗: Hey, did you see the game last night? 嘿,你昨晚看比赛了吗? Did you catch the game last night? It was a real nail biter. 你昨晚看比賽了吗?真是一场紧张激烈的比賽。 根据实际情况回答: Yeah! It was wild! 是 的!太疯狂了! No, I missed it! l'm pissed. 没有,我错过了!气死我了。| ♦ Nail biter 激烈紧张的比賽 pissed adj. 愤怒的
3. My favorite NBA player is Bryant. 我喜欢的NBA球员是布莱恩特。 最喜欢的篮球明星: I think my favorite NBA player will always be Jordan. 我觉得我最喜欢的NBA球员会一直是乔丹。 I'm a huge fan of Oneil. 我是奥尼尔的忠实粉丝。 表达自己的想法: Really? Hate that guy! 真的吗?我讨厌那个人! Nice! Jordon for life! 太好了!乔丹是我的一生的偶像。 4. My favorite team is the Heat. 我最喜欢热火队了。 球队粉丝: I'm a huge Magic fan. 我是魔术队的忠实粉丝。 不喜欢对方说的球队: I hate the Heat! Go Bulls! 我讨厌热火队!公牛队好样的! 5. I got tickets to the game, wanna come? 我有这场比赛的门票,你想一起去吗? 邀请去看比赛: I've got two tickets to the game this Friday. You should come. 我有两张这周五比赛的门票,你应该一起来。 Hey, want to see the Lakers game? I got tickets! 嘿,想去看湖人的比賽吗?我有门票! 如果感兴趣,很想去: Aw, dude, I would love to! 噢,老兄,我想去! Yeah, main, that's intense! 好的,哥们儿,真刺激! 想去,但是没有时间: I wish! I gotta work that day, dude. 我想去!但那天我得上班,老兄。 ♦ intense adj,紧张的,热情的,激烈的 gotta adv.必须去(相当于have got to) 6. I'm betting or the Mavericks tonight. 我今晚赌达拉斯小牛队赢。
赌比赛: I put all my money on the Hornets. I hope they win. 我把钱都押在大黄蜂队了,希望他们能赢。 If the Lakers don't win, I'll go broke! 如果湖人队赢不了,我会破产的! 赌比赛可不是件好事: You shouldn't have bet your money! 你不应该赌钱的! Well, that was a pretty stupid thing to do. 噢,那样做很愚蠢。 7. Have you been following NBA for this season? 你最近关注NBA本赛季的赛事了吗? NBA 球迷: Of course, tomorrow evening there will be a most exciting game. 当然,明天晚上就有一场激动人心的比賽。 不喜欢这类比赛: No. I hate it. 没有,我讨厌比賽。 8. Which team won last game? 那个球队赢了上次的比赛? 看了比赛的人: The Lakers. They have home court advantage. 湖人队赢了。他们有主场优势。 没看比赛的人: I Missed the game because my boss gave me some work. 我错过比赛了,因为老板给了我一些工作。 ♦ home Court advantage 主场优势 National Sports Conversation 对话 Andy. Hey, did you catch the game last night? 安迪:嘿,昨晚你看比赛了吗? Kevin: Which one? 凯文:哪个比赛?
Andy: NFL, man. What else? 安迪:NFL,伙计,还能有什么? Kevin: I'm more of an NBA guy myself. 凯文:我更喜欢看NBA。 Andy. What? How could you not like football? 安迪:什么!?你怎么能不喜欢足球呢? Kevin: How Would you not like basketball? 凯文:你怎么能不喜欢篮球呢? Andy. Well, don't get me wrong. I like basketball, just not as much as football. 安迪:好吧,你千万别误会。我喜欢籃球,只是不像喜欢足球那么喜欢。 Kevin: You're crazy. The Lakers shot am insane 3-pointer. It was crazy! 凯文:你太疯狂了。湖人队疯狂地投了个三分球,太不可思议了。 Andy: You should have seen the Steelers score a touchdown. I went ballistic! 安迪:你应该看到钢铁人队触地得分了,我都快疯了。 Steve: Will you two shut up already? 史蒂夫:你们两个都闭嘴行吗? ♦ NFL 美国全国橄榄球联盟(National Football League 的首字母缩写) ♦ don't get me wrong 别误会,别把我的意思弄错了 ♦ insane adj. 疯狂的 ♦ 3-pointers 三分球 ♦ touchdown n. 触地得分 ♦ ballistic adj. 失去理智的,狂怒的 ♦ shut up 闭嘴,安静