Golf
高尔夫球
对话 Dialogue
Good morning golf aficionados! My name is Rick Fields, and you guessed it, I am here with my main man, Bob Copeland.
各位高尔夫爱好者，早上好！我是瑞克·菲尔兹，没错，我身边这位是我的老搭档鲍勃·科普兰。
Thank you, Rick! As you can see, ladies and gentleman, we are here in beautiful Pebble Beach where the top golfers in the world are trying to win the grand prize of one million dollars!
谢谢瑞克！各位女士们先生们，正如你们所见，我们现在就在美丽的圆石滩，世界顶尖的高尔夫球手们正在争夺一百万美元的大奖！
Whoa, that’s a lot of cash! Let’s go to the course and see how Tiger Woods is doing.
哇，好大一笔钱！我们去球场看看泰格·伍兹表现如何。
All right, were’re here at the eighth hole. It’s a par four, and has some very difficult hazards which many golfers find difficult to avoid. Although, I did see Jack Nicklaus hit a hole in one on this very same hole!
好了，我们现在来到第八洞。这是一个标准杆四杆洞，有一些非常难避开的障碍，很多球手都觉得棘手。不过，我曾亲眼看到杰克·尼克劳斯在这个洞打出一杆进洞！
Tiger Woods is about to tee off, and let’s see if he has the same luck as Jack. Tiger is asking his caddie for his driver and, he seems to be very nervous.
泰格·伍兹正准备开球，让我们看看他有没有和杰克一样的好运。泰格正在问他的球童要一号木，而且他看起来非常紧张。
Oh no! Not a good swing at all! It’s definitely not his day today. On the seventh hole he got a bogey and before that he barely made par. He will definitely not get a birdie on this shot.
哦不！这一挥太差了！今天绝对不是他的幸运日。在第七洞他打了一个柏忌，之前也只是勉强保帕。这一杆他绝对打不出小鸟球。
It seems that his ball has flown somewhere deep in the trees. He is having a hard time finding it and even his caddie has climbed a tree to try and spot it.
看来他的球飞进了树林深处。他很难找到球，连他的球童都爬上树去搜寻。
Oh no! A bear! Run, Tiger, run! Somebody call animal control!
哦不！有熊！快跑，泰格，快跑！快叫动物管理部！
完整节目 Full Program
Hello English learners! Welcome back to another sports lesson with us here at EnglishPod! My name is Marco.
And I‟m Erica.
And today we‟re gonna be talking about a very interesting and very difficult game to play and it‟s golf.
So, we‟ve got some golf vocabulary for you in this lesson, um, and I think we… we better actually look at a few vocabulary words in “vocabulary preview” before we start with the dialogue. Voice: Vocabulary preview.
On vocabulary preview today we have three words and the first one is aficionado.
Aficionado.
An aficionado.
A golf aficionado.
Alright, so, this basically is a very fancy word of… is a very fancy way of saying “a fan”.
Yes, someone who likes something a lot.
Okay, so, you are an aficionado – I like golf.
Yeah, you can also be an a… a wine aficionado.
Okay, so, it‟s kind of like a hobby.
Yeah, you know a lot about it and you like it.
Uhu, and now our second word is not anywhere in the dialogue.
No, but we‟re gonna use it when we explain some of these words, so you need to know it.
Okay, the word is club.
Club.
A golf club.
Okay, so, a golf club is the tool you use to hit the golf ball.
Right, so, it‟s a long tube, basically, that… looks like a J, kind of.
Yeah, so, and you hit the ball with it.
Uhu, so, that‟s a golf club.
Uhu.
And now our third word is golf course.
Golf course.
A golf course.
A course.
So, this is the area where you play golf.
Yeah, it‟s… like the golf field.
Uh, exactly.
Yep.
So, it‟s a very big green area where you play golf. So, those are the three words we have for vocabulary preview, so now we could listen to our dialogue for the first time as we listen to our sports announcers Rick Fields and Bob Copeland and see what happens on this occasion.
So, a pretty exciting ending to that dialogue there…
Bear…
A bear on the… on the golf course.
Yeah, I wonder if Tiger‟s okay. Hehe.
I sure hope so, cause it would be a huge loss to the world of golf.
Right, so, we did learn a lot about golf, because they used some very specific and technical words for golf, so, let‟s look at these now in “language takeaway”. Voice: Language takeaway.
Alright, so, the announcers were talking about the game and they… and they… they‟re talking about the course and they s… and they‟re “here on the eighth hole” and they said that last time Jack Nicklaus hit a hole in one.
Hole in one.
A hole in one.
Okay, a hole in one.
So, this is when you hit the ball once and the ball goes in the hole.
Exactly, so, it something very difficult to do.
Yes.
Right? A hole in one.
I‟ve certainly never made one.
Hehe. Okay, so, sometimes it‟s also called an ace. So, it can be ahole in one or called an ace.
Uh, okay.
Now, for our second word… now, once we get to the hole, to the ninth hole or the tenth hole, we have to tee off.
To tee off.
Tee off.
So, when you tee off, um, you begin playing.
Right, so, it‟s the very first instance, where you put the little ball on the tee.
Uhu, and you hit the ball for the first time.
Exactly. So, to tee off.
Now, another, um, golf vocabulary, they‟re… they were talking about a caddie.
Right, a caddie.
A caddie.
Now, a caddie is a person.
Yes, it‟s the person who carries your golf clubs.
Exactly, so, he carries your bag…
Yep.
Your golf clubs and basically helps you while you‟re playing golf.
Yeah, he tells you which way you should hit the ball and maybe, you know, gives you a nice cold drink and…
Hehe. Yes.
Looks after you.
Very good. So, that‟s a caddie.
Uhu.
And now, the caddie, since he has to carry all the golf clubs, Tiger Woods asked him for his driver.
A driver.
Driver.
A driver.
Now, a driver is a type of golf club.
Right, it‟s not a person.
No, no, it‟s a type of golf club and it‟s a very big and heavy golf club that is used to tee off.
So, it‟s used to hit the ball a very long way.
Yes, that is called the driver.
Okay, so, and the next thing they were talking about were, um, some different types of scores that you could get on a hole. And the first one they mentioned was par.
Okay, so, you can make par.
Okay, or the par of the course can be „four‟.
Okay, very good. So, basically, the par is the maximum number ofswings or strokes you can make before putting the ball into the hole.
Right, so, it‟s like… it‟s like the… the… right, so, when the… the… when the… when a hol e is par four, you should only hit the ball four times.
Four times or less.
Yep.
Uhu, very good, now, if you don‟t make par, there‟re some options.
You can make a bogey.
Alright, a bogey.
A bogey.
Now, sometimes the golf course is very difficult.
Yeah.
So, instead of putting the ball in the hall, let‟s say in four „turns‟…
Yeah.
You do it in five.
Okay, so, it‟s one over par.
One over par.
So, that‟s bad.
Yeah, that‟s bad, because…
Yeah.
You get a point, so, it‟s kind of strange, because in golf the more points you have…
The worse you are.
The worse you are.
Yeah.
So, that is a bogey.
Now, they also talked about a birdie.
Birdie is the opposite – if you hit one under par.
So, that‟s good.
Yeah, that‟s good, because you have minus one – one less than par.
Alright, so, this is actually a lot of weird crazy strange language:birdie, bogey, caddie, driver.
Hehe.
Why don‟t we listen to the dialogue one more time to help us understand? DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)
Alright, great, so, I think it‟s clear now what type of rules they have in golf and how it works. So, why don‟t we take a look now at some of the phrases that we heard in the dialogue in “fluency builder”? Voice: Fluency builder.
Okay, well, one of the phrases I wanna talk about is something that Bob Copeland said. He said “As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, we‟re here at beautiful Pebble Beach”.
Okay, as you can see.
As you can see.
So, this usually goes in the beginning of a sentence.
Yeah, it‟s a way to say “I know you can see this”, “I‟m telling you something you know”.
Okay, so, maybe I‟m showing you my house…
Uhu.
And I can say “As you can see, our living room is very spacious”.
Yes, so, this is actually a really helpful phrase. It can help sound you really native-like, so, why don‟t we hear some examples of how it‟s used. Voice: Example one.
As you can see we recently remodeled our entire kitchen. Voice: Example two.
As you can see here the damage to the building is very serious. Voice: Example three.
As you can see the hairstylist made a mistake when cutting my hair.
Alright, great, so, as you can see. Now, for our second phrase, well, Tiger Woods wasn‟t doing very well and the announcer said it’s not his day.
It‟s not his day.
It‟s not his day today.
Alright, so, when it‟s not your day, um, you‟re having a bad time or a bad day.
Right, maybe you‟re having difficulties or you‟re having bad luckthat day.
Yeah, so, for example “Today, um, I, mm… had a headache and I ripped my pants and I spilled coffee on myself, so, it really wasn‟t my day”.
Okay, it‟s not your day today.
No.
Great phrase and also very common and s… makes you sound very native.
That‟s right. Now, the last phrase, um, similar to it’s not your day, we also heard that Tiger was having a hard time.
Okay, to have a hard time.
To have a hard time.
Now, if you have a hard time with something…
You have difficulty with it.
Okay, now, it‟s not only related to golf, right?
Of course you can talk about anything like this, so, “Oh, I‟m having a hard time understanding what this word means”.
Okay, or when I was in school I had a hard time with math.
Alright, me too.
Hehe. So, to have a hard time means that you have difficulties with something. So, great phrases, great words. Let‟s listen to this dialogue for the last time and then we‟ll come back and talk a little bit more about golf.
Alright, so, Marco, I know that in, um, the Western business world golf is actually super important for your career, isn‟t it?
Well, many times, you know, when you see in movies or the stereotype is that business is done on a golf course.
Yeah.
And yeah, it is true. Many times, you know, people will invite you out to a golf course and you‟ll be playing a game and, you know, talking business and relaxing at the same time.
So, maybe you… you negotiate a g… a deal out on the golf course.
Exactly, and of course, if you lose, it‟s a good thing, because then the deal will pull through.
Aha, okay. Well, actually, I know that is so important for people, um, who are wanting to do well in business and many people who don‟t speak English as their first language take golf English lessons.
Right, so, not only golf lessons like…
Yeah.
How to play golf, but also in English.
Like how to talk about golf, how to, um, you know, talk to other people and make deals while you‟re on the golf course.
Uhu, yeah, cause like in many other sports golf has also its slang and…
Yep.
Its terms and stuff. So, yeah, it‟s very interesting and it‟s one of those cultural things.
That‟s right. So, if you have any questions or comments about today‟s lesson, why don‟t you visit our website at englishpod.com.
Right, we‟re always there to answer any questions or doubts you might have and until next time, we‟ll see you there.
Good bye!
Bye! ***
复习 Review
The English part audio review.
Listen to the meaning, then say the vocabulary word.
Light golf stroke made on the putting green in an effort to place the ball into the hole.
Put an enthusiastic admire or follower, a fan.
Aficionado, an area of shortcut grass around the hole on a golf course.
Green, my right hand man, my important helper.
Main man, the action of a ball moving away from its straight path.
Break, money in the form of bills or coins, cash, a hazard on a golf course considering
a depression partly filled with sand, sand trap, golf club with an angled metal head, iron,
and obstacle, such as some water, found on a golf course.
Hazard, using only one shot to put the ball in the hole.
Hole in one, hit the ball for the first time on a hole.
T off, person who carries the golf clubs and gives advice.
Daddy, the club you use to hit the ball long distances, driver, the action of hitting
the golf ball, swing, not a good day for that person, not someone's day, score that
is one higher than it should be in golf.
Get the score you should for a certain hole.
Make par, one point lower than the score you should get.
Burdy, the action of hitting the ball.
Shot, a difficult time doing something, difficulty.
Hard time, the number of strokes considered necessary to complete.
Par, let's try that faster.
Light golf stroke made on the putting green in an effort to place the ball into the hole.
But, person who carries the golf clubs and gives advice.
The number of strokes considered necessary to complete.
Par, the action of hitting the ball.
Shot, hit the ball for the first time on a hole.
T off, a difficult time doing something, difficulty.
Hard time, get the score you should for a certain hole.
Make par, the action of hitting the golf ball.
Swing, an area of short cut grass around the hole on a golf course.
Green, one point lower than the score you should get.
Burdy, golf club with an angled metal head.
Iron, my right hand man, my important helper.
Main man, a hazard on a golf course considering of a depression partly filled with sand.
Sand trap, using only one shot to put the ball in the hole.
The action of a ball moving away from its straight path.
Break, not a good day for that person.
Not someone's day.
An obstacle, such as some water, found on a golf course.
Hazard, the club you use to hit the ball long distances.
Driver, an enthusiastic admire or follower, a fan.
Aficionado, score that is one higher than it should be in golf.
Bogey, money in the form of bills or coins.
Cash, now say the word and hear it in a sentence.
Hole in one.
That was amazing. I have never seen somebody hit a hole in one before.
Hole in one.
The odds of hitting a hole in one are one in 33,000.
Hole in one.
Brad almost made a hole in one today at the golf course.
We were all very excited.
T off.
Don't be late. We tee off at 9 a.m. sharp.
T off.
Tiger Woods is about to tee off the ninth hole.
Let's go see.
One of the most difficult parts of golfing is the tee off.
Par.
This hole is a par four, which means you have four or fewer swings to put the ball in the hole.
Par.
With a bit of luck, I made par on the 18th hole.
Par.
You need to make par in order to win.
Don't screw up.
Birdie.
He was so lucky. He got a birdie on this hole.
I thought he would just make par.
Birdie.
When a golfer puts the ball in the hole, one stroke under par, we call that a birdie.
Birdie.
Jim is such a great golfer.
He has been sinking birdies all day.
Hard time.
I'm having a really hard time finding my camera.
Have you seen it?
Hard time.
When I was in school, I had a hard time with math and chemistry.
Hard time.
I'm having a hard time hitting the ball more than 100 meters.