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The Frisbee Surprise

Intro:

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Dialogue:

Andrea: Hey Brie, have you ever heard of a game called Frisbee Golf?

Brie: Do you mean Disc Golf? 飞盘高尔夫吗？

Andrea:  Exactly. Frisbee Golf is a game that uses an aerodynamic plastic toy disk that is today called a Frisbee.   It’s a game similar to golf, but rather than hitting balls into holes in the ground, the players throw Frisbees into metal baskets attached to poles.

Brie: I played that game with my friends this summer. It’s pretty fun. 就像普通的高尔夫球场一样，飞盘高尔夫场通常有 9 个或 18个目标篮架。获胜的玩家是将飞盘投入篮架，所用投掷次数最少的人。 I wonder who came up with this game?

Andrea: It was invented in 1979 by American toy inventor Ed “Steady” Headrick.  He was so proud of his invention that before he died, he asked his family to put his cremated remains into a set of Frisbees.  He hoped that these could be sold to the public as special “limited edition” Frisbees and wanted the proceeds of the sales to be used to fund a Frisbee museum dedicated in his honor.

Brie:  你是说飞盘高尔夫的发明人曾嘱咐他的家人，在他死后将他火化，然后用火化的骨灰制成“限量版”飞盘出售给公众，并期望将出售飞盘的收入开一个飞盘博物馆来纪念他吗？Wow, Andrea, would you buy a frisbee with a stranger’s ashes inside of it? I definitely wouldn’t.

Andrea: I wouldn’t either. But, I can see where it might appeal to hardcore Frisbee golf players and collectors.  Since it is “limited edition”, the Frisbee is considered special and only sold in limited quantities.  After all, he only had so many ashes he could distribute.  Not everyone could get a piece of him.

Brie: Okay, okay, Andrea, no need to be so morbid. 不过对于一个铁杆飞盘高尔夫玩家或者飞盘收藏家，这样的一个“限量版”飞盘应该还是挺有购买意义的.

Close:

So, everyone, there’s your fun fact of the day!  Let’s go over some of the vocabulary from this dialogue.

Vocabulary:

Aerodynamic  / ˌeəroʊdaɪ'næmɪk /  空气动力的

Frisbee  / ˈfrɪz bi /  飞盘

Inventor  / ɪnˈvɛn tər /  发明者/发明家

Cremated Remains  / ˈkri meɪtid rɪˈmeɪnz /  火化的骨灰

Limited Edition  / ˈlɪm ɪ tɪd  ɪˈdɪʃ ən /  限量版

Proceeds  / ˈproʊ sids /  收益

Dedicated  / ˈdɛd ɪˌkeɪ tɪd /  专用的

Appeal to  / əˈpil  tu / 有吸引力的

Hardcore  / hɑrd kɔr /  铁杆

Distribute / dɪˈstrɪb yut /  分发

Morbid  / ˈmɔr bɪd /  病态的

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