趣味英语第121期:身为女孩但想进入NFL怎么办

RAINBOW GIRL GAMING asks:

RAINBOW GIRL GAMING问道：

"I'm a girl, but I want to be a NFL football player when I grow up. What should I do?"

“我是女孩，可是我长大以后想成为美国职业橄榄球大联盟（NFL）的橄榄球选手。我应该怎么做？”

I would like you to get drafted by the Chargers, please.

我希望你能被闪电队选中，拜托。

I don't know. I'm just a flag footballer. I'm not even in NFL yet.

我不知道。我只是夺旗橄榄球选手。我甚至还没进入NFL。

Tell the government to, like, "Why can't girls be on the NFL?"

问问政府，“为什么女生不能在NFL打比赛？”

You should write them a letter, and if you're good enough you should be able to get in. It shouldn't matter what your gender¹ is.

你应该给他们写信，如果你足够优秀，那你就应该能进NFL。你的性别并不重要。

You should tell your coach, "I wanna be in the NFL when I grow up. Put me on the team." And then if he says no, then drop-kick him.

你应该对你的教练说：“我长大以后想进NFL。让我进球队。”如果他拒绝你，那就踢他。

Get really good at football, go into the team or whatever that goes before the NFL, and then maybe you'll get recruited.

成为橄榄球高手，进入球队，或者去在进入NFL之前需要去的地方，你可能会被录取的。

I think you should totally go for it and just keep training. Work hard and make sure you go to football practice.

我认为你完全应该去争取，坚持训练。努力训练，确保橄榄球训练。

Don't be fearful about the boys on the team.

不要担心球队里的男孩。

Keep at it, you know? Play with the boys, don't let it limit you.

坚持下去，好吗？和男孩一起打橄榄球，不要让性别限制住你。

Get strong early and get good coaching and don't take no for an answer.

尽早变强壮，接受良好的训练指导，不接受“不行”这个答案。

Practice, practice, practice. Practice makes perfect, so just keep practicing and, you know, people will recognize if you have true talent.

练习，练习，练习。熟能生巧，只要你坚持练习，如果你真的有天赋，人们会认可你的。

You should train really hard and start mastering the game of football so by the time high school comes around, if you're not already in high school, you can get on the team, get that D-1 scholarship, get all those scouting² reports, get that first-round draft pick, first woman ever in the NFL. Boom, RAINBOW GIRL GAMING, that's you.

你应该努力训练，开始掌控橄榄球这项运动，这样在你高中以后，如果你现在还没上高中的话，进入高中以后你可以加入橄榄球队，拿到D-1奖学金，成为所有球探报告的关注人物，在首轮选秀被选中，成为首个进入NFL的女性。嘭，RAINBOW GIRL GAMING，那个人就是你。

1 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

2 scouting   

守候活动，童子军的活动

参考例句：

• I have people scouting the hills already. 我已经让人搜过那些山了。
• Perhaps also from the Gospel it passed into the tradition of scouting. 也许又从《福音书》传入守望的传统。 来自演讲部分