情景对话

Todd: Sarah, so what sports do you like?
托德：萨拉，你喜欢什么运动？
Sarah: My favorite spectator sport is football. I support Newcastle United in England.
萨拉：我最喜欢的运动是足球4r1[C)uR2na|,p%vo。我支持英国的纽卡斯尔联队vbRv,sItwk,V-j。
Todd: Newcastle United.
托德：纽卡斯尔联队J%j#2YROe)e2)YJ。
Sarah: Newcastle United, Yeah.
萨拉：对，纽卡斯尔联队wo4N*[fdJ8;O。
Todd: Are they a good team?
托德：他们是一支强队吗？
Sarah: Um, yeah, I think they're pretty good. They finished fifth in the premiership this year, so they're near the top.
萨拉：嗯，对，我认为他们非常好hZdWNhu8tQ+.R。他们在今年的英超联赛中获得了第五名的成绩，所以他们离冠军已经很近了~mrrIC&pTgp[2X(FH。
Todd: OK, so right now we have the Euro cup. And last night England played.
托德：好，现在正在举行欧洲杯P6%,8;;.^aP_kHQD(。昨晚有英国队的比赛k38=e@D2KXs。
Sarah: They did.
萨拉：是的eSNfQ|~pwG.。
Todd: Yeah, did you see the game?
托德：嗯，你看那场比赛了吗？
Sarah: Ah, no I was going to watch it tonight actually in Shibuya but I'm thinking maybe not now because we lost on penalties.
萨拉：没有，我本来打算今晚去涉谷看比赛的，不过我现在可能不会去看了，因为我们在点球大战中落败了|Egg9x]J^(-KA([s%^。
Todd: Yeah, what was the score?
托德：对，比分是多少？
Sarah: Ah, the final score was 2 all (2-2) and then it went to penalties and I think it was 6-4. So England always lose on penalties.
萨拉：啊，最终比分是2比2平，之后点球大战的结果好像是6比4(1d&nwP[XG。英国总是在点球大战中输球1ATW*1P*krmd1。
Todd: They always lose on penalties?
托德：他们总是在点球大战中输球吗？
Sarah: Yeah.
萨拉：是这样的&Ko@mV9fH+nStxC。
Todd: Well, sorry. Maybe in the World Cup, next time.
托德：嗯，真遗憾hcn97|n&XG5uc。可能下次的世界杯会有好表现~QY.#v.zKtmMi^s8。
Sarah: Maybe. Maybe. Yeah.
萨拉：也许吧)vvH];.ym-4UYH。也许wQM8XuMGio。
Todd: Now do you ever play football?
托德：你踢足球吗？
Sarah: No, I've never played.
萨拉：不，我从来没踢过!euW_e^;EX0W4-I*-(。
Todd: Never.
托德：从来没有33_Z(YUac*QJU+,a。
Sarah: Never played, no.
萨拉：对，从来没踢过Dmm|%bigSlG6O。
Todd: OK. Do you ever go and watch games in Newcastle?
托德：好的y@t7_2WOesXbrKz。那你在纽卡斯尔看过足球比赛吗？
Sarah: Um, it's very difficult to watch games in Newcastle because it's a big club and it's Premiereship and you have to book in advance quite a few years but I've seen some first division football clubs play against each other.
萨拉：嗯，在纽卡斯尔看比赛非常难，因为它在英超联赛中算大的俱乐部，你必须要提前好几年订票，不过我看过几场甲级联赛的比赛3L^&|tJp&&]SZhA)Q。
Todd: You have to get tickets two years in advance?
托德：你要提前两年订票吗？
Sarah: For the big clubs, yeah. They're booked up.
萨拉：对大俱乐部来说，是这样的kBSMWTis&)E8L!f。那些票会订光的u%nf[6WKabx;RD。
Todd: That's pretty intense. So when there's a game on TV then what do you do? Do you watch it at home? Do you go to a pub?
托德：门票很紧张啊ntwlaqs9(qYK=K&*s;-q。那电视上放足球比赛时你会怎么做呢？在家里看吗？还是去酒吧看？
Sarah: Ah, it depends on the game. I like it and I like Premeireship football, and I like World Cup football and Euro 2000 but I wouldn't watch particularly a first division game on the television, but normally I would go to the pub with friends and watch the game.
萨拉：哦，这取决于是什么比赛*G@)eFu4wbk,V1M。我喜欢看英超比赛，喜欢看世界杯，喜欢看2000年欧洲杯，但我不会在电视上看甲级联赛的比赛，一般我会和朋友一起去酒吧看比赛4u^bVzX*F%zq。
Todd: Do you think that athletes make too much money?
托德：你认为运动员赚的钱是不是过多？
Sarah: I think footballers do. Yeah, I think they do. I think they do a good job but I think they're incredibly overpaid.
萨拉：我认为足球运动员赚的钱过多V!Bu6a~nqacW=C^ZfgD。对，我认为是@H;)y#Iw|F]Wx。我认为他们表现很好，可是我觉得他们的收入过高bsu;!6,&6L。
Todd: Yeah, I think it is the same thing in the states. I think they make too much money.
托德：没错，我觉得美国也是这种情况@MsQnJt]JPg|。我认为他们的收入太高了%b~%aKb8WGvX,。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. in advance
提前；事先；
eg. British Summer Time is one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time.
英国的夏季时间比标准时间快一小时NrK(UEO~#W9Ept;x。
eg. The booking office sells tickets 3 days in advance.
售票处预售3天的票sBL2jO]YTu。
2. book up
满号；订光；
eg. I could not get even one ticket since all the seats were booked up.
我一张票也弄不到，所有的座位都已预定一空r-.fa7Fqh6!S-,(#。
eg. By now, every place must be booked up.
现在这时候到处都被订满了LuPOZqy##DK*0s7Zn-&。
3. depend on
取决（于）；有赖（于）；
eg. The cooking time needed depends on the size of the potato...
所需的烹饪时间取决于土豆的大小gXR3aB06lJp!。
eg. What happened later would depend on his talk with De Solina...
日后之事将有赖于他与德索利纳的谈话结果WAb,opBXw([w[GySDYBF。
eg. How much it costs depends upon how much you buy.
价钱取决于你买多买少zOzLN.w|;zG。