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【導讀】：上半場結束后，本杰明和泰瑞在球場旁邊坐著休息，他們在討論剛剛比賽的狀況。拉拉隊此刻又上場了，場面好不熱鬧，讓我們去看看開吧!

【Listen Read Learn】

Benjamin: Hey, what sort of drinks do you want? Gatorade or water?

 

Terry: Gatorade. It’s rich in Vitamin and it gives us energy and vitality.

Benjamin: Yes, that’s the exact thing we need. One for each.

Terry: What should we do, now with Jack out of the game?

Benjamin: We should choose from the backups.

Terry: That’s right. Spraining the ankle and breaking the leg are the common things during the match.

Benjamin: That’s why we should learn to protect ourselves. Otherwise, the game is not worth the candle.

Terry: That’s for sure. During the back court, we should change the position we played.

Benjamin: Yes, I played shooting guard, I like shooting and you’ll play inside, OK?

Terry: I agree with you. I think we’ll play much better than before.

(Suddenly, a round of applause attracts their attention.)

Benjamin: Wow, the cheer-section is coming. The music is so fantastic.

Terry: Yeah, look how passionate they are! Are they professional?

Benjamin: Well, you should ask your friend. You know I’m not the boss. Just kidding.

Terry: Oops! I almost forget about it. Do you see the girl in the middle of the first line?

Benjamin: Yeah, what’s up?

Terry: Don’t you think she looks like your daughter?

Benjamin: I also have a doubt. Oh, kill me softly, she is May.

【聽看學】

本杰明:嘿，你想要什么樣的飲料?佳得樂還是水?

泰瑞:佳得樂。它含有豐富的維生素，能給我們補充能量和注入活力。

本杰明:是的。那正是我們需要的東西。一人一瓶。

泰瑞:我們應該怎么辦?杰克已經退出比賽了。

本杰明:我們從候補隊員中選人吧!

泰瑞:好的。扭傷腳踝，摔斷腿是比賽當中很常見的事情。

本杰明:那就是為什么我們應該學會保護自己。否則，比賽就會得不償失。

泰瑞:那是當然的了，在下半場，我們應該調整我們打球的位置。

本杰明:好的，我打得分后衛(wèi)。我喜歡射籃，你打內線行吧?

泰瑞:我同意。我想我們會比以前打得好。

(突然，一陣掌聲吸引了他們的注意力。)

本杰明:哇，拉拉隊上來了。音樂不錯呀!

泰瑞:嗯，看她們多有激情呀!她們是專業(yè)的嗎?

本杰明:嗯，你應該問你的朋友呀!你知道我不是老板，只是個玩笑了!

泰瑞:嗯，我差點就忘了，你看見第一排中間的那個女孩了嗎?

本杰明:嗯，怎么了?

泰瑞:難道你沒看到她很像你的女兒嗎?

本杰明:我也在懷疑，天哪，她是阿美。

【經典背誦 Recitation】

Terry: After playing basketball, there are some things we should pay attention to. For on thing, choose the right refreshment after sports, because they can give us energy and vitality. Another thing is learning to protect ourselves during a match; otherwise, the game is not worth it.

【生詞小結】

vitality n. 活力

backup n. 后援

sprain v. 扭傷

back court 下半場

passionate adj. 充滿熱情的

【注釋】

Gatorade 佳得樂，一種運動飲料，它已成為美國飲料的領導者。在美國各重大賽事時，都有它的出現(xiàn)。

The game is not worth the candle. 得不償失。

【語素 Material】

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan was the dominant basketball player in the world during the 1980s. He won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award five times, and six times led the Chicago Bulls to the league championship. He retired from basketball in 1999 and 2003.

邁克爾.喬丹

邁克爾.喬丹在20世紀90年代是世界上籃球界的杰出運動員。他曾五次獲得NBA“最有價值球員獎”，六次帶領芝加哥公牛隊獲得“團體總冠軍”稱號。他分別在1999年和2003年兩次退役。

Origin of the Beach Volleyball

It took over 60 years for the beach volleyball game to emerge from obscurity to the international spotlight. The first two-man beach volleyball in California in 1930 attracted little public interest. The game was granted Olympic medal status in 1993 and had its first official overall participation in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Without the support of international sponsors beginning in the 1970s, the game wouldn’t have achieved such worldwide recognition.

沙灘排球的起源

沙灘排球這項運動從出現(xiàn)時的鮮為人知到成為國際焦點歷時60余載。1930年美國加州的首場兩人沙灘排球賽并沒有引起公眾的關注。 1993年這項運動正式成為奧運比賽項目。在1996年的夏季奧運會，各國代表團首次廣泛參與了這項比賽。如果沒有自20世紀70年代以來國際贊助機構的支持，這項運動是不可能得到全世界的廣泛認可的。