偶像励志英语演讲 第68期:不说绝不(2)

　　Will you all start to my parents? You guys see all the I-likes. What is about me that you guys don't know? As I stand up here and watch all the other recipients¹ stand up here and give their history, so many things I didn't know about Jerry Sloan. And we lived on the phone, but I didn't know he was in a small class from the first grade to the eighth grade. Even David Robinson, I have known David for some time. You know, but I found some things out about him, and even with John, I found some bad things or good things aobut him. It is we've unknown, we've, for years. Where my father and my mom spent a lot time with Mike and found out a lot of good things about her, but what about me that you guys don't know?
首先我要谈谈我的父母。我的生涯集锦随处可见，还有什么关于我的事是你们不知道的？当我今天看到其他获奖者发言的时候，当他们讲述自己故事的时候，我发现关于杰瑞·索隆的很多事是我所不知道的。我们总是打电话，但是我从来不知道他小学一年级到八年级的故事。即便是大卫·罗宾逊，我认识他已经很久了，但是从他的演讲中我也知道了很多，同样关于约翰的事，好的坏的都有。我也知道了关于吉普森的事，我父母以前也经常谈论到他，但是有什么关于我的事是你们都不知道的？
I got two brothers, James and Larry, five four, five five in height. They gave me all I could ever ask for, as brothers, in terms of comepetition. My brother Larry is an ideal situation with small things coming with small packages. This do fall me every single day. To the extent that my mother used to come out and make us come in because we were fighting way too much. My older brother was always gone. He served in the army for 31 years.
我有两个兄弟，詹姆斯和拉里，身高五尺四寸和五尺五寸，他们给予了我所能要的一切。作为兄弟，我们从小就互相竞争。我的哥哥拉里总是和我争一些小东西，而我每次都争不过他。我母亲这时候都会叫我们进屋，因为我们争斗得太激烈了。我大哥总是不在家，因为他当兵，一当就是31年。
重点讲解：
1. stand up
站，立，站立；
eg. We waited, standing² up, for an hour.
我们站着等了 1 小时。
eg. He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing.
他突然心血来潮，想站起来歌唱。
2. in terms of
在…方面；从…角度看；根据…来说；
eg. He referred to your work in terms of high praise.
他对你的工作大加赞扬。
eg. He stood out in terms of competence³ from all his fellows.
他在能力上远远胜过其他同事。
3. to the extent
到…的程度；
eg. He could only be sorry to the extent that this affected⁴ his grandchildren.
这件事甚至都影响到了他的孙辈，他只有伤心的份儿。
eg. We may not be able to do it to the extent that we would like.
我们也许无法把这件事做到我们希望的程度。
名人简介：
迈克尔·乔丹（Michael Jordan，1963年2月17日－）美国职业篮球运动员，被称为“空中飞人”。
他在NBA篮球职业生涯中创造了刷屏般不胜枚举的纪录，被多数人认为是全世界最优秀的篮球运动员，也是NBA历史上第一位拥有“世纪运动员”称号的巨星。他将NBA推广至全球每个角落，成为好莱坞以外又一无可阻挡的美国文化，他为联盟带来的收入至少在100亿。NBA官方网站称：“就受到的赞誉而言，迈克尔·乔丹是NBA史上最伟大的篮球运动员”。他在2009年入选篮球名人堂。
2010年3月19日，已经退役的迈克尔·乔丹成功收购NBA夏洛特山猫队，成为山猫队的老板。
2011年9月，乔丹已与相恋多年的古巴名模女友伊薇特·普列托订婚。

1 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 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。

3 competence   

n.能力，胜任，称职

参考例句：

• This mess is a poor reflection on his competence.这种混乱情况说明他难当此任。
• These are matters within the competence of the court.这些是法院权限以内的事。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。