1 Dialogue

　　这是大学橄榄球队教练尼克和采访他的记者的一段对话。从谈话中我们可以得知尼克教练是一位责任心很强的教练，年轻时的意外并没有打倒他，却使他选择了有意义的教练工作，他的愿望是使球队更加出色，让队员发挥出他们自己真正的水平。

　　A: Coach Nick, thanks for meeting with me. May I ask you some questions?

　　尼克教练,谢谢你和我见面,我可以问你些问题吗？

　　B: Yes, I have about ten minutes now.

　　可以,我现在大约有10分钟时间。

　　A: The team looks very good. Are you happy?

　　球队看来不错,你高兴吗？

　　B: Yes, I’m very happy. The game is too slow. I want to see more action, but I’m happy.

　　是的,我很高兴。比赛的节奏太慢,我想看到更多的攻势,但我仍感高兴。

　　A: I don’t want to talk only about this game. I want to talk about coaching.

　　我不想把谈话仅局限于这场比赛,我想谈谈训练。

　　B: OK.

　　可以。

　　A: Did you want to be a university football coach?

　　你当初就想当大学橄榄球队教练吗？

　　B: First, I wanted to be a professional football player.

　　最初,我想当名职业橄榄球运动员。

　　A: Did you play professional football?

　　你进过职业橄榄球队吗？

　　B: I played for two years.

　　我在职业队打过两年球。

　　A: What happened?

　　出了什么事？

　　B: I broke my leg.

　　我摔断了腿。

　　A: In a football game?

　　是在橄榄球赛中吗？

　　B: No, in an accident. I fell out of a tree.

　　不是,在一次意外事故中,我从树上摔了下来。

　　A: A tree?

　　树上？

　　B: I wanted to get a ball in the tree, and the limb broke. I broke my leg in three places.

　　我想从树上取个球,但树枝断了,把腿摔断了3处。

　　A: And no more football.

　　因此就不能打橄榄球了。

　　B: That’s right. I wanted to play, but my wife didn’t want me to play. My leg wasn’t good.

　　对,我还想打球,但我妻子不让我打,我腿不好。

　　A: Now you’re a coach.

　　现在你当上了教练。

　　B: It’s funny. I played football for ten years. I never had an accident.

　　很有趣,我打了10年橄榄球,从未出过事故。

　　A: Do you like coaching?

　　你喜欢教练工作吗？

　　B: Very much. I wanted to play football. But I like coaching very much. I’m very happy.

　　非常喜欢,我原来想打橄榄球,但现在我非常喜欢教练工作,我很高兴。

　　A: You wanted to coach high school, but you are coaching university men now.

　　你原想当中学教练,但你现在训练的是大学生。

　　B: That’s right. The university wanted me. They asked me.

　　对,大学需要我,他们请的我。

　　A: What do you want to see this year?

　　今年你对你的球队有什么期望呢？

　　B: I want to see my men grow. We’re going to work very hard.

　　我想看到我的队员有更大的进步,我们要刻苦训练。

　　A: What do you mean“grow”？

　　你说的进步是指什么？

　　B: They were good last year. I want them to learn. I want them to become better.

　　他们去年打得很好,我想让他们多学习,我想让他们打得更好。

　　A: They look good.

　　他们看起来不错。

　　B: They are good. I want them to become better.

　　他们很棒,我想让他们更棒。

　2 精彩脱口秀--愿望

　　愿望是对未来的美好设想及祝福，能使他人快乐的人自己也能享受到快乐。所以我们不要吝啬把祝福送出，也许我们的愿望在不久的将来就会实现。

　　●I hope I can help her.希望我能帮助她。

　　●I wish she would come.希望她能来。

　　●I hope your play will be a great success.我希望你的演出取得巨大成功。

　　●I wish you every success in your new business.祝你的新事业成功。

　　●I expect great things of John in the near future.我期望不久的将来,约翰会有一番大作为。

　　●He will be very glad to see you both again.再看到你们两个他将很高兴。

　　●Good luck!祝你好运！

　　●Have fun.祝你愉快。

　　●Have a good time.祝你愉快。

　　●Hope things go all right with you.祝你万事顺利。

　　●All the very best!祝你万事顺利！

　　●Say hello to your sister.请代我向你姐姐问好。

　　●I hope you’ll get well soon.我希望你很快康复。

　　●May you succeed.祝你成功。

　　●Bless you!祝福你！

　　●Sleep well.睡个好觉。

　　●Happy birthday!生日快乐！

　　●Give Jim my best wishes for the New Year.请代我向吉姆表示新年的祝福。

　　●To your health!祝你健康！

　　●Here’s to you.敬你一杯。

　　●Here’s to long and productive cheers for you both.祝你们俩幸福长久，多子多孙。

　　●I’ll drink to that.我要为你干杯。