450)h=450">Chris早上在咖啡間跟同事Ben打招呼。Chris: Hey, Ben...---1---?Ben: game?C: Baltimore defeated Texas by 17 points!B: what sport are we talking about here?C: Football of course!B: ball. Football is cool. I usually try to catch the World Cup s問Ben, Did you catch the game last night? 意思是昨天晚上有沒有看比賽，英語裏看比賽，看錶演在口語裏都可以用動詞catch, 比如，Let's go catch a movie. 咱們看電影去。Chris說的是美式足球比賽，football，巴爾的摩烏鴉隊贏了德克薩斯人隊17分。Ben說，足球好看, 每次World Cup finals世界盃決賽我都看，他顯然是把soccer和美式足球football混了。Chris說，C: No, I'm talking about American football. The World Cup is soccer.B: Oh, I understand. I can't say I'm a big fan. I'm from China, and ---2---.C: So Chinese people prefer soccer or basketball?B: Yes, I think so. ---3---. When I was in high school I played on the school volleyball team. Are you a diehard football fan?Ben說自己不是特別愛看美式足球，I can't say I'm a big fan. 在中國，美式足球沒有多少球迷。Football doesn't have a really big following. Following 在這裏是名詞，指粉絲，追隨者，仰慕者。Ben還說，To be perfectly honest 意思是老實說，I'm not a sports nut. 這裏的nut, n-u-t, nut是俚語，意思是對某事非常熱衷愛好的人，比如history nut, movie nut 還有Ben所說的sports nut。Ben問Chris是不是鐵桿美式足球球迷，a diehard football fan. diehard is spelled d-i-e-h-a-r-d, diehard 意思是死忠。Chris回答說，C: Oh, certainly. ---4---. My girlfriend says I have an addiction. And actually, if I had to choose between her and my games...I'd probably pick football.B: It seems Americans are very passionate about sports. Is this just a part of your culture?C: Oh, yeah! I think the love of sports starts when kids are very young. ---5---s 承認自己是鐵桿球迷，I wouldn't miss a game for the world. 不會因爲任何原因錯過比賽。not miss something for the world是一種很常見的說法，強調無論如何都不會錯過，比如，I wouldn't miss your concert for the world. 我絕不會錯過你的音樂會。Chris說，美國人熱愛體育，是從小培養的，大家來自不同背景，但是運動卻能讓彼此走到一起。did you catch the game last nightfootball doesn't have a really big following over thereBut to be perfectly honest, I'm not really a sports nutI wouldn't miss a game for the worldAmericans come from many different backgrounds so I guess sports are something we can all enjoy together這篇材料你能聽出多少？點擊這裏做聽寫，提高外語水平>>
