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地道英语学习第56期(附讲解音频):Fair Play 公平竞争

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William: Hello and welcome to bbcukchina.com. You're listening to Authentic Real English. I'm William Kremer.

Feifei: I'm Feifei. What's today's word, William? 今天要学的俚语是什么?

William: Well,there's a footballing theme to this week's question, or at least a sporting theme. Let me ask you, Feifei, what characteristics do you associate with British people? 嗯,这次的主题是足球,不管怎么样,是和运动有关的主题。问你个问题,菲菲,你觉得英国人的特点是什么?

Feifei: 我把什么特性和英国人能联系在一起呢?Um... well, you're all a bit cynical 愤世嫉俗的,有点儿冷嘲热讽的

William: Ye-es. That's... That is probably fair. But what about more positive characteristics? 是的。你的说法可能是公正的,还有什么积极的特征吗?

Feifei: Um... 嗯……

William: To do with sport... 和运动有关……

Feifei: 你们英国人善于发明体育项目,不过虽然很多体育项目是你们发明的,可是在比赛中水平反而不及其他国家,哎。

William: Yeah, that's also probably fair as well. But what about our sportsmanship, Feifei? In particular, our sense of fair pay? Fair play on the football pitch? 是,这样说也有道理。但是有想过运动员精神吗,菲菲?特别是我们观念里的公平的竞争?

Feifei: Maybe. Fair play 的意思就是公平比赛,公平竞争。英国人向来都认为在体育竞技和每日生活中,fair play 是非常重要的一个原则。But what about the phrase, fair play? When do we use that, William? 什么时候使用这个短语呢?

William: Well, that's a little bit tricky to explain. But we tend to say "fair play" when somebody does something annoying or perhaps a little negative but we shouldn't criticise them because they were sticking to the rules of the game, or to the spirit of the rules. 嗯,说起来很微妙,但是当有人做出一些让人厌烦的事时,我们用这个词。这个词有些消极,当人们坚守比赛规则或者条例的时候,也用这个词来说明。

Feifei: Right. That is a little tricky to understand. Can you give us an example? 对的。是有点难以捉摸。能举个例子吗?

William: I'd be delighted to, Feifei. This example is from two men watching a football match. A goal has just been disallowed because the scorer was offside.我很愿意,菲菲。这个例子是正在看足球比赛的两个人的对话。这一球是不合规矩的,因为它越位了。

Feifei: 下面对话中两位男士在观看一场足球比赛。一个进球刚刚被判无效,因为一名队员越位了。Offside 越位。他们对裁判 ref 的这一判决很是不满。

Example
Man: Oooooh! Ref, I can't believe it?! 哦!裁判,我简直不敢相信?!
Man 2: That is a shame. That is a shame. 真丢人,真丢人。
Man: What a joke! This referee needs to get some glasses. 笑话!裁判的眼睛应该放大一点。
Man 2: Yeah, but fair play to him, that player was offside. 是的,但是公平的竞争,运动员越位了。

Feifei: 虽然这两位男士对裁判的判决很是不满,但是其中的一位还是说了"fair play to him, that player was offside".

William: Yeah, fair play to him. Now although this phrase comes from sport, we don't just use it to discuss football and so on. So let's hear another example. 是的,对他来说是场公平的竞争。现在尽管这个短语来自运动,我们还可以用在别的场合。

Example
Man: Have you heard about Gary? 你听说过盖里吗?
Man 2: No... 没有……
Man: He's kicked his son out of his house. 他把他的儿子赶出家门了。
Man 2: No, what, Kevin?! 不,说什么,凯文?
Man: Yeah, he's kicked him out. I mean, fair play to Gary, Kevin is 42 now.是的,他的儿子被赶出家门了。我是说,对于盖里来说,凯文已经42岁了。
Man 2: Yeah and he crashed Gary's car, remember? 记得吗,他曾撞到盖里的车?

Feifei: Hmmm. 在上面的这个例子中两位男士在谈论关于他们朋友 Gary 把自己的儿子 Kevin 赶出家门的事情。

William: One of the men says, "Fair play to Gary, Kevin is 42 now."

Feifei: 因为他们朋友的儿子已经42岁了,而且他还把自己父亲的汽车给撞坏了,所以父亲一气之下就把他给赶出去了。Fair play to him.

William: Maybe not everyone understood that clip, but then, fair play to them, it was quite hard. Let's listen again. 也许还有人不是很理解这个片语,再来看下面的例子。

Feifei: William 我注意到刚才上面两个例子里都是男士们在说话。

William: Yes, I think this might be a phrase that men are a little bit more likely to use than women. Maybe that's because it comes from sport. 是的,这个短语男性比女性更常用,也许是因为它源于运动。

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phrase [freiz]

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n. 短语,习语,个人风格,乐句
vt. 措词

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cynical ['sinikəl]

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adj. 愤世嫉俗的,吹毛求疵的

 
tend [tend]

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v. 趋向,易于,照料,护理

 
theme [θi:m]

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n. 题目,主题

 
pitch [pitʃ]

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n. 沥青,树脂,松脂
n. 程度,投掷,球场

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understand [.ʌndə'stænd]

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vt. 理解,懂,听说,获悉,将 ... 理解为,认为<

 
particular [pə'tikjulə]

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adj. 特殊的,特别的,特定的,挑剔的
n.

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referee [.refə'ri:]

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n. 仲裁人,调解人,裁判员 v. 仲裁,裁判

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negative ['negətiv]

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adj. 否定的,负的,消极的
n. 底片,负

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annoying [ə'nɔiiŋ]

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adj. 恼人的,讨厌的

 


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