纯正地道美语 第138期(外教讲解):玩国际象棋
时间：2019-01-20 作者：英语课 分类：纯正地道美语
Daddy: Bobby! Come here, look what I got you!
Bobby: What is that?
Daddy: A chess board! Daddy is going to teach you how to play!
Bobby: Cool!
Daddy: Ok, each player gets 16 pieces. You can be the white ones and I’ll play with the black pieces. Now in the front, you set up the pawns 1. Those are the least valuable pieces and can only move one space forward. When you are about to capture another piece, it can move one space diagonally.
Bobby: What about all these other pieces?
Daddy: See this one that looks like a tower? It’s called the rook. The one with the tall hat is called the bishop 2. See this little horsey? This is called the knight 3, it’s a very important piece so it’s best to not let your opponent capture it.
Bobby: And these two? They are husband and wife?
Daddy: That’s right! That’s the queen and that’s the king. If the other player captures your king, he will say ”Check Mate” and the game is over! Doesn’t this sound fun?
Bobby:Nah! This is boring! I’m gonna go play Killer 4 Zombies on my PlayStation!
【文章大意】此篇对话围绕着如何下国际象棋而进行。父亲详细地介绍了象棋的玩法，但是他的儿子却对象棋不感兴趣，决定去玩游戏机。
- The hostages are being used as political pawns. 人质正被用作政治卒子。
- The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium. 这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
- Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
- He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
- A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。