PETS二级语法讲解169

She's got a really useful right foot.

　　John: My sister's really keen on soccer.
　　Eric: Really, what team does she support?
　　John: She doesn't support any in particular. When I say keen, I mean she's an enthusiastic player. She plays for a local women's team.
　　Eric: Is she any good？
　　John: Well, she's scored ten goals so far this season. She's got a really useful right foot.
　　Eric: Well if that's the case, you really must take me to see her play sometime.

　　约翰：我妹妹是个足球迷。
　　艾利克：是吗？她支持哪一队？
　　约翰：她并不支持某一队。我说'迷'，是指她热衷于踢足球。她是本地一支女子足球队成员。
　　艾利克：她踢得好吗？
　　艾利克：果然如此，你得找个时间和我去看她比赛。

　　约翰说：My sister's really keen on soccer.Keen即'热衷的'，但约翰的妹妹是热衷于看足球还是踢足球，这句话可没说清楚。清楚一点的说法是：My sister is a keen soccer player/a keen soccer spectator（我妹妹很喜欢踢足球/看足球）。

　　Spectator是'观者'；有大量观众的运动，英文就叫spectator sport，例如：Basketball is one of the most popular spectator sports in the US（篮球在美国是观众欢迎的运动之一）。留意keen字之后，一般用on带出名词或动名词 （gerund），即所喜欢的事物。有时，也会用about，例如：（1） He isn't very keen on/about selling the house（他对于卖房子兴趣缺缺）。（2） I can see that Tom is keen on/about my sister（我看得出汤姆很喜欢我妹妹）。说人足球踢得好，英文一句常用语是He has got a useful right foot（他的右脚很有用）。例如：You may not agree that Beckham has got a useful right foot, but he has earned hundreds of millions of dollars as a soccer player（你也许不认为贝克汉的足球技术了得，但他当足球运动员，赚钱以亿元计）。你还可用其它形容词说足球运动员的右脚，例如：（1） He is probably the man with the best right foot in the game（这场比赛之中，他也许是踢球技术妙的球员）。（2） With a gifted right foot, you should play professional soccer（你有踢球天赋，应该参加职业足球赛）。Gift（礼物）可以引申解作'天赋'.