篮球英文堂 第2期:乔丹引荐威少进入俄克拉荷马名人堂(2)

 　　“篮球之神”迈克尔·乔丹近日作为拉塞尔·威斯特布鲁克进入俄克拉荷马市名人堂的介绍人，在俄城发表了一通精彩的演讲。除了称赞威少的忠诚以及打球风格之外，乔帮主还暗讽了夏天刚刚离队的凯文·杜兰特~~

　　Russell Wesbrook, I can't say enough about this gentleman

　　拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克。关于这位绅士，我有太多要说的了

　　As I say, I look that from afar

　　就像我说的一样，我一直关注着发生的这些事

　　I've had countless¹ numbers of conversations with Sam

　　我跟Sam有无数次难忘的对话

　　I remember the conversation we had when you guys were about to draft² him

　　我记得当年你们谈选秀时我和Sam的对话

　　I was trying to move up in the draft to get him

　　我想在当年的选秀上把他搞到手

　　Which you knew, Which you wouldn't even make me consider

　　这你们很清楚，但你们根本不考虑让他加入我的球队

　　But the thing about him that very few basketball players have

　　但他身上有很少数运动员才有的品质

　　Is his passion³ for the game of basketball

　　那种对篮球的狂热

　　Everytime when I play the game of basketball, when I step onto that floor

　　我每次打篮球，每次当我踏上球场时

　　I always felt like there are someone there that never saw me play the game of basketball

　　我总是觉得观众里有些人是以前从来没有看过我打球的

　　And that motivated⁴ me every single night

　　这个孩子有着同样的激情

　　This kid has the same passion. And you can't give that

　　这个孩子有着同样的激情，这种东西是学不来教不会的

　　To me, that's the sense of respect for the game of basketball

　　于我而言，这是对于篮球运动的无上尊敬

　　I think another thing that you guys should be proud about

　　我还想到他身上另一点，让在座俄城人民值得骄傲的事

　　is the sense of loyalty that this kid's shown to the city of OKC

　　那就是他对于俄克拉荷马的忠诚

　　He could easily come to charlotte

　　他愿意的话，很容易就能来我们夏洛特

　　But he decided to stay here in Oklahoma

　　然而，他决定留守奋战

　　I'm not trying to bash anyone that's not here

　　我并不是想借题发挥诋毁某些已经不在这里的人

　　Everybody has a choice

　　每个人都由选择的权力

　　I am not saying that you don't have a choice

　　我不是说你没得选择

　　Everybody has a choice

　　每个人都由选择的权力

1 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

2 draft   

vt.起草，作...的草稿；n.草稿，草图，草案

参考例句：

• He's now revising the first draft of his essay.他目前正修改他的文章初稿。
• The draft of this article has been done。这篇文章已经定稿。

3 passion   

n.热爱，强烈的感情，热情，耶稣的受难

参考例句：

• He had a passion for music.他酷爱音乐。
• In his passion,he tore the letter into pieces.在盛怒之下，他把那封信撕得粉碎。

4 motivated   

adj.有积极性的

参考例句：

• His actions were motivated by greed. 他的作为是贪婪之心所驱使的。
• He is motivated entirely by self-interest. 他做事完全出于私利。