2017年下半年英语六级口语备考练习（66）

2017年下半年英语六级口语备考练习（66）

　　Todd: Alex, when you were little, what did you like to do?

　　艾利克斯，你小时候喜欢做什么?

　　Alex: When I was small and I was in junior high school we used to like playing soccer with my friends. Actually in Kenya, what's different from other countries, we used to make our own soccer ball to play. So, it's very easy.

　　我上高中的时候喜欢和朋友踢足球。肯尼亚与其他国家的区别就在于，我们要自己制作足球。这十分简单。

　　Todd: Wow. How do you make the soccer ball?

　　哇。你怎么做足球?

　　Alex: We used to collect like plastic papers and bind them with string, around them to make something round. So it was like, you didn't have to spend any money.

　　我们会收集塑料纸，用绳子捆起来，再找圆的东西照在外面。这样，你就不用花钱买足球了。

　　Todd: Wow, that's ingeneous. That's great. So were you a good soccer player?

　　哇，真是聪明。真棒。你球踢得好吗?

　　Alex: Not really. I used to like playing soccer but I was not very good, actually to tell the truth

　　不是很好。我以前很喜欢踢足球，但说实话并不是很擅长。

　　Todd: Yeah, me too. I wasn't a very good athlete. I mean I like sports but I was never any good. Um, so do you play soccer in Japan?

　　我也是。我不是很擅长运动。我的意思是我喜欢运动，但我并不擅长。嗯，你在日本也踢球吗?

　　Alex: Sometimes, until last year when I was in school I still played soccer. Right now, actually I'm not playing anymore because I'm like busy.

　　有时候踢，去年我在学校的时候还踢足球呢。现在不踢了，因为忙起来了。

　　Todd: Yeah.

　　是的。

　　Alex: Yeah. You can't play soccer without a big group of people and everyone is busy right now so I'm not playing anymore.

　　是的。要踢球必须找一大批朋友，而现在大家都很忙，所以就不踢了。

　　Todd: Yeah, that's a bummer. Like I always want to play sports but it's hard as you get older. When's the last time you played soccer?

　　是的，这点很麻烦。我喜欢运动，但年纪越大坚持越难。你上一次踢足球是什么时候?

　　Alex: About one year ago. I think November of 199?,...2003, November.

　　大约一年前。好像是九几年11月，或者03年11月。

　　Todd: OK. Actually in Kenya do you call it soccer or football?

　　在肯尼亚你们管足球叫“soccer”还是“football”?

　　Alex: In Kenya you call it football.

　　在肯尼亚，人们管足球叫“football”。

　　Todd: Football. I'm sorry.

　　“football”。真遗憾。

　　Alex: Actually, I've been in Japan for sometime so I'm used to calling it soccer. In Kenya you call it football.

　　我在日本已经待了一段时间了，所以习惯叫足球“soccer”了。在肯尼亚我们叫它“football”。