和老外聊天的地道口語第104期:人人都愛貝克漢姆

M: I don't know why people are just mad about David Beckham. Is there really anything so fascinating with him?
J: He appeals to the fans thanks to two things: his bending kicks and his good looks.
M: you mean he plays well? Yeah, he often scores by free kicks in crucial games. But a football match is by no means merely a show of taking free kicks.
J: Certainly not. What really counts is to play as a team, passing the ball amongst each other, dodging defenders. Free kicks are a result of all the teammates' collective ver, a few free kicks often make everything different, especially scoring one such goal in the nick of time.
M: In the case,maybe facial charm should be his leading card. After all,the majority of his fans are girls.
J: yes, his nice looks are manly,with a straight nose and infinite eyes. As a man of medium height in the West,he keeps a powerful but elegant figure,looking neither lanky nor stout.
M: and he is English!He makes a model gentleman when he puts on a black suit and speaks with a typical British accent.

我真搞不懂,爲什麼人們那樣癡迷於大衛貝克漢姆.他這人有什麼神祕之處嗎?
我想,球迷們喜歡他的兩個地方:一是他踢出的香蕉球,另一個是他長得很帥.
你是說他踢得好?是的,他經常在重要比賽中主罰任意球得分.但是足球賽可不僅僅是秀一秀誰的任意球踢得好啊.
當然不是啦.真正重要的是團隊協作,互相傳球以及撕開對方的防線.任意球也是全隊上下一起努力的結果.但是來幾個任意球,場上局面就很可能會變化很大,尤其是在比賽最後幾分鐘的進球.
這麼說來,他的王牌就要數他那張富有魅力的臉了.畢竟,他的粉絲中女孩子真是不少.
對!那張散發着男人味的臉,鼻樑筆直,目光深邃.另外,他的身高在西方人中算是中等,卻有着一副不胖不瘦,強有力,氣質高雅的好身材.
而且,他是英國人!他身穿黑大衣,一口英國腔,一看就是個標準的紳士.

fascinating:extremely interesting and attractive 極有吸引力的；迷人的
a fascinating story/subject 迷人的故事；趣味無窮的話題
The results of the survey made fascinating reading. 調查結果令人讀起來饒有興味。
It's fascinating to see how different people approach the problem. 看到不同的人怎樣處理這個問題真是有趣極了。
I fail to see what women find so fascinating about him. 我就看不出他哪一點使女人神魂顛倒。

dodge:to move quickly and suddenly to one side in order to avoid somebody/something 閃開；躲開；避開
He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲開來往的車輛跑過馬路。
The girl dodged behind a tree to hide from the other children. 這女孩閃身躲到樹後不讓其他孩子看見。

collective:done or shared by all members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society 集體的；共有的；共同的
collective leadership/decision-making 集體領導╱決策
collective responsibility 共同責任
collective consciousness/memory(= things that a group of people or a community know or remember, that are often passed from parents to children) 集體意識╱記憶

lanky:of a person 人 having long thin limbs and moving in an awkward way 瘦長（或胳膊腿細長）而行動笨拙的
a tall, lanky teenager 身材瘦長的少年