The Airman is Back

Jordan’s 1)highlights in the past

(In the 1983 2)NCAA 3)Finals)

4)Jumper out on the left, good! The 5)Tar 1 Heels are going to win the national championship.”

(In the Chicago Bulls 6)home court: the United Center)

“What time is it?”

“Game time!”

“From North Carolina, Michael Jordan.”

(In the 1988 7)Slam Dunk contest)

“There he goes. He goes in straight, goes up and now he sideways. Look at the air! look at the hang time! Look at the flying motion! Look at the...”

(In game 3 of 1991 NBA finals)

“A spetacular move by Michael Jordan! That’s thirteen consecutive 2 8)field goals.”

(In game 6 of 1998 NBA finals)

“It’s over! Bulls win the 9)title! The Bulls are the world champions again! Oh, my word! who would have thunk it! The Chicago Bulls have won their sixth NBA championship.”

(In the 10)Wizard’s first game against 11)New York Knicks in the 2001-2002 season.)

“He is now back! Holy mackerel.”

Press conference

(About the reason to retire in 1998 ) Even when I retired 3 the last time, I wasn’t, I was, I didn’t say I was ready to quit the game. I didn’t want to go through the whole rebuilding process at that time. You know I think everybody asked me well if 12)Phil would have stayed there and the team would have stayed intact I would have still been playing.

(About 13)Barkley’s decision) No, I don’t see where he has a point. I love Charles Barkley, you guys know that. You guys love him because he can give you quick comments and 14)wit and whatever. You know, I never utilize 4 his evaluations 5 for what I try to do as a basketball player. I tried to intrigue 6 him by seeing if he can push himself to get to a challenge of possibly coming back and playing and Charles chose it from his own perspective and his motivation that he couldn’t.

(About the reason to come back)Ah, when I step on the basketball court, you know, I’m going to consider myself as trying to be the best basketball player I can be. You know, in comparisons to others, I think, that’s going to be something that’s evaluated over time. I’m going to have total confidence once I step on the basketball court that I can do all the things that I’m capable of doing other than 15)take off from the free throw line other than the physical capabilities 7 that I probably can’t do or wouldn’t want to do.

(About the aim to play) Physically 8, I know that I’m not 25 years old. I’m not, I’m, not, stepping up here and saying that I will be 25 years old when I step on that court but I feel like I can play the game of basketball at the highest level, ah, and that’s what I’m aiming to do.

(About the possible failure)You know, I’m not expecting myself to come out and score 40 or 50 16)points the first night. You know I’m just going to try to work my way back into the intensity 9 of the game. I’m not afraid to take on a challenge. I’m not afraid to take a step. And if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we all can learn something in life it’s that don’t be afraid to take on something that you believe you’re capable of achieving. You know, if my kids get anything from this whole thing it’s if you have a vision about something go out and do it. Don’t let anyone determine what your beliefs may be. If you fail, Ok, I tried. You never know if I would fail or if I, you can’t fail unless you tried.

(About his 17)legacy 10) You know, so I’m not looking at this legacy thing as much as you guys may be looking at it. I’m not here to try to redefine the game of basketball. Everything that worked for me may not work for them. I’m just going to try to give them the best angle to make them better basketball players and hopefully that’s going to make us a better team. And that I can pass that on to other players in the league and make the game better.

(About his help on the victims of the 9.11 attack)  I know my place. I understand that I can help and this is my way of helping 11 and hopefully it can help.CE

乔丹历史精彩片段

(1983年NCAA决赛)

“从左侧的一记远投，球进啦！塔基尔斯队将获得（大学联赛）全国冠军。”

(公牛队主场联合中心)

“现在是什么时间？”

“比赛时间！”

“来自北卡罗莱那大学的迈克尔·乔丹。”

(1988年扣篮大赛)

“他来了，身体先直接往上，然后身体倾斜。看看他的弹跳高度！看看他的腾空时间！看看他的飞行动作！看看。”

(1991年NBA总决赛第3场)

“乔丹做出了一个让人难以置信的动作，这是他第13个进球。”

(1998年NBA总决赛第6场)

“结束啦！公牛队赢得了总冠军！公牛队成为了世界冠军！喔，我的天！谁能想到！芝加哥公牛队赢得了他们第6个NBA总冠军。”

(2001-2002年NBA奇才队第一场比赛，对手纽约尼克斯队)

“他现在回来啦！老天！”

新闻发布会

(关于1998年退役的原因)

即使当我上次退役时，我没有说我会永久地退出。我只是不想在那个时候经历球队的重建工程。如果菲尔留在芝加哥，球队没有大的变动，也许我会一直打到现在。

(关于巴克利的决定)不，我不认为他有道理。我喜欢查尔斯·巴克利，这个你们都知道。你们喜欢他，因为他能很快地提供给你们评论和幽默。你知道，我从来不会以他的评价来判断自己作为一位篮球运动员所要做的事情。我试着挑战他，看他是否能接受挑战，重披战袍。从自己的立场和兴趣出发，查尔斯选择了不复出。

(关于复出的原因) 嗯，当我踏上篮球场时，你知道，我会尽可能地使自己达到到最佳水平。你知道，和其他人比起来，我认为，时间将会检验。一旦我踏上篮球场，我会拥有十足的信心，我能做到我能做到的一切，除了从罚球线起跳扣篮，以及其它我身体素质不允许我做到的，或者我自己不想去做的动作。

(关于打球的目标) 从身体上来讲，我知道我不是25岁的人了。我也不会说当我走上赛场时，我还能像25岁时那样打球，但我感觉仍然能够达到篮球比赛的最高境界。这是我的目标。

(关于可能的失败) 你知道，我不会指望自己在复出的第一夜就拿下40分甚至50分，我必须按部就班地调整状态，适应竞争的激烈程度。我并不害怕接受挑战，我并不害怕迈出这一步。如果我失败了，就失败了。我会重新站起来，继续前进。如果我们都能从生活中学到一些东西，那就是不要害怕去选择你认为你能做到的事情。你知道，如果我的小孩能， 如果你对某样东西有感觉，放手一试。不要让任何人决定你该做什么。如果你失败了，好啊，你试过了。如果你不尝试的话你永远不会知道是否会输。

(关于他的辉煌历史)你知道，我并没有像你们认为的那样重视我的历史。我并不是来重新定义篮球运动的。所有对我管用的东西不一定就对他们管用。我只是想尽量给他们提供如何成为一个篮球运动员的视角，希望这能够使我们（奇才队）成为一支更好的球队。我还能把（这种视角）传授给联盟中的其他球员并且使整个（NBA）比赛变得更好。

(关于对9.11事件中的遇难者的帮助)我知道我所处的位置。我理解我在什么地方能帮上忙，这是我帮忙方式，希望这能对（他们）有所帮助。CE

1) highlight [hai-lait]n. 精彩镜头

2) NCAA  即National Collegiate Athletic 12 Association, 美国大学体育联盟，篮球是其中的一大赛事。

3) final [5fainl] n.  决赛

4) jumper n.  篮球投篮技术(shooting technique)中的跳投。

5) Tar Heels  （北卡罗莱那）塔合尔斯队将获得（大学）全国冠军。北卡罗莱那大学为乔丹母校，1983年乔丹在NCAA男篮决赛终场前投入制胜一球(game winner)，帮助球队拿下当年的大学联赛冠军。

6) home court  主场

7) Slam Dunk contest  从1985年开始，NBA每年都会举行一次扣篮大赛，时间是常规赛(regular season)赛程过半后的全明星(allstar game)赛期间。

8) field goal 篮球比赛中的场上得分，即区别于罚球(free throw)的得分形式。

9) title [5taitl] n.指冠军。

10) Wizard [5wizEd] n.愿意为奇才，这里指乔丹效力的华盛顿奇才队。

11) New York Knicks  纽约尼克斯队，NBA著名球队。

12) Phil   指公牛队前主教练菲尔·杰克逊(Phil Jackson)。

13) Barkley  查尔斯·巴克利(Charles Barkley)，NBA著名球员，乔丹好友。

14) wit [wit] n. 幽默，巴克利在NBA以能言、风趣著称。

15) take off from the free throw line  从罚球线起跳，这里指从罚球线起跳扣篮，乔丹曾在1987、1988年两次扣篮大赛上从罚球线起跳扣篮成功，拿下两届扣篮大赛冠军。

16) point[5pCint] n. 分、得分。

17) legacy [5legEsi] n. 遗产，这里指乔丹90年代6次总冠军的辉煌战绩。