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大家好！今天我們為您播出“美語三級跳”節目“體育運動”單元的初級課程。
Ryan 想鍛練鍛練，改善自己的身材。他的朋友Alice籃球打得很好，Ryan打算拜她為師。
Professor: That's right, Winnie. Basketball is a very popular sport in America. 中國人也很喜歡打籃球啊! 姚明就是中國人，而且有很多粉絲！
Professor: That's true. Do you think Ryan will be a good basketball player? 咱們來聽聽吧！
Ryan: Thanks for teaching me how to play basketball, Alice.
Alice: No problem. I am happy to be your basketball coach.
Ryan: Great. Where did you learn how to play?
Alice: I played basketball in college.
Ryan: Were you better at offense or defense?
Alice: I was better at offense. I was the best shooter on the team.
Professor: So Winnie, where did Alice learn to play basketball?
Alice說她是在大學里學會打籃球的，她不光是校隊成員，還是the best shooter——最棒的投手呢! 這么說，Alice投籃肯定特別準!
Professor: Right. And in basketball, when you shoot and score a point, you can say you scored a basket.
MC: 沒錯！如果你投籃成功，就可以說“score a basket.”
Professor: So, is Alice better at offense or defense?
Alice說，she was better at offense than defense，進攻能力比防守能力強。這不難理解，她是the best shooter——最棒的投手嘛! 有她當教練，Ryan肯定很快就能變成籃球飛人。
Alice: Alright Ryan, first you have to learn how to dribble.
Ryan: Don't worry, I know how to dribble. Let's just play some one-on-one.
Alice: Uh.... are you sure you don't want to practice a little first?
Ryan: Nope! I'm ready to play. Don't go easy on me.
Ryan是不是有點自信過頭了？Alice想慢慢教他，從 dribble——“運球”開始。可Ryan上來就要打one-on-one 一對一的比賽！Professor, one-on-one這個短語可以用在其它語境里么？
Professor: Sure! For example, you can say I didn't want the other students to hear me talk to the teacher, so I asked to talk to her one-on-one.
“Talk to her one-on-one", 就是單獨和她談話。對了，Professor, Ryan 讓Alice不要"go easy on him"，是不是說，Alice對他不用手下留情？
Professor: Right. For another example, "I haven't studied much for the test, so I hope my teacher goes easy on us."
啊，因為沒好好復習，所以希望老師手下留情。好！Ryan和Alice一對一比賽已經結束了，我們看看誰勝誰負！
Alice: Great game, Ryan! I had a lot of fun.
Ryan: (Panting) Yeah, I hope so. It must have been a lot of fun beating me 20 to zero.
Alice: Well do you want to have a re-match? I think you will score a basket next time.
Ryan: I don't think so ... and I can only take one shutout per day. 看來，Ryan根本不是Alice的對手! 讓人家打了個20比零！professor, 什么叫shutout？
Professor: Winnie, if one team doesn't score any points in the game, you can say the game is a shutout. 哦，shutout, s-h-u-t-o-u-t, shutout 就是輸掉的隊伍得零分的比賽。
Professor: Ryan didn't score any points, so you can say he was "shutout". Alice asks him if he wants a rematch, but Ryan says no. 是啊，Ryan 不愿意再被刷個零，所以他不想play a re-match——再打一次了。真希望Ryan學籃球的熱情沒有被徹底澆滅！
Professor: Let's see what Alice says.
Alice: Ryan, I think I know a better way to teach you basketball.
Ryan: Really? What is it?
Alice: I'm going to take you to watch a basketball game.
Ryan: Great! I love watching professional basketball.
Alice: Professional? I didn't say we're going to a
professional basketball game!
哦，原來，Alice打算帶Ryan去看籃球賽，讓他觀摩觀摩。不過，他們要去的不是a professional game——專業球賽。
Professor: Right. What kind of game do you think they're going to? 我們下次就知道啦!
