Business Etiquette:American football II

A:我也觉得橄榄球太激烈了，甚至有点野蛮！

B:That's the beauty of it!

A:那也就是看看可以，要是真让我去赛场上那样横冲直撞的，非吓死我不可！

B:Don't be a wimp, 杨琳！

A:Wimp? 你说我胆小没用？才不是，我只是......比较斯文。比如下面这个体育运动，我就觉得不错。

B:What is it?

A:打台球！

American sports English:Pool

P:Yang Chen you look bored. How about we play a game of pool?

Y:Pool? 这儿没有游泳池啊。你打算跳到Tidal Basin 游泳吗?

P:No, I'm not talking about a swimming pool. I'm talking about billiards.

Y:Oh billiards, 台球。我不会。

P:Well, I'll teach you how to play. Let me break.

Y:Wait a minute. 你怎么一上来就要 break something，搞破坏啊?

P:No. Here break means starting the game by hitting the cue ball.

Y:我知道，cue ball 就是主球，用它来撞子球。OK. Let me try it first.

P:哎呀，女大力士! You came closer to breaking the pool stick!

Y:No Way! That was a great shot! I got one in. 我是Stripes.

P:Alright, and I am solids.

Now it's my turn, I'll try to bank the ball off the rail and get it in the far pocket.

Y:Ah, 你把我的球打进去了。You scored a point for me. Thank you.

P:Well you're welcome.

Y:It's my turn again. 让我再干掉一个。

P:Well, not on that turn any way. It looks like you scratched.

Y:Scratched. 我没抓你啊。

P:In pool, if you scratch S-C-R-A-T-C-H，it means that you knocked the white cue ball into a pocket. That means it's my turn and I place the ball over here.

Y:Ah, 我主球打进袋子了，就叫scratch。

P:Right. That means it's my turn and I place the ball over here.

Y:哇，你把8号球打进去了。

P:Yeah. I got the 8 ball in before getting all of my other balls in. That means I lose.

Y:Hooray! Another game?

A:台球里的术语还真不少！比如Break - 开球，scratch - 白球进洞。Donny, do you play pool?

B:Yeah, sometimes.

A:你走之前，let's go to a pool house, 打几盘儿！

B:好啊！我请客！

A:诶呀，你真是太好了！I'm gonna miss you!

B:杨琳，别哭了。

A:谁哭了？别臭美！ 好了，今天的节目时间差不多了。这次的撰稿人是晓北，编辑是蔚然。同学们，我们下次的美语训练班再见!

B：Bye! 同学们，咱们北京见喽！

A:Bye-bye, Donny!