对话原文

Chapter 33 What sports do you like
第33章 你喜欢什么运动
David：Do many people in your company do exercise?
你们公司锻炼的人多吗？
You：Yes. Many young, single people with desk jobs, like me, join sports clubs for exercise on the weekends.
很多年轻人都进行锻炼。坐办公室的单身一族们，像我，周末都会到健身俱乐部去锻炼。
David：What kind of sports?
玩什么？
You：Volleyball, basketball, and manbe golf if well-off.
排球、篮球，如果经济宽裕的话就打高尔夫。

David：People who have more money can afford golf. Other sports like volleyball are a good model for teamwork. It is good to do with coworkers.
经济宽裕的人才打得起高尔夫。其它的运动——像排球——就很适合集体活动，和同事们一起玩很有趣。

You：I think I’ll try volleyball sometime. Playing sports is very social. Nowadays, in modern life, people spend more and more time on their own, so sports are a good way to socialize. What kinds of sports do you like?
我有时也想试试打排球，有利于社交嘛。人们现在独处的时间好像越来越多了，做些运动是应该有利于社交的。你喜欢什么运动？

David：Mostly soccer, or football, I play in a team.
足球，我参加了一个足球队。

You：Are you the captain of the team?
你是队长吗？

David：No, I am just a player. I’m too old to be the captain.
不，只是个队员。我太老了，不能当队长了。

You：What role do you play on the team?
你在队里是什么角色？

David：You mean what position you play. "What role" is more like "what role did you play in the theater?"
应该说“你踢什么位置”。“什么角色”更多是用在“你在剧中扮演什么角色”这样的句子里。

You：那你踢什么位置？So what’s your position?

David：I play forward, striker.
我踢前锋。

You：So you mainly play on the other side's turf trying to score goals.
on the other side's turf: "on someone's turf"
直译为“在他们控制或掌管的草地上”，喻意是“在某人的地盘上”。 那你主要在对方的半场活动，射门。

David：Something like that.
差不多吧。

对话注释

1.desk jobs 办公室工作，文案工作

Desk jobs seem more free while more pressure mentally.

文案工作虽然有点闲时间，但是心里压力更大。

2.well off adj.富裕的，处境好的

Girls raised in well-offed family seems more likely to act less mammonish.

富裕家庭的女孩似乎更不会倾向于拜金主义。

3.too adj. to do 太过于…而不能

She is too kindhearted to ignore the beggar standing nearby.

她太善良，所以没办法无视身边站着的乞丐。

4.coworker n.同事，合作者

同workmate, fellow, colleague 同义,都表示同事。