纯正地道美语 第110期(外教讲解):The Weekend - Golf

A:  Good morning golf aficionados¹! My name is Rick Fields, and you guessed it, I am here with my main man, Bob Copeland.

B:  Thank you, Rick! As you can see, ladies and gentleman, we are here in beautiful Pebble² Beach where the top golfers in the world are trying to win the grand prize of one million dollars!

A:  Whoa, that’s a lot of cash! Let’s go to the course and see how Tiger Woods is doing.

B:  All right, we are here at the eighth hole. It’s a par³ four, and has some very difficult hazards which many golfers find difficult to avoid. Although, I did see Jack⁴ Nicklaus hit a hole in one on this very same hole!

A: Tiger Woods is about to tee off, and let’s see if he has the same luck as Jack.  Tiger is asking his caddie for his driver and, he seems to be very nervous.

B: Oh no! Not a good swing at all! It’s definitely not his day today.  On the seventh hole he got a bogey⁵ and before that he barely made par. He will definitely not get a birdie on this shot.

A:  It seems that his ball has flown somewhere deep in the trees. He is having a hard time finding it and even his caddie has climbed a tree to try and spot it.

B:  Oh no! A bear! Run, Tiger, run! Somebody call animal control

1 aficionados   

n.酷爱…者，…迷( aficionado的名词复数 )； 爱看斗牛的人

参考例句：

• West Coast aficionados of postwar coffee-shop architecture(Karal Ann Marling) 西海岸战后咖啡店式建筑的狂热追随者（卡拉尔安马林） 来自互联网
• Clay developed a radical style which appalled boxing aficionados. 克莱发展出一种震惊拳击迷的全新风格。 来自互联网

2 pebble   

n.卵石，小圆石

参考例句：

• The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.这只鸟错把卵石当蛋，想去孵它。
• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。

3 par   

n.标准，票面价值，平均数量；adj.票面的，平常的，标准的

参考例句：

• Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
• I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 bogey   

n.令人谈之变色之物；妖怪，幽灵

参考例句：

• The universal bogey is AIDS.艾滋病是所有人唯恐避之不及的东西。
• Age is another bogey for actresses.年龄是另一个让女演员头疼的问题。