Conversation A : In the Locker Room
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MARTIN: Coach Havranek, thanks for meeting with me. May I ask you some questions?
COACH: Yes. I have about ten minutes now.?
MARTIN: The team looks very good. Are you happy??
COACH: Yes, I'm very happy. The game is too slow. I want to see more action, but I'm happy.?
MARTIN: I don't want to talk only about this game. I want to talk about coaching.
COACH: OK.?
MARTIN: Did you want to be a university football coach??
COACH: First, I wanted to be a professional football player.?
MARTIN: Did you play professional football??
COACH: I played for two years.?
MARTIN: What happened??
COACH: I broke my leg.?
MARTIN: In a football game??
COACH: No, in an accident. I fell out of a tree.?
MARTIN: A tree?!?
COACH: It's funny now. But it wasn't funny then. I was playing with my children. I wanted to get a ball in the tree. I went up the tree. And the limb broke. I broke my leg in three places.?
MARTIN: And no more football.?
COACH: That's right. I wanted to play, but my wife didn't want me to play. My leg wasn't good.?
MARTIN: Now you're a coach.?
COACH: It's funny. I played football for ten years. I never had an accident.?
MARTIN: Do you like coaching??
COACH: Very much. I wanted to play football. But I like coaching very much. I'm very happy.?
MARTIN: You played professional football. You coach university football. Did you want to coach professional football??
COACH: No. I wanted to work with younger men. First. I wanted to coach high school football. I like to work with young men and women.?
MARTIN: Did you want to teach??
COACH: Coaching is teaching. I wanted to see the young men and women grow. I liked to watch my children grow, and I wanted to watch other children grow.?
MARTIN: Do girls play football??
COACH: My girls did. They were very good. Some schools have football for boys and girls.?
MARTIN: You wanted to coach high school, but you are coaching university men now.
COACH: That's right. The university wanted me. They asked me.?
MARTIN: What do you want to see this year??
COACH: I want to see my men grow. We're going to work very hard.?
MARTIN: What do you mean “grow”??
COACH: They were good last year. I want them to learn. I want them to become better.
Practice 1:want 除了用来表示想要某物外,还表示可以做某事,即:
want to do (sth.)
Examples:
MARTIN: I want to talk about coaching. I want to talk.?
COACH: I want to get a ball. I want to get.?
COACH: I want to play football. I want to play.?
COACH: I wanted to work with younger men. I wanted to work.?
会话A : 在更衣室?
马 丁:赫弗拉尼克教练,谢谢你和我见面,我可以问你些问题吗??
教 练:可以,我现在大约有10分钟时间。?
马 丁:球队看来不错,你高兴吗??
教 练: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。?
马 丁:我不想把谈话仅局限于这场比赛,我想谈谈训练。?
教 练:可以。?
马 丁:你当初就想当大学橄榄球队教练吗??
教 练:最初,我想当名职业橄榄球运动员。?
马 丁:你进过职业球队吗??
教 练:我在专业队打过两年球。?
马 丁:出了什么事??
教 练:我摔断了腿。?
马 丁:是在橄榄球赛中吗??
教 练:不是,在一次意外事故中,我从树上摔了下来。?
马 丁:树上??
教 练:现在听起来很滑稽,但那时并不可笑。当时我和孩子一起玩,我想从树上取个球,但树枝断了,把腿摔断了3处。?
马 丁:因此就不能打橄榄球了。?
教 练:对,我还想打球,但我妻子不让我打球,我腿不好。?
马 丁:现在你当上了教练。?
教 练:很有趣,我打了10年橄榄球,从未出过事故。?
马 丁:你喜欢教练工作吗??
教 练: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。
马 丁:你过去是打职业橄榄球的,你现在训练大学橄榄球队,你想训练职业橄榄球队吗?
教 练:不,我想和年龄比我小的人在一起,起初,我想训练中学橄榄球队,我喜欢和年轻的男女在一起。?
马 丁:你想过要教学吗??
教 练:训练就是教学,我想看着年轻人长大。我喜欢看着我孩子长大,我也想看着其他孩子长大。?
马 丁:女孩也打橄榄球吗??
教 练:我队里的女孩打,他们打得很好。有些学校有男子橄榄球队和女子橄榄球队。?
马 丁:你原想当中学教练,但你现在训练的是大学生。?
教 练:对,大学需要我,他们请的我。?
马 丁:你今年对你的球队有什么期望呢??
教 练:我想看到我的队员有更大长进,我们要刻苦训练。?
马 丁:你说的长进是指什么??
教 练: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。