篮球英文堂 第234期:看儿子对战母校,不知道该支持谁

Lebron, we (have) been talking about this in the days leading up to this, I know you were looking forward to it all week, but what was it like?

勒布朗，这场比赛前几天我们就一直在聊到这场比赛了，我知道一整周你都在期待这场比赛，但是感觉怎么样？

Walking in the building, this place (has) been crazy and you realize, I'm actually here for the first time getting to watch my son play,

走进这个球场的时候，这里的人们已经鸡冻不已了，然后你意识到我真的在这里了，将要第一次在这里看自己的儿子打球，

I think I was a lot more nervous than my son, coming in here, you know just been in such a surreal moment, for myself, for our family, for Brony himself, I mean its pretty cool.

我觉得我比我儿子更紧张，来到这里，处在这么一个超现实的时刻，对我自己本人，对我们家来说，对Brony来说，我觉得真是太酷了。

And it's not just that you're getting to see him play for the first time,

这不是你第一次看他打球，

he is playing of course against your old high school, you stayed so connected to St. Vincent, you refurbished their gym, its now named after you,

是第一次你看他对战你的母校高中，你和圣文森特圣玛丽高中联系如此紧密，你重新装修了母校的球馆，现在这个球馆以你的名字命名，

You provided¹ them with these Arenas² that with these uniforms that they're wearing against your son tonight, is it strange cheering against them?

他们今晚在你装修的球馆，穿着你提供的球服，和你的儿子对抗，给母校喝倒彩会不会感觉怪怪的？

Yeah, absolutely, I told my wife I needed to do, know what Steph Curry's mom always doing, get the half St. Mary, get the half sierra Jersey³ for this game,

是的，绝对是这样的，我告诉我老婆我需要你知道库里老妈一直是怎么做的吗？身上的衣服一半支持其中一个儿子，一半支持另外一个，

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But you know, my heart is always going to be with St. Vincent,

但是，你知道的，我的心永远和母校在一起，

Coach Drew was like a father to me, a father figure, he taught me so much, not only about the game of basketball but about life.

德鲁教练过去就像是我的父亲，父亲的存在，我教会了我非常多，不仅仅关于篮球，还有关于人生。

And what it means⁴ to be a young man off the floor, so I always going to be indebted with St. Vincent and coach Drew,

年轻人在球场外应该如何为人处世，对于母校和德鲁教练我永远报答不完，

and just like I said it's like full circle that I'm here in my home state,

我认为整个我圈子的人都来了，我在这里，在我的家乡，

my son is here with his high School playing my alma mater,

我的儿子在这里，跟着他的高校球队来和我的母校比赛，

and all my guys from my high school,

我高中时期的所有伙伴们，

the "fat" five is here tonight as well, so, it's just, it's crazy.

当然“胖”五虎也在这里，所有，这些，太不可思议了。

1 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。

2 arenas   

表演场地( arena的名词复数 )； 竞技场； 活动或斗争的场所或场面； 圆形运动场

参考例句：

• Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。
• Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗？

3 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。