美語(yǔ)會(huì)話 216 It's lots of fun這超好玩

Yi-jun:That's good to know. We'll watch for crazy drivers.

Holly: [Walking over] Hey, guys. Ready for a pick-up game of touch football?

Yi-jun:Football? Sounds dangerous. Maybe I'll just be a cheerleader.

Holly: C'mon, Yi-jun. It's lots of fun. You've seen football played on TV.

Yi-jun:Uh, yeah. And I've seen guys in pads tackled. We have no pads. I don't want to be tackled.

Holly: There's barely any contact in touch football. People just tag you to stop the play.

Yi-jun:OK, but they better tag lightly!

pick-up game

(康樂(lè)性質(zhì)的)球類(lèi)游戲

Let's get a pick-up game going!

我們來(lái)玩?zhèn)€接球游戲吧!

touch football

觸身式美式足球。這是美式足球的變種，規(guī)則是用手觸及持球人身體的動(dòng)作，來(lái)取代擒抱或摔倒動(dòng)作

I played touch football all the time when I was a kid.

我小時(shí)候總是在玩觸身式美式足球。

cheerleader (n.)

拉拉隊(duì)員

My daughter thinks she can be a cheerleader her whole life.

我女兒以為她一輩子都會(huì)當(dāng)拉拉隊(duì)員。

pad (n.)

(運(yùn)動(dòng)員穿戴的)護(hù)具

Get your pads on before you go skateboarding.

玩滑板前先戴上護(hù)具。

tackle (v.)

美式足球)擒抱并摔倒對(duì)方球員

Don't tackle me too hard.

別太兇猛地?cái)r截我。

barely (adv.)

幾乎沒(méi)有

A: Are you old enough to be in the bar?

你年紀(jì)夠大到進(jìn)入酒吧嗎?

B: Barely. I just turned 19 today!

差一點(diǎn)就不行。我在今天變成十九歲!

contact (n.)

觸碰

Do you think mankind has made contact with aliens?

你覺(jué)得人類(lèi)有和異形接觸過(guò)嗎?

tag (v.)

(抓人游戲中的)用手觸碰對(duì)方導(dǎo)致對(duì)方失敗

Even adults can enjoy playing tag.

就算是大人也可以玩抓鬼游戲。

怡君：多虧你提醒。我們會(huì)當(dāng)心瘋狂駕駛的。

荷莉：(走過(guò)來(lái))你們好啊。想要玩觸身式美式足球游戲嗎?

怡君：美式足球?聽(tīng)來(lái)很危險(xiǎn)?；蛟S我當(dāng)個(gè)拉拉隊(duì)就好了。

荷莉：拜托，怡君。這超好玩。你都看過(guò)電視播的美式足球了。

怡君：嗯，是啦。而且我也看到穿護(hù)具的男生被撲倒。我們沒(méi)有護(hù)具。我不想被撲倒。

荷莉：在觸身式美式足球賽當(dāng)中，很少會(huì)有身體碰觸。大家只會(huì)用手碰你，來(lái)阻止進(jìn)攻。

怡君：好吧，但是他們最好碰輕一點(diǎn)