篮球英文堂 第292期:在最艰难的时候,都要心怀希望

No one's ever come back from 3:1, agonizing¹ the feet, down 5:1,

没有球队曾在3比1的情况下赢回来，为脚伤困恼不已，5比1落后，

we've all been underestimated² and counted out, in those moments, we felt like it was over,

我们都曾被轻视和忽视，在那些时刻我们感觉一切都化为虚无，

but it's when we're giving no chance that we somehow found that last bit of strength to keep fighting.

但就当我们踏入绝境时，不知怎地我们鼓起最后一丝力量（这股力量）让我们坚持战斗。

And then we did when no one thought we could, not even ourselves.

然后我们做到了令人意想不到的事情，甚至我们自己都不相信。

We came back from the impossible from being broken.

我们曾从不可能的深渊中涅槃而归，从伤病中苏醒。

We found a way when it seemed hopeless, we came back we should have been long forgotten, return to glory³,

当看起来无望时寻得契机，当我们被人遗忘时，我们回来了，再握荣耀，

we did it time and time again, right now, we're fighting for something much bigger than a win or championship.

我们一次又一次地做到，现在我们为更大的目标而战，不仅是一场胜利或是冠军。

If we learned⁴ anything from sports, is that no matter how far down we maybe, we are never too far down to come back.

如果说运动教会了我们什么，那就是，不管我们怎样跌倒，都不会因惧怕而停止向前。

1 agonizing   

adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式)

参考例句：

• I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
• his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死

2 underestimated   

对…估计不足，低估( underestimate的过去式和过去分词 )； 对…认识不足（或重视不够），低估，轻视

参考例句：

• They underestimated his abilities. 他们过低估计了他的才能。
• He says that we've underestimated natural variability. 他说我们低估了自然的变异性。

3 glory   

n.光荣，荣誉；壮丽，辉煌；v.自豪，得意，狂喜

参考例句：

• I was fascinated by the glory of the sunset.落日的壮观把我吸引住了。
• Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom.智者不可夸耀自己智慧。

4 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。