篮球英文堂 第75期:奥巴马的篮球情结(2)

 　　There’s been a long standing¹ tradition of welcoming championship sports team to The White House

　　邀请体育冠军进白宫一直是是个传统

　　Kobe and Derrik have been there so many times now, They can lead tours themselves

　　科比和费舍尔来过很多次了，他们已经把这混熟了

　　Clearly Dirk is a tough guy

　　诺维茨基是个顽强的家伙

　　Although the most painful thing may have been his rendition of "We are the champions"

　　最痛苦的回忆莫过于他演绎的“我们是冠军”

　　We are in the White House right now, this is like... Mama, I made it

　　我们现在身处白宫里，这就像.......老妈，我做到了

　　I think we should take a picture

　　我觉得我们应该拍个照片

　　But we should make it quick

　　但我们应该快点

　　奥巴马与科比

　　Before one of these guys starts yelling at Mario

　　要不某些人该对查尔莫斯怒吼了

　　I want the coach to know

　　我想让波波教练知道

　　That he is not contractually obligated to take questions after the first quarter of my remarks

　　在我这，是不会像NBA合同那样逼他回答问题的

　　It is rare to be in the presence of guys from the greatest team in NBA history

　　你很难和世界上最好的球队站在一起

　　So we are pretty lucky because we got one of players in the house: Steve Kerr, from the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls

　　今天很幸运，我们请来了其中一位球员：史蒂夫·科尔，95-96赛季的芝加哥公牛队一员

　　Give it up for the world champion Cleveland Cavaliers

　　为世界冠军克利夫兰骑士队鼓掌

　　That’s right I said world champion and Cleveland in the same sentence

　　没错，我在一个句子里同时说世界冠军和骑士

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。