美語情景對話 第417期:Sumo 相撲

Yeah, hi, I wanna talk about, yeah, watching sports, like live or on TV. I mean I like to play sports more than I like to watch sports but sometimes a good game on TV or watching it live can be really good, um, you know, everybody, or many people like to watch the olympics or the world cup of soccer, I mean those kinds of sports are really, really exciting. I like to watch them too. I like to watch a good game on TV, you know, if there's lots of buildup and tension for the match, it's even better. One sport that I've been really getting into recently is Japanese Sumo wrestling, yeah, it's, you know, it's quite a spectacle. Many westerners think that it's kind of a joke, you know, a bunch of fat guys in tiny underwear, you know bashing their bodies against each other, but there's really a lot more to it than that, I mean, these guys are incredibly athletic.

大家好，我想談談去現場看比賽或是在電視上看體育比賽。我是說相較於觀看體育比賽，我更喜歡進行體育運動，不過有時候在電視上或是去現場觀看精彩的體育比賽也不錯，你知道，所有人或者說大部分人喜歡看奧運會或是足球世界盃，這些體育比賽會令人非常非常興奮。我也喜歡看這些比賽。我喜歡在電視上看精彩的比賽，如果比賽中充斥着緊張會更好。我最近喜歡的一項運動是日本相撲，你知道，比賽非常精彩。許多西方人認爲那是一種玩笑，一羣胖人穿着小內褲互相撞擊對方的身體，但是相撲不僅僅是這樣，我是說這些人是了不起的運動員。

They also are quite strong and they have a repertoire of martial arts and wrestling ability. It's pretty amazing to watch. I mean the matches are really really short so sometimes the uninitiated don't know what going on but basically the rules are stay on your feet and stay in the small circle and, you know, try to get your opponent to fall down or to go out of the circle. That's why they only take about 10 or 20 seconds to finish a match because they do everything they can, but finally, before you know it, the match is over, you know, they do wrestling throws, they do martial arts, they do all kinds of things. It's really fun, and there's the whole ritual with it as well, I mean it's pretty amazing.

他們非常強壯，而且他們擁有格鬥和摔跤的全部技能。觀看比賽時會感到非常驚奇。我是說這種比賽的觀看時間通常很短，一般外行人不知道發生了什麼，基本來說規則限定要保持站立還有腳要保持在小圓圈裏，你知道，試圖讓你的對手倒地或是讓他離開圓圈。這就是爲什麼他們只用10秒或是20秒就能結束比賽的原因，因爲他們竭盡了所能，可是在你明白之前比賽已經結束了，你知道，他們會摔跤、格鬥，他們會做各種事情。那真的很有趣，而且這項比賽也很有禮節。我是說，那太讓人驚奇了。

重點講解：
1. a bunch of
一夥，一羣（人）；
eg. We don't want to look like a bunch of cowboys.
我們不想看上去像一幫奸商。
eg. They're just a bunch of leeches cadging off others!
他們只不過是一幫伸手向人要這要那的寄生蟲！
2. go on
進行；發生；
eg. Are you alive to what is going on?
你注意到正在發生的事嗎?；
eg. In spite of these events, things will go on as usual, and there will be no changes at all.
儘管發生了這兩件事，一切都將照常進行，不會有任何改變。
3. on one's feet
站立；站着；
eg. Everyone was on their feet applauding wildly.
每個人都站起身來熱烈鼓掌。
eg. The old man could hardly stand on his feet in the flaw.
老人在這陣狂風中幾乎站不住了。
4. fall down
倒下；跌倒；
eg. He fell down by a ditch.
他跌倒在溝旁。
eg. Babies often fall down when they learn to walk.
嬰兒在學走路時經常摔倒。