跌落谷底的「林來瘋」
Sam and Tina are talking about the sports news.
山姆跟蒂娜在討論體育新聞。
talk about討論sport(n.)運動news(n.)新聞
Sam: Jeremy Lin is attending lots of events in Asia. Which team does he play for now?
山姆：林書豪最近出席很多亞洲的活動，他現在是哪一隊啊？
attend(v.)參加event(n.)活動team(n.)隊伍play(v.)從事⋯⋯運動
Tina: He’s still waiting. I mean, he doesn’t belong to any team in the NBA at this point.
蒂娜：他還在等，就是，他現在並不屬於任何一支NBA的隊伍。
wait(v.)等待belong(v.)屬於team(n.)隊伍
Sam: How come? I thought that he was pretty popular.
山姆：怎麼會？我記得他滿受歡迎的。
popular(adj.)受歡迎的
Tina: I know. You’re talking about “Linsanity”, but things have changed now.
蒂娜：我知道，你是說他正紅的那段「林來瘋」，但現在已經不一樣了。
insanity(n.)瘋狂change(v.)改變
Sam: The news here said that Lin broke down in tears because he feels like the NBA has kind of given up on him.
山姆：新聞上說，林書豪激動落淚，覺得NBA放棄他了。
break down in tears落淚kind of有點、可以這樣說give up放棄
Tina: Some critics think that Lin is underestimated.
蒂娜：有些評論家覺得林書豪被低估了。
critic(n.)評論家underestimate(v.)低估
Sam: It seems that he is really sad about this. Lin described his free-agency experience as “rock bottom.”
山姆：他似乎對此感到很難過，並稱他在自由市場這段時間就像「跌落谷底」。
seem(v.)似乎describe(v.)描述experience(n.)經驗rock bottom最低點
Tina: Yeah. I really hope he can get back on the court soon.
蒂娜：是啊，希望他可以趕快回到球場上。
court(n.)球場