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LeBron 为什么去 76ers？41 岁、只签八百万，就为再拿一个冠军
Why LeBron Joined the 76ers: 41, $8M, All for One More Title
This is an HSK 3-4 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 决定、普通、答案 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.
先问你一个问题：一个已经赚够了钱、也拿过好几次冠军的人，四十一岁了，为什么还要拼命打篮球？
Let me start with a question: a man who's already made enough money and won several championships, at forty-one, why is he still fighting so hard on the court?
今年夏天，LeBron James 用一个决定，给了大家答案。
This summer, LeBron James gave everyone an answer with one decision.
很多人叫他“篮球之王”。
Many call him "the King of basketball."
他今年四十一岁，正在打自己的第二十四个赛季，这在篮球历史上，是从来没有过的。
He's forty-one, playing his 24th season — something that's never happened in basketball's history.
一般人打篮球，打到三十五、六岁，就差不多了。
Ordinary players are about done by thirty-five or thirty-six.
可是他到现在，还是联盟里最好的几个球员之一。
But even now, he's still one of the best players in the league.
过去八年，他一直在 LA 的湖人队。
For the past eight years, he was with the Lakers in LA.
大家几乎都觉得，他会在 LA 一直打到退役。
Almost everyone figured he'd stay in LA and play until he retired.
结果今年，他做了一个让整个篮球圈都震惊的决定。
But this year, he made a decision that stunned the whole basketball world.
他离开了 LA，也没有回以前的 Cavs 或 Heat，最后去了 Philadelphia 76人队。
He left LA, didn't return to his old Cavs or Heat, and finally went to the Philadelphia 76ers.
更让人吃惊的，是钱。
Even more shocking is the money.
以 LeBron 的名气，他本来可以拿一份很高的工资。
With LeBron's fame, he could have taken a very high salary.
可是他只签了一份两年、八百万美元的小合同。
But he signed only a two-year, eight-million-dollar small contract.
对普通人来说，八百万当然是很大一笔钱；
For an ordinary person, eight million is a huge amount;
可是对 LeBron 这个级别的球星来说，这几乎就是“白打”。
But for a star of LeBron's level, it's almost "playing for free."
他为什么这么做？
Why did he do this?
答案很简单：他想再拿一个冠军。
The answer is simple: he wants one more championship.
Philadelphia 这个队，已经四十多年，没拿过冠军了。
This Philadelphia team hasn't won a title in over forty years.
队里还有两个很强的年轻球员：Embiid 和 Maxey。
The team also has two strong young players: Embiid and Maxey.
LeBron 想带着他们，一起再去冲一个冠军。
LeBron wants to lead them on one more run at a championship.
他说了一句话，很多人都记住了：“我还是真心爱着篮球，我还有很多可以给的。
He said something many people remembered: "I still truly love basketball,
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and I have a lot left to give."
一个四十一岁的传奇，宁可少拿很多钱，也要再赢一次；
A forty-one-year-old legend who'd rather take far less money just to win once more,
这件事本身，可能比任何一场比赛，都更让人感动。
that itself may move you more than any single game.
他做了一个决定 = he made a decision.
对普通人来说 = for an ordinary person.
答案很简单 = the answer is simple.
很多人都记住了 = many remembered it.
我真心爱着篮球 = I truly love basketball.
再拿一个冠军 = win one more championship.
拼命打篮球 = fights hard at basketball.
第二十四个赛季 = his 24th season.
* beyond level超纲词
为什么还要……？
'why does he still …?' — asking a motive.
四十一岁了，为什么还要拼命打篮球？
宁可……也要……
'would rather … just to …' — sacrificing one thing for another.
宁可少拿很多钱，也要再赢一次。
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