VOA英语听力 SPORTS ENGLISH（WORD文本）：SE005.doc

1、标题：体育美语 Sports English：005 Tennis听力内容： (Tennis ball sounds)Y: Hi, this is Yang Chen.P: And Im Patrick. And today we are playing a game of tennis.Y: (calling out) Okay, Patrick Its your serve!P: To serve S-E-R-V-E is to put the tennis ball in play by throwing it up into the air and hitting it with a

2、racquet.Y: Oh, come on, Patrick. Would you quit talking and serve the ball?P: OK. Here I go! (thwok, thwok) Good return, Yang Chen! (ThwokfunnyY: Hey, Patrick, that ball was over the line. The ball was out, 你出界了。我应该得一分。So it is my point.P: That means the score is Love Fifteen. Love for me and fiftee

3、n for you.Y: Love? L-O-V-E? 爱？这和爱有什么关系？Whats love got to do with it, Patrick? (MusicTina Turner)P: Love in tennis scoring means “Zero”。 And right now I have zero points.Y: You have love - 不是你有爱情，而是说你是零分， zero points, 可是我怎么会有15分呢？P: Tennis scoring is very complicated, isnt it? To win a game a player

4、must win four points and two more points than his opponent. The first point is called fifteen.Y: 那么 the second point is called thirty?P: Thats right. The second point is called thirty, and the third point is called .Y: Forty-five?P: No, it is called forty.Y: Why not forty-five?P: 传统上是这样 - its just the tradition now, as there were several historical reasons for it decided by the French.Y: Okay, serve again, Patrick! (Thwok, Thwok).P: Oh no, I missed the ball!Y: I guess that makes the score love thirty! But you have love!