表达愿望

Conversation A : In the Locker Room 

MARTIN: Coach Havranek, thanks for meeting with me. May I ask you some questions? COACH: Yes. I have about ten minutes now. MARTIN: The team looks very good. Are you happy?

COACH: Yes, I'm very happy. The game is too slow. I want to see more action, but I'm happy. MARTIN: I don't want to talk only about this game. I want to talk about coaching. COACH: OK.

MARTIN: Did you want to be a university football coach? COACH: First, I wanted to be a professional football player. MARTIN: Did you play professional football? COACH: I played for two years. MARTIN: What happened? COACH: I broke my leg. MARTIN: In a football game?

COACH: No, in an accident. I fell out of a tree. MARTIN: A tree?!

COACH: It's funny now. But it wasn't funny then. I was playing with my children. I wanted to get a ball in the tree. I went up the tree. And the limb broke. I broke my leg in three places. MARTIN: And no more football.

COACH: That's right. I wanted to play, but my wife didn't want me to play. My leg wasn't good. MARTIN: Now you're a coach.

COACH: It's funny. I played football for ten years. I never had an accident. MARTIN: Do you like coaching?

COACH: Very much. I wanted to play football. But I like coaching very much. I'm very happy. MARTIN: You played professional football. You coach university football. Did you want to coach professional football?

COACH: No. I wanted to work with younger men. First. I wanted to coach high school football. I like

to work with young men and women. MARTIN: Did you want to teach?

COACH: Coaching is teaching. I wanted to see the young men and women grow. I liked to watch my children grow, and I wanted to watch other children grow. MARTIN: Do girls play football?

COACH: My girls did. They were very good. Some schools have football for boys and girls. MARTIN: You wanted to coach high school, but you are coaching university men now. COACH: That's right. The university wanted me. They asked me. MARTIN: What do you want to see this year?

COACH: I want to see my men grow. We're going to work very hard. MARTIN: What do you mean “grow”?

COACH: They were good last year. I want them to learn. I want them to become better.

Practice 1：want 除了用来表示想要某物外，还表示可以做某事，即： want to do (sth.) Examples:

MARTIN: I want to talk about coaching. I want to talk. COACH: I want to get a ball. I want to get. COACH: I want to play football. I want to play.

COACH: I wanted to work with younger men. I wanted to work.

会话A : 在更衣室

马 丁：赫弗拉尼克教练，谢谢你和我见面，我可以问你些问题吗? 教 练：可以，我现在大约有10分钟时间。 马 丁：球队看来不错，你高兴吗?

教 练：是的，我很高兴。比赛的节奏太慢，我想看到更多的攻势，但我仍感高兴。 马 丁：我不想把谈话仅局限于这场比赛，我想谈谈训练。 教 练：可以。

马 丁：你当初就想当大学橄榄球队教练吗? 教 练：最初，我想当名职业橄榄球运动员。

马 丁：你进过职业球队吗? 教 练：我在专业队打过两年球。 马 丁：出了什么事? 教 练：我摔断了腿。 马 丁：是在橄榄球赛中吗?

教 练：不是，在一次意外事故中，我从树上摔了下来。 马 丁：树上?

教 练：现在听起来很滑稽，但那时并不可笑。当时我和孩子一起玩，我想从树上取个球，但树枝断了，把腿摔断了3处。

马 丁：因此就不能打橄榄球了。

教 练：对，我还想打球，但我妻子不让我打球，我腿不好。 马 丁：现在你当上了教练。

教 练：很有趣，我打了10年橄榄球，从未出过事故。 马 丁：你喜欢教练工作吗?

教 练：非常喜欢，我原来想打橄榄球，但现在我非常喜欢教练工作，我很高兴。 马 丁：你过去是打职业橄榄球的，你现在训练大学橄榄球队，你想训练职业橄榄球队吗?

教 练：不，我想和年龄比我小的人在一起，起初，我想训练中学橄榄球队，我喜欢和年轻的男女在一起。

马 丁：你想过要教学吗?

教 练：训练就是教学，我想看着年轻人长大。我喜欢看着我孩子长大，我也想看着其他孩子长大。

马 丁：女孩也打橄榄球吗?

教 练：我队里的女孩打，他们打得很好。有些学校有男子橄榄球队和女子橄榄球队。 马 丁：你原想当中学教练，但你现在训练的是大学生。 教 练：对，大学需要我，他们请的我。 马 丁：你今年对你的球队有什么期望呢?

教 练：我想看到我的队员有更大长进，我们要刻苦训练。 马 丁：你说的长进是指什么?

教 练：他们去年打得很好，我想让他们多学习，我想让他们打得更好。 

Conversation B 

MARTIN: That was a wonderful game. Coach Havranek. Are you happy? COACH: I'm very happy! I wanted to win, and we did! MARTIN: Was this an important game?

COACH: Yes, it was an important game. It was the first game this year. That's very important. It's important to win the first game.

MARTIN: What did you want to learn in this game?

COACH: I wanted to learn where we have problems. I wanted to see the new men play. I wanted to know the men better.

MARTIN: Weren't the men all good?

COACH: They were good. I want them to be better. I want them to be very good. MARTIN: What did you see?

COACH: I saw some slow men. I saw some men with problems. I want to work very hard tomorrow. I want the men to work hard. We're going to work tomorrow. MARTIN: What are you going to do?

COACH: I want to Practice, Practice, Practice. MARTIN: What do you want to Practice?

COACH: I want to Practice running. The team is very slow. They can't run fast.I want them to run very fast.

MARTIN: What are you going to do?

COACH: We are going to run every day. And we're going to talk. MARTIN: Can the team be better?

COACH: Of course. They can be better. They can grow. MARTIN: Do you like coaching? COACH: Of course. I love coaching. MARTIN: Do you want to coach here?

COACH: Yes. I like coaching here at the university. MARTIN: What do you want to do in five years? COACH: Coach.

MARTIN: Do you want to coach here? COACH: Yes.

MARTIN: What do you want to do in ten years? COACH: Coach. MARTIN: Here?

COACH: I don't know. I want to coach high school. I want to teach younger boys and girls. MARTIN: Do you want to live here?

COACH: I want to see in ten years. I want a small school. I want to know every boy and girl. MARTIN: Are you going to coach football?

COACH: I can teach many sports. I like football, but I know soccer, baseball, softball. I know many sports.

MARTIN: Can you teach basketball?

COACH: I don't want to teach basketball. I don't like basketball. MARTIN: You're a very good coach.

COACH: Thank you. I had good teams. I had good men.

PLAYER: Excuse me, Coach. We're going to a party. Do you want to come? COACH: I don't know. Martin, do you want to go to a party? MARTIN: I want to talk. Can we talk at the party? COACH: I don't know. Where are we going? PLAYER: We're going to the River Hotel. COACH: Who is going?

PLAYER: I don't know. The team. All the players. COACH: We can talk at the hotel. MARTIN: I want to come.

COACH: Good. I'm going to Fort Worth tomorrow. We can talk tonight. Let's go. MARTIN: Thanks.

COACH: Do you have a car? MARTIN: Yes, I do. COACH: Let's take your car.

会话B

马 丁：赫弗拉尼克教练，这场比赛好极了，你高兴吗? 教 练：我非常高兴，我想赢，我们真的赢了! 马 丁：这场比赛很重要吗?

教 练：是的，这是场重要比赛，这是今年的第一场比赛，所以非常重要。赢得第一场比赛具有重要意义。

马 丁：你想从这场比赛中了解什么呢?

教 练：我想了解我们的问题所在，我想看看新手打球，我想进一步了解这些队员。 马 丁：所有队员打得都好吗?

教 练：他们打得不错，我想让他们打得更好，我想让他们打得非常出色。 马 丁：你发现了什么问题呢?

教 练：我发现有些队员行动缓慢，有些队员存在问题。我想明天努力训练，我要让队员刻苦训练，我们明天就训练。 马 丁：你打算怎么做?

教 练：我想练习，练习，再练习。 马 丁：你想练习什么?

教 练：我想练习跑步，队员速度很慢，他们跑得不快，我要让他们跑得非常快。 马 丁：你将采取什么措施?

教 练：我们将每天跑步，还将进行讨论。 马 丁：这个球队能打得更好吗?

教 练：当然，他们能打得更好，他们能成长起来。 马 丁：你喜欢教练工作吗? 教 练：当然，我热爱教练工作。 马 丁：你想在这儿当教练吗?

教 练：是的，我喜欢在这所大学里当教练。 马 丁：你5年后想做什么? 教 练：当教练。

马 丁：你想在这儿当教练吗? 教 练：是的。

马 丁：你10年后想干什么?

教 练：当教练。 马 丁：在这儿吗?

教 练：说不准。我想在中学当教练，我想训练年龄小些的男孩和女孩。 马 丁：你想住在这儿吗?

教 练：我想10年后再看看，我想在一个小型中学当教练，我相结识每个男孩和女孩。 马 丁：你还要当橄榄球教练吗?

教 练：我能教许多体育项目，我喜欢橄榄球，但我也懂足球，棒球，垒球。我懂许多体育项目。 马 丁：你能教蓝球吗?

教 练：我不喜欢教蓝球，我不喜欢蓝球。 马 丁：你是名出色的教练。

教 练：谢谢，我有好球队，我有好队员。

队 员：对不起，教练，我们要参加一个聚会，你想来吗? 教 练：我不知道。马丁，你想去参加聚会吗? 马 丁：我还想谈谈，我们能否在聚会上交谈? 教 练：我不知道，我们去哪儿? 队 员：我们去大河饭店。 教 练：都谁去?

队 员：我说不准，球队，所有的球员。 教 练：我们可以在饭店交谈。 马 丁：我想去。

教 练：好，我明天去沃斯堡，我们可以在今晚交谈，走吧。 马 丁：谢谢。 教 练：你有车吗? 马 丁：是的，有。 教 练：那就坐你的车吧。 

New Words and Expressions 生词和短语 

locker n. (存放衣帽等的)柜；抽屉

locker room 衣帽间，更衣室 professional adj. 职业的 accident n. 事故 funny adj. 滑稽可笑的 limb n. 树的分枝

broke v. break的过去式形式，打破 video n. 录像 soccer n. 足球

Proper Nouns 专有名词

Fort Worth 沃斯堡 River Hotel 大河饭店

Language Points 语言要点

1.介词 in 可以是“在……以后”的意思，相当于 at the end of，用来表示将来的时间，类似的短语还有：

in five years 5年后 in three months 3个月后 in ten years 10年后 in seven days 7天后

2.better, younger 等是形容词/副词的比较级形式，通常用于两者间的比较。比较级的规则变法是：形容词/副词+er。better 是 good 或 well 的比较级是不规则变化。比较级常用的结构是“形容词/副词+er+than”，例如：

The player is younger than the coach. 运动员比教练年轻。 The coach plays better than players. 教练比运动员打得好。

Some players are slower than others. 一些运动员比另一些运动员速度慢。

Cultural Notes 文化注释

美式橄榄球(American football，亦称美式足球)运动起源于英国的橄榄球(rugby)赛，与一般的足球(即英式足球)截然不同。美国人称英式足球为 soccer。秋天，美国橄榄球运动是大、中学校里最流行的

体育运动。美国所有较大的城市几乎都有橄榄球队，职业橄榄球比赛的观众人数比大学橄榄球比赛还要多，职业橄榄球比赛常常在星期日的下午或晚上举行。比赛用的是椭圆形的皮球，各方的11名运动员可以带球并互相拥抱住摔倒对手，目的是带球，传球并攻入对方球门。