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41 岁的 LeBron James：为了再赢一次，只要很少的钱去了 76ers
41-Year-Old LeBron Takes Little Money to Join the 76ers for One More Win
This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 8 key vocabulary words such as 喜欢、钱、一起 and walks through 3 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.
你一定听过 LeBron James 这个名字。
You've surely heard the name LeBron James.
在很多人心里，他是最会打篮球的人。
In many people's minds, he's the best basketball player there is.
他今年四十一岁了。
He's forty-one this year.
四十一岁，对打篮球的人来说，已经很大了。
Forty-one is already quite old for a basketball player.
可是他还在打，还打得很好。
But he's still playing, and still playing well.
今年，他做了一件让所有人都没想到的事。
This year, he did something no one saw coming.
以前，他在 LA 打了八年球。
Before, he played eight years of ball in LA.
大家都以为，他会一直在 LA，一直打到打不动。
Everyone assumed he'd stay in LA and play until he couldn't anymore.
可是这一次，他走了。
But this time, he left.
他去了一个新的城市：Philadelphia。
He went to a new city: Philadelphia.
在 Philadelphia，有一个篮球队，叫 76ers。
In Philadelphia, there's a basketball team called the 76ers.
更让人吃惊的，是钱的事。
Even more surprising is the money.
LeBron 是非常有钱的人。
LeBron is an extremely rich man.
可是这一次，他只要了很少很少的钱。
But this time, he asked for very, very little money.
为什么？
Why?
因为他不是为了钱。
Because he isn't doing it for the money.
他想要的，是再赢一次。
What he wants is to win one more time.
打篮球，最难、也最好的一件事，就是赢得第一。
In basketball, the hardest and best thing is to finish first.
LeBron 以前赢过几次，可是他还想再赢。
LeBron has won a few times before, but he still wants to win again.
在 Philadelphia，还有两个很厉害的球员：Embiid 和 Maxey。
In Philadelphia there are two other great players: Embiid and Maxey.
LeBron 想和他们一起，再赢一次。
LeBron wants to win once more, together with them.
Philadelphia 这个队，已经很多很多年，没有赢过第一了。
This Philadelphia team hasn't finished first in many, many years.
LeBron 说了一句话：我还是很爱篮球，我能给的，还有很多。
LeBron said: I still love basketball, and I have a lot left to give.
一个四十一岁的人，为了再赢一次，钱都可以不要——这，就是 LeBron。
A forty-one-year-old willing to give up money to win one more time — that's LeBron.
他很喜欢篮球 = he loves basketball.
他不是为了钱 = not for the money.
和他们一起 = together with them.
LeBron 以前赢过 = LeBron won before.
你一定听过 = you've surely heard.
最会打篮球的人 = the best basketball player.
他想再赢一次 = he wants to win again.
两个很厉害的球员 = two formidable players.
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