篮球英文堂 第84期:詹皇的苦难童年 (1)

 　　Lebron James was born and raised in Akron, a hard luck city

　　勒布朗詹姆斯在阿克兰出生并长大，一座不景气的城市

　　But till this day, he has never abandoned his hometown

　　但直至今日，他从未抛弃他的家乡

　　One thing I always say when I was younger

　　当我年幼的时候他们总是说

　　"It's that I want to play Akron on the map."

　　我想让阿克兰一举成名

　　Tattoo¹ the area code on my arm

　　我把阿克兰的电话区域号纹在手臂上

　　You know Akron Ohio was where I was man

　　你知道俄亥俄阿克兰是我成长为男人的地方

　　When I was four or five years old

　　当我四五岁的时候

　　My mother bought me a little toys basketball hoop²

　　我妈妈给我买了一个小玩具篮筐

　　And she plays the basketball on my hand

　　并教我打球

　　Everyday when I woke up

　　每天当我醒来的时候

　　詹皇

　　I had a little basketball on my hand and was trying dunk on the six foot hoop everyday

　　我手里都拿着一个小小的篮球，并每天尝试扣只有六尺高的篮筐

　　Lebron showed a close bound with his mom

　　詹姆斯与母亲感情很好

　　But it was just the two of them and it wasn't easy.

　　但也仅仅是他们两人相依为命并且这并不简单

　　She was young

　　她很年轻

　　You know my mom had me when she was sixteen

　　你知道我妈妈在十六岁的时候生下了我

　　You know so, she was really young

　　所以你知道的她非常年轻

　　Not having that father figurer around

　　我没有常年陪伴在身边的父亲

　　It was difficult (when you went to some) when I went some of my friends’house, Becaue they have fathers and mothers around

　　你会发现我是多么的艰难，当我去我的一些朋友家的时候，，他们有父母陪伴左右而我没有

　　Overwhelmed, his mom made a decison to sent LeBron to live with another family

　　为生活所困，詹姆斯的妈妈做出一个决定把勒布朗寄养在别的家庭

　　That was a tough choice for her

　　这对于她而言是一个艰难的决定

1 tattoo   

n.纹身，(皮肤上的)刺花纹；vt.刺花纹于

参考例句：

• I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
• He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。

2 hoop   

n.（篮球）篮圈，篮

参考例句：

• The child was rolling a hoop.那个孩子在滚铁环。
• The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.木盆都用铁箍箍紧。