聽遍美國(guó)體育新聞--大學(xué)球員紛紛奔向NBA
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College Basketball Players Running to the NBA
Speaking of Sports, I’m Bill Savanson from Chicago. There is an exodus(1) of college basketball players leaving their respective(2)colleges early going off to the NBA. Why is this happening? Because the kids wanna get some cash. If the NCAA in Indianapolis isn’t looking at the last couple of days and seeing all these kids basically just running to the NBA, then they’re blind. These players are tired of working for free. And I don’t want to hear the college education thing... Alright, these college coaches will stay out of school for a year like Buzz Peterson at Tulsa and go take that multi-million dollar deal at Tennessee. Meanwhile the guys who helped them get that job at Tulsa are sitting there not even able to have a paycheck (3). I think we have a major problem here. And I don’t have a problem with the players going off early to the NBA. We don’t know their particular family situations or the facts that they could help their family pay their bills. And even if it’t not in the NBA, it could be in another minor league or overseas someplace. But when these players watch these coaches leave and get big cash or stay and get a multi-million dollar extension and they’re not getting anything. How can that coach walk into that locker room or that practice or that weight room and look those players straight in the eye, “oh, thanks for making me a multimillionaire, hey we are going to cut practice short, because me and the kids are going out to the country club.” Meanwhile that kid will roll back to his cafeteria(4) and enjoy some great college dining room food. NCAA you’d better come up with something quick otherwise you’re going to lose kids left and right. This is one of the biggest exoduses we’ve ever seen.
When we’re looking for heroes in sports, how about Napoleon Coffman formerly of the Oakland raiders? He was set to make 2.5 million dollars this year and he walked away from his contract. He has retired to become a minister【牧師】. Now I’m not going to get religious on this commentary(5), but it is great to see someone follow their heart instead of following their paycheck.
Speaking of sports, I’m Bill Savanson from Chicago.
聽音瓶頸詞匯
1.exodus []n.成群外出
2.respective []adj.各自的
3.paycheck []n.支付薪金的支票
4.cafeteria []n.小餐廳；食堂
5.commentary []n.評(píng)論
聽音高級(jí)短語
go off 離開；流失
be tired of 疲倦于
locker room 更衣室；衣物間
roll back 滾回；回到…
come up with 提出
left and right 到處
set to 準(zhǔn)備；著手
聽音超級(jí)句型
Have a problem with...
在…問題上有麻煩。
It is great to see someone follow their heart instead of following their paycheck.
很高興看到有人為了他們的興趣而非金錢去做事。
大學(xué)球員紛紛奔向NBA
體育評(píng)論，我是芝加哥的比爾•山文森。一些大學(xué)籃球球員過早地離開他們各自的學(xué)校到NBA打球。為什么會(huì)有這樣的事情發(fā)生呢？因?yàn)檫@些孩子想賺錢。在印地安納波里，如果全國(guó)大學(xué)生體育協(xié)會(huì)在這些天里沒有注意到孩子們紛紛涌向NBA的話，那他們就是瞎了眼。這些球員已經(jīng)厭倦了無償打球。我也不想聽像大學(xué)教育等諸如此類的話。這些大學(xué)教練會(huì)像塔爾薩的布茲•彼特森一樣在學(xué)校外面呆上一年，然后又跑到田納西州簽定百萬美圓的協(xié)議。而那些讓他們?cè)谒査_得到這份美差的孩子們卻坐在那兒沒有一份報(bào)酬。我認(rèn)為這里有一個(gè)主要的問題。我不認(rèn)為這些過早去NBA打球的孩子們有什么錯(cuò)。我們不知道他們的家庭條件，或者他們是否可以為家里減輕負(fù)擔(dān)。而且就算沒有去NBA，他們也會(huì)離開去一些小聯(lián)盟或海外的某個(gè)地方。 你想想當(dāng)這些球員看著他們的教練手揣巨額離開或簽定百萬美圓延期協(xié)議而留下，而他們卻一無所有時(shí)心里是什么滋味。 那些教練竟然走進(jìn)更衣室或練習(xí)場(chǎng)或舉重室然后直視他們的雙眼說道：“謝謝你們讓我成為了百萬富翁，嗨，我們必須縮短練習(xí)時(shí)間，因?yàn)槲揖鸵⒆觽內(nèi)ムl(xiāng)村俱樂部（打高爾夫了）。”然后，那個(gè)球員只好乖乖地回到他們的自助餐廳，享受大學(xué)食堂里的美味食物！全國(guó)大學(xué)生體育協(xié)會(huì)，你們得趕快采取措施否則你們將到處失去你們的球員。這次是我所見過的最大的球員流失事件之一。
說到體育英雄，你認(rèn)為奧克蘭騎士隊(duì)前隊(duì)員拿破侖•克夫曼怎樣？他今年可賺250萬美圓，但他還是辭掉了合同，退役做了一名牧師。現(xiàn)在我不想讓我的評(píng)論帶上宗教色彩，而是很高興看到有人為了他們的興趣而非金錢去做事。
體育評(píng)論，我是芝加哥的比爾•山文森。
