中国男篮再度闯入决赛

近日，在沙特阿拉伯吉达进行的男篮亚洲杯半决赛中，中国男篮战胜新西兰队，这是继2015年夺冠后，时隔10年再度闯入亚洲杯决赛。今晚12点，中国男篮将对阵澳大利亚队，争夺冠军。

今天你练听力了吗？

🤔️小作业：

1. What is implied about the significance of China winning the 2025 Asia Cup beyond the trophy itself?

A. It would restore national pride and symbolize recovery from decline.

B. It would surpass Australia's record of consecutive wins.

C. It would mark China's first-ever continental title.

D. It would guarantee China's qualification for the Olympic Games.

无注释原文：

Australia vs China: Why it's more than just a clash for gold

From: FIBA

Is this China's time?

That has become the biggest question fans and observers alike are asking - and can't wait to find the answer to - as the traditional powerhouse is set to challenge Australia in the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Final on Sunday.

Game time is set at 19:00 local time at the King Abdullah Sports City, with much of the attention drawn to a side that has quite become the people's team for the journey they've been treading in this city thus far.

Head coach Guo Shiqiang himself is aware that Team Dragon has been going through rough sails in recent years, and so it's imperative for him and his whole squad to do their part in reclaiming glory for their country.

That's why winning the continental crown isn't just about ending a decade-long drought nor adding competition title no. 17 to their collection; it would also be a solid proof of their efforts to steady the ship.

"We represent a nation and [we want to] showcase Chinese basketball spirit," he said.

"As everybody knows, Chinese basketball is experiencing a slump, so we're trying to help the Chinese national team rise up," added Guo, who was tasked to man the helm again during the recent Qualifiers.

This present-day China has indeed shown that spirit. With only three players equipped with prior Asia Cup experience and the other nine new to this, the crew has been nothing short of impressive thus far.

Guo's charges swept Group A, took care of business against Korea in the Quarter-Finals, and then frustrated New Zealand as they took down the 2022 bronze medalists in the Semi-Finals to reach the Big Dance.

That, of course, has fanned hopes of striking gold for the first time since 2015.

"It signifies a significant breakthrough, as well as confidence in pursuing more important goals and dreams in the future," said Zhao Rui when asked what it would mean for him should they take home the ultimate prize.

Also serving as another interesting storyline to the highly anticipated encounter is that China are standing in the way of the Aussies' bid of writing their own history in FIBA's flagship event in the continent.

The Boomers are coming in as the defending two-time champions and that is why the talk surrounding them has been about their aspirations of achieving a rare 'three-peat,' which hasn't been done in this tilt for years.

In case you've been wondering, the last time that a team won the Asia Cup thrice in a row was in 2003 in the city of Harbin. That team? China, when they won the third of four consecutive gold medal finishes.

Needless to say, they want to foil Team Australia's bid at greatness, although it's not lost on the entire unit how tough it would be in trying to upend a group that has yet to lose in the quadrennial tournament.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Australia vs China: Why it's more than just a clash for gold

From: FIBA

Is this China's time?

这会是中国的时刻吗？

That has become the biggest question fans and observers alike are asking - and can't wait to find the answer to - as the traditional powerhouse is set to challenge Australia in the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Final on Sunday.

这是球迷和评论界都在追问、并急切想要找到答案的问题。周日，作为亚洲传统强队的中国队将迎战澳大利亚，冲击2025年国际篮联亚洲杯冠军。

作副词，表示“两者都；同样地，同等地”，英文解释为“used after referring to two groups of people or things to show that both groups are included”举个🌰：Friends and family alike were devastated by the news of her death. 听到她去世的噩耗，无论家人还是朋友都悲痛欲绝。

powerhouse /ˈpaʊə.haʊs/ 表示“强国；权势集团；显贵；身强体壮的人；精力充沛的人”，英文解释为“a country, organization, or person with a lot of influence, power, or energy”举个🌰：Germany is an economic powerhouse. 德国是经济强国。

Game time is set at 19:00 local time at the King Abdullah Sports City, with much of the attention drawn to a side that has quite become the people's team for the journey they've been treading in this city thus far.

比赛将在沙特阿拉伯阿卜杜拉国王体育城于当地时间19点开打。一路走来的中国队，已凭借在此地的表现，渐渐成为球迷心中的“人民之队”。

tread /tred/ 1）表示“踩；踏”，英文解释为“to put your foot on something or to press something down with your foot”举个🌰：I kept treading on his toes when we were dancing. 我们俩跳舞时，我老是踩到他的脚趾。

2）表示“步行，散步”，英文解释为“to walk”举个🌰：He trod heavily and reluctantly up the stairs. 他拖着沉重的脚步，极不情愿地上了楼。

Head coach Guo Shiqiang himself is aware that Team Dragon has been going through rough sails in recent years, and so it's imperative for him and his whole squad to do their part in reclaiming glory for their country.

郭士强教练坦言，中国男篮近年历经低谷，因此他和球队上下都必须肩负起责任，奋力为祖国重振荣光。

1）rough /rʌf/ 表示“（表面）粗糙的，毛糙的，不平滑的”，英文解释为“If a surface such as paper or skin is rough, it does not feel smooth when you touch it.”举个🌰：My hands get very rough in the cold. 天一冷我的手就变得特别粗糙。

2）表示“粗暴的，粗野的；猛烈的；充斥暴力的，危险的”，英文解释为“dangerous or violent”举个🌰：The other boys were rough, always looking for a fight. 其他的男孩子们非常粗野，总是寻衅打架。

3）表示“高低不平的；崎岖的；难行的”，英文解释为“not even or smooth, often because of being in bad condition”举个🌰：It was a rough mountain road, full of stones and huge holes. 那是一条崎岖的山道，满是石头和巨大的坑洼。

1）作形容词，表示“至关重要的；紧急的；迫切的”，英文解释为“If it is imperative that something be done, that thing is extremely important and must be done.”举个🌰：It was imperative that he act as naturally as possible. 至关重要的是他要尽可能地自然行事。

2）作名词，表示“重要紧急的事；必要的事；需要”，英文解释为“a thing that is very important and needs immediate attention or action”

squad /skwɒd/ 1）表示“（为参加某体育比赛而组成的）运动队；球队”，英文解释为“a group of players from which a team will be chosen for a particular sports event”如：the Chinese World Cup squad 代表中国参加世界杯的球队。

类似的：

📍team的英文解释为“a group of people who play a game or sport together against another group”（游戏或体育比赛的）队。

2）squad也可以表示“（警察的）特别行动小组”和“（士兵组成的）班，小队”如：bomb squad officers 爆破小组的队员，a drill squad 操练小队。

That's why winning the continental crown isn't just about ending a decade-long drought nor adding competition title no. 17 to their collection; it would also be a solid proof of their efforts to steady the ship.

因此，若这一次赢得亚洲杯冠军，不仅是终结十年的冠军荒，为荣誉簿再添第17冠，更是球队努力重振旗鼓的最好见证。

continental /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnen.təl/ 表示“大洲的，大陆的；大陆性的，似大陆的”，英文解释为“of or relating to continents”举个🌰：Geologists map past and future continental drift. 地质学家绘制过去和未来的大陆漂移图。

crown /kraʊn/ 作动词，1）表示“为…加冕”，英文解释为“to put a crown on the head of a new king or queen as a sign of royal power”举个🌰：Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1952. 伊丽莎白女王于1952年加冕。

2）表示“（尤指通过增添成就、成功等）使圆满，使完美”，英文解释为“to make sth complete or perfect, especially by adding an achievement, a success, etc.”举个🌰：The award of the Nobel Prize has crowned a glorious career in physics. 荣获诺贝尔奖使其物理学研究的辉煌事业达到了顶点。

作名词，表示“王冠，皇冠；冕”，英文解释为“a circular decoration for the head, usually made of gold and jewels (= precious stones), and worn by a king or queen at official ceremonies”

📍crowning /ˈkraʊ.nɪŋ/ 表示“（事件，成就）最伟大的，最重要的”，英文解释为“A crowning event or achievement is the best or most important one.”如：the crowning achievement of her long career 她漫长职业生涯的最高成就。

"We represent a nation and [we want to] showcase Chinese basketball spirit," he said.

“我们代表着中国来展示中国篮球精神，”他说。

"As everybody knows, Chinese basketball is experiencing a slump, so we're trying to help the Chinese national team rise up," added Guo, who was tasked to man the helm again during the recent Qualifiers.

“而且就像所有人都知道的，中国篮球正处于低谷，我们在努力让中国男篮重新崛起。”郭士强补充道，他是在最近的预选赛中重回帅位的。

作动词，slump /slʌmp/ 1）表示“沉重地坐下（或倒下）”，英文解释为“to sit or fall heavily and suddenly”举个🌰：She slumped into the chair, exhausted. 她颓然跌坐在椅子上，筋疲力尽。

2）表示“（价格、价值或销售额）猛跌，突然下降”，英文解释为“(of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly”

作名词，1）表示“（价格、价值、销售额等的）猛跌，暴跌”，英文解释为“a fall in the price, value, sales, etc. of something”举个🌰：There's been a slump in the demand for new cars. 新车的需求量猛跌。

2）表示“萧条（期），衰落”，英文解释为“a period when an industry or the economy is in a bad state and there is a lot of unemployment”举个🌰：The airline industry is currently in a slump. 当前航空业正处于萧条期。

man the helm表示“掌舵；担任领导职位”，通常用于比喻某人负责掌控或指导某个组织、团队或项目。

man（动词）：在这里不是“男人”的意思，而是指“配备人员；负责操作”（to staff or take charge of something）。如：The ship was manned by a crew of 20. 这艘船由20名船员操作。helm（名词）：原指“船舵”，引申为“领导地位”或“掌控权”。如：She took the helm of the company last year. 她去年开始掌管公司。

This present-day China has indeed shown that spirit. With only three players equipped with prior Asia Cup experience and the other nine new to this, the crew has been nothing short of impressive thus far.

如今的中国队真正打出了这种精神。全队中只有三人拥有亚洲杯经验，其余九人均是新面孔，但球队的表现足以令人刮目相看。

crew /kruː/ 1）作名词，表示“全体船员；全体机务人员”，英文解释为“The crew of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft is the people who work on and operate it.”举个🌰：The mission for the crew of the space shuttle is essentially over. 航天飞机全体机务人员的使命基本完成。

2）作名词，表示“一组工作人员”，英文解释为“A crew is a group of people with special technical skills who work together on a task or project.”如：a two-man film crew making a documentary 一个制作纪录片的两人摄制组。

3）作动词，表示“当船员；充当…的船员；当（尤指船上的）工作人员；当空乘人员”，英文解释为“If you crew a boat, you work on it as part of the crew.”举个🌰：This neighbour crewed on a ferryboat. 这位邻居在一艘渡船上当船员。

Guo's charges swept Group A, took care of business against Korea in the Quarter-Finals, and then frustrated New Zealand as they took down the 2022 bronze medalists in the Semi-Finals to reach the Big Dance.

郭士强率队小组赛全胜出线，四分之一决赛击败韩国，半决赛又淘汰了2022年铜牌得主新西兰队，晋级决赛。

frustrate /frʌsˈtreɪt/ 1）表示“使灰心，使气馁”，英文解释为“to make someone feel annoyed or less confident because they cannot achieve what they want”举个🌰：It frustrates me that I'm not able to put any of my ideas into practice. 我的任何想法都无法付诸实践，这让我很灰心。

2）表示“阻止；防止；挫败”，英文解释为“to prevent sb from doing sth; to prevent sth from happening or succeeding”举个🌰：The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather. 拯救行动因天气恶劣受阻。

在体育（尤其是篮球）语境中，the Big Dance是一个常见的美国俚语，指的是NCAA男子篮球锦标赛（March Madness）或更广义的“大型锦标赛/总决赛”。最初是NCAA篮球锦标赛的昵称（因赛程激烈、关注度高，像一场“盛大舞会”）。后来逐渐泛化，可指其他运动的决赛。

其他类似表达：The grand finale 终极对决，The championship game 冠军赛，The main event 主赛事。

That, of course, has fanned hopes of striking gold for the first time since 2015.

这当然也点燃了中国队自2015年以来再次冲击金牌的希望。

"It signifies a significant breakthrough, as well as confidence in pursuing more important goals and dreams in the future," said Zhao Rui when asked what it would mean for him should they take home the ultimate prize.

“这意味着一次重要的突破，也让我们有信心在未来追求更大的目标与梦想。”赵睿谈到若能夺冠的意义时说道。

Also serving as another interesting storyline to the highly anticipated encounter is that China are standing in the way of the Aussies' bid of writing their own history in FIBA's flagship event in the continent.

另一大看点是，中国队正成为澳大利亚队书写属于亚洲杯传奇的最大障碍。

stand in the way of sth/sb表示“试图阻止，力图阻碍”，英文解释为“to try to stop or prevent something or someone”举个🌰：You know I won't stand in your way if you want to apply for a job abroad. 我跟你说，如果你想申请国外的工作，我是不会阻拦你的。

The Boomers are coming in as the defending two-time champions and that is why the talk surrounding them has been about their aspirations of achieving a rare 'three-peat,' which hasn't been done in this tilt for years.

作为两届卫冕冠军，澳大利亚队此番的最大看点在于能否达成罕见的“三连冠”，这一成就已多年未在亚洲杯赛场上重现。

The Boomers是澳大利亚国家男子篮球队的官方昵称（类似于美国队叫“梦之队”/Team USA，西班牙队叫“斗牛士”/La Roja）。

来源：Boomer是“boomerang”（回旋镖）的简写，回旋镖是澳大利亚原住民文化的标志性符号，象征力量和回归（与篮球的“投篮-篮网-回弹”动作也有联想）；澳大利亚的国宝动物“袋鼠”（kangaroo）有时也被称为boomer（成年雄性袋鼠的俗称），因此这个名字也暗含国家代表性。

tilt /tɪlt/ 1）表示“（使）倾斜”，英文解释为“to (cause to) move into a sloping position”举个🌰：He tilted his chair backwards and put his feet up on his desk. 他把椅子向后倾，双脚搁在书桌上。

2）表示“使倾向于；使向…倾斜；偏向”，英文解释为“to make sth/sb change slightly so that one particular opinion, person, etc. is preferred or more likely to succeed than another; to change in this way”举个🌰：The conditions may tilt the balance in favour of the runners. 这些条件可能对赛跑运动员有利。Popular opinion has tilted in favour of him. 公众舆论已倒向他一边。

tilt本义是“倾斜”或“倾侧”，如：tilt a table 倾斜桌子，但在体育/竞技语境中，它衍生为“激烈的对抗” 或 “赛事”（可能源于中世纪骑士比武 jousting tilt 的联想）。

In case you've been wondering, the last time that a team won the Asia Cup thrice in a row was in 2003 in the city of Harbin. That team? China, when they won the third of four consecutive gold medal finishes.

要说起上一次亚洲杯三连冠，还要追溯到2003年的哈尔滨。而那支球队，正是中国队。当时中国队拿下了四连冠中的第三冠。

thrice /θraɪs/ 表示“三次”，英文解释为“three times”

consecutive /kənˈsek.jə.tɪv/ 表示“连续的，连贯的，不间断的”，英文解释为“Consecutive events, numbers, etc. follow one after another without an interruption.”举个🌰：This is the fifth consecutive weekend that I've spent working. 这是我连续第五个周末加班。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述绿色风投的文章中提到：Last year taxpayer-funded green-energy R&D around the world rose for the third consecutive year, to a record $25.4bn, accroding to the IEA. 根据国际能源署的数据，去年全球受政府资助的绿色能源研发连续第三年增长，达到创纪录的254亿美元。

Needless to say, they want to foil Team Australia's bid at greatness, although it's not lost on the entire unit how tough it would be in trying to upend a group that has yet to lose in the quadrennial tournament.

毫无疑问，中国队渴望打破澳大利亚的三连冠之梦。但他们也很清楚，要想撼动这支在四年一度赛事中保持不败的劲旅，难度极大。

foil /fɔɪl/ 表示“挫败，阻止，制止”，英文解释为“to prevent someone or something from being successful”举个🌰：The prisoners' attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off. 由于警方收到密报，囚犯的越狱企图在最后一刻被挫败。

upend /ʌpˈend/ 表示“翻倒；倒放；使颠倒”，英文解释为“If you upend something, you turn it upside down.”举个🌰：He upended the beer, and swallowed. 他把啤酒倒出来，大口喝了。

引申的，也有“使...结束；打倒；推翻”（To end up; to set on end）的含义。

🎬电影《云图》（Cloud Atlas）中的台词提到：And those who try to upend it do not fare well. 那些企图颠覆秩序的人不会善终。

补充：

📍fare well值得积累的一个表达，此前在「经济学人」足球客队为啥总是输？文中提到过，fare作动词，表示“进展；成功；遭遇”，直白地解释就是，xxx做得好/做得不好，表现得好/表现不好，后面可接well或者是badly（文中为比较级），英文解释为“If you say that someone or something fares well or badly, you are referring to the degree of success they achieve in a particular situation or activity.”举个🌰：How did you fare in your exams? 你考得怎么样？

🎬电影《总统杀局》（The Ides of March）中的台词提到：And you wouldn't fare too well in federal prison. 你在联邦监狱也不会好过。

quadrennial /kwɒdˈren.i.əl/ 表示“每四年一次的，四年一度的”，英文解释为“happening every four years”举个🌰：The Olympic Games is a quadrennial gathering of athletes from around the world. 奥运会是全世界运动员四年一度的聚会。

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