篮球英文堂 第238期:乔治谈交易至快船

Oklahoma City is trading Paul George to the Clippers, looks like my boy coming home with me to L.A,

雷霆把PG3交易到快船了，看来，我的兄弟要和我一起回家，回到洛杉矶，

where we going? we coming home, we coming home.

我们要去哪里？我们要回家了，我们要回家了。

How did you call and tell your parents? That this traded happened and you were coming home.

你是怎么打电话告诉父母亲？这宗交易完成了，你要回家了。

I am waitting for my angent Allen to give me a call, he gives me a call, he's like hey,

我等着经纪人艾伦给我打电话，他给我打了电话，他说，嘿，

you coming home, made it happen, my agent Bean, my agent, he decided¹ to be a prankster,

你将要回家了，达成交易了，我牛逼的经纪人，我的经纪人，他打算要做恶作剧，

let's tell your mom like you got traded to Toronto, so,

让我告诉你妈你被交易到猛龙了，所以，

Toronto? yeah, lets tell her you got traded to Toronto.

猛龙？是啊，让我们告诉她你被交易到猛龙队了。

First thing my mom says, Oh boy, it's cold there!

我妈说的第一句话就是，噢，孩子，那里可是很冷啊！

Everybody on the phone breaks out laughing,

每个电话里的人都笑开了，

then I jump on, Mama, I'm coming home, coming to the Clippers.

然后我跳出来，妈妈，我要回家了，要到快船队去了。

And She was she was just happy, she loves that she see me a lot more, she could go to more games, it's a lot easier on her, ultimately² she staying off airplane.

然后她就是很开心，她喜欢这个结果，可以更多地看到我，他可以更多去看我的球，对她来说更容易了，终于不用老是坐飞机了。

Is not just that you get to play in front of your family now, now you also get to play for teams that you root it for growing up,

不仅仅是你现在可以在家人面前打球了，你可以为你从小长大支持的球队打球，

so when you are there on Christmas Day on the court warming up, and you look out, you see some kid who looks like you, little Paul, in Clippers gear³,

当圣诞节你在场上热身的时候，然后你看看周边，你看到那些孩子们，像曾经的你，像小保罗，穿着快船的装备，

What is that going to mean? knowing he could be, the next kid who grows up and plays for this team on christmas day.

知道他可能成为下一个你意味着什么？下一个在圣诞节为这支球队效力的孩子。

Well, this time around, hopefully, they got a lot more to hoop⁴ for than I did,

这个时候希望他们能有比我更多享受篮球的机会，

but I think that's what's so special about it, I can give those kids opportunities I didn't have growing up.

但，我想这就是它的特别之处，我可以给这些孩子们我成长的时候所没有的机会。

I can give kids hope, I was once yo, and this is hopefully a shortcut⁵ I can give, get to wherever you guys want to get to.

我可以给孩子们希望，我曾经就是你，希望这个是我能给予的捷径，达到任何你们想要达到的目标。

I feel like this, my time to be here, is my time to, hopefully finish out my career here, be around my family.

我感觉这里是属于我的时光，希望能在这里结束我的职业生涯，在我的家人身边。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 ultimately   

adv.最后地，最终地，首要地，基本地

参考例句：

• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。
• Vitamin C deficiency can ultimately lead to scurvy.缺乏维生素C最终能道致坏血病。

3 gear   

n.齿轮，传动装置，设备，衣服；vt.使适应

参考例句：

• We have to gear our lives to the new changes.我们必须使自己的生活适应新的变化。
• The teeth of the wheel gear into each other.齿轮互相啮合。

4 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。

5 shortcut   

n.近路，捷径

参考例句：

• He was always looking for a shortcut to fame and fortune.他总是在找成名发财的捷径。
• If you take the shortcut,it will be two li closer.走抄道去要近2里路。