
布魯克林籃網隊易主
Tiffany and Owen are talking about the recent sports news.
蒂芬尼跟歐文在討論最近的體育新聞。
recent(adj.)最近的
Tiffany: Do you know who Joseph Tsai is? He is one of the co-founders of the Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba.
蒂芬尼:你知道蔡崇信嗎?他是中國電商阿里巴巴集團共同創辦人之一。
co-founder共同創辦人e-commerce(n.)電子商務giant(n.)大公司
Owen: I’m not familiar with him, but the news here said that he is a Taiwanese-Canadian.
歐文:我不太熟,但新聞上說他是臺裔加拿大人。
familiar(adj.)熟悉的be familiar with sth or sb對⋯⋯熟悉
Tiffany: He is expected to purchase full control of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets. That means he will become the first Taiwanese owner of an NBA team.
蒂芬尼:他可能會買下布魯克林籃網隊,這代表他會成為NBA史上第一個台灣老闆。
expect(v.)預期、期待purchase(v.)購買control(n.)控制權become(v.)成為owner(n.)擁有者
Owen: He has already bought 49% of the Nets last year for $1 billion.
歐文:他去年已經用10億買了49%的籃網隊股份。
Tiffany: Yes, and he will buy the remaining 51% of the club that he doesn’t currently own.
蒂芬尼:對啊,他會把目前沒有的51%股份也買下來。
remaining(adj.)剩下的currently(adv.)目前own(v.)擁有
Owen: I guess he is pretty into sports. The news said that he also owns the San Diego Seals, a box lacrosse franchise with the National Lacrosse League.
歐文:我想他應該很熱愛運動吧,新聞上說他也擁有美國國家袋棍球聯盟的聖地牙哥海豹隊。
be into sth對某事著迷、很喜歡某事own(v.)擁有
Tiffany: He sure is! It’s said that this deal is worth $2.35 billion.
蒂芬尼:他應該是,據說這筆交易要價23億5千萬。
deal(n.)交易worth(adj.)值⋯⋯多少錢的
Owen: That’s a huge amount of money. I wish I could own a team that had Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
歐文:真是很大一筆錢,真也希望我可以有一個有凱文杜蘭特跟凱利厄文的隊伍。
own(v.)擁有