初级美语Lesson30:ExpressingWants表达愿望

Conversation A : In the Locker Room

MARTIN: Coach Havranek, thanks for meeting with me. May I ask you some questions?
COACH: Yes. I have about ten minutes now.
MARTIN: The team looks very good. Are you happy?
COACH: Yes, I'm very happy. The game is too slow. I want to see more action, but I'm happy.
MARTIN: I don't want to talk only about this game. I want to talk about coaching.
COACH: OK.
MARTIN: Did you want to be a university football coach?
COACH: First, I wanted to be a professional football player.
MARTIN: Did you play professional football?
COACH: I played for two years.
MARTIN: What happened?
COACH: I broke my leg.
MARTIN: In a football game?
COACH: No, in an accident. I fell out of a tree.
MARTIN: A tree?!
COACH: It's funny now. But it wasn't funny then. I was playing with my children. I wanted to get a ball in the tree. I went up the tree. And the limb broke. I broke my leg in three places.
MARTIN: And no more football.
COACH: That's right. I wanted to play, but my wife didn't want me to play. My leg wasn't good.
MARTIN: Now you're a coach.
COACH: It's funny. I played football for ten years. I never had an accident.
MARTIN: Do you like coaching?
COACH: Very much. I wanted to play football. But I like coaching very much. I'm very happy.
MARTIN: You played professional football. You coach university football. Did you want to coach professional football?
COACH: No. I wanted to work with younger men. First. I wanted to coach high school football. I like to work with young men and women.
MARTIN: Did you want to teach?
COACH: Coaching is teaching. I wanted to see the young men and women grow. I liked to watch my children grow, and I wanted to watch other children grow.
MARTIN: Do girls play football?
COACH: My girls did. They were very good. Some schools have football for boys and girls.
MARTIN: You wanted to coach high school, but you are coaching university men now.
COACH: That's right. The university wanted me. They asked me.
MARTIN: What do you want to see this year?
COACH: I want to see my men grow. We're going to work very hard.
MARTIN: What do you mean “grow”?
COACH: They were good last year. I want them to learn. I want them to become better.

Practice 1：want 除了用来表示想要某物外，还表示可以做某事，即：
want to do (sth.)
Examples:
MARTIN: I want to talk about coaching. I want to talk.
COACH: I want to get a ball. I want to get.
COACH: I want to play football. I want to play.
COACH: I wanted to work with younger men. I wanted to work.

会话A : 在更衣室
马  丁：赫弗拉尼克教练，谢谢你和我见面，我可以问你些问题吗?
教  练：可以，我现在大约有10分钟时间。
马  丁：球队看来不错，你高兴吗?
教  练：是的，我很高兴。比赛的节奏太慢，我想看到更多的攻势，但我仍感高兴。
马  丁：我不想把谈话仅局限于这场比赛，我想谈谈训练。
教  练：可以。
马  丁：你当初就想当大学橄榄球队教练吗?
教  练：最初，我想当名职业橄榄球运动员。
马  丁：你进过职业球队吗?
教  练：我在专业队打过两年球。
马  丁：出了什么事?
教  练：我摔断了腿。
马  丁：是在橄榄球赛中吗?
教  练：不是，在一次意外事故中，我从树上摔了下来。
马  丁：树上?
教  练：现在听起来很滑稽，但那时并不可笑。当时我和孩子一起玩，我想从树上取个球，但树枝断了，把腿摔断了3处。
马  丁：因此就不能打橄榄球了。
教  练：对，我还想打球，但我妻子不让我打球，我腿不好。
马  丁：现在你当上了教练。
教  练：很有趣，我打了10年橄榄球，从未出过事故。
马  丁：你喜欢教练工作吗?
教  练：非常喜欢，我原来想打橄榄球，但现在我非常喜欢教练工作，我很高兴。
马  丁：你过去是打职业橄榄球的，你现在训练大学橄榄球队，你想训练职业橄榄球队吗?
教  练：不，我想和年龄比我小的人在一起，起初，我想训练中学橄榄球队，我喜欢和年轻的男女在一起。
马  丁：你想过要教学吗?
教  练：训练就是教学，我想看着年轻人长大。我喜欢看着我孩子长大，我也想看着其他孩子长大。
马  丁：女孩也打橄榄球吗?
教  练：我队里的女孩打，他们打得很好。有些学校有男子橄榄球队和女子橄榄球队。
马  丁：你原想当中学教练，但你现在训练的是大学生。
教  练：对，大学需要我，他们请的我。
马  丁：你今年对你的球队有什么期望呢?
教  练：我想看到我的队员有更大长进，我们要刻苦训练。
马  丁：你说的长进是指什么?
教  练：他们去年打得很好，我想让他们多学习，我想让他们打得更好。

《初级美语Lesson30:ExpressingWants表达愿望》永久阅读地址: http://91kudian.com/yingyu/2276/