I love the team sports – like volleyball and basketball.

我喜欢集体项目——像排球和篮球。

A I also like the team sports.

A 我也喜欢集体项目。

B Oh yes, I love them too. I love the team sports – like volleyball and basketball.

B 哦，是的， 我也一样。我喜欢集体项目——像排球和篮球。

A Yes, and football too. The matches are always really exciting.

A 是的，还有足球。这些比赛总是非常激烈。

B I think there’s a good chance of gold in the volleyball.

B 我想排球有夺金的机会。

A Especially the women’s volleyball.

A 尤其是女排。

B Yes, I hope so. That would be great.

B 是的，我希望如此。女排夺金就太好了。

Notes 注释

1 You can describe sports such as football, volleyball, basketball, etc as team sports / team sports. Another way to describe other events which are not team sports is individual sports / individual sports.

你可以把足球、排球、篮球这样的运动描述成team sports /集体项目。描述其他不是集体运动的项目是individual sports /个人项目。

2 You can talk about the possibility of something happening by saying I think there’s a (good) chance . . . / I think there’s a (good) chance . . . e.g.: I think there’s a good chance China will win gold / I think there’s a good chance China will win gold; I think there’s a chance it might rain tomorrow / I think there’s a chance it might rain tomorrow.

你可以这样谈论发生某事的可能性I think there’s a (good) chance . . . /我想有(很大的)可能性. . .例如：I think there’s a good chance China will win gold /我想中国很可能夺得金牌； I think there’s a chance it might rain tomorrow /我想明天有可能下雨。

3 Especially / especially means the same as particularly / particularly, e.g. I especially like fish / I especially like fish.

Especially /尤其的意思和particularly /特别的意思一样。例如：I especially like fish /我特别喜欢吃鱼。

Key phrases and sentences

I also like the team sports.

Oh yes, I love them too.

I love the team sports – like volleyball and basketball.

Yes, and football too.

The matches are always really exciting.

I think there’s a good chance of gold in the volleyball.

Especially the women’s volleyball.

Yes, I hope so. That would be great.

我也喜欢集体项目。

哦，是的， 我也一样。

我喜欢集体项目——像排球和篮球。

是的，还有足球。

这些比赛总是非常激烈。

我想排球有夺金的机会。

尤其是女排。

是的，我希望如此。

女排夺金就太好了。