篮球英文堂 第17期:篮球的真谛,乔神如是说

 　　This is the final question

　　最后一个问题

　　Can you repeat the following after me

　　你能重复我下面的话

　　And then fill in the blank

　　然后把句子填上

　　The greatest thing about the game of basketball is

　　篮球这一运动最美好的东西是

　　The greatest thing about the game of basketball to me is the passion

　　篮球这一运动最美好的东西是那份激情

　　The love that I have for it

　　我对它的那份热爱

　　Because when you have love for anything

　　因为当你对任何事情热爱时

　　You'll go to extreme to maintain¹ that love

　　你会做任何事把这份爱延续下去

　　That's what love does

　　爱会驱使你这样做

　　and love drives you to do everything you need to maintain that connection

　　是热爱驱使了你。为了维持这种热爱，你愿意去做任何努力

　　If I didn't have the love for the game of basketball

　　如果我没有对篮球的热爱

　　All the things are just pan down to you

　　所有我本来得到的东西

　　In my career, would've never been achievable for me

　　在我的篮球生涯里，都是不可能实现的

　　But it was truely my love for the game that kept me pushing

　　但真的是我对篮球的那份热爱一直驱使着我

　　To be the best basketball player I can be

　　尽我所能去成为最好的篮球运动员

　　To be the best at anything

　　要想在任何领域做到最好

　　You got to have a certain love for that

　　你必须对它真正热爱

　　To make you overcome all the obstacles that's gonna be thrown in your way

　　让你有勇气去克服一切阻止你前进的障碍

　　Jordan, a drive, hang, fires, Scores

　　乔丹，突破，接着出手了，得分

　　That's what the game of basketball has been for me

　　这就是篮球一直以来对我的意义

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vt.支撑；赡养，抚养；维持，保有

参考例句：

• He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人。
• We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate.我们要尽力使销售额保持在平日的水平上。