Business Etiquette:American football II

A:我也覺得橄欖球太激烈了，甚至有點(diǎn)野蠻！

B:That's the beauty of it!

A:那也就是看看可以，要是真讓我去賽場(chǎng)上那樣橫沖直撞的，非嚇?biāo)牢也豢桑?/p>

B:Don't be a wimp, 楊琳！

A:Wimp? 你說(shuō)我膽小沒用？才不是，我只是......比較斯文。比如下面這個(gè)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)，我就覺得不錯(cuò)。

B:What is it?

A:打臺(tái)球！

American sports English:Pool

P:Yang Chen you look bored. How about we play a game of pool?

Y:Pool? 這兒沒有游泳池啊。你打算跳到Tidal Basin 游泳嗎?

P:No, I'm not talking about a swimming pool. I'm talking about billiards.

Y:Oh billiards, 臺(tái)球。我不會(huì)。

P:Well, I'll teach you how to play. Let me break.

Y:Wait a minute. 你怎么一上來(lái)就要 break something，搞破壞啊?

P:No. Here break means starting the game by hitting the cue ball.

Y:我知道，cue ball 就是主球，用它來(lái)撞子球。OK. Let me try it first.

P:哎呀，女大力士! You came closer to breaking the pool stick!

Y:No Way! That was a great shot! I got one in. 我是Stripes.

P:Alright, and I am solids.

Now it's my turn, I'll try to bank the ball off the rail and get it in the far pocket.

Y:Ah, 你把我的球打進(jìn)去了。You scored a point for me. Thank you.

P:Well you're welcome.

Y:It's my turn again. 讓我再干掉一個(gè)。

P:Well, not on that turn any way. It looks like you scratched.

Y:Scratched. 我沒抓你啊。

P:In pool, if you scratch S-C-R-A-T-C-H，it means that you knocked the white cue ball into a pocket. That means it's my turn and I place the ball over here.

Y:Ah, 我主球打進(jìn)袋子了，就叫scratch。

P:Right. That means it's my turn and I place the ball over here.

Y:哇，你把8號(hào)球打進(jìn)去了。

P:Yeah. I got the 8 ball in before getting all of my other balls in. That means I lose.

Y:Hooray! Another game?

A:臺(tái)球里的術(shù)語(yǔ)還真不少！比如Break - 開球，scratch - 白球進(jìn)洞。Donny, do you play pool?

B:Yeah, sometimes.

A:你走之前，let's go to a pool house, 打幾盤兒！

B:好啊！我請(qǐng)客！

A:誒呀，你真是太好了！I'm gonna miss you!

B:楊琳，別哭了。

A:誰(shuí)哭了？別臭美！ 好了，今天的節(jié)目時(shí)間差不多了。這次的撰稿人是曉北，編輯是蔚然。同學(xué)們，我們下次的美語(yǔ)訓(xùn)練班再見!

B：Bye! 同學(xué)們，咱們北京見嘍！

A:Bye-bye, Donny!