PETS－2语法讲解(173)

The Real goalie made a fantastic save.
　　对话
　　Larry: Did you see the Barcelona-Real Madrid match on TV yesterday?
　　Philip: Of course, what a game! Three goals each.
　　Larry: Who do you support?
　　Philip: Real Madrid, because I'm a Beckham fan.
　　Larry: Barcelona should have won it with that great shot on goal in the last minute.
　　Philip: Only they didn't because the Real goalie made a fantastic save.
　　赖利：你昨天有没有看电视转播的巴塞隆纳对皇家马德里球赛？
　　菲利普：当然有，真精采！双方各进三球。
　　赖利：你支持哪一方？
　　菲利普：皇家马德里，因为我是贝克汉迷。
　　赖利：巴塞隆纳最后一分钟射门，非常精采，应可取胜。
　　菲利普：只是他们功败垂成。皇马守门员救球救得好。
　　足球比赛的守门员，英文叫goaltender或goalkeeper，往往简称为keeper，俚语则称为goalie。He has played as goalie for our team for two years即‘他做我们球队的守门员已有两年’。
　　守门员必须懂得救球。‘救球’叫做save，作动词或名词都可以，例如：(1) I saved three shots, and thus enabled our team to win a 5-0 victory over Greece（我救了三球，使我们球队以五比○击败希腊队）。(2) He made/pulled off/brought off a diving save（他扑前救了一球）。Pull off、bring off都有‘完成（某事）’的意思，例如：He eventually pulled off/brought off the deal to everyone's satisfaction（他终于做成了那宗交易，令大家都觉满意）。Diving save的dive，本来指‘跳水’，引申其义，守门员扑前救球，也叫dive，例如：He dived for/made a dive for the ball, and caught it（他纵身扑球，接在手里）。
　　守门员失守，则叫做miss the ball，例如：The goalie was distracted and missed the ball（守门员分了心，没有把球挡往）。守门员没有把球接稳，则叫做drop a ball，例如：Their goalie dropped the ball, and our team scored another goal（他们的守门员没有把球接稳，我们球队于是又得一分）。Drop the ball还可引伸解作‘犯错’，例如：In handling this matter, I took care not to drop the ball（我处理这件事，小心翼翼，以防犯错）。