Lesson 30Expressing Wants
表達(dá)愿望
Things to Know 學(xué)前必讀
美式橄欖球(American football,亦稱美式足球)運(yùn)動(dòng)起源于英國(guó)的橄欖球(rugby)賽,與一般的足球(即英式足球)截然不同。美國(guó)人稱英式足球?yàn)?/span> soccer。秋天,美國(guó)橄欖球運(yùn)動(dòng)是大、中學(xué)校里最流行的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)。美國(guó)所有較大的城市幾乎都有橄欖球隊(duì),職業(yè)橄欖球比賽的觀眾人數(shù)比大學(xué)橄欖球比賽還要多,職業(yè)橄欖球比賽常常在星期日的下午或晚上舉行。比賽用的是橢圓形的皮球,各方的11名運(yùn)動(dòng)員可以帶球并互相擁抱住摔倒對(duì)手,目的是帶球,傳球并攻入對(duì)方球門。
Conversation A : In the Locker Room
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 除了用來表示想要某物外,還表示可以做某事,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.
會(huì)話A : 在更衣室
馬 丁:赫弗拉尼克教練,謝謝你和我見面,我可以問你些問題嗎?
教 練:可以,我現(xiàn)在大約有10分鐘時(shí)間。
馬 ?。呵蜿?duì)看來不錯(cuò),你高興嗎?
教 練:是的,我很高興。比賽的節(jié)奏太慢,我想看到更多的攻勢(shì),但我仍感高興。
馬 丁:我不想把談話僅局限于這場(chǎng)比賽,我想談?wù)動(dòng)?xùn)練。
教 練:可以。
馬 ?。耗惝?dāng)初就想當(dāng)大學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì)教練嗎?
教 練:最初,我想當(dāng)名職業(yè)橄欖球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。
馬 ?。耗氵M(jìn)過職業(yè)球隊(duì)嗎?
教 練:我在專業(yè)隊(duì)打過兩年球。
馬 ?。撼隽耸裁词?/span>?
教 練:我摔斷了腿。
馬 ?。菏窃陂蠙烨蛸愔袉?/span>?
教 練:不是,在一次意外事故中,我從樹上摔了下來。
馬 ?。簶渖?/span>?
教 練:現(xiàn)在聽起來很滑稽,但那時(shí)并不可笑。當(dāng)時(shí)我和孩子一起玩,我想從樹上取個(gè)球,但樹枝斷了,把腿摔斷了3處。
馬 丁:因此就不能打橄欖球了。
教 練:對(duì),我還想打球,但我妻子不讓我打球,我腿不好。
馬 ?。含F(xiàn)在你當(dāng)上了教練。
教 練:很有趣,我打了10年橄欖球,從未出過事故。
馬 ?。耗阆矚g教練工作嗎?
教 練:非常喜歡,我原來想打橄欖球,但現(xiàn)在我非常喜歡教練工作,我很高興。
馬 丁:你過去是打職業(yè)橄欖球的,你現(xiàn)在訓(xùn)練大學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì),你想訓(xùn)練職業(yè)橄欖球隊(duì)嗎?
教 練:不,我想和年齡比我小的人在一起,起初,我想訓(xùn)練中學(xué)橄欖球隊(duì),我喜歡和年輕的男女在一起。
馬 丁:你想過要教學(xué)嗎?
教 練:訓(xùn)練就是教學(xué),我想看著年輕人長(zhǎng)大。我喜歡看著我孩子長(zhǎng)大,我也想看著其他孩子長(zhǎng)大。
馬 ?。号⒁泊蜷蠙烨騿?/span>?
教 練:我隊(duì)里的女孩打,他們打得很好。有些學(xué)校有男子橄欖球隊(duì)和女子橄欖球隊(duì)。
馬 ?。耗阍氘?dāng)中學(xué)教練,但你現(xiàn)在訓(xùn)練的是大學(xué)生。
教 練:對(duì),大學(xué)需要我,他們請(qǐng)的我。
馬 丁:你今年對(duì)你的球隊(duì)有什么期望呢?
教 練:我想看到我的隊(duì)員有更大長(zhǎng)進(jìn),我們要刻苦訓(xùn)練。
馬 丁:你說的長(zhǎng)進(jìn)是指什么?
教 練:他們?nèi)ツ甏虻煤芎?,我想讓他們多學(xué)習(xí),我想讓他們打得更好。
Conversation B
MARTIN: That was a wonderful game. Coach Havranek. Are you happy?
COACH: I'm very happy! I wanted to win, and we did!
MARTIN: Was this an important game?
COACH: Yes, it was an important game. It was the first game this year. That's very important. It's important to win the first game.
MARTIN: What did you want to learn in this game?
COACH: I wanted to learn where we have problems. I wanted to see the new men play. I wanted to know the men better.
MARTIN: Weren't the men all good?
COACH: They were good. I want them to be better. I want them to be very good.
MARTIN: What did you see?
COACH: I saw some slow men. I saw some men with problems. I want to work very hard tomorrow. I want the men to work hard. We're going to work tomorrow.
MARTIN: What are you going to do?
COACH: I want to Practice, Practice, Practice.
MARTIN: What do you want to Practice?
COACH: I want to Practice running. The team is very slow. They can't run fast.I want them to run very fast.
MARTIN: What are you going to do?
COACH: We are going to run every day. And we're going to talk.
MARTIN: Can the team be better?
COACH: Of course. They can be better. They can grow.
MARTIN: Do you like coaching?
COACH: Of course. I love coaching.
MARTIN: Do you want to coach here?
COACH: Yes. I like coaching here at the university.
MARTIN: What do you want to do in five years?
COACH: Coach.
MARTIN: Do you want to coach here?
COACH: Yes.
MARTIN: What do you want to do in ten years?
COACH: Coach.
MARTIN: Here?
COACH: I don't know. I want to coach high school. I want to teach younger boys and girls.
MARTIN: Do you want to live here?
COACH: I want to see in ten years. I want a small school. I want to know every boy and girl.
MARTIN: Are you going to coach football?
COACH: I can teach many sports. I like football, but I know soccer, baseball, softball. I know many sports.
MARTIN: Can you teach basketball?
COACH: I don't want to teach basketball. I don't like basketball.
MARTIN: You're a very good coach.
COACH: Thank you. I had good teams. I had good men.
PLAYER: Excuse me, Coach. We're going to a party. Do you want to come?
COACH: I don't know. Martin, do you want to go to a party?
MARTIN: I want to talk. Can we talk at the party?
COACH: I don't know. Where are we going?
PLAYER: We're going to the River Hotel.
COACH: Who is going?
PLAYER: I don't know. The team. All the players.
COACH: We can talk at the hotel.
MARTIN: I want to come.
COACH: Good. I'm going to Fort Worth tomorrow. We can talk tonight. Let's go.
MARTIN: Thanks.
COACH: Do you have a car?
MARTIN: Yes, I do.
COACH: Let's take your car.
會(huì)話B
馬 丁:赫弗拉尼克教練,這場(chǎng)比賽好極了,你高興嗎?
教 練:我非常高興,我想贏,我們真的贏了!
馬 ?。哼@場(chǎng)比賽很重要嗎?
教 練:是的,這是場(chǎng)重要比賽,這是今年的第一場(chǎng)比賽,所以非常重要。贏得第一場(chǎng)比賽具有重要意義。
馬 ?。耗阆霃倪@場(chǎng)比賽中了解什么呢?
教 練:我想了解我們的問題所在,我想看看新手打球,我想進(jìn)一步了解這些隊(duì)員。
馬 丁:所有隊(duì)員打得都好嗎?
教 練:他們打得不錯(cuò),我想讓他們打得更好,我想讓他們打得非常出色。
馬 丁:你發(fā)現(xiàn)了什么問題呢?
教 練:我發(fā)現(xiàn)有些隊(duì)員行動(dòng)緩慢,有些隊(duì)員存在問題。我想明天努力訓(xùn)練,我要讓隊(duì)員刻苦訓(xùn)練,我們明天就訓(xùn)練。
馬 ?。耗愦蛩阍趺醋?/span>?
教 練:我想練習(xí),練習(xí),再練習(xí)。
馬 丁:你想練習(xí)什么?
教 練:我想練習(xí)跑步,隊(duì)員速度很慢,他們跑得不快,我要讓他們跑得非常快。
馬 ?。耗銓⒉扇∈裁创胧?/span>?
教 練:我們將每天跑步,還將進(jìn)行討論。
馬 丁:這個(gè)球隊(duì)能打得更好嗎?
教 練:當(dāng)然,他們能打得更好,他們能成長(zhǎng)起來。
馬 丁:你喜歡教練工作嗎?
教 練:當(dāng)然,我熱愛教練工作。
馬 ?。耗阆朐谶@兒當(dāng)教練嗎?
教 練:是的,我喜歡在這所大學(xué)里當(dāng)教練。
馬 ?。耗?/span>5年后想做什么?
教 練:當(dāng)教練。
馬 丁:你想在這兒當(dāng)教練嗎?
教 練:是的。
馬 ?。耗?/span>10年后想干什么?
教 練:當(dāng)教練。
馬 ?。涸谶@兒?jiǎn)?/span>?
教 練:說不準(zhǔn)。我想在中學(xué)當(dāng)教練,我想訓(xùn)練年齡小些的男孩和女孩。
馬 ?。耗阆胱≡谶@兒?jiǎn)?/span>?
教 練:我想