篮球英文堂 第208期:孩子们参加运动的意义是什么?(1)

So why is it so important that kids stay with sports?

为什么坚持运动对孩子们很重要？

Well it teaches you a lot of valuable lessons, aside from physical, being fit, and aside from like the mental health,

它能教给你许多很有价值的东西，除了锻炼身体，保持健康，还有心理健康这些东西之外，

Benefits that you get from playing sports is also an emotional component¹ too, I mean sports is the greatest metaphor² we have for life.

你从运动中得到的益处，还包括情感方面的东西，我的意思是，运动是人生最好的精神代表。

Teaching you things like how to deal with anxiety, how to deal with, Communicating with each other, Leadership, Perform under pressure, All those are very valuable lesson.

教会你很多东西，比如如何面对焦虑情绪，如何面对与人沟通，领导能力，抗压能力，这些都是价值很高的人生课程。

Okay so, tell me about your involvement with project PLAY!

好的，所以跟我讲讲你与 PLAY 项目的合作吧！

Well something I really became passionate³ about because of their mission.

嗯我很喜欢这个项目是因为他们的使命感。

How do you make the game more engaging, how do you enable kids to play.

如何让运动更加吸引人，怎么让孩子们参与进来。

Living in an environment, now where everything is extremely structured for children, and sports used to be something The kids go out and do for fun.

现在我们所处的环境中孩子们得到的所有东西都是井然有序、结构严密，而运动曾经是让孩子们走出房间找寻快乐的东西。

But now it's become so regimented where parents are starting to, kind of inject their own experiences or past failures if you will onto their children, and it takes the fun out of it.

但现在它被严格把控、设计，父母们开始就像是灌输他们自己的经历、失败吧，可以说是强加到孩子身上，这就让运动失去了本身的乐趣。

and you talk about Parents and what they do and you're right, they're highly influential⁴ in what children do, and what they want the sports they don't play.

所以你谈到了父母的行为，你说得对，他们确实对孩子们有深远的影响，比如他们想让孩子们玩什么运动，或者不想让他们玩什么。

Talk about your involvement as a parent, we all know we see that you're very visible, with your daughters and playing basketball, what type of lessons do you pass on.

说说你作为家长的角色吧，我们都知道，都看得出你的存在感，和你女儿一起打球，你想要传递下去什么样的道理。

Lessons I try to pass on are:

我想传递给孩子们的是：

you know one, It is the commitment that they have to each other, and I'm trying to build a bond kind of a sisterhood;

第一，对队友负责、投入，我在努力建立一种纽带，一种姐妹情谊；

The other thing is the game is fun, So how do you pique⁵ their curiosity, how do you get them interested in the sport, How do you teach them the game.

另外就是运动的乐趣，你怎么激发他们的好奇心，怎么让他们对这项运动真正感兴趣，怎么教授他们正确的打球方式。

Versus⁶ Barking out instructions, you know get them to think when they can think and problem-solve on their own.

而非吼两句命令，要让他们自己去想，培养他们独立思考、解决问题的能力。

The game becomes something that they own, There's something that becomes more enjoyable to them, Versus, Having another parent on a SALAN this is barking out orders.

这样这个运动才是真正属于他们的东西成为他们真正享受的东西，而不是当那种开着豪车过来随便喊两嗓子的家长。

1 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

2 metaphor   

n.隐喻，暗喻

参考例句：

• Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
• In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

3 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

4 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

5 pique   

v.伤害…的自尊心，使生气 n.不满，生气

参考例句：

• She went off in a fit of pique.她一赌气就走了。
• Tom finished the sentence with an air of pique.汤姆有些生气地说完这句话。

6 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。