[外電] Hey, Ben, U.K. wants you

看板ChicagoBulls (芝加哥公牛)作者diematrix ( )時間18年前 (2007/04/14 00:35)推噓2(2推 0噓 1→)

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Hey, Ben, U.K. wants you April 13, 2007 When London hosts the Summer Olympics in 2012, Great Britain will qualify a men's basketball team for the first time since the city hosted the 1948 Games. A bid to the host team from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is automatic. 2012年的奧運將在倫敦舉辦,而大不列顛自1948年主辦後首次有資格參加男子籃球的項目事實上主辦國將會有免會外賽直接晉級的權利. (這就跟2008的末代奧運棒球賽大陸隊可以不用打亞錦賽一樣) The centerpiece of the British side is expected to be Luol Deng, who finally was granted citizenship last October after an extended delay. The process was impeded in the pathways of the country's Home Office because Deng -- technically still a political refugee from Sudan -- had spent most of the previous seven years studying and playing basketball in the United States. 不列顛的主砲是滷蛋,他在去年10月的時候終於被認定為不列顛公民. 而在這過程間其實有許多狀況,他是蘇丹人,而過去七年他都在美國生活. Now that Deng is the U.K.'s most prominent basketball ambassador, he quietly has pursued a recruiting goal: Convince Bulls teammate Ben Gordon to cast his lot -- and his explosive jump shot -- with the Union Jack. 現在滷蛋是英國最著名的籃球員,而他有個重大的任務,就是去說服古蛋一起穿上英國隊戰袍. ''Ben is eligible [to play for Great Britain], but I think he would like to keep his options open because he would really like to play for the U.S.,'' Deng said. ''I certainly have spoken to him about it.'' "古蛋是個很適合的人選,但是我想他有自由可以決定要或不要, 因為他更希望為美國隊出賽" Gordon is eligible because his mother, Yvonne -- originally from Jamaica -- lived in London when he was born in 1983. Mother and child later emigrated to Mount Vernon, N.Y., where Gordon grew up. He became a U.S. citizen while in high school. 古蛋有這資格主要是因為他牙買加籍的母親在生他的時候是住在英國的, 後來才移民到紐約,而他成為美國公民則是在高中的事情. Of Deng's overture, Gordon said: ''I've only thought about it when Luol brings it up. I know he thinks I should be playing. [British basketball officials] have never given me a deadline. It is a great opportunity that I'll probably look at some more. But right now, I wouldn't say 'yes' that I'd play, or 'no' that I won't. I'll just wait and see how things go.'' 在魯蛋的提議後,古蛋說 "我是在他提起後才去想這件事情的,我知道他認為我該去的" "而他們也沒給我一個時間的底限,這是個很好的機會,我會去考慮看看的" "我現在不會答應或拒絕,我還要在觀察看看." Jim O'Donnell -- 我們改名叫做英國公牛如何?? 又拿戒指又拿金牌好像不賴喔XD 因為不想再看到麥香堡了,所以選這篇來翻有錯的話還請各位多多指教.謝謝. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.162.139.28