The script of this programme 本節(jié)目臺詞

The sound of an English village cricket match

Helen: Hello, welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English. I'm Helen.

William: I think that is one of the most English sounds that exists: a village cricket match.

Helen: Cricket 板球。一說起板球我就想到英國的鄉(xiāng)村。到了夏天，在很多小鎮(zhèn)上都能看到人們穿著雪白的運動套裝打板球。不過我想這項運動對我們中國朋友們來說還是比較陌生的。

William: Well, that doesn't surprise me. So in this week's On the Town we are going to the very fringes of London to find out all about England's national sport. Hi, I'm William Kremer.

Helen: And I'm Helen. Hi!

William: I spoke to Brendan O'Donovan, who is a keen amateur cricket player at Chesham Cricket Club. You're going to hear three important cricketing terms: Batting.

Helen: 擊球。

William: Fielding.

Helen: 接球。

William: Runs.

Helen: 得分數(shù)，跑壘。

William: So let's listen to Brendan now. See if you can hear how many people are on a cricket team.

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Cricket is a summer sport. It involves two teams of eleven players. And one team is the batting side and one team is the fielding side and one team needs to score more runs than the other side. And you accumulate a run by running between one line and another in the middle of the pitch.

William: Did you hear the answer? Cricket involves two teams of 11 people. One team is the batting side and one team is the fielding side.

Helen: 兩個隊會交換位置，看誰能夠積累更多的跑壘次數(shù) to score runs. 讓我們再聽聽 Brendan. 請留意這個問題的答案：打一場板球賽要多少時間？

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The average club cricketer, playing on a Saturday afternoon in England, will play a game which lasts most of the afternoon, starting at about 1.00, and finishing around 7.30, 8.00 in the evening. So it takes up a whole day, a whole summer's day. The game is split into two halves called innings. After the end of the first innings there's normally a break and we take tea, which is generally made up of sandwiches and cakes and obviously we drink tea. And then we go out and we have the second half of the match.

Helen: Wow, 不得了，那么久！

William: A cricket match typically lasts a whole summer's day, from around 1.00pm until 7.30 or 8.00pm. There are two halves to the game called innings.

Helen: Innings 回合。 在兩個回合中間的休息時間，兩個隊會喝下午茶 take tea，還有三明治和點心吃。But William, how can a game last as long as a whole day?

William: Well, international games can last up to five days, Helen! Brendan admits cricket can seem quite a drawn-out game to outsiders.

Helen: A drawn-out game 持續(xù)很久的運動。 So what's its appeal?

William: Its appeal is in the strategic element.

Helen: The strategic element 戰(zhàn)略因素。 Let's listen to Brendan.

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The strategic element is far greater in cricket than it is in practically any other sport. Whilst the other team are bowling and fielding there's a lot of thinking about where you have to place your fielders, exactly where you decide to bowl. So, whilst it might seem quite a drawn-out game to people who aren't used to watching cricket, there's always something to talk about because there are lots of decisions being made each ball.

Helen: There's always something to talk about.

William: Well, that's certainly true. And people might be surprised to hear that for such a long game, cricket commentary on the radio is very popular in England. Let's listen to a clip from last Sunday's match between England and Sri Lanka:

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Jonathan Agnew: Lovely sound out there. It's the sound of Lords, sound of summer.

Phil Tufnell: Lovely day as well, nice and hot isn't it, this morning.

Jonathan Agnew: This seagull, I think slightly off-course. He's come in quite low across us. He's a long way from the sea. Off goes Cook. Good ball from Kulase(kara), kind of pushed across him, might have to come down the slope a little bit and beat him.

Phil Tufnell: They found a penguin didn't they? Did you read about that? They found a penguin in New Zealand. Now, that's a long way off course! Isn't it?

Jonathan Agnew: Don't they have penguins in New Zealand?

Phil Tufnell: No, I don't think so. He was from Antarctic.

Helen: Er... William, 這兩個解說員他們怎么在聊企鵝和海鷗呢？

William: Well, Helen, a whole day is a long time! So the commentators don't just talk about the sport but they chat with each other in a pleasant way. In fact, the relaxed style of commentary is one of the things that people like about listening to cricket.

Helen: Hmm. 不過我還是不能完全理解。在我們結(jié)束之前，先復(fù)習一下吧。用板球棒擊球英語是什么？

William: Batting.

Helen: 比賽中場休息時，隊員們吃的那頓飯叫什么？

William: Tea.

Helen: 持續(xù)很久的比賽叫什么？

William: A drawn-out game.

Helen: Well done! 謝謝收聽，我們下次再見。Bye!

William: Bye!