icecream 英语日常口语 Unit48:Strawberries and cream

英语日常口语 Unit48:Strawberries and cream  

本单元是关于草莓和冰淇淋的对话,John: Oh Helen! Fancy bumping into you at Wimbledon!
Helen: And I was having such a nice time too.
John: Bet you're here on one of those cheap afternoon tickets, aren't you?
Helen: Yeah but for a fiver they're such a bargain.
John: I wouldn't know. I've been here all day - in the Centre Court posh seats - not much change from fifty quid. Well, I won't keep you. I need to get on with my horrendously expensive strawberries and cream before they get warm.
Helen: Oh, look out!
John: Arrghh! I'm covered in strawberries and cream!
Man: I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going.
Helen: Look on the bright side John. At least with all that red and white, you look ...,
Vocabulary:（字汇）,a fiver (informal):（50英镑，非正式）
five pounds (money),fifty quid (informal):（50英镑，非正式）
fifty pounds (money),berry nice:（"粉"好看）
The usual expression is "very nice" but because the man spilt strawberries (or berries) on John, Helen is making a joke because "berry" and "very" sound similar.,pretty in pink:（粉红色很好看）
Usually you say to a girl or woman wearing pink clothes that she looks "pretty in pink". Helen is making a joke because John is covered in pink not because he is wearing pink clothes but because the man spilt strawberries on him.,a real smoothie:
This has o meanings. One is a kind of drink made of fruit, cream, juice mixed together. The other meaning describes someone who is very smooth, sophisticated or suave. So Helen is making a joke here because John looks like a drink (with all the strawberries and cream spilt on him) and she is also being sarcastic (making a joke by saying something that is the opposite of the truth) when she says he looks smooth because, of course, he doesn't look smooth at all!,本单元的语言点是和网球有关的词汇，请看下面和与网球有关的一些字汇,Tennis vocabulary,Here is some vocabulary about playing and scoring tennis. 本节介绍一些与网球有关的一些字汇。,
Basics（基本）,a player
one of the people involved in playing a game, e.g. tennis player or football player,singles
a game beeen o players,doubles
a game involving four players (o on each side),a serve
a point begins with a player serving the ball. This means one player hits the ball towards the other player. (The serve must be played from behind the baseline and must land in the service box. Players get o attempts to make a good serve.),a server
the player who hits the ball first for each point in a game,a receiver
the player who hits the ball back after a serve,ends
each side of the court (that begins with a baseline),the baseline
the line marking the front and back of a tennis court,the
the piece of material across the middle of the tennis court that divides the court in half,sideline - the left and right edges of a tennis court,
Scoring（得分）,game
a player wins a game if, generally, they are the first player to win four points,set
Generally, the first player to win six games wins a set,match
Usually, in men's tennis, the first player to win three sets wins the match. In women's tennis, the first player to win o sets wins the match,deuce
if a score gets to 40-40, the score is called deuce - at this stage, the winner of the game is the first player to now win o points in a row,tiebreak
if both players win 6 games each then there is a tie-break. In a tiebreak, the first player to win seven points, wins the tiebreak (note: like deuce, if both players get to six points, then the winner is the player who now wins o points in a row),love
a score of zero points in a game or zero games in a set,match point
a player who only needs one more point to win the match is said to be at match point,all
indicates the scores are level. For example, '15-all' means that both players have a score of 15,ball boy/girl
professional tournaments use young boys or girls to collect tennis balls during a game,ball change
in tournaments the balls are changed after a certain number of games to ensure they stay as bouncy as possible,
Types of shots（发球形态）,down-the-line
a shot that travels parallel to and along the sideline,drive
a hard, straight shot often used to pass an opponent at the ,drop shot gently played shot that just gets over the so the other player can't reach it,fault
a serve which hits the and / or lands outside the service box,foot fault
this happens when a server's feet touch the ground in front of the baseline or the wrong side of the centre mark before hitting the ball,ground stroke - a shot that is made after the ball has bounced,volley
a shot hit before the ball bounces,half-volley
a shot hit just as the ball bounces,let
when a serve hits the top of the and lands within the service box, it is known as a 'let' and the server must serve again