1、标题：体育美语 Sports English：048 砍木头比赛 - Logger Sports听力内容：Y: 谢谢你邀请我和你一起过圣诞节。P: You know, Yang Chen, I think the best thing about Christmas is spending time with people you care about.Y: Thats true. 还有壁炉，太棒了。你点壁炉的木头是哪里来的?P: I chopped down the trees and cut the wood myself. I really enjoy doing logger spor
2、ts.Y: Logger sports?P: Yeah, in America people race to see who can cut down trees and chop wood the fastest.Y: Oh, thats so stupid，比赛谁砍木头砍得快。P: Thats right. In college I was on a wood chopping team, but eventually I got the axe.Y: Got the axe? 看来你真的很投入，还自己买一把斧头。P: Actually, no. When you say you got
3、the axe, it means you were kicked out of a group. For example, after I was late to work three days in a row, my boss finally gave me the axe.Y: 你老板把你开除了?P: I really have an axe to grind with him.Y: 你可不要拿着斧头去威胁你的老板。P: When you say you have an axe to grind with someone, it means that you are mad becau
4、se he or she did something bad to you.Y: For example?P: If I generously invited someone to my house for Christmas and she didnt even bother to bring me a present, I would probably have an axe to grind with her.Y: Of course I brought you a present!P: What is it?Y: Me! My wonderful company!P: Can I exchange your wonderful company for something else at the store?Y: Hohoho, Merry Christmas!
