Hey, Ben, U.K. wants you April 13, 2007 When London hosts the Summer Olympics in 2012, Great Britain will qualify a men's basketball team for the first time since the city hosted the 1948 Games. A bid to the host team from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is automatic. 2012年的奥运将在伦敦举办,而大不列颠自1948年主办後首次有资格参加男子篮球的项目 事实上主办国将会有免会外赛直接晋级的权利. (这就跟2008的末代奥运棒球赛大陆队可以不用打亚锦赛一样) The centerpiece of the British side is expected to be Luol Deng, who finally was granted citizenship last October after an extended delay. The process was impeded in the pathways of the country's Home Office because Deng -- technically still a political refugee from Sudan -- had spent most of the previous seven years studying and playing basketball in the United States. 不列颠的主炮是卤蛋,他在去年10月的时候终於被认定为不列颠公民. 而在这过程间其实有许多状况,他是苏丹人,而过去七年他都在美国生活. Now that Deng is the U.K.'s most prominent basketball ambassador, he quietly has pursued a recruiting goal: Convince Bulls teammate Ben Gordon to cast his lot -- and his explosive jump shot -- with the Union Jack. 现在卤蛋是英国最着名的篮球员,而他有个重大的任务,就是去说服古蛋 一起穿上英国队战袍. ''Ben is eligible [to play for Great Britain], but I think he would like to keep his options open because he would really like to play for the U.S.,'' Deng said. ''I certainly have spoken to him about it.'' "古蛋是个很适合的人选,但是我想他有自由可以决定要或不要, 因为他更希望为美国队出赛" Gordon is eligible because his mother, Yvonne -- originally from Jamaica -- lived in London when he was born in 1983. Mother and child later emigrated to Mount Vernon, N.Y., where Gordon grew up. He became a U.S. citizen while in high school. 古蛋有这资格主要是因为他牙买加籍的母亲在生他的时候是住在英国的, 後来才移民到纽约,而他成为美国公民则是在高中的事情. Of Deng's overture, Gordon said: ''I've only thought about it when Luol brings it up. I know he thinks I should be playing. [British basketball officials] have never given me a deadline. It is a great opportunity that I'll probably look at some more. But right now, I wouldn't say 'yes' that I'd play, or 'no' that I won't. I'll just wait and see how things go.'' 在鲁蛋的提议後,古蛋说 "我是在他提起後才去想这件事情的,我知道他认为我该去的" "而他们也没给我一个时间的底限,这是个很好的机会,我会去考虑看看的" "我现在不会答应或拒绝,我还要在观察看看." Jim O'Donnell -- 我们改名叫做英国公牛如何?? 又拿戒指又拿金牌好像不赖喔XD 因为不想再看到麦香堡了,所以选这篇来翻 有错的话还请各位多多指教.谢谢. --

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