美国国家公共电台 NPR--March Madness is here and the NCAA brackets are out

March Madness is here and the NCAA brackets¹ are out

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College basketball teams have found out who's headed to the Big Dance. Gonzaga took the top overall No. 1 seed on the men's side, while South Carolina took the top seed for the women.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

March Madness is here, and the NCAA brackets are out. Last night on Selection³ Sunday, college basketball teams found out who's headed to the big dance. Gonzaga took the top overall No. 1 seed on the men's side, while South Carolina took the top seed for the women. And this season, there's a school on both lists that's never been there before - Longwood.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

This university in Farmville, Va., is dancing double. Both its men's and women's teams made history by winning the Big South Conference championships. For a small school with fewer than 5,000 students, this is epic⁴.

GRIFF ALDRICH: It's really a special moment for our university, for our students and our alumni and our community.

MARTINEZ: That's Griff Aldrich - great name. A few years ago, Aldrich left a law career to become the men's basketball coach.

ALDRICH: I feel very blessed to have had those experiences and then hopefully try to take some good lessons from those experiences and apply them here at Longwood.

MARTINEZ: For the Lancers women's team, Head Coach Rebecca Tillett is credited with turning around the team in just three seasons.

REBECCA TILLETT: Everything we do in our program is based on women's empowerment and just women going after their biggest dreams, chasing it. And when you achieve it, go after another one.

MARTIN: For many, the teams were considered long shots, if they were considered at all. But now they're moving forward.

TILLETT: This group has always been about making history and taking the next step. So we're going to want to continue and take the next step next season.

MARTINEZ: Those next steps start this Thursday, when the men take on Tennessee and the women go up against Mount⁵ St. Mary's in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

1 brackets   

n.括弧( bracket的名词复数 )；等级；类别层次；壁架v.把…括在括弧内( bracket的第三人称单数 )；把…归为一类

参考例句：

• Publication dates are given in brackets after each title. 出版日期括于书名后面。
• Put your name in brackets at the top of each page. 把你的名字填在每页上端的括弧内。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 selection   

n.选择，挑选，精选品，可选择的东西

参考例句：

• We left the selection of the team to the captain.我们把挑选队员的工作交给了队长。
• The shop has a fine selection of cheeses.那家商店有各种精美乳酪可供选购。

4 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

5 mount   

n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备

参考例句：

• Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
• She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。