托福阅读丨篮球和英语很配哦！

NBA新赛季刚开打就话题不断，勒布朗身边欧文的快长是否能为克里夫兰再次捍卫尊严，勇士掏空板凳凑成的四巨头究竟能有多大建树，威少、浓眉哥、利拉德、哈登和卡哇伊也都表现出极强的竞争性...

本期的托福阅读栏目，长沙新航道小编就和大家聊一聊NBA的新赛季。

I could watch plays like this all day. If you like basketball, I am sure you too have spent entire days watching highlight reels of your favorite players. Now you can do that, keep up to date with important events for office small-talk, and learn English at the same time. How? By following the basketball news on these sites and checking out their short and fun articles.

我能就这样每天看着他们打球。如果你喜欢篮球，我相信你也会花一整天的时间去看你喜欢球员比赛的精彩回放。现在你可以一边跟进篮球界重大事件，一边提高英语水平。怎么做？你可以通过关注下列篮球新闻网站并及时查阅他们短小精悍的文章。

SB Nation - NBA

SB Nation provides a great way to follow game results and analysis, but what I love about it is that it brings to my attention all the odd bits of the NBA. SB Nation is a great platform if you like the amazing and weird plays that the game has to offer and to check out the quirky stuff that NBA players (and mascots) do on and off the court. For example, they recently reported that Stuff, the Magic's mascot, was this year's Mascot of the Year.

SB Nation ，这里可以及时跟进比赛结果和评论，但是我它的一点是，它把NBA比赛中一些奇思妙想的地方带到我的眼前。如果你喜欢比赛中那些最棒和奇古怪的表现，喜欢NBA球员（以及吉祥物）场内和场外的表现，那SB Nation真的是一个超好用的平台。例如，最近他们报道Stuff，魔术队的吉祥物，正是今年的年度吉祥物。

You can follow their analyses of the games and learn some of the most up to date basketball English vocabulary out there! Thanks to them, I learned today that Kevin Durant might be Michael Phelps' biggest fan!

你可以及时跟进他们对比赛的评论，并学一些的篮球英语词汇。多亏了他们，今天我才知道凯文·杜兰特是迈克尔·菲尔普斯的超级粉丝！

English level: Easy-medium. Minimal text.
英语水平：简单中等程度。篇幅短小。

Bleacher Report 

Bleacher Report features longer pieces, and this is an asset, since many of the basketball rumors and projections are explored in depth. Today, for example, I found out that the legendary Ray Allen is considering a return to the NBA to keep his three-point record safe from the two-time MVP Stephen Curry.

Bleacher Report里的文章通常篇幅很长，这也是它的一个优势，对许多篮球比赛预测以及周边谣言会进行深度报道。例如，今天我发现传奇人物雷·艾伦打算重回NBA从而保证自己的三分球记录不会被两次获得“最有价值球员”的Stephen Curry打破。

Bleacher Report will also cover cultural aspects of basketball too, such as how Obama and Curry play golf together.

Bleacher Report还会报道和篮球相关的文化周边，例如奥巴马和库里一起打高尔夫。

English level: Medium. Concise pieces of text.

英语水平：中等程度。

Slam

Slam is a historic basketball magazine. It's where LeBron James had his first profile as a young man, and many basketball insiders consider Slam issues to be chapters of a basketball bible. They also keep up with the latest trends in sneakers from around the league, and the stories behind them. A good source if you want to read long, long pieces that will help you learn how to write about basketball in a stylish way.

Slam杂志在篮球界影响深远。在这里年轻的勒布朗·詹姆斯曾经次亮相，还有许多篮球界人士认识认为Slam每版连起来几乎就是一本篮球圣经。他们也随时跟踪球队中球鞋的趋势，以及他们背后的故事。如果你读一些篇幅很长的文章，这些文章将会帮助你在未来可以写出很漂亮的关于篮球评论。

You might also recognize a few kids here, profiled as a group by Slam back in 1996...

下面是Slam在1996年推出的新人组合，你是否可以认出下面的那些孩子……

English level: Medium-hard. Longer pieces.

英语水平：中等偏难。长篇文章。

Sources
WWLP, The 305, Ball is Life, The Score, Pinterest, SB Nation, Giphy

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