78.羽毛球

Badminton

羽毛球

A: I want to try out for the tennis team.

A： 我想参加网球队。

B: Our school doesn't have a tennis team.

B： 我们学校没有网球队。

A: Yes it does. They were practicing after school yesterday.

A： 是的。昨天放学后他们在练习。

B: Were they using a birdie?

B： 他们在用小鸟球吗？

A: Of course not! That'd be animal abuse¹!

A： 当然不是！那就是虐待动物！

B: A birdie is a plastic, red-nosed tool for badminton.

B： 小鸟是一种塑料的、红鼻子的羽毛球工具。

A: Oh, I see. Yes, they were using a red tool.

A： 哦，我明白了。是的，他们用的是红色的工具。

B: Then the sport you saw was definitely² badminton.

B： 然后你看到的运动肯定是羽毛球。

A: Is that also why the rackets were so small and thin?

A： 这也是球拍又小又薄的原因吗？

B: Yes. It's somewhat³ similar to tennis, though.

B： 是的。不过，这有点像网球。

A: Well, in that case, I want to join the badminton team!

A： 好吧，那样的话，我想加入羽毛球队！

B: I wish you the best of luck!

B： 祝你好运！

1 abuse   

vt.滥用；辱骂；诋毁；n.滥用；恶习；弊端

参考例句：

• You can't make personal abuse on her.你不可对她进行人身攻击。
• She screamed abuse at me.她尖声责备我。

2 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

3 somewhat   

pron.一些，某物；adv.多少，几分

参考例句：

• The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功。
• The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似。