EBS 파워잉글리쉬 2014년 7월 17일 목요일 Dublin : Croke Park for a Hurling Match

Dublin : Croke Park for a Hurling Match

Dave : Croke Park is packed to the gills today. I'm so happy our concierge could get us tickets to the match on short notice.

Scarlett : I have never seen a game so fast-paced in my life! How come hurling hasn't made its way to the U.S. or Canada? It seems like the national pastime here in Ireland.

Dave : Hurling did exist in North America, but it got displaced by football, baseball, and hockey.

Scarlett : That's too bad. It's so much more fast-paced than any of those games. And the fans are bouncing off the walls!

Dave : Here, I bought a small rulebook at the store yesterday so we can get the gist of it.

Scarlett : Well, I can pretty much follow along with the basics. The guys all carry sticks called hurleys and pass a ball called a sliotar. And it's set up like soccer, except with 15 players on each side.

Dave : Right, and they can hit the ball like in field hockey, toss it up and whack it like a baseball, or carry it on their sticks like lacrosse. And they score either in the goal, like soccer, or through the goalposts, like rugby.

Scarlett : Ouch! Did you see those two players almost collide! That was a close shave. Thank god they had helmets on.

Dave : Yeah, but they don't have any other pads. Even the goalie seems unprotected standing there in the line of fire.

Scarlett : It says here that hurling was played in the St. Louis Olympics in 1904, but never again. That's too bad.

Dave : Well, when we get back home we can find a satellite channel to watch our new favorite sport! Go County Clare!!!

[Vocab Tips]

* fast-paced - 빨리 진행되는

* displaced - 대신하다

* hurl - 던지다

* collide - 충돌하다

* packed to the gills - crowded to the point that one can barely move 꽉 찬

* on short notice - little time to accomplish something; at the last minute 갑자기

* bouncing off the walls - extremely excited about something 극도로 흥분한

* a close shave - a situation that almost results in an accident  아슬아슬한 순간

* in the line of fire - the focus of negative attention; the recipient of criticism or blame 사선에서

[Expression of the day]

Croke Park is packed to the gills today.

크로크 파크는 오늘 완전히 꽉 찼다.

Croke Park is bursting at the seams today.

Croke Park is jam-packed today.

Croke Park is packed like sardines today.