地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客587:比賽排名

Irene: How is your team doing in the standings?

艾琳：你的團(tuán)隊(duì)排名如何?

Kent: They’re seeded sixth and they’re in a bracket with one of the best teams in the tournament. Our team has already lost to them.

肯特：他們排第六名，并且他們將要和這次比賽中最好的團(tuán)隊(duì)之一進(jìn)行對(duì)決。還沒(méi)比賽，我們的隊(duì)伍就已經(jīng)輸了。

Irene: I thought it was a double-elimination tournament.

艾琳：我一直認(rèn)為這是雙淘汰比賽。

Kent: It is. That’s the only reason they’re not out of contention for the title.

肯特：是雙淘汰賽。這是他們沒(méi)有失去爭(zhēng)奪冠軍機(jī)會(huì)的唯一原因。

Irene: Why did the organizers get rid of the round-robin rounds?

艾琳：為什么組織者要除去循環(huán)賽呢?

Kent: I think it’s because they wanted to cut down on the number of games overall. I’m not sure.

肯特：我想他們是想減少全部比賽的數(shù)量，當(dāng)然我也不確定。

Irene: Your team is the defending champion. What happened this year? Why aren’t they ranked higher?

艾琳：你的團(tuán)隊(duì)是上屆冠軍，今年是怎么了?為什么他們沒(méi)有獲得更高的排名?

Kent: They didn’t have a very good season. There were a lot of injuries, and as the coach, I had some run-ins with a couple of the new players. Let’s just say we had some clashes in personality.

肯特：現(xiàn)在對(duì)于他們并不是非常好的賽季，隊(duì)伍里有很多人都受傷了，而且作為教練，我還插入了三兩個(gè)新隊(duì)員，我們只是說(shuō)我們?cè)谛愿穹矫嬗行┎缓稀?/p>

Irene: Isn’t there a game this afternoon?

艾琳：今天下午沒(méi)有比賽嗎?

Kent: Yeah, but I have to feed my team first. They won’t play until they get what they want.

肯特：沒(méi)有，但是我得去犒勞一下我的隊(duì)員了，直到他們得到他們想要的他們才會(huì)去打比賽。

Irene: What do they want?

艾琳：他們想要什么?

Kent: Ice cream. Who knew six-year-olds could be so demanding?

肯特：冰淇淋。誰(shuí)會(huì)想到六歲的孩子們要求這么高。