VOA慢速英语2017--鬣蜥闯入迈阿密网球公开赛成网红
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：2017年VOA慢速英语(三)月
This is What’s Trending Today.
A first-round tennis match at the Miami Open in Florida was delayed on Wednesday due to a surprise visitor.
Jiri Vesely from the Czech Republic was playing against Tommy Haas of Germany when he noticed an iguana 1. The large lizard 2 seemed to enjoy his view from the top of the scoreboard at courtside.
Vesely asked the umpire to stop play and try to remove the iguana.
The umpire told Vesely he would not stop the match unless the iguana ran onto the playing surface.
He said “If it’s like that, on the scoreboard, I don’t think it’s going to bother you, Jiri.”
Vesely disagreed.
The umpire said: “forget about it, it’s not a dangerous animal.”
During their conversation, Haas, a former second-ranked player in the world, went over to the iguana and took a selfie.
The fans cheered.
The television commentator 3 said: “you do not see this very often.”
Haas received a lot of comments about his photo on Instagram. One person wrote: “Man, I’m going to hate it when you are truly done playing.”
The iguana did become a distraction 4, after all.
People who work at the tennis stadium tried to catch the iguana by the tail, and by throwing a towel over it, but that did not work.
The iguana ran across the court to the other side, and climbed onto the scoreboard.
“It’s scampering 6 everywhere,” said the commentator. “You don’t expect to see this!” he added.
Everyone kept laughing and cheering. The iguana was finally captured 7 and taken outside the stadium.
Vesely recovered from the distraction and won the match.
The 38-year-old Haas said maybe the iguana got the message that it might be the last time he would be playing in the Miami Open.
“He wanted to say ‘hi’ and take a peek 8 or something,” Haas said.
And that’s What’s Trending Today.
Words in This Story
umpire – n. a person who controls play and makes sure that players act according to the rules in a sports event
distraction – n. something that makes it difficult to think or pay attention
selfie – n. a picture that you take of yourself especially by using the camera on your smartphone
scamper 5 – v. to run or move quickly and often playfully
peek – v. to look at someone or something secretly especially from a hidden place
- With an iguana,you really don't have to say surprise.惊喜两字已经不足以形容这只鬣鳞蜥了。
- I'm going to turn on my computer and make a movie starring my pet iguanadj.打开计算机准备制作一部关于我的宠物蜥蜴的电影。
- A chameleon is a kind of lizard.变色龙是一种蜥蜴。
- The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。
- He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
- The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。
- Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
- Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。
- She loves to scamper through the woods of the forest.她喜欢在森林里的树林中穿梭嬉戏。
- The flash sent the foxes scampering away.闪光惊得狐狸四处逃窜。
- A cat miaowed, then was heard scampering away. 马上起了猫叫，接着又听见猫逃走的声音。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb. 一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。 来自辞典例句