缅因英语口语 第 36 课：games 游戏 - 2

A: would you like to have a game of pool?

B: I've never tried it before, but I'd like to learn. Can you show me how to play? It looks very difficult.

A; the rules are quite simple, but learning to use the cue can be a real challenge. Stand like this and hold the end of the cue in one hand. Put the other hand on the table, behind the ball you want to hit. Like this.

B; like this?

A; this leg must be straight. That's right. Put your head closer to the cue, so that you can see the exact direction that you will hit the ball in. that's good.

B; now, I hit the white ball onto the other balls and try to hit them into the pockets, right?

A; yes, that's right. You can see that there are 15 colored balls. Seven have stripes and seven have spots. The last ball is black.

B: we take it in turns to hit the white ball and try to hit one of our balls into the pockets, right? If I hit a stripe into a pocket first, I play strips, don't I? we each play our balls-stripes or spots-and then we must hit the black ball into a pocket to win.

A; that's right. You've obviously watched people play before. Ok. I'll put all the balls into the correct starting positions and we can begin.

A: the balls have numbers on them. What does that mean?

B: that's just for identification. We don't need to worry about that when we are just playing for fun.