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Irene: How is your team doing in the standings?
艾琳:你的团队排名如何?
Kent: They’re seeded sixth and they’re in a bracket with one of the best teams in the tournament. Our team has already lost to them.
肯特:他们排第六名,并且他们将要和这次比赛中最好的团队之一进行对决。还没比赛,我们的队伍就已经输了。
Irene: I thought it was a double-elimination tournament.
艾琳:我一直认为这是双淘汰比赛。
Kent: It is. That’s the only reason they’re not out of contention for the title.
肯特:是双淘汰赛。这是他们没有失去争夺冠军机会的唯一原因。
Irene: Why did the organizers get rid of the round-robin rounds?
艾琳:为什么组织者要除去循环赛呢?
Kent: I think it’s because they wanted to cut down on the number of games overall. I’m not sure.
肯特:我想他们是想减少全部比赛的数量,当然我也不确定。
Irene: Your team is the defending champion. What happened this year? Why aren’t they ranked higher?
艾琳:你的团队是上届冠军,今年是怎么了?为什么他们没有获得更高的排名?
Kent: They didn’t have a very good season. There were a lot of injuries, and as the coach, I had some run-ins with a couple of the new players. Let’s just say we had some clashes in personality.
肯特:现在对于他们并不是非常好的赛季,队伍里有很多人都受伤了,而且作为教练,我还插入了三两个新队员,我们只是说我们在性格方面有些不合。
Irene: Isn’t there a game this afternoon?
艾琳:今天下午没有比赛吗?
Kent: Yeah, but I have to feed my team first. They won’t play until they get what they want.
肯特:没有,但是我得去犒劳一下我的队员了,直到他们得到他们想要的他们才会去打比赛。
Irene: What do they want?
艾琳:他们想要什么?
Kent: Ice cream. Who knew six-year-olds could be so demanding?
肯特:冰淇淋。谁会想到六岁的孩子们要求这么高。
听力原文
Irene: How is your team doing in the standings?
Kent: They’re seeded sixth and they’re in a bracket with one of the best teams in the tournament. Our team has already lost to them.
Irene: I thought it was a double-elimination tournament.
Kent: It is. That’s the only reason they’re not out of contention for the title.
Irene: Why did the organizers get rid of the round-robin rounds?
Kent: I think it’s because they wanted to cut down on the number of games overall. I’m not sure.
Irene: Your team is the defending champion. What happened this year? Why aren’t they ranked higher?
Kent: They didn’t have a very good season. There were a lot of injuries, and as the coach, I had some run-ins with a couple of the new players. Let’s just say we had some clashes in personality.
Irene: Isn’t there a game this afternoon?
Kent: Yeah, but I have to feed my team first. They won’t play until they get what they want.
Irene: What do they want?
Kent: Ice cream. Who knew six-year-olds could be so demanding?