地道美語聽力播客583:簽約職業(yè)球員

尼克：我不管付出什么代價。明年一定要簽到羅賓遜。

Jamie:He'll be a free agent and he'll be fielding a lotof offers. I don't know if we can make him anattractive enough deal.

杰米：他馬上就自由了，并且會收到許多球隊的簽約邀請。我不知道我們是否能為他提供有足夠吸引力的待遇。

Nick:We'll offer him a signing bonus. That shouldsweeten the deal.

尼克：我們會提供簽約金，這會增加贏的籌碼。

Jamie:I'm afraid that may not be enough. Don't forget that he was a first-round pick in thedraft.

杰米：我擔(dān)心這還是不夠。別忘了他在第一輪新秀會上就被選中。

Nick:Then we'll give him a no-trade clause. With that, he'll be calling the shots and won't haveto worry about being traded to a team he doesn't want to be on. He should be happy with that.

尼克：我們還會提供不得交易條款。這樣他就可以隨心所欲，不用擔(dān)心被交易到不喜歡的球隊去。對此他應(yīng)該感到很高興。

Jamie:I don't know. His agent expects a lot of competing offers. We'll have to pull out all thestops if we want to land him.

杰米：我不清楚。他的經(jīng)紀(jì)人肯定寄希望于許多競爭力強的球隊。要簽下他，我們一定要全力以赴。

Nick:Then we'll do it. We won't be bested by any other team.

尼克：那我們就行動吧。我們不會被其它球隊打敗的。

Jamie:Like last year.

杰米：就像去年一樣。

Nick:Last year? Don't remind me of last year!

尼克：去年?別跟我提去年!