励志演讲 :不要怀疑,相信自己(3)
We lost the next year, but we gained another heroic figure in Pat Riley. He was the man who brought four championships to Los Angeles. What a career, what glory, what fun to have you as my guardian angel. Jerry West decided another Hall of Famer, so he drafted James Worthy. Big Game James, certainly one of the nicest men anybody will ever meet. There were times when I would sit in the locker room, and I would be surrounded by five Hall of Famers. As a fan, you can't imagine how wonderful that feels.
第二年我们输了,但是我们获得了另一个英雄般的成员帕特·赖利。他的到来使湖人队获得四次冠军。多么辉煌的职业生涯!多么光荣!湖人拥有你这位守护天使是多么令人高兴的事啊!杰里·韦斯特决定了另一个名人堂成员的命运。他招进了詹姆斯·沃西,这个相当和善的人。有好几次,在更衣室里,聚集在我周围的是五个名人堂的巨星。我这个粉丝的兴奋之情难以想象。
Still, it couldn't last. We had a few rough years. We missed the playoffs one year — something unheard of in Lakerland — and then the chapter two begins. Jerry West comes to me and says he has an eye on a 17-year-old phenomenon, Kobe Bryant.
这种状态没有持续多长时间。球队过了几年艰难的曰子。我们有一年竞然错过了季后赛,这是湖人队有史以来从未听说过的!之后,我篮球职业生涯的第二章掀开了。有一次,杰里·韦斯特到我这里来,说看上了一个17岁的叫科比·布莱恩的孩子。
I said, "Great, in three or four years, he'll be good."
我说:“好啊!三四年之后,他应该会很棒的。”
He said, "No. Now."
他说:“不是!他现在就很棒。”
I said, "What?"
我说:“什么?”
"Well, not only that, Jerry," he was telling me, "also Shaq has said he wants to come to Los Angeles. This could be the greatest one-two punch in the history of basketball."
“呃,不仅这样,杰里,”他告诉我说,“沙奎尔·奥尼尔也表示想到湖人来打球。这将是篮球历史上最棒的组合了! ”
重点讲解:
1. in years
年老;几年内;在年龄上
eg. This year, and in years to come, we have a solemn responsibility to do it right.
今年以及随后几年,我们有一项庄严的责任,那就是正确实行这项改革。
eg. Jim Guy Tucker was lieutenant governor, probably the ablest person ever to hold the job, and we were working together, rather than at cross-purposes, for the first time in years.
吉姆.盖伊.塔克是副州长,很可能是有史以来最有能力的副州长,那是多年来头一次,我们俩为着共同的目标一起奋斗,而不是相反的目的。
2. not only
不仅是;不只
eg. Not only do you win, but so do your employees.
不仅你会是赢家,你的员工也是赢家。
eg. Not only I like this movie, but my mother likes it as well.
不但是我喜欢这部电影,我的妈妈也很爱看它。
3. one-two punch
连环出击;连续左右猛击;连续出击的组合拳
eg. Mix in colds, which are prevalent this time of year, and the immune system of Americans could be dealt a one-two punch.
在一年之中的这个时候,由于混合了普通感冒,美国人的免疫系统将面临组合拳的打击。
eg. He and DeMarcus Cousins could form the next deadly one-two punch in the NBA.
他和德马库斯-考辛斯将会组成联盟中下一个强大的组合。
背景资料
杰里·巴斯(1933.01.27~2013.02.18),男,1933年1月27日出生于美国盐湖城。杰里·巴斯对于享誉世界的湖人队来说是一个里程碑式的人物,湖人在巴斯的经营下迅速成为NBA最成功的球队之一。20世纪50年代,杰里·巴斯依靠房地产起家,并于1979年与合伙人一起花6750万美元买下湖人等球队。带领湖人队赢得10个总冠军,贾巴尔、魔术师约翰逊、奥尼尔和科比·布莱恩特这样的巨星先后在这里绽放光芒。赶走奥尼尔使他在相当一部分球迷中失去了口碑,不过以科比为核心重新塑造了湖人。1979年湖人队的单独估价是1600万美元,而福布斯杂志估计,2013年的湖人队价值10亿美元。北京时间2013年2月18日晚因癌症在美国洛杉矶去世,享年80岁。
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