篮球英文堂 第225期:科比,谢谢你曾经说我是软蛋

I didn't have a personal problem with Kobe,

我和科比没有什么私人恩怨，

I just think that we were on two different levels mentally.

我只是觉得我们在两个不同的精神层面上。

Yeah, and he had never seen a person like, I would say like me like,

是的，他从来没有遇到像我们这样的人，我是说像我这样，

Someone who could enjoy basketball but at the same time not be, not be so Mamba,

像我这样的人，享受篮球的同时，不会那样具备曼巴精神，

That's not me.

这不是我的风格。

but you know I could understand why he would probably feel that way because

我能理解他为什么会那么想因为

I mean he is play with a lot of grown man for a long time.

我的意思是他和成人一起战斗已经很长时间了。

And here it is I am a, I am a kid,

然后我是一个，我只是个孩子，

you know try to come to the Lakers franchise¹ and

试着来到湖人的团队里

You know help win another championship, so,

帮助获得另一座总冠军奖杯，所以

he had a comment about me "being soft"

他评论过我是“软蛋”

And I think for years,

我想了很多年，

I kind of hated him for saying that because I looked at it the wrong way.

我有些恨他说了这些，因为我用错误的方式去理解。

I think he was more so talking about my mentality²,

我想他的意思更多的是关于我的精神品质，

not my physique or not, how I am on the court, like your edge and I didn't realize that because

不是说我的身体强度，我在场上的表现，质疑你是否犀利，我没有理解过来因为

of the noise surrounding him saying I was soft.

那些围绕在他身边说我是软蛋的声音。

And you know I hated it, I hated him for that moment,

我恨这个事情，那个时候我恨他，

But you know I realize what he was talking about,

但是我明白他真正所指，

I said okay, that's it, you got it, I get it now.

我说，好吧，就这样吧，你明白了，我现在明白了。

So you know everybody reaches, you know different levels of you know maturity³ at different times.

每个人到达不同层次的，在不同的时间到达不同的成熟度。

and, and I think at that time I was ignorant⁴ to

那个时候我很无知

the level, that you know he was at, you know, so I just,

无知到，这就是科比所指的，所以，就是说，

I appreciate you, Kobe, thank you for saying I was soft, I didn't realize what you meant untill now.

科比，很感激你，谢谢你说我是“软蛋”，直到现在，之前我都不明白你的意思。

Have you told him that? I just did.

你有告诉他这些吗？我刚刚告诉他了。

1 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

2 mentality   

n.心理，思想，脑力

参考例句：

• He has many years'experience of the criminal mentality.他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。
• Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。

3 maturity   

n.成熟；完成；(支票、债券等)到期

参考例句：

• These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
• This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。

4 ignorant   

adj.无知的，没有学问的，愚昧的，不知道的

参考例句：

• They are unbelievably ignorant.他们无知到令人难以置信的地步。
• He's not stupid,merely ignorant.他并不愚蠢，只是无知。