Conversation A : In the Locker¹ 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 professional² 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 limb³ 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 teaching⁴. 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。

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