美語情景對話 第1341期:Burgers and Baseball 漢堡和棒球(2)

Shantel: Yeah. I agree.

香黛兒：對，我同意。

Todd: Do you agree?

託德：你同意嗎？

Shantel: I agree, especially because I know many, many of my students here in Japan, they will ask me often, what I eat for lunch. And before I respond, cause they're playing a joke on me, they'll say like, "Oh, hamburger? Hamburger?"

香黛兒：我同意，尤其是因爲日本有很多學生經常問我，午飯吃什麼。在我回答前，他們會開我的玩笑，他們會說，“哦，漢堡嗎？吃漢堡嗎？”

Todd: (laughs), yeah.

託德：（笑），對。

Shantel: And I have to tell them that, you know, now I do live in Japan, but in the United States I don't typically eat hamburgers every day.

香黛兒：我會告訴他們，我現在在日本生活，不過以前在美國我也不是每天都吃漢堡。

Todd: Yeah.

託德：好。

Shantel: But that is a lot of what they think. They think that I eat hamburgers regularly or, at least, fast food but their image of fast food is only hamburgers.

香黛兒：可大多數人都是這麼想的。他們認爲我經常吃漢堡，或者他們能想到的快餐只有漢堡。

Todd: So true. And actually,the funny side story to that, or contrary story would be you know, sushi. So we both teach in Japan, and I think most people think that you eat sushi all the time in Japan. And that's almost the equivalent of the hamburger. You don't eat it that much.

託德：沒錯。而有趣或者說相對的一面是壽司。我們現在都在日本教學，我認爲大多數人認爲在日本會一直吃壽司。這和漢堡一樣。而實際上你並不常吃壽司。

Shantel: That is so true.

香黛兒：沒錯。

Todd: Right?

託德：對吧？

Shantel: So true. I cannot say how true that is.

香黛兒：對。完全正確。

Todd: Or uh, another one, we're talking about um, stereotypes would be sumo. So Japanese people are not that into sumo, really, right, but it's an iconic thing. So that brings us to the point of baseball.

託德：我們再來談談另一個刻板印象——相撲。日本人並沒有那麼喜歡相撲這項運動，但這是日本的標誌性運動。這就引到了棒球這個問題。

Shantel: Ah, yes.

香黛兒：好。

Todd: So do you actually like baseball?

託德：你喜歡棒球嗎？

Shantel: I do. I love baseball. I do, and I used to go to some games in the United States, in San Francisco. I went to several Giants games growing up, yeah. So I do enjoy baseball. Do you enjoy baseball?

香黛兒：喜歡，我愛棒球。我以前在美國舊金山去現場看過幾場比賽。我在成長過程中去看過多場巨人隊的比賽。我很喜歡棒球。你喜歡棒球嗎？

Todd: I do. I have to admit, like I played you know, baseball when I was younger. I loved baseball, but I do think it's not as popular as people think it is.

託德：喜歡。我必須承認，我年輕時打過棒球。我愛棒球，不過我認爲棒球並不像人們認爲的那樣受歡迎。

Shantel: Ah.

香黛兒：啊。

Todd: You know what I mean?

託德：你懂我的意思嗎？

Shantel: Yes.

香黛兒：我懂。

Todd: I think that like, a lot of people like it. You like it, I like it. But a lot of people could care less.

託德：許多人喜歡棒球。你喜歡棒球，我也喜歡。可是很多人可能並不關注棒球。

Shantel: Yes.

香黛兒：對。

Todd: About baseball.

託德：不太關注棒球。

Shantel: Most of the time I think I hear people say it's, it's a slow sport, it's boring. No one wants to watch it.

香黛兒：我認爲大多數時候人們聽到棒球時，會認爲那是一項慢運動，有些乏味。沒有人想看棒球比賽。

Todd: Right.

託德：沒錯。

Shantel: They're much more inclined to watch basketball or football instead of baseball.

香黛兒：他們更喜歡看籃球或足球比賽，而不喜歡看棒球比賽。

Todd: So true.

託德：沒錯。

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重點講解：
1. all the time 一直；始終；
例句：The letter has been in my pocket all the time.
這封信一直揣在我口袋裏。
2. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：He used to swim very often as he did not have to work so hard.
他以前常常去游泳，因爲他不必那麼賣力的工作。
3. be inclined to to sth. 願意…的；有…意向的；
例句：I am inclined to daydream.
我喜歡空想。
4. instead of 代替…；而不是…；
例句：Take a shower instead of a bath.
洗淋浴吧，別用浴缸了。