篮球英文堂 第233期:科比:永远不要改变你的梦想

Our youth turns to get the short end of the stick,

我们的年轻人往往会得到不公平的待遇，

terms of the investment is put into them,

看看他们在身上的投资，

but I think it should be the opposite cuz they are our future.

但我觉得应该加大在他们身上的投资，因为他们是我们的未来。

A lot of things that you learn from Sports when you (are) the Father (of) 4 Daughters,

从体育中能够学到很多东西，尤其是你作为4个女儿的父亲时，

this becomes not just belief, it doesn't become a challenge, but it becomes a passion and it becomes a mission,

这不仅变成了一种信念，不只是一种挑战，这逐渐成为一种热情，变成了一种使命，

because this is the world that they are going to be growing up,

因为这他们所成长的世界，

I wanna make sure that they growing up in the world better than the one that we are currently living in, that's for sure.

我想确保她们能够成长在一个比我们现在好的多的环境里，肯定会更好的。

But you got to look to it as witness can really pick the interests of our kids,

但是你需要以见证的心态去参与什么才能够引起孩子们的兴趣，

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what picks their interests is curiosity of can I do that?

引起他们兴趣的是，是“我能做到吗？”的好奇心。

It's just basic things like a kid starts out can't dribble¹ with their left, then two weeks later she is much better, and that does a lot for self-esteem,

就是一些基础的东西，比如一开始的时候 孩子们不能左手运球，两周之后 就会熟练很多，这对自尊心的提升很有帮助，

does a lot for their confidence, so that's where the original idea of mamba league was was conceived.

这对自信心的提升很有帮助，所以就是曼巴联盟成立的初衷。

Watching their camaraderie², watching their bond, watch them grow together, extremely rewarding,

看着他们互相建立起友谊，看着他们建立起互相的纽带关系，看着他们一起成长，会让人很欣慰，

my Hope is that through sport they understand that whatever discipline they decide to go in to whether it is volleyball or basketball or whether it's

我希望通过体育，他们能够理解，无论他们从事什么职业，不管是篮球，排球，或是其他的不管是

being an accountant, or being a writer or whatever the case may be

成为一名会计，或是一名作家，不管什么情况

same principles apply, discipline, dedication³, the attention to detail and selfishness.

都需要同样的原则，自律，付出，注意细节以及无私。

And all that stuff is there and so hopefully they grew up understanding that message.

所有的要素都能在运动中获得，希望他们成长过程中能够明白这些道理。

1 dribble   

v.点滴留下，流口水；n.口水

参考例句：

• Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.熔化了的蜡一滴滴从蜡烛边上流下。
• He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。

2 camaraderie   

n.同志之爱，友情

参考例句：

• The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.同事之间的情谊使枯燥乏味的工作变得还能忍受。
• Some bosses are formal and have occasional interactions,while others prefer continual camaraderie.有些老板很刻板，偶尔才和下属互动一下；有些则喜欢和下属打成一片。

3 dedication   

n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。