美國之音口語經典教程Expressing Wants 表達愿望

Lesson 30Expressing Wants

表達愿望

 

Things to Know  學前必讀

美式橄欖球(American football，亦稱美式足球)運動起源于英國的橄欖球(rugby)賽，與一般的足球(即英式足球)截然不同。美國人稱英式足球為 soccer。秋天，美國橄欖球運動是大、中學校里最流行的體育運動。美國所有較大的城市幾乎都有橄欖球隊，職業(yè)橄欖球比賽的觀眾人數(shù)比大學橄欖球比賽還要多，職業(yè)橄欖球比賽常常在星期日的下午或晚上舉行。比賽用的是橢圓形的皮球，各方的11名運動員可以帶球并互相擁抱住摔倒對手，目的是帶球，傳球并攻入對方球門。

 

Conversation A : In the Locker Room

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  ?。汉崭ダ峥私叹殻x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  ?。呵蜿牽磥聿诲e，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，我想談談訓練。

教  練：可以。

馬  ?。耗惝敵蹙拖氘敶髮W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  ?。耗氵M過職業(yè)球隊嗎?

教  練：我在專業(yè)隊打過兩年球。

馬  ?。撼隽耸裁词?/span>?

教  練：我摔斷了腿。

馬  ?。菏窃陂蠙烨蛸愔袉?/span>?

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  ?。阂虼司筒荒艽蜷蠙烨蛄?。

教  練：對，我還想打球，但我妻子不讓我打球，我腿不好。

馬  ?。含F(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  ?。耗阆矚g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  ?。耗氵^去是打職業(yè)橄欖球的，你現(xiàn)在訓練大學橄欖球隊，你想訓練職業(yè)橄欖球隊嗎?

教  練：不，我想和年齡比我小的人在一起，起初，我想訓練中學橄欖球隊，我喜歡和年輕的男女在一起。

馬  ?。耗阆脒^要教學嗎?

教  練：訓練就是教學，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  ?。耗阍氘斨袑W教練，但你現(xiàn)在訓練的是大學生。

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，我們要刻苦訓練。

馬  丁：你說的長進是指什么?

教  練：他們去年打得很好，我想讓他們多學習，我想讓他們打得更好。

 

Conversation B

MARTIN: That was a wonderful game. Coach Havranek. Are you happy?

COACH: I'm very happy! I wanted to win, and we did!

MARTIN: Was this an important game?

COACH: Yes, it was an important game. It was the first game this year. That's very important. It's important to win the first game.

MARTIN: What did you want to learn in this game?

COACH: I wanted to learn where we have problems. I wanted to see the new men play. I wanted to know the men better.

MARTIN: Weren't the men all good?

COACH: They were good. I want them to be better. I want them to be very good.

MARTIN: What did you see?

COACH: I saw some slow men. I saw some men with problems. I want to work very hard tomorrow. I want the men to work hard. We're going to work tomorrow.

MARTIN: What are you going to do?

COACH: I want to Practice, Practice, Practice.

MARTIN: What do you want to Practice?

COACH: I want to Practice running. The team is very slow. They can't run fast.I want them to run very fast.

MARTIN: What are you going to do?

COACH: We are going to run every day. And we're going to talk.

MARTIN: Can the team be better?

COACH: Of course. They can be better. They can grow.

MARTIN: Do you like coaching?

COACH: Of course. I love coaching.

MARTIN: Do you want to coach here?

COACH: Yes. I like coaching here at the university.

MARTIN: What do you want to do in five years?

COACH: Coach.

MARTIN: Do you want to coach here?

COACH: Yes.

MARTIN: What do you want to do in ten years?

COACH: Coach.

MARTIN: Here?

COACH: I don't know. I want to coach high school. I want to teach younger boys and girls.

MARTIN: Do you want to live here?

COACH: I want to see in ten years. I want a small school. I want to know every boy and girl.

MARTIN: Are you going to coach football?

COACH: I can teach many sports. I like football, but I know soccer, baseball, softball. I know many sports.

MARTIN: Can you teach basketball?

COACH: I don't want to teach basketball. I don't like basketball.

MARTIN: You're a very good coach.

COACH: Thank you. I had good teams. I had good men.

PLAYER: Excuse me, Coach. We're going to a party. Do you want to come?

COACH: I don't know. Martin, do you want to go to a party?

MARTIN: I want to talk. Can we talk at the party?

COACH: I don't know. Where are we going?

PLAYER: We're going to the River Hotel.

COACH: Who is going?

PLAYER: I don't know. The team. All the players.

COACH: We can talk at the hotel.

MARTIN: I want to come.

COACH: Good. I'm going to Fort Worth tomorrow. We can talk tonight. Let's go.

MARTIN: Thanks.

COACH: Do you have a car?

MARTIN: Yes, I do.

COACH: Let's take your car.

 

會話B

馬  丁：赫弗拉尼克教練，這場比賽好極了，你高興嗎?

教  練：我非常高興，我想贏，我們真的贏了!

馬  ?。哼@場比賽很重要嗎?

教  練：是的，這是場重要比賽，這是今年的第一場比賽，所以非常重要。贏得第一場比賽具有重要意義。

馬  ?。耗阆霃倪@場比賽中了解什么呢?

教  練：我想了解我們的問題所在，我想看看新手打球，我想進一步了解這些隊員。

馬  ?。核嘘爢T打得都好嗎?

教  練：他們打得不錯，我想讓他們打得更好，我想讓他們打得非常出色。

馬  ?。耗惆l(fā)現(xiàn)了什么問題呢?

教  練：我發(fā)現(xiàn)有些隊員行動緩慢，有些隊員存在問題。我想明天努力訓練，我要讓隊員刻苦訓練，我們明天就訓練。

馬  ?。耗愦蛩阍趺醋?/span>?

教  練：我想練習，練習，再練習。

馬  ?。耗阆刖毩暿裁?/span>?

教  練：我想練習跑步，隊員速度很慢，他們跑得不快，我要讓他們跑得非?？臁?/span>

馬  ?。耗銓⒉扇∈裁创胧?/span>?

教  練：我們將每天跑步，還將進行討論。

馬  ?。哼@個球隊能打得更好嗎?

教  練：當然，他們能打得更好，他們能成長起來。

馬  ?。耗阆矚g教練工作嗎?

教  練：當然，我熱愛教練工作。

馬  ?。耗阆朐谶@兒當教練嗎?

教  練：是的，我喜歡在這所大學里當教練。

馬  ?。耗?/span>5年后想做什么?

教  練：當教練。

馬  ?。耗阆朐谶@兒當教練嗎?

教  練：是的。

馬  丁：你10年后想干什么?

教  練：當教練。

馬  丁：在這兒嗎?

教  練：說不準。我想在中學當教練，我想訓練年齡小些的男孩和女孩。

馬  丁：你想住在這兒嗎?

教  練：我想