打球健身
01 he got a bang out of basketball.
他从篮球运动中得到了乐趣。
解析 ▲ get a bang out of...为固定词组，意为“……玩得过瘾”；go off with a bang则是表示“（指演出等）取得成功”，通常用于口语中，美语中则用作go over with a bang。
学学这样说
1. she is experienced in basketball. 她很会打篮球。
2. billy really knows his stuff when it comes to basketball. 谈到篮球时比利很精通。
3. have you been following the basketball tournament? 你一直都在看篮球联赛吗？
4. he is a famous basketball player. 他是一个著名的篮球运动员。
5. basketball is a popular sport. 篮球是一项受欢迎的运动。
6. children are talking about their favorite basketball players.
孩子们在讨论他们最喜欢的篮球运动员。
补充短语
be experienced in... 在……方面有经验
know one's stuff 了解，精通
02 i play basketball quite a lot.
我经常打篮球。
语法tips
quite a lot为固定词组，意为“很多”，可以用于动词之后，表示程度，相当于very much；也可以用作quite a lot of...，后接可数名词复数或是不可数名词，相当于many/ much...。
学学这样说
1. i used to go playing basketball with some of my friends every day.
以前我和一些朋友天天都去打篮球。
2. do you like playing basketball? 你喜欢打篮球吗？
3. the basketball championship was exciting. 那次篮球冠军赛真精彩。
4. how many years have you been playing basketball? 你打篮球多少年了？
5. there is a basketball game between class one and class two.
一班和二班有一场篮球赛。
6. while we are playing basketball, they are playing football.
我们在打篮球时，他们在踢足球。
应用对话
sarah: what do you usually do in your free time?
steven: i play basketball quite a lot.
莎拉：空闲的时候，你通常做什么？
史蒂文：我经常打篮球。
03 the football team has its heyday this season.
这支足球队在这一季处于顶峰阶段。
常用单词
football ['f?tb?:l] n. 足球，橄榄球
heyday ['he?de?] n. 全盛期
随机测验
a: the football team has _____ heyday this season.
b: i cannot agree with you more.
a. its b. his c. their d. her
翻译
a：这支足球队这一季处于顶峰阶段。
b：我同意你的说法。
答案：a
提示：have/in one's heyday为固定词组，意为“处于鼎盛时期”；heyday通常用作单数形式，意为“最成功/最繁荣/最强盛的时期”。
04 i saw him playing football on the playground.
我看见他在操场上踢足球。
解析 ▲ see sb doing sth为固定词组，意为“看见某人正在做某事”；而see sb do sth意为“看见某人做了某事”。同样的用法还有hear sb doing/do sth（听见某人正在做/做过某事）。
学学这样说
1. one day i want to be a football player. 我想以后成为一名足球运动员。
2. do you support a football team? 你喜欢哪一支足球队？
3. they can play soccer very well. 他们英式足球踢得很好。
4. i really enjoy watching football league on tv. 我很喜欢在电视上看足球联赛。
5. can i play football with you? 我可以和你一起踢足球吗？
6. i'm a goalie. 我是个守门员。
7. what position do you play? 你踢什么位置？
8. did you watch football match yesterday? 你昨天有没有看足球比赛？
9. he's good at playing football. 他足球踢得很好。
补充短语
football team 足球队
play soccer/football 踢足球
football match/league 足球赛/足球联赛
05 tom is passionate about baseball.
汤姆十分爱好棒球。
常用单词
passionate ['p???n?t] adj. 热情的，热烈的
baseball ['be?sb?:l] n. 棒球
语法tips
be passionate about...为固定词组，意为“对……热情/热切”，相当于take a passionate interest in...或是be passionately interested in...。
应用对话
mary: tom is passionate about baseball.
steven: no wonder that he is good at it.
玛丽：汤姆十分爱好棒球。
史蒂文：难怪他擅长打棒球。
06 we play badminton in the nearest gym every afternoon.
每天下午我们都去最近的体育馆打羽毛球。
语法tips
play badminton为固定词组，意为“打羽毛球”。the nearest...意为“最近的……”；near通常不可以直接修饰名词，表示地点或空间的接近，要用the/a nearby...。
学学这样说
1. he has strung his tennis racket. 他已将网球拍的弦上好了。
2. do you have a spare shuttlecock? 你有备用的羽毛球吗？
3. tennis is an important part of my life. 网球是我生活中的一个重要组成部分。
4. is volleyball included in the olympics? 排球是奥运会项目吗？
补充短语
tennis racket 网球拍
07 i gave him a good licking at billiards.
打桌球时，我把他打得大败。
解析 ▲ licking通常用作单数形式，用于非正式语境中，give sb a licking为固定词组，意为“痛打某人，打败某人”，get a licking则是表示“被痛打，被打败”。
学学这样说
1. your table tennis is excellent and i bow to your superior skill.
你乒乓球打得真好，我甘拜下风。
2. what are the differences between softball and baseball? 垒球与棒球有什么区别？
3. i like to play volleyball. 我喜欢打排球。
4. i can play badminton with you. 我可以陪你打羽毛球。
5. i'm not very good at badminton. 我羽毛球打得不太好。
6. how many people can play a game of badminton? 羽毛球比赛由几人进行？
7. i would try my hand at bowling. 我要尝试一下打保龄球。
8. not bowling again. 别再去打保龄球了。
补充短语
the difference between...and... ……和……的区别
try one's hand (at...) 初试身手
08 i'm completely buggered after this tennis game.
这场网球比赛可把我累垮了。
语法tips
buggered作形容词，用于非正式语境中，通常用作表语，意为“非常疲倦的，筋疲力尽的”，可以用副词completely，totally，utterly，entirely，absolutely等修饰，相当于tired，exhausted。
学学这样说
1. i'd like to try baseball. 我想尝试打棒球。
2. why not go to see a baseball game? 为什么不去看棒球比赛呢？
3. beach volleyball does not allow substitutes. 沙滩排球不允许替补。
4. steven is famous for his billiards technique. 史蒂文因他的桌球技术而出名。
5. tom, what time do you want to go bowling? 汤姆，你想什么时候去打保龄球？
6. he is an amateur tennis player. 他是一个业余的网球运动员。
7. there are only seven innings in a softball game. 垒球比赛只打7局。
8. you can develop your arm muscle by playing tennis.
你可以靠打网球练你的手臂肌肉。
应用对话
steven: i'm completely buggered after this tennis game.
mary: now you can have a good rest.
史蒂文：这场网球比赛可把我累垮了。
玛丽：现在你可以好好休息了。
09 i am an ace volleyball player.
我可是排球高手。
常用单词
ace [e?s] adj. 一流的，突出的
volleyball ['v?l?b?:l] n. 排球
随机测验
a: i am an _____ volleyball player.
b: incredible. i never know that.
a. expert b. layman c. ace d. specialist
翻译
a：我可是排球高手。
b：难以置信。我从来都不知道。
答案：c
提示：ace作可数名词，用于口语中，表示某些活动中的“能手”，也可修饰名词，如an ace pilot/footballer/marksman（王牌飞行员/足球健将/神射手）。