原本写原文的时候是中英一起写, 所以顺手把英文版发的溜马 FB 群去,
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18sDSoLopN/
引起了蛮多共鸣的.. 但是有一个外国活塞迷却回了我, 他的文章也写得很好
所以我帮他贴了上来, 顺便翻译.. 因为这篇文看了也让我感触良多...
- - -以下是外国活塞迷看了我之前奥本山宫殿文章的回文 - -
November 19th was circled on my calendar the day the 2004-05 schedule was
released. My boss (I worked as a meat clerk at Meijer) wouldn't let me off
shift because he hated me. Or I would've been there.
2004-05 赛季赛程一公布，我立刻把 11 月 19 日圈起来。我在 Meijer 当肉品部员工，
主管因为讨厌我，不让我请假。不然我肯定会去现场。
"These are our rivals!" I had declared.
我那时就说：“这是我们的死对头！”
(译者注 : Meijer 是美国中西部的平价连锁超市，文中作者是高中/大学生时在此打工的
肉品部店员，强调“无法请假看比赛”的青春遗憾。)
I was Pissed. Writing for a Pistons site at the time, an article entitled
"From a Pist Pistons Fan," was posted in the early morning hours of November
20th.
我真的很气。我当时帮一个活塞网站写文章，结果在 11 月 20 日凌晨，我就写了一篇叫
〈一个气到爆的活塞迷〉的文章发表出来。
A professional comedian had told us, and America, "we'll burn our city to the
ground" should we win a title.
一位脱口秀演员跟我们—也跟全美观众说：“如果我们拿冠军，我们会把城市整个烧掉。
”
(译者注: 当时全美都在嘲讽底特律夺冠后街头暴动的样子, 全国媒体都很瞧不起这个
走向没落的贫穷汽车城市)
A cup at a player. A quarter at Allen Iverson's head in the playoffs... The
nerves of defending your title...as the seconds ticked off the clock in Game
7 of the 2005 NBA Finals

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