1、场所: 奥运 | 话题: 举重王芳 How many gold medals do you think the Chinese weightlifting team will win at the Beijing Olympics? 你觉得中国举重队在北京奥运会上能拿多少块金牌？ 赵伟 5 or so. They have won 5 gold medals during the past two Olympics. 五块左右吧。他们上两次奥运会拿到的都是五块。 王芳 Ng, the Chinese weightlifting team is pretty good, especially t
2、he women. 嗯，中国举重队还是挺强的，特别是女队员。 赵伟 Yeah. Since womens weightlifting became an Olympic sport, they have always performed extremely well. 是啊。从女子举重被列为奥运项目以来，她们的表现就一直非常好。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 乒乓球李强 Do you think that we could win all of the gold medals in ping-pong during the Beijing Olympics? 你觉得在北京奥运会上我们能包揽乒乓球的
3、所有金牌吗？ 赵伟 I hope so, but its hard to say. 希望如此，但不好说。 李强 Why? 为什么？ 赵伟 The South Korean, Swedish, and Japanese athletes are strong competitors. 因为韩国、瑞典和日本队都是我们强有力的对手。 李强 Yes, but I believe when the best players face-off, the matches will be awesome. 嗯，不过我相信高手对阵，比赛一定很精彩。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 买票赵亮 Do you have t
4、ickets to the Olympics? 你有奥运门票吗？ 汤姆 No. Do you know where I can buy them from? 没有。你知道哪儿能买到吗？ 赵亮 Yeah, I bought mine online. 嗯，我在网上订购的。 汤姆 Which site did you use? 在哪个网站订的？ 赵亮 The official ticket website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 2008 年奥林匹克运动会官方票务网站。 汤姆 Is there any other way? 还有其他办法购票吗？ 赵亮 Y
5、ou can also buy them at the gate. 你也可以现场购买。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 会徽王芳 Do you like the emblem for the Beijing Olympic Games? 你喜欢北京奥运会的会徽吗？ 刘丽 Of course. The red emblem is reminiscent of a Chinese seal. 当然啦，你看，会徽的红色底色就像是中国印。 王芳 The “Jing“ character is shaped like an athlete, its very dynamic. 那个“京 ”字就像个运动员，很有
6、动感。 刘丽 “Beijing 2008“ in English also embodies the beauty of Chinese calligraphy. “北京 二零零八” 的英文也体现了中国书法的美感呢。 王芳 Its really creative. 真的是太有创意了。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 体操 陈红 Do you know who Liu Xuan is? 你知道刘璇吗？ 孙雪 Yes, I know who she is. She has won a gymnastics medal. 知道啊。她拿过奥运会的体操冠军。 陈红 I like her so much, bu
7、t she has already retired. 我很喜欢她，但是她已经退役了。 孙雪 What a shame. 好可惜啊。 陈红 Well, the good news is that she has become a gymnastics judge. 不过，她现在转做体操比赛的评委了。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 冬奥会韩美美 The Olympics is coming to China in 2008. We have been waiting for it for 17 years. 零八年奥运终于要来到中国了，我们等了足足十七年哪。 海伦 Every country is c
8、razy about hosting Olympic Games. 每个国家都渴望获得奥运会的举办权。 韩美美 Yeah, I still remember the excitement when we won the bid for the 2008 Olympics. 嗯，08 申奥成功时的激动，我现在都还记得呢。 海伦 I feel happy for you. We also won the bid for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. 太替你们高兴了。我们也赢得了二零一零年冬奥会的举办权。 韩美美 I dont get why the Winter G
9、ames are held separately. 不知道为什么冬奥会要分开办？ 海伦 Because winter sports become very popular, and there are more and more events. Holding the Games together would require too much time. 因为冰雪运动越来越普及，项目也越来越多，一起办时间太长了。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 击剑 李强 I like fencing very much. 我很喜欢看击剑比赛。 赵伟 Me too. And the Chinese fencing
10、team is great. 我也是。而且中国击剑队也挺棒的。 李强 But its a pity that they havent won a gold medal in over 20 years. 不过可惜的是，他们已经二十多年没拿过金牌了。 赵伟 When was the last time they won the gold medal? 上次是什么时候拿的金牌？ 李强 The 1984 Games in Los Angeles. That was Chinas first gold medal in fencing. 是在一九八四年的洛杉矶奥运会上。那是中国的第一枚击剑金牌。 赵伟
11、 I hope that China will be awarded a gold medal again at the Beijing Olympics. 希望在北京奥运会上中国击剑队能够再次夺冠。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 历史张磊 Dad, where was the first Olympics held? 爸爸，第一届奥运会是在哪儿举办的？ 爸爸 In Athens, Greece. 是在希腊的雅典。 张磊 And when was it held? 是什么时候举办的？ 爸爸 In 1896. 一八九六年。 张磊 So the Olympics has a history of ov
12、er 100 years? 那奥运会不是已经有一百多年的历史了？ 爸爸 Yes, and it will be held in Beijing next year. Im really looking forward to it. 是啊，而且明年就要在北京举行了。真令人期待！ 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 吉祥物 林涛 Do you know what the first Olympic mascot was? 你知道第一个奥运会吉祥物是什么吗？ 孙雪 I dont know. But I know the mascots of the Beijing Olympic are the Fuwa.
13、我不知道。不过，我知道北京奥运会的吉祥物是福娃。 林涛 The first Olympic mascot was a dog called Waldi from the Munich Olympics. 第一个奥运吉祥物是慕尼黑奥运会的吉祥物五彩狗瓦尔第。 孙雪 Oh, the first mascot was a puppy. 噢，原来第一个吉祥物是一只小狗啊。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 奖牌王芳 Chinas team has won more and more gold medals during the past few Olympic Games. 在前几届奥运会上，中国队获得的金牌
14、越来越多了。 刘丽 Yeah, we only won 16 gold medals during the Atlanta Olympics, but in Sydney, we won 28 是啊，亚特兰大奥运会的时候我们只获得了十六块金牌，但悉尼奥运会的时候我们获得了二十八块。 王芳 And in Athens we even won 32, and came in second in the gold medal standings. 在雅典更是拿到了三十二块，位居金牌榜第二呢。 刘丽 I hope we can have even more success at the Beijing
15、 Olympics. 希望北京奥运会我们的成绩会更好。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 奥委会汤姆 Do you know who the current president of the Olympic Committee is? 你知道现任奥委会主席是谁吗？ 吉姆 Isnt it Samaranch? 不是萨马兰奇吗？ 汤姆 He retired a while ago. I heard the new president is Belgian. 他不久前退了。听说新任主席是比利时人。 汤姆 Youre right. The new president is a Belgian, named R
16、ogge. He was also an athlete. 哦，对。新任主席是比利时人罗格。他以前也是一名运动员。 汤姆 I also heard that he was a plastic surgeon before. 听说他以前还当过整形医生呢。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 奥运会王平 Im looking forward to the 2008 Olympic Games. 好期待二零零八年的奥运会啊。 杰瑞 So am I. Olympics is the biggest sports event in the world. 我也是呢，奥运会可是世界上规模最大的体育盛事。 王平 You
17、 know its being held in Beijing, right? 你知道这次是在北京举办吧？ 杰瑞 Oh, are you from Beijing? 哦，你是北京人吗？ 王平 Yeah. I welcome you to visit my hometown. 是的。欢迎来到我的家乡。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 学英语刘丽 A lot of people are learning English for the Olympics. 为了迎奥运，好多人都在学英语呢。 王芳 Yup. Many old people are learning English, too. 是啊，好多大爷
18、大妈也在学呢。 刘丽 As volunteers during the Beijing Olympics, we should also learn more English. 我们是北京奥运会的志愿者，也应该要多学学英语。 王芳 Thats right. Now I practice speaking English every day. 没错，所以我现在每天都在练习英语口语呢。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 射击王芳 I like the shooting competitor, Zhu Qinan. 我喜欢射击选手朱启南。 刘丽 Oh, he was the champion of the
19、Mens 10m Air Rifle in Athens. 哦，他是雅典奥运会男子十米气步枪项目的冠军。 王芳 He also broke the world and Olympic records. 而且还打破了世界纪录和奥运会纪录。 刘丽 I still remember how he confidently gave a thumbs up. 我记得当时他还自信地竖起了大拇指呢。 王芳 That was so cool! I hope he wins again. 真是太帅了！希望他还能拿冠军。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 开幕式刘丽 I really like watching the
20、opening ceremony of the Olympics, because it reflects the national culture of the host country. 我特别喜欢看奥运会的开幕式，因为它能展现出主办国的民族文化。 王芳 Me too. I enjoy watching it every time. 嗯，我每次看也觉得是种享受。 刘丽 I am looking forward to the lighting of the Olympic flame the most. 我最期待的还是点火仪式。 王芳 Exactly. They light the flam
21、e in a spectacular way every time. 没错。每次点燃圣火的方式都很新颖。 刘丽 I hope they will find a creative way to light the flame during the Beijing Olympics. 希望北京奥运会点燃圣火的方式也会很有创意。 王芳 You should trust Chinese wisdom. 你应该相信中国人的智慧。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 志愿者 陈红 Do you want to become a Beijing Olympic volunteer? 你想成为北京奥运会的志愿者吗？ 刘
22、静 Sure. But I dont know how to apply. 当然了。但是我不知道怎么报名。 陈红 You can check out the poster on the bulletin board at school. 你可以去咱们学校的海报栏看看。 刘静 Great. I could offer service in English and French if I were a volunteer. 太好了。如果成为志愿者的话，我的英语和法语也可以派上用场了。 陈红 Lets apply together. 我们一起去报名吧。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 排球 林涛 It w
23、asnt easy for the Chinese womens volleyball team to win during the Athens Olympics. 雅典奥运会中国女排夺冠真是不简单啊。 孙雪 Yes. They won the final three matches and ultimately beat Russia for the gold. 是啊。她们赢了最后三局，最终打败俄国队。 林涛 Yes. They won the last three and, finally, beat Russia for the gold. 对啊。最后连赢了三局，打败了俄罗斯队得了金牌
24、。 孙雪 You know its been 20 years since they last won the gold. 距离上次奥运会夺冠都有二十年了。 林涛 Yeah. I hope they can win again at the Beijing Olympics. 希望她们北京奥运会还能是冠军。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 教练刘静 Do you know Li Yongbo? 你知道李永波吗？ 陈红 Yes. Hes the famous! 当然了，他可是大名鼎鼎。 刘静 I admire him a lot. The Chinese badminton team has won
25、lots of gold metals under his lead. 我一直很崇拜他。在他的带领下，中国羽毛球队拿了很多金牌。 陈红 Well, I think its because the players are very strong. 我觉得主要是羽毛球队的队员有实力。 刘静 I dont agree. I think a good player cant win without a good coach. 实力再强，也需要教练好好指导啊。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 旅游业 王平 The 2008 Olympics will offer a great opportunity for
26、 Chinas tourism industry. 零八年奥运会将给中国的旅游业带来绝佳的机遇。 海伦 Ur.Beijing has been a world-famous city known for its cultural relics. 呃北京已经是一个世界著名的文化遗产圣地了。 王平 Because of the Olympics, Beijing will become one of the best-known destinations in the world. 因为奥运，北京更将成为最著名的一个旅游目的地。 海伦 I think Beijings tourism indust
27、ry will have really good prospects both before and after the Olympics. 我认为零八年前后，北京的旅游前景都会非常不错。 王平 The government estimated that there will be more than 5 million overseas tourists coming into Beijing. 政府部门预计在零八年将有超过五百万的外国游客来到北京。 海伦 5 million? What a terrifying figure. 五百万？好惊人的数字啊！ 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 歌曲 王芳
28、 What are you listening to? 你在听什么呢？ 刘丽 Some songs written for the Beijing Olympics. 北京奥运宣传歌曲。 王芳 Ive heard that many singers have been composing songs for the Olympics. 我听说有好多歌手都在制作跟奥运会相关的歌儿呢。 刘丽 Yeah, which one is your favorite? 对啊，你最喜欢哪首？ 王芳 “We are ready“ from the Stars Concert. 群星演唱的我们准备好了。 刘丽 I
29、t has a very catchy tune, and it means that we are ready for the 2008 Olympic Games. 这首歌很琅琅上口，也表明我们已经为零八年奥运会做好了准备。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 武术刘丽 With the spread of Chinese kung fu movies, more and more foreigners are beginning to like Chinese Wu Shu. 随着我国功夫电影的传播，越来越多的外国人开始喜欢上了中国武术。 王芳 It is said that Wu Shu wil
30、l be a special event at the Beijing Olympics. 听说武术将作为北京奥运会的特设项目。 刘丽 Yeah, I hope that one day Chinese Wu Shu will become a formal Olympic event. 是啊，希望有一天中国的武术能成为奥运会的正式比赛项目。 王芳 It will be difficult, but its a start. 那可不容易，不过这已经是个很好的开始了。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 比赛场馆 刘静 Whatre those buildings beside our school fo
31、r? 学校旁边那片高楼是干什么用的？ 李磊 You dont know? Thats the Olympic Village. 你不知道啊，那是奥运村。 刘静 The Olympic Village? 奥运村？ 李磊 Yes, its the place where the Olympic athletes stay. 就是奥运会时运动员们住的地方。 刘静 Wow, great. The athletes will be our neighbors then. 哦，太好了。我们到时就可以和运动员们做邻居了。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 比赛项目汤姆 Do you know how many sp
32、orts the Olympics has? 你知道奥运会有多少个比赛项目吗？ 约翰 Ive no idea. It seems like a lot. Are there 50? 不知道。好像很多。有五十个吗？ 汤姆 Actually, there arent that many. There are 28 sports in total. 没有那么多。共有二十八个大项。 约翰 Only 28? 才二十八项？ 汤姆 Yes. But there are different events in some sports. Take swimming for example, there are
33、32 swimming events. 对。但有些大项下面还有分项。像游泳一项，就有三十二个小项呢。 约翰 Oh, I get it. 噢，我明白了。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 游泳 莉莉 I enjoy watching swimming events. 我喜欢看游泳项目。 赵亮 Like the races? 你是说比赛？ 莉莉 Yeah, and all those different strokes: the backstroke, the butterfly, etc. 嗯，各种泳姿的：仰泳啦、蝶泳啦什么的。 赵亮 What about other swimming events?
34、那其他游泳项目呢？ 莉莉 What other events are there besides racing? 啊？游泳还有其他项目吗？ 赵亮 Theres lots of other stuff! Theres diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. 多着呢！比如说跳水、花样游泳和水球。 莉莉 Geez, I didnt know those were also swimming events! 天哪，我原来都不知道这些也属于游泳项目呢。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 火炬手陈红 The Olympic Games are going to
35、be held in Beijing next year. 奥运会明年就要在北京举行了。 刘静 Yes. And Im sure the opening ceremony will be amazing. 是啊。明年的开幕式肯定很壮观。 陈红 There is usually a torch relay before the ceremony. 开幕之前一般都要传递奥运火炬。 刘静 Yes. I want to be a torch bearer. 我想做一名奥运火炬手。 陈红 So do I. We can go applying together. 我也是。咱们可以一起去报名。 场所: 奥
36、运 | 话题: 火炬接力大卫 The torch relay for the Beijing Olympics will last 130 days and travel 137,000 kilometers. 北京奥运会的火炬传递历时一百三十天，总里程十三点七万公里。 艾丽丝 Really? Where will the torch go? 真的？传递的路线是怎样的？ 大卫 It will start in Beijing and pass through 21 countries and 31 provinces and cities in China. 从北京开始，经过二十一个国家和国内
37、三十一个省市。 艾丽丝 I wonder if the torch will pass through our city. 不知道火炬会不会经过我们市呢？ 大卫 I dont remember the details, but you can check it online. 我忘了，但你可以上网查一下。 艾丽丝 I hope I can see the torch relay in person. 真希望能亲眼看到火炬传递。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 田径王平 Do you have a copy of todays paper? I want to check how Liu Xiang
38、did yesterday. 有今天的报纸吗？我想看一下刘翔昨天的成绩。 汤姆 Yes, its on the table. Are you talking about The 11th World Track and Field Championships? 有，在桌子上。第十一届田径世界锦标赛？ 王平 Yeah. 对。 汤姆 He won the mens 110m hurdles with a time of 12.95 seconds. I saw it on TV. 他以十二秒九五赢得了一百一十米栏的冠军。我在电视上看了。 王平 Thats great! Its too bad he
39、 didnt break his old record. Anyways, hes still the best. 太棒了！可惜没有打破他自己的记录。不过他是最棒的。 汤姆 Hes become a national hero in China, right? 他已经成了中国人的民族偶像了，是吧？ 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 申奥 刘丽 The Olympics is finally going to be held in our country. 奥运会终于要在我们国家举行了。 王芳 Yeah, the process of applying for the Olympics is reall
40、y tough. 是啊，当初我们申奥的过程真是曲折啊。 刘丽 Yup, Thats why all of us were so excited about Chinas successful bid for the Olympics. 嗯，所以申奥成功的时候所有人都很激动。 王芳 That was in 2001. Its been nearly seven years, and the Beijing Olympics is coming soon. 那还是零一年呢，转眼七年就快过去了，北京奥运会也快要举行了。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 短跑 杰瑞 Do you like track? 你喜
41、欢赛跑吗？ 李梅 Yeah. I admired Marion Jones, but she has fallen on hard times recently. 嗯，我崇拜马琼斯，不过现在她正处于低潮。 杰瑞 She used to be the top runner before. I heard she got re-married. 她以前是最棒的选手。听说她再婚了。 李梅 She did - her husband is also a sprinter. Who is your favorite runner? 是的，她的丈夫也是短跑运动员。你最喜欢哪个短跑运动员？ 杰瑞 I lik
42、e Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay, they are new track stars. 我喜欢阿萨法鲍威尔和泰森盖伊，他们是跑道上的新星。 李梅 Which one do you think will do better in next years Olympics? 你说二零零八奥运会他们谁会赢？ 杰瑞 I dont know. Its anybodys game. 不知道，每个人都有机会。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 竞走 王平 When I was at school, I was quite good at race walking. 我在学校的时候，竞走很强呢。
43、 杰瑞 Did you ever win any competitions? 有得过什么奖吗？ 王平 I was once the provincial champion for the 20 km pedestrian race. 我得过二十公里竞走的省冠军。 杰瑞 Wow. Why didnt you become a professional? 哇。你怎么没有成运动员？ 王平 One day I broke my leg and decided to give it up after that. 我有一次摔伤了腿，就放弃了。 杰瑞 Im sorry. I didnt know. You
44、still look great. 不好意思。我不知道。不过你看起来挺好的呀。 王平 Dont worry about it. Its just that Im not cut out for sports anymore. 没关系的。那并不表示我不能做任何运动了。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 篮球艾丽丝 Why do you like basketball? 你为什么喜欢篮球？ 大卫 I like watching the players dribble and pass the ball and find offense and defense exciting. 艾丽丝 What abou
45、t soccer? 足球呢？ 大卫 I like soccer, too. 足球也喜欢。 艾丽丝 Which one do you like more? 更喜欢哪个？ 大卫 Basketball. Because its pace is faster and the action is more intense. 篮球。它的节奏更快，对抗也更为激烈。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 网球露西 Do you like watching tennis? 你喜欢看网球比赛吗？ 玛丽 Very much. And I like Federer the most. What about you? 喜欢啊。我最
46、喜欢费德勒了。你呢？ 露西 I prefer Nadal. 我喜欢纳达尔。 玛丽 Why? I dont think Nadal is as skillful as Federer is. 我觉得纳达尔的球技不如费德勒。 露西 I dont agree. Nadal recently beat Federer. 才不会呢。最近纳达尔才刚打赢了费德勒。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 羽毛球 张华 Do you know Super Dan? 你知道超级丹吗？ 陈红 Of course, Lin Dan from the Chinese badminton team. I love watching
47、him play. 当然了，不就是羽毛球队的林丹嘛。我最喜欢看他打比赛了。 张华 Me too. Hes won a couple of gold medals in mens singles. Hes awesome. 我也是。他已经拿了好几个男单冠军，真的太棒了。 陈红 And did you know hes a lefty? I think thats amazing. 而且他还是左手握拍。真是不简单啊。 张华 I hope he can win at the 2008 Olympics. 希望他零八年奥运会的时候，还能拿冠军。 陈红 That shouldnt be a proble
48、m. I have faith in him. 肯定没问题，我对他有信心！ 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 花样滑冰 丹尼尔 Which Winter Olympic events do you like most? 你最喜欢冬奥会哪个项目？ 琳达 Figure skating. 花样滑冰。 丹尼尔 Me too. I think its so incredible to perform so many difficult movements. 我也是，我觉得在冰上还能做那么多高难度的动作真是太厉害了。 琳达 But I worry about them every time; Im afraid
49、that they will bet injured. 可是每次也会替他们担心，害怕他们受伤。 丹尼尔 Hmm, still, their beautiful performances are really enjoyable to me. 嗯，不过他们优美的表现的确是种享受。 场所: 奥运 | 话题: 足球大卫 The game last night was really exciting. Did you watch it? 昨天晚上的比赛真精彩，你看了吗？ 王平 Nah, I was busy working all night. 没，我整晚都在忙工作。 大卫 Thats too bad. Portugal beat Iran 2 to 0. 真可惜。葡萄牙二比零战胜了伊朗。 王平 Any good goals? 有什么好球吗？ 大卫 Yeah, No.8 of Portugal volleyed the ball into the goal from 25 meters away
