日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

您現(xiàn)在的位置: Language Tips> Columnist> Zhang Xin  
   
 





 
Yao's 'out of his mind' - T-Mac
[ 2006-02-24 14:00 ]

Yao's 'out of his mind' - T-Mac 

Yao's 'out of his mind' - T-Mac

Yao Ming is hot. His game is on.

Two days after appearing in the NBA All-Star Game, Yao's back in the news, making headlines again, and creating a reading-comprehension problem for this reader, who says:

"Yesterday morning, Yao Ming scored 29 points in the Rockets' 106-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. An AP report quoted Tracy McGrady as saying, 'Yao has been playing out of his mind lately.' When one goes out of their mind, they are mad, right? So, is McGrady saying Yao is mad?"

Well, no, T-Mac was suggesting nothing of that kind. Yao's not gone mentally ill and T-Mac was not talking about the big man in that manner.

In that game, Yao scored 29 points on 11-for-16 shooting for more than 68%, which is extremely high for any player. It is in this sense that McGrady called Yao "out of his mind".

T-Mac was effectively saying, "It seems every time he tosses the ball up, it goes into the basket. I don't know how he does it. It's strange, beyond reason, I can't explain it."

When a player does everything right on the court, especially shoots the ball well, he's described as being "hot", "on fire", "unstoppable", or even "unconscious".

Hot, as in: "He's got a hot hand tonight. We'd better get him the ball and let him keep shooting."

On fire, as in: "He is making tough shots. The guy's on fire."

Unstoppable, as in: "Kobe Bryant scored 82 points in a game. That night, he was just unstoppable."

Unconscious, which is closest in meaning to being "out of mind", as in: "He made some shots even with a hand in his face. He's unconscious."

At the other end of the spectrum, if a player is unable to make any shots, no matter how easy they may appear, they're described as "off form" or "having an off night".

For example, McGrady was off-form on Sunday, February 12. He missed 17 of 20 shot attempts. Fortunately, Yao did not have an off night that time, making 8 of 13 shots to lead the Rockets to a 90-83 victory over the New York Knicks.

And when things were really bad, you may consider using this gem cliché:

"The way we shot the ball tonight, we wouldn't have been able to hit the ocean with a pebble from the beach."

Alright, so much for hoop-speak.

Ordinarily, when we say someone goes out of his mind we do mean he's perhaps indeed going crazy - or as Dr. Lanyon put it, going "wrong, wrong in mind".

This passage from "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson:

"I suppose, Lanyon," said he (Mr. Utterson, the lawyer), "you and I must be the two oldest friends that Henry Jekyll has?"

"I wish the friends were younger," chuckled Dr. Lanyon. "But I suppose we are. And what of that? I see little of him now."

"Indeed?" said Utterson. "I thought you had a bond of common interest."

"We had," was the reply. "But it is more than ten years since Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me. He began to go wrong, wrong in mind; and though of course I continue to take an interest in him for old sake's sake, as they say, I see and I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias.

"Never mind "unscientific balderdash", "Damon and Pythias", we'll get back at the "mind" game another time.

 

About the author:
 

Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: [email protected], or raise a question for future use in this column.

 

中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津版權(quán)說明:凡注明來源為“中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津:XXX(署名)”的原創(chuàng)作品,除與中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)簽署英語點(diǎn)津內(nèi)容授權(quán)協(xié)議的網(wǎng)站外,其他任何網(wǎng)站或單位未經(jīng)允許不得非法盜鏈、轉(zhuǎn)載和使用,違者必究。如需使用,請與010-84883631聯(lián)系;凡本網(wǎng)注明“來源:XXX(非英語點(diǎn)津)”的作品,均轉(zhuǎn)載自其它媒體,目的在于傳播更多信息,其他媒體如需轉(zhuǎn)載,請與稿件來源方聯(lián)系,如產(chǎn)生任何問題與本網(wǎng)無關(guān);本網(wǎng)所發(fā)布的歌曲、電影片段,版權(quán)歸原作者所有,僅供學(xué)習(xí)與研究,如果侵權(quán),請?zhí)峁┌鏅?quán)證明,以便盡快刪除。
相關(guān)文章 Related Story
 
 
 
本頻道最新推薦
 
網(wǎng)癮戒除“訓(xùn)練營” boot camp
英國新內(nèi)閣集體減薪 展減財(cái)赤決心
Cleaver attack kills 1, injures 5
拼爹游戲 competition of family background
上海世博會(huì)“鎮(zhèn)館之寶”英語怎么說?
翻吧推薦
 
論壇熱貼
 
關(guān)于工資的英語詞匯大全
關(guān)于職業(yè)裝的英語詞匯
余光中《尺素寸心》(節(jié)選)譯
中國譯協(xié)中譯英最新發(fā)布各類專業(yè)術(shù)語直譯
功夫熊貓經(jīng)典臺(tái)詞雙語

 

主站蜘蛛池模板: 日韩欧美在线播放 | 成人亚洲国产精品久久 | 色综合久久久久久久久五月性色 | 国产日韩欧美在线 | 国产精品99久久久久久www | 我要看免费毛片 | 偷拍小美女洗澡在线播放 | 一级毛片视频在线观看 | 久久青草国产免费观看 | av免费网站 | 中文字幕三区 | 国产精品视频播放 | 欧美a级成人淫片免费看 | 黄色国产精品 | 激情91| 午夜一级毛片 | 奇米影视555| 亚洲美女毛片 | 狠狠干夜夜操 | 亚洲视频在线一区 | 亚洲成人一区 | 日本精品久久久久护士 | 91精品国产日韩91久久久久久360 | 日操夜干 | 欧美一区二区在线视频 | 日本黄色免费网站 | 免费国产一区 | 欧美狠狠操| 欧美一级在线观看视频 | 久草在线视频资源站 | 国产精品三级久久久久久电影 | 日本黄页在线观看 | 欧美狂猛xxxxx乱大交3 | 99久久精品久久久久久清纯 | 91久久精品一区二区二区 | a级淫片| 特污网站| 国产一区亚洲一区 | 九九99热久久精品在线9 | 一级免费黄色免费片 | 亚洲精品乱码久久久久久按摩观 |