10年7億
Alex and Haley are friends. She is explaining to him how Shohei Ohtani’s huge contract is great for the L.A. Dodgers.
艾力克斯和哈蕾是朋友。她正在跟他解釋為什麼大谷翔平的天價合約對洛杉磯道奇隊很有利。
Alex: Some people said that Shohei Ohtani’s $700-million contract is great for the Dodgers, but I don’t understand why. That’s a lot of money.
艾力克斯：有人說大谷翔平七億美元的合約對道奇隊很有利，但我不太懂為什麼。那可不是小數目耶。
Haley: Well, the way he gets paid is not common for a 10-year contract. He will only make $2 million per year for the first 10 years. After that, he’ll get $68 million for the next 10 years.
哈蕾：嗯，他領薪水的方式在10年合約中並不常見。他前十年每年只拿200萬美金，接下來的10年才會每年拿6,800萬。
pay(v.)支付(n.)薪資pay sb.支付某人pay by用～方式支付pay by credit card信用卡支付pay in cash現金支付common(adj.)普遍的、平常的
Alex: Oh, that isn’t common at all. So the Dodgers can now make more money because they are only paying him $2 million per year, right?
艾力克斯：喔，那真的很不常見耶。所以道奇隊現在每年只付他兩百萬，還可以多賺錢，對吧？
not (…) at all一點也不～
Haley: Exactly! Ohtani is so popular with fans — especially Japanese people — that the Dodgers are now making over $600 million per year.
哈蕾：對呀！大谷的粉絲超多，尤其是日本粉絲，現在道奇隊每年收入超過6億美金。
be popular with…受～歡迎especially(adv.)特別是
Alex: Wow! And they just won the World Series too. So they’ll probably make a lot more money from selling Ohtani merch and game tickets.
艾力克斯：哇！而且他們才剛贏了世界大賽，應該會因為大谷的周邊商品跟比賽門票賺更多錢吧！
series(n.)系列比賽、系列節目a series of一連串的probably(adv.)可能地merch(n.)周邊商品
Haley: Yep. So now do you see why people say his contract is great for the Dodgers?
哈蕾：沒錯！現在你知道為什麼大家說他的合約對道奇隊很有利了吧？
Alex: I do. Thanks for explaining it to me.
艾力克斯：了解了，謝謝你跟我解釋！
explain(v.)解釋explain to sb. N.向某人解釋～