美語情景對話 第625期:Basketball Superstars 籃球巨星

Wendi: OK, so I wanna ask you who you think is the best player of all time.

溫迪：你認爲誰是有史以來最好的運動員？

Ken: All time?

肯：有史以來嗎？

Wendi: Basketball player.

溫迪：對，籃球運動員。

Ken: Basketball player of all time? Well, that's a no-brainer. It's Michael Jordan. No one even comes close to what he's been doing, or what he did. He's one, what six, five, no five MVPs, six championships, scoring titles every year in the league. He makes his teammates better. By far the best player to ever play the game.

肯：有史以來最棒的籃球運動員？答案顯而易見啊，當然是邁克爾·喬丹。沒有人能與他的成就相比並論。他拿過5次最有價值球員，獲得了6個總冠軍，幾乎各個賽季都能拿到得分王。他幫助他的隊友進步。目前，他是籃球界有史以來最棒的球員。

Wendi: I wanna know who is the, kind of, strongest player right now that you could see filling Michael Jordan's shoes.

溫迪：你認爲現在能成爲喬丹接班人的最強球員是誰？

Ken: If you've been watching the NBA recently, you've probably heard the name LeBron James. He's probably like 21 right now, but he's already dominating the league. He takes a team and he's carried them to the playoffs, like it's just him, no one else on the team's good. He's done very well for himself.

肯：你最近要是有看NBA比賽的話，你應該聽說過勒布朗·詹姆斯。他現在應該是21歲，不過他已經掌控了聯盟。他憑一已之力將球隊帶進了季後賽，他所在的球隊沒有其他好球員。他一個人做得非常不錯。

Wendi: What do you think of the little man that could, Steve Nash from Victoria?

溫迪：你覺得弗吉尼亞的小個子球員史蒂夫·納什怎麼樣？

Ken: Steve Nash is amazing. He's everything a basketball player shouldn't be.

肯：史蒂夫·納什太棒了。他其實不具備成爲籃球運動員的所有條件。

Wendi: Really.

溫迪：是嗎？

Ken: He's short, white, Canadian, floppy hair, but he's a really, really good basketball player. He's making his teammates better. Everybody wants to play with him because he's so good and, you know, he's doing real well in the playoffs right now. Maybe they might win the championship so... I mean, to MVP in a row, go Canada.

肯：他不高，是白人，來自加拿大，頭髮蓬鬆，不過他的確是一名優秀的籃球運動員。他能幫助隊友進步。所有人都想和他一起打球，因爲他非常優秀，他現在在季後賽的表現非常好。也許他所在的隊會贏得總冠軍……他可能會連續拿到MVP，然後回到加拿大。

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重點講解：
1. of all time 有史以來最…的；前所未有的；空前的；
例句：This is my favourite song of all time.
這是我有史以來最喜愛的一首歌。
2. no-brainer 非常容易的問題；容易作出的決定；
例句：If it's illegal for someone under 21 to drive, it should be illegal for them to drink and drive. That's a no-brainer.
如果不滿21歲開車是違法的，那他們酒後駕車也應是違法的，這非常容易理解。
3. by far 到目前爲止；
例句：She is by far the best teacher I have ever had.
她是我一生中所遇到的最好的老師。
4. fill one's shoes 接替…的位置（或工作）；
例句：No one has been able to fill his shoes.
目前還沒人能接替他的位置。
5. in a row 連續地；接連不斷地；不間斷地；
例句：We have three holidays in a row.
我們連放三天假。