Getting Acquainted The Spurs Way
试着熟悉马刺的风格
Source: NBA.com 2016/09/01
Davis Bertans and Livio Jean-Charles recently moved from Europe, while
Dewayne Dedmon came over from Orlando. Three more players – Dejounte Murray,
Ryan Arcidiacono and Bryn Forbes – were in college a few months ago.
They’re six of the newest Spurs, who figured a great way to get to know each
other would be to volunteer together. Their first official act in their new
home was a trip to the San Antonio Food Bank, putting together meals for kids.
Bertans跟LJC最近才刚从欧洲搬过来，Demon则是来自奥兰多。而另外三位-Murray、
Arcidiacono和Forbes，几个月前还在大学打球呢。
这六位马刺今年的新同学，一起去参与志工活动会是一个认识彼此的好主意。他们在
新家的第一个公开活动，是去圣安东尼奥食物银行一趟，为孩子们备餐。
Kyle Anderson and Jonathon Simmons led the newcomers as they formed an
assembly line to make 768 meal packs. Simmons packed cans of pork and beans,
Forbes tossed in juice boxes and Dedmon added condensed milk and cereal.
Whether it’s the annual Champions Against Hunger Dinner or a volunteer trip,
serving the San Antonio Food Bank has been a passion of Spurs coach Gregg
Popovich and the rest of the team.
KA跟Simmons领着这些新人组成一个生产线，帮忙准备768份餐点。 Simmons负责放猪
肉跟豆罐头，Frobes放果汁，Dedmon放炼乳跟麦片。
不论是为了年度的Champions Against Hunger Dinner或是志工活动，帮忙圣安东尼奥
食物银行一直是马刺教练Popo跟其他队员热衷的事。
“This place means a lot to Coach Pop and the Spurs organization,” Anderson
said. “We’re coming out here are showing the new guys that this is
something we take very seriously. To get out in the community and serve
dinners or take trips to the Food Bank, it’s the understanding that life is
about more than basketball.”
The players received a tour of the Food Bank before they got to work. The San
Antonio Food Bank serves more than 58,000 people every week, with 63 million
pounds of food leaving the facility last year.
"这地方对Pop或是马刺队都意义非凡"，KA说，"我们到这里，是为了让新同学们知道
这是我们很在乎的事情。不论是到社区里帮忙送餐，或是去食物银行做志工，都会让
我们了解到生活比起篮球更加重要。"
在上工前，这些球员会先到食物银行来趟志工之旅。圣安东尼奥食物银行，每周会为
超过58,000人备餐，去年送出超过六千三百万磅的食物。
In San Antonio, one in four children faces food insecurity, where they don’t
know when their next meal will be served.
“Everybody knows there’s disparity, but it’s almost an embarrassing
situation,” Popovich said at February’s Champions Against Hunger Dinner. “
If you’re doing well, you should be embarrassed if you’re doing nothing to
try to ease that gap. Whether it’s spending time with organizations, giving
money, or both, it’s a responsibility that cannot be denied. If you deny it,
shame on you.”
在圣安东尼奥，每四个孩童就有一个三餐没有保障，他们不知道下一顿饭会在哪里。
Popo在二月的Champions Against Hunger Dinner上说道："每个人都知道这社会存在
著差异，但现在情况已经非常糟。如果你过得很好而你没有试着去减少这样的社会差
距，你应该要感到羞耻。不论是去社福机构帮忙、捐钱或是两者都做，这都是无可避
免的社会责任。如果你不愿意，那就是你不知羞耻。"
Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker have brought their families to the food bank in
the past. For the newest players, Wednesday’s volunteer effort was the first
field trip in what it means to be a Spur.
“This is my first time coming out to a food bank this big,” Dedmon said. “
We were really educated on everything they do here and how many people they
serve.”
过去Manu跟TP都会带家人去食物银行帮忙。而对于这些新同学们，礼拜三的志工活动
会是他们体会身为马刺成员背后的意义的第一步。
Dedmon说："我长这么大还是第一次到食物银行，我们被教导在这边的一切，也了解
他们为多少人服务著。"
A focus of the Food Bank is to address gaps for children. While children in
poverty have public school lunches provided for them, they often go hungry on
weekends, holidays or during the summer. The Food Bank hopes to step in to
fill those gaps, and the Spurs players chipped in with the meal packs.
The Food Bank’s BackPack Program distributes food packs to children who are
identified by teachers and staff members as showing signs that they are
living in a high-risk situation.
“I have children of my own, and days like this mean a lot,” Simmons said.
“I have friends who are struggling the same way. I’m from a poor area. I
know what these kids are going through. It’s humbling for me that I’m in a
position to give back now.”
食物银行的一大重点是解决孩童的饮食差距。尽管贫穷的孩童在学校时会有供应午餐，
但他们在周末、假日或是暑假仍然会挨饿。食物银行希望能够消弭这样的困境，马刺的
球员们也会捐赠餐点给他们。
食物银行的配送程序，则是把这些餐点送给那些被学校老师、或是机构人员认定身处高
风险环境的孩子们。
Simmons说："我自己也有小孩，我也曾经有过那样的日子。我有的朋友也是在艰苦地生
活。我来自穷人区，所以我知道那些孩子们正在经历些什么。而现在的我能够反过来贡
献社会，对此我感到十分感激。"
来源：http://www.nba.com/spurs/getting-acquainted-spurs-way/