Conversation A : In the Locker Room
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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.?
會話A : 在更衣室?
馬 丁:赫弗拉尼克教練,謝謝你和我見面,我可以問你些問題嗎??
教 練:可以,我現(xiàn)在大約有10分鐘時間。?
馬 丁:球隊看來不錯,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,但我仍感高興。?
馬 丁:我不想把談話僅局限于這場比賽,我想談?wù)動?xùn)練。?
教 練:可以。?
馬 丁:你當初就想當大學橄欖球隊教練嗎??
教 練:最初,我想當名職業(yè)橄欖球運動員。?
馬 丁:你進過職業(yè)球隊嗎??
教 練:我在專業(yè)隊打過兩年球。?
馬 丁:出了什么事??
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,我從樹上摔了下來。?
馬 丁:樹上??
教 練:現(xiàn)在聽起來很滑稽,但那時并不可笑。當時我和孩子一起玩,我想從樹上取個球,但樹枝斷了,把腿摔斷了3處。?
馬 丁:因此就不能打橄欖球了。?
教 練:對,我還想打球,但我妻子不讓我打球,我腿不好。?
馬 丁:現(xiàn)在你當上了教練。?
教 練:很有趣,我打了10年橄欖球,從未出過事故。?
馬 丁:你喜歡教練工作嗎??
教 練:非常喜歡,我原來想打橄欖球,但現(xiàn)在我非常喜歡教練工作,我很高興。
馬 丁:你過去是打職業(yè)橄欖球的,你現(xiàn)在訓(xùn)練大學橄欖球隊,你想訓(xùn)練職業(yè)橄欖球隊嗎?
教 練:不,我想和年齡比我小的人在一起,起初,我想訓(xùn)練中學橄欖球隊,我喜歡和年輕的男女在一起。?
馬 丁:你想過要教學嗎??
教 練:訓(xùn)練就是教學,我想看著年輕人長大。我喜歡看著我孩子長大,我也想看著其他孩子長大。?
馬 丁:女孩也打橄欖球嗎??
教 練:我隊里的女孩打,他們打得很好。有些學校有男子橄欖球隊和女子橄欖球隊。?
馬 丁:你原想當中學教練,但你現(xiàn)在訓(xùn)練的是大學生。?
教 練:對,大學需要我,他們請的我。?
馬 丁:你今年對你的球隊有什么期望呢??
教 練:我想看到我的隊員有更大長進,我們要刻苦訓(xùn)練。?
馬 丁:你說的長進是指什么??
教 練:他們?nèi)ツ甏虻煤芎茫蚁胱屗麄兌鄬W習,我想讓他們打得更好。