#EZTALK #你不知道的美國大小事
#種族 #RayshardBrooks
America Is Still Burning🔥
美國怒火蔓延：一波未平，一波又起
繼上次 #佛洛伊德之死，美國喬治亞州又發生一起白人警察射殺黑人的憾事
進入文章之前，還記得 protestor 是什麼意思嗎？🤔
1. in response to …「作為……的回應」
2. pat sb. down「搜某人身」：pat本是「輕拍」的意思，pat down就是從頭拍到尾的意思，也就是「搜身」的意思，名詞寫法：pat-down或patdown。
3. sobriety test「酒測」：名詞 sobriety 是 sober「清醒的」的狀態。「（警察）給人做酒測」就說 give sb. a sobriety test，「接受酒測」就說 take a sobriety test。
4. fail「沒通過；不及格」
5. Taser「電擊槍」
6. Opinions about … are divided.「關於……的意見不一。」
7. justified「正當的」
8. in any case「無論如何；反正」
9. engulf in flames「被火吞噬」
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Just weeks after George Floyd lost his life at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, another African-American man has been fatally shot by police outside of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.
佛洛伊德死在明尼阿波利斯警察手上的事情才過去沒幾週，在喬治亞州的亞特蘭大，又發生一起非裔美國人在溫蒂漢堡外面被警察射殺的事件。
On the evening of June 12, police arrived at the Wendy’s parking lot in response to a call about a car blocking the drive-through lane. Finding 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks asleep in his car, Officer Devin Brosnan wakes him up and asks him if he’s been drinking. Brooks admits that he has, and after checking his driver’s license, Brosnan calls for backup.
六月 12 日晚上，警察抵達溫蒂漢堡的停車場，因為他們收到一通電話，通報有台車擋住了得來速車道。原來是 27 歲的雷沙德布魯克斯睡在車內，警察迪文布洛斯南將他叫醒，問他是否喝醉了。布魯克斯承認自己酒醉，而在檢查他的駕照之後，布洛斯南呼叫支援。
When Officer Garrett Rolfe arrives several minutes later, he pats Brooks down and gives him a sobriety test, which he fails. “I think you’ve had too much to drink to be driving,” Rolfe tells Brooks. “Put your hands behind your back.” But when Rolfe tries to handcuff Brooks—who was calm and cooperative up till then—he begins resisting arrest.
警察葛內特羅爾夫幾分鐘內抵達現場，他對布魯克斯搜身，並讓他做酒測，而布魯克斯酒測沒過。「我覺得你喝太多，不能開車。」羅爾夫告知布魯克斯，「把雙手放在背後。」正當羅爾夫將布魯克斯上銬時，布魯克斯開始掙扎拒捕，而在這之前，他一直表現得相當平靜且合作。
After a struggle with the two officers, Brooks manages to grab Brosnan’s Taser and escape. As Rolfe chases Brooks, he turns around and fires the Taser at the officer. Rolfe then draws his gun and fires three shots, two of which hit Brooks in the back. An ambulance arrives for Brooks several minutes later, but he dies during surgery shortly thereafter.
與兩名警察一番掙扎之後，布魯克斯奪走布洛斯南的電擊槍並掙脫逃跑。羅爾夫追捕布魯克斯時，布魯克斯轉身以電擊槍攻擊警察，接著羅爾夫拔槍射了三槍，兩發擊中布魯克斯的背部。救護車在幾分鐘內到達，但布魯克斯稍後在手術中死亡。
Opinions about the shooting are divided. Many believe the use of lethal force against Brooks wasn’t justified, while others feel that Rolfe made the right decision in shooting a fleeing criminal who’s just taken a police weapon and fired it at him.
針對這起槍殺事件的意見分歧。許多人認為，運用致死手段制服布魯克斯並不合理，而部分人則認為，羅爾夫對一名搶走警察武器並朝他開槍的逃犯做出開槍的決定是正確的。
In any case, the Atlanta police chief resigned the next day, Rolfe was fired, and Brosnan was placed on desk duty. That same evening, protesters began gathering at the Wendy’s where Brooks was shot, and within hours the restaurant was engulfed in flames. Yes, America is still burning.
無論如何，亞特蘭大警察局長隔天請辭，羅爾夫被解雇，布洛斯南被調任文職。當天晚上，示威者開始聚集在布魯克斯被射殺的溫蒂漢堡前。數小時內，那間餐廳便被火吞沒。沒錯，美國人的怒火持續延燒中。
shooting day意思 在 看板NBA - [外絮] 輸給鵜鶘後，LBJ :「屋漏偏逢連夜雨」 的必吃
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Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James on critical loss to Pelicans: 'When it rains,
it pours'
DAVE MCMENAMIN
ESPN Staff Writer
Apr 1, 20224 Minute Read
LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James' last-ditch 3-pointer found nothing but air, and t
he Lakers' postseason hopes continued to vanish with Friday night's 114-111 lo
ss to the New Orleans Pelicans.
LBJ在最後關鍵時刻投了顆麵包三分球，也意味著在今晚湖人以114-111輸給鵜鶘後，湖人
隊進入附加賽的希望就越來越渺茫了。
"The big picture is that it pretty much was a must-win for us, and we didn't g
et the job done," said James. "We had great opportunities throughout the night
, and we didn't make enough plays down the stretch. So that's the big picture.
"
「我的的目標很明確就是要拿下這場勝利，但我們沒有做到」LBJ說道：「我們整晚都有
很好的機會拿下比賽，但最後我們的表現並不足以獲得勝利，結果就是這樣。」
L.A. faced a crucial matchup against the Western Conference's No. 9 team in Ne
w Orleans, two games up on the No. 11 Lakers coming into the night. The Lakers
received a welcome lift from James, who returned from a left ankle sprain tha
t cost him two games, and Anthony Davis, who was back in the lineup after an 1
8-game absence because of a right midfoot sprain.
湖人隊今晚對戰西區第九的鵜鶘的比賽至關重要，西區第11的湖人和他們目前有兩場勝差
。此場比賽湖人隊迎來LBJ的回歸，自從上次左踝扭傷後他已休息兩場比賽，另外AD也剛
從因右中足扭傷的18場缺席後回歸。
The pair was productive with James (38 points on 13-for-23 shooting) leading a
ll scorers as he topped 35 points for his fifth straight game and Davis (23 po
ints, 12 rebounds, 6 assists) making his presence felt on both sides of the fl
oor. But things fell apart in the fourth quarter.
LBJ 獲得全場最高38分（23投13中），是他連續第五場35分以上的比賽，AD得到23分12籃
板6助攻，兩個人的組合在場上存在感十分強烈，但一切都在第四節變了調。
The Lakers led by five with 5:07 remaining in the fourth quarter, and the Peli
cans reeled off a 13-4 run over the next three minutes of the game.
湖人在比賽第四節剩五分零七秒的時候還保有五分領先，但鵜鶘在接下來三分鐘內打了一
波13-4的攻勢。
The last five minutes of the fourth were nightmarish. Davis went 0-for-3 from
the field and 0-for-2 from the foul line; James went 0-for-3 from the field --
including the airball after using three fakes to try to free up space -- with
a turnover; Russell Westbrook, missed two shots at the rim and fouled out.
第四節的最後五分鐘就像惡夢一般，AD三投零中，罰球兩投也落空；LBJ同樣三投零中，
包含最後做了三個假動作只為求空擋，但還是變成失誤的那顆空包三分；龜龜同樣兩次上
籃不進還犯滿出場。
"Just feels like you can't catch a break," James said. "No matter what's going
on on the floor, it just feels like the ball bounces the other way. The ball
doesn't always bounce in our favor. Or a call doesn't go in our favor. It's ju
st like, when it rains, it pours for our year. It's just the way it's been goi
ng."
「就好像你無法好好喘息一樣」LBJ說：「無論場上會發生什麼事，事情永遠不會往你預
期的發展，球不會如預期般進框，裁判的判決也不是我們想要的，就像屋漏偏逢連夜雨般
，禍不單行。」
L.A. now trails the No. 10 San Antonio Spurs by a game with five games left to
play. But by virtue of the Spurs holding the tiebreaker, the Lakers have to p
ick-up two games on San Antonio before the season's end to steal the final pla
y-in spot. They'll have to do it with a schedule that includes two games again
st Denver, one against Phoenix, one against Golden State and one against Oklah
oma City.
湖人隊目前落後第十名的聖安東尼奧馬刺隊一場勝差，而接下來還剩下五場比賽，湖人不
像馬刺還有握有領先優勢，湖人至少有領先馬刺兩場勝差才有機會在賽季結束前偷到附加
賽的名額。他們接著要面對金塊兩場，一場面對太陽，一場勇士，一場雷霆。
"I don't look at San Antonio at all," Lakers coach Frank Vogel said of the fin
al stretch. "I mean, obviously, finding out what their scores look like. But o
ur focus is going to be on what we can control and that's winning the next gam
e."
「我不會一直想著馬刺」湖人總教練Vogel對於這最後關頭表示「我的意思是，這很顯然
的，我們不會一直想著他們會得幾分，我們要專注在我們能掌控的部分，然後贏下下一場
比賽。」
The Spurs have games against Portland, Minnesota, Denver, Golden State and Dal
las remaining.
而馬刺接著要面對拓荒者、灰狼、金塊、勇士、獨行俠。
"Our mindset is to go 5-0 in these games, and let the chips fall where they ma
y," Davis said. "We dropped this one. But, we've got five left to try to contr
ol what we can control and hopefully things fall in our favor."
「我們的心態是要五連勝的，並且會實踐它」 AD說：「我們輸了這場，但我們還有五場
比賽可以把握，並希望事情能如我們預期般發展。」
L.A., which has lost five in a row and nine out of 11, will get its next chall
enge at home against the No. 6 Denver Nuggets in a Sunday day game.
洛杉磯名門，最近五連敗，並在十一場比賽中輸了九場，下一場在週日，主場面對西區第
六的金塊也將會是場硬仗。
Davis vowed to play through any soreness he feels in his foot after playing fo
r the first time since Feb. 16, but James said he wouldn't know his status unt
il Sunday morning.
"Hopefully it reacts the proper way for me in the morning when I wake up and I
have no setbacks," James said.
AD自從二月十六號因右中足扭傷後缺席了許多比賽，但他保證這場比賽無論如何都會上場
，反而是LBJ直到週日早上之前他都無法確認自己是否能上場，他說：「幸好早上醒來覺
得狀況不錯
，感到好哩佳在。」
Even though his team has now dropped two contests they called "must-win" games
against New Orleans in the past week, James said the fight goes on.
儘管球隊這週輸了兩場對鵜鶘「非贏不可」的比賽，LBJ表示會持續努力。
"Until it says we're eliminated, it doesn't," he said. "Until that moment, we'
ll know what our destiny is, but right now, we don't. So keep pushing forward.
"
「除非我們確定被淘汰」他說道：「直到那個時候，我們就會知道這是命啊！但現在還沒
到那個時刻，我們還要繼續努力！」
Davis said L.A. can still make something special happen out of a season that h
as been anything but.
AD說洛杉磯還是以能力在逆境中創造奇蹟！
"I think there is a lot of belief," Davis said. "We know what we're playing fo
r. We know the position that we're in. We know we're playing against some top
teams. So, I think we have to believe.
「我認為還有希望！」AD表示：「我們知道我們為何而戰，我們知道我們的處境，我們知
道我們在和一些頂尖球隊競爭，所以，我認為必須堅定信念！」
"I don't think it's hope. We don't play off hope and 'let's hope we win this g
ame.' We have belief and I believe. ... We got to go out and get it done. It's
that simple. We have to win these games and we have to have that approach."
「我不認為只是個幻想，我們不是靠幻想打球並贏下比賽的。我和整個團隊都保持著信念
……我們我上場贏下比賽，就是這麼簡單！我們會努力實踐，贏下這些比賽。」
The ninth-place Pelicans swept the season series with L.A. and won for the six
th time in eight games.
西區第九的鵜鶘本季面對洛杉磯球隊的比賽有八場，目前贏了六場。
Head coach Willie Green said the Pelicans found a little extra motivation afte
r they went through "a good portion" of Friday morning shootaround at Crypto.c
om Arena in the dark.
鵜鶘總教練Willie Green表示鵜鶘隊在星期五早上在湖人主場摸黑練球後，獲得了更多求
勝的動力。
"They didn't turn the lights on," Green said. "We talked to our guys about and
we were like, 'Look, we've all played with the street lights out before. So l
et's get after it.' I think it motivated us."
「他們沒把燈打開」Green說：「我和我的夥伴們說：『我們現在就好像以前在街頭靠路
燈打球一樣，所以讓我們贏下這場比賽吧！」我想這大大激勵了我們。
Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram felt the light snafu might have sparked Green
just a little more than it did the players.
鵜鶘當家前鋒IG認為燈光的插曲比起球員，教練的反應來得更大。
"I ain't take it as personal as him," Ingram joked.
IG開玩笑的說：「我覺得他反應比我們還大的多～」
On the court after the buzzer sounded, Green was as animated as he has been al
l season, high-fiving with coaches and players as he walked off the court. Ing
ram said that energy was felt before the game and after as well.
在比賽蜂鳴聲響起後，Green如往常般，和教練團和球員們在場邊擊掌，IG認為賽前賽後
你能感覺到教練的能量還是一樣。
"I like that," Ingram said. "Especially when you get energy from the coach lik
e that. It shows how much he cares. Especially just the burst of emotion like
that. It's good for our team. It builds confidence for our team."
「我喜歡這樣」IG說：「特別是當你從教練身上得到了這種能量，證明了他有多在乎這場
比賽，特別是這種負能量轉化而來的，我認為這對我們對很受用，給了我們更多的信心。
」
ESPN's Andrew Lopez contributed to this report.
心得 ：
來看這場雨還會下多久囉～
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