体育美语006讲
Y: 我是杨晨。
P: 我是 Patrick. Are you ready for March Madness?
Y:Yes, I am! And you?
P: I'm ready too.
Y: 你得解释一下什么是March Madness,三月疯狂。
P: Our audiences might not know, March Madness is when all of America watches a huge, 65-team men's college basketball tournament that takes place in the month of March every year. It's madness!
Y: 一到了三月疯狂,几乎所有美国人都要看这65个队的大学生篮球联赛。很多人说比NBA还好看呢!
P: The most fun to watch are the Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, and finally - the championship.
Y:Sweet Sixteen 甜蜜的16岁?
P: No. It's the final sixteen teams that are left in the tournament.
Y: 这里的Sweet Sixteen应该是甜蜜的16队,也就是剩下的16支队伍;Elite Eight是精英八强;Final Four最后四强;当然还有the championship,最后两个队争夺冠军。
现在全美国都陷入了March Madness,我想那些在校大学生一定更疯狂了。
P: When I was in college, my team made it/advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. We played the University of Kentucky, but we lost because of our poor shooting and because of Kentucky's strong defense.
Y:自己是poor shooting,投篮不准,而对方有strong defense,强劲的防守。
那还打什么球啊?哈哈哈。
P: Well. Looks like somebody has been infected with some March Madness.
It's March Madness, baby!