英语俚语天天说 第173期:跟科比学口语

 　　介绍:

　　Man. You know, it’s a.. I can’t believe how fast 20 years went by. This is crazy. This absolutely crazy. And to be standing¹ here, stay close with you guys, my teammates behind me, and appreciate all of this. And the journey we’ve been on, we’ve been through our ups and we’ve been through our downs. And the most important part is that we all stayed together through out. You know I grew up, I grew up a diehard, I mean a diehard Laker fan. Die hard. I mean I knew everything about every play that played here. So to be drafted³, and trained to this organization, to spend 20 years here, I mean you can’t, you can’t write something better than this.

　　重点词汇：go by （时间）流逝，过去

　　Last month went by so fast.

　　up and down (生活)起起伏伏

　　“How are things going?” “Kind of up and down.”

　　diehard 顽固分子，铁杆 someone who is unwilling⁴ to change or give up their ideas or ways of behaving, even when there are good reasons to do so；

　　draft² 选秀v.

　　During the Second World War, he was drafted into the US Army...

　　二战期间，他应征加入了美国陆军。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

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 drafted   

v.起草( draft的过去式和过去分词 )；制定；征募；拟稿

参考例句：

• The government has drafted out its plan for future laws. 政府已草拟了未来法律的规划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was drafted last autumn by the Detroit Lions. 他去年秋天被底特律雄狮队选作队员了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。