Lesson26

16. We’re Starting A Soccer Team
我们要组织一个足球队

A: Hi Jim. Do you have a minute?
嗨，吉姆。你有空吗？

B: Sure, what’s up?
有，什么事？

A: Some of us are going to start a soccer team. Would you like to join us?
　我们几个要组织一个足球队，你要不要参加?

B: I don’t know anything about it. Soccer isn’t as popular in my country as it is here.
　我对足球一窍不通。我们国家跟这不一样，不兴踢足球。

A: That’s all right. We’ll teach you.
　没关系，我们会教你的。

B: Is it anything like American football?
足球跟橄榄球一样吗?

A: Not very much. It’s something like hockey, except that you use a big ball and no stick.
　不大一样。足球有点像曲棍球，不过足球是用大球，而且没有球棍。

B: I’ll come down and watch you play some day, and see what it’s like.
回头我去看你们踢球，看看究竟是什么样子。

A: Good idea. I think you’ll like it if you give it a chance.
好。我相信你一试就会喜欢上它的。

额外成就感

watch 注视；观察；看护
* Did you watch the tennis match?
你看了网球比赛没有?
* Watch the cars when you cross the street.
过马路时，要注意车辆。
* He watched to see what would happen.
他注意观察会发生什么事。
* She watched the patient all night.
她整夜看护那位病人。