初級美語 Lesson 30:Expressing Wants 表達願望
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，我現在大約有10分鐘時間。?
馬 丁：球隊看來不錯，你高興嗎??
教 練：是的，我很高興。比賽的節奏太慢，我想看到更多的攻勢，但我仍感高興。?
馬 丁：我不想把談話僅侷限於這場比賽，我想談談訓練。?
教 練：可以。?
馬 丁：你當初就想當大學橄欖球隊教練嗎??
教 練：最初，我想當名職業橄欖球運動員。?
馬 丁：你進過職業球隊嗎??
教 練：我在專業隊打過兩年球。?
馬 丁：出了什麼事??
教 練：我摔斷了腿。?
馬 丁：是在橄欖球賽中嗎??
教 練：不是，在一次意外事故中，我從樹上摔了下來。?
馬 丁：樹上??
教 練：現在聽起來很滑稽，但那時並不可笑。當時我和孩子一起玩，我想從樹上取個球，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，我還想打球，但我妻子不讓我打球，我腿不好。?
馬 丁：現在你當上了教練。?
教 練：很有趣，我打了10年橄欖球，從未出過事故。?
馬 丁：你喜歡教練工作嗎??
教 練：非常喜歡，我原來想打橄欖球，但現在我非常喜歡教練工作，我很高興。
馬 丁：你過去是打職業橄欖球的，你現在訓練大學橄欖球隊，你想訓練職業橄欖球隊嗎?
教 練：不，我想和年齡比我小的人在一起，起初，我想訓練中學橄欖球隊，我喜歡和年輕的男女在一起。?
馬 丁：你想過要教學嗎??
教 練：訓練就是教學，我想看着年輕人長大。我喜歡看着我孩子長大，我也想看着其他孩子長大。?
馬 丁：女孩也打橄欖球嗎??
教 練：我隊裏的女孩打，他們打得很好。有些學校有男子橄欖球隊和女子橄欖球隊。?
馬 丁：你原想當中學教練，但你現在訓練的是大學生。?
教 練：對，大學需要我，他們請的我。?
馬 丁：你今年對你的球隊有什麼期望呢??
教 練：我想看到我的隊員有更大長進，我們要刻苦訓練。?
馬 丁：你說的長進是指什麼??
教 練：他們去年打得很好，我想讓他們多學習，我想讓他們打得更好。
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Conversation B
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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.?
會話B?
馬 丁：赫弗拉尼克教練，這場比賽好極了，你高興嗎??
教 練：我非常高興，我想贏，我們真的贏了!?
馬 丁：這場比賽很重要嗎??
教 練：是的，這是場重要比賽，這是今年的第一場比賽，所以非常重要。贏得第一場比賽具有重要意義。?
馬 丁：你想從這場比賽中瞭解什麼呢??
教 練：我想了解我們的問題所在，我想看看新手打球，我想進一步瞭解這些隊員。?
馬 丁：所有隊員打得都好嗎??
教 練：他們打得不錯，我想讓他們打得更好，我想讓他們打得非常出色。?
馬 丁：你發現了什麼問題呢??
教 練：我發現有些隊員行動緩慢，有些隊員存在問題。我想明天努力訓練，我要讓隊員刻苦訓練，我們明天就訓練。?
馬 丁：你打算怎麼做??
教 練：我想練習，練習，再練習。?
馬 丁：你想練習什麼??
教 練：我想練習跑步，隊員速度很慢，他們跑得不快，我要讓他們跑得非常快。
馬 丁：你將採取什麼措施??
教 練：我們將每天跑步，還將進行討論。?
馬 丁：這個球隊能打得更好嗎??
教 練：當然，他們能打得更好，他們能成長起來。?
馬 丁：你喜歡教練工作嗎??
教 練：當然，我熱愛教練工作。?
馬 丁：你想在這兒當教練嗎??
教 練：是的，我喜歡在這所大學裏當教練。?
馬 丁：你5年後想做什麼??
教 練：當教練。?
馬 丁：你想在這兒當教練嗎??
教 練：是的。?
馬 丁：你10年後想幹什麼??
教 練：當教練。?
馬 丁：在這兒嗎??
教 練：說不準。我想在中學當教練，我想訓練年齡小些的男孩和女孩。?
馬 丁：你想住在這兒嗎??
教 練：我想10年後再看看，我想在一個小型中學當教練，我相結識每個男孩和女孩。?
馬 丁：你還要當橄欖球教練嗎??
教 練：我能教許多體育項目，我喜歡橄欖球，但我也懂足球，棒球，壘球。我懂許多體育項目。?
馬 丁：你能教藍球嗎??
教 練：我不喜歡教藍球，我不喜歡藍球。?
馬 丁：你是名出色的教練。?
教 練：謝謝，我有好球隊，我有好隊員。?
隊 員：對不起，教練，我們要參加一個聚會，你想來嗎??
教 練：我不知道。馬丁，你想去參加聚會嗎??
馬 丁：我還想談談，我們能否在聚會上交談??
教 練：我不知道，我們去哪兒??
隊 員：我們去大河飯店。?
教 練：都誰去??
隊 員：我說不準，球隊，所有的球員。?
教 練：我們可以在飯店交談。?
馬 丁：我想去。?
教 練：好，我明天去沃斯堡，我們可以在今晚交談，走吧。?
馬 丁：謝謝。?
教 練：你有車嗎??
馬 丁：是的，有。?
教 練：那就坐你的車吧。
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New Words and Expressions 生詞和短語
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locker n. (存放衣帽等的)櫃；抽屜?
locker room 衣帽間，更衣室?
professional adj. 職業的?
accident n. 事故?
funny adj. 滑稽可笑的?
limb n. 樹的分枝?
broke v. break的過去式形式，打破?
video n. 錄像?
soccer n. 足球?
Proper Nouns 專有名詞?
Fort Worth 沃斯堡?
River Hotel 大河飯店?
Language Points 語言要點?
1.?介詞 in 可以是“在……以後”的意思，相當於 at the end of，用來表示將來的時間，類似的短語還有：?
in five years 5年後 in three months 3個月後?
in ten years 10年後 in seven days 7天后?
2.?better, younger 等是形容詞/副詞的比較級形式，通常用於兩者間的比較。比較級的規則變法是：形容詞/副詞+er。better 是 good 或 well 的比較級是不規則變化。比較級常用的結構是“形容詞/副詞+er+than”，例如：?
The player is younger than the coach. 運動員比教練年輕。?
The coach plays better than players. 教練比運動員打得好。?
Some players are slower than others. 一些運動員比另一些運動員速度慢。
Cultural Notes 文化註釋
美式橄欖球(American football，亦稱美式足球)運動起源於英國的橄欖球(rugby)賽，與一般的足球(即英式足球)截然不同。美國人稱英式足球爲 soccer。秋天，美國橄欖球運動是大、中學校裏最流行的體育運動。美國所有較大的城市幾乎都有橄欖球隊，職業橄欖球比賽的觀衆人數比大學橄欖球比賽還要多，職業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名運動員可以帶球並互相擁抱住摔倒對手，目的是帶球，傳球並攻入對方球門。?
