欧美文化博览 迈克尔•乔丹传(7)

 

After I hit the shot, my father came to me and said, this was the start of something big. He didn't know what it was. I didn't know what it was. But I did believe him.

自从我开始打球,我父亲对我说,这是开始做大事。他不知道这是什么。我不知道那是什麽。但我确实相信他。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to flight 23. Please make sure your seat belts are securely fastened and extinguish all smoking materials.

早上好,女士们先生们。欢迎搭乘23号航班。请确认您的安全带已经系紧,并熄灭所有的冒烟的东西。

Michael came along at a time when globalization really was occurring, and an explosion in media was occurring. And he helped drive that explosion.

迈克尔走过来的时候真的是全球为之雀跃,媒体为之雀跃，他是焦点。

Yo, Mike, what makes you the best player in the universe?

嘿,迈克,是什么让你成为全宇宙最好的球员?

Is it the haircut?

是这个发型吗?

No, Mars.

不,火星。

Is it the shoes?

是鞋子吗?

No, Mars.

不,火星。

There have been so many things that he has popularized---the shorts, the shoes, "Must be the shoes."

他已经推广如此多的事情…短裤,鞋子里,“一定是鞋子。”

Money, it's gotta be the shoes! Shoes! Shoes!

钱,肯定是鞋!鞋子!鞋子!

I think Michael has transcended¹ every boundary of gender² and race and age and sport. I think he's become a, sort of a part of our everyday culture.

我认为迈克尔已经超越了年龄、性别和种族的每一条界限。我想他变成了一种我们日常文化的一部分。

 

1 transcended   

超出或超越（经验、信念、描写能力等）的范围( transcend的过去式和过去分词 )； 优于或胜过…

参考例句：

• He wanted assurance that he had transcended what was inherently ambiguous. 他要证明，他已经超越了本来就是混淆不清的事情。
• It transcended site to speak to universal human concerns. 它超越了场所的局限，表达了人类共同的心声。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。