美語情景對話 第244期:Beckham 貝克漢姆

Todd: Lois, I noticed that you have a poster of David Beckham by your desk.

託德：洛伊斯，我發現你桌子上有一張貝克漢姆的海報。

Lois: I do. I think that David Beckham is quite a handsome man. I also think that he is a very, very talented footballer, although his recent performance in Euro 2004 was maybe not quite what it should have been, he did miss two penalties but, I think in the past he has been a very good role model for people in England and a very good footballer.

洛伊斯：是啊。我覺得貝克漢姆真的特別帥。當然他也是一個非常有天賦的足球運動員，不過他最近在2004歐洲盃上的表現不太理想，他的確射失了兩個點球，不過我認爲過去他對英國人來說一直是一個非常棒的榜樣，同樣也是一名優秀的足球運動員。

Todd: So what is it about David Beckham that everyone thinks is handsome?

託德：爲什麼所有人都覺得大衛·貝克漢姆帥呢？

Lois: Everything about him is perfect. He's got a lovely body, great hair, when he has hair, and then when he doesn't have hair, he has a great shaped head. The only thing I don't really like about his body is his tattoos. He's just had a new tattoo on the back of his neck, and I think it is a cross with some Angels wings on it, and I don't think that is very nice, but apart from that I would say that he is perfect.

洛伊斯：他所有的一切都非常完美。他身材很棒，髮型很酷，他留頭髮和禿頭造型都非常酷，他的頭型很棒。我唯一不喜歡的就是他身上的紋身。他剛剛在後頸部紋了一個新紋身，我想可能是帶天使翅膀的十字架，我認爲那並不好，不過除了那個，我覺得他非常完美。

Todd: Uh-huh! Well, what color are his eyes?

託德：啊哈！嗯，他的眼睛是什麼藍色的？

Lois: I have not idea what color his eyes are! Um, no! I'm guessing brown but, I don't know.

洛伊斯：我不知道他的眼睛是什麼顏色的！哦，不！我想也許是棕色吧，我不知道。

Todd: OK, and how tall is he?

託德：嗯，他有多高？

Lois: How tall is he? Taller than me, but I don't know how tall he is either. No details, details.

洛伊斯：他多高？比我高，不過我也不清楚他具體的身高。具體的。

Todd: So do you think David Beckham is a better football player or a better model?

託德：你認爲大衛·貝克漢姆是優秀的足球運動員和榜樣嗎？

Lois: Whoa! Tricky! Um, possibly at the moment a better model, and maybe he should spend less time concentrating on that and more time on his football.

洛伊斯：哇！這很難說！嗯，目前來看他是個不錯的榜樣，也許他應該在那方面少花些時間，多花些時間在足球上。

Todd: Mm! Well, how old is he now?

託德：嗯！他現在多大年紀了？

Lois: I think he's about 29. Yeah, because his wife just turned 30 a couple of months ago, and he's one year younger, so he's 29.

洛伊斯：我想他現在29歲。對，因爲他妻子幾個月前剛滿30歲，他比妻子小一歲，所以他是29歲。

Todd: Does he have any children?

託德：他有孩子嗎？

Lois: He has two children. I don't know how old they are. One is called Brooklyn and the other one is called Romeo, not really sure where they got their names from, but yeah, two young children.

洛伊斯：他有兩個孩子。我不知道他的孩子多大了。一個叫布魯克林，另一個叫羅密歐，我並不清楚他們的名字是怎麼取的，嗯，他有兩個小孩。

重點講解：
1. role model
榜樣；模範；楷模；
eg. Five out of the ten top role models for British teenagers are black.
英國十大青少年楷模中有一半都是黑人。
eg. He was a great mentor, friend, scholar and role model.
他是位良師、益友、學者和他人的榜樣。
2. apart from
除了…外；
eg. The room was empty apart from one man seated beside the fire.
除了有個男人坐在火爐邊，房間裏空蕩蕩的。
eg. She was the only British competitor apart from Richard Meade.
她是除了理查德·米德之外唯一的英國參賽者。
3. concentrate on
全神貫注；集中（心思）；
eg. It was up to him to concentrate on his studies and make something of himself.
是否能專心學習並取得一定成就要靠他自己。
eg. This helps you to be aware of time and concentrates your mind on the immediate task.
這有助於你掌握時間，全神貫注於眼前的任務。