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——来自绿凯的塔科·法尔

The Celtics’ 7-foot-5 rookie became the NBA’s largest humanvictory cigar——but more importantly, an enormous example of how theG-Leaguecan develop more than just skills.

凯尔特人队中这位7英尺5英寸的新秀成为了NBA最大的胜利雪茄——更重要的是，(塔科）是个“巨大”的例子证明了发展联盟所能发展的不仅仅是技能

victory cigar[ˈvɪktəri sɪˈɡɑː(r)]：这个词专指球队在大比分领先胜局已定时被换上场的球员

G-league[dʒiː liːɡ]：发展联盟G表示赞助商佳得乐

塔科的小迷妹已上线

“Give the people what they want,” is the advice that Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said he got from his 10-year-old daughter in late December, and what the people wanted was 7-foot-5 rookie center Tacko Fall.

“是时候让球迷们得偿所愿了”这是凯尔特人教头布拉德·史蒂文斯12月下旬从他10岁的女儿那里得到的建议，他们想要在场上看到的是身高7英尺5英寸的新秀中锋塔科·法尔

WeWantTacko

我们要塔科

A few days before Christmas, in a game against the Detroit Pistons, fansclamoredfor the 24-year-old Fall“We want Tacko!” people yelled with theirbossyBoston abandon—the same way they had a few months earlier, during the team’s preseason opener.

圣诞节前几天，在对阵底特律活塞队的一场比赛中，球迷们在主场为24岁的法尔叫嚣欢呼“我们要塔科!” 波士顿球迷们狂热地高喊着他的名字——就像几个月前，球队季前赛的揭幕战中一样

clamor['klæmə(r)]：v.喧嚷

bossy[ˈbɒsi]：adj.专横的，狂热的

在长人如林的NBA依然被人“仰望”的感觉估计只有Tacko能够体会的到了，而这位和我国篮球名宿姚明身高相仿的大个子球员，生活中却是另一番光景——

这样的塔科怎会不让人喜爱呢？

Everybody enjoys thespectaclethat is TackoManiaup close. Fans chant for him when he is not even in the building. Teammates receive a ho-hum response when they appear on the giant video screen compared with theelationa shot of Fall evokes. When supporters actually get a chance to see him in a game or in public?Pandemonium.

每个人都很享受近距离看到塔科时躁动的场景塔科还没进球馆的时候，就有粉丝齐声呼喊他的名字当队友们出现在球场的的大屏幕上时，只收到沉闷的呼声，但当法尔出现的时候，球馆就沸腾了起来什么时候球迷们能有机会在比赛或者公众场合看见他？当人群骚动起来的时候

spectacle[ˈspektəkl]: n.盛况；壮观的场面

mania[ˈmeɪniə]: n.狂热；极大的热情

chant[tʃɑːnt]: v.反复呼喊

elation[iˈleɪʃn]: n.兴高采烈

Pandemonium[ˌpændəˈməʊniəm]: n.骚动，混乱

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Just the slightestflinchfrom the 7-foot-5 center would quickly trigger acascadingroar. By the time Fall finally checked in to replace Enes Kanter with 4:31 to play, the game was over, but the party was just beginning. Fans were screaming, teammates were raising their hands to fan the flames and Fall was becoming a truecultfigure.

这位7尺5的中锋做一个小动作就能引起山呼海啸的欢呼法尔最终上场替换坎特的时候，离终场哨声还有4分31秒，比赛已经毫无悬念，但是狂欢派对才刚刚开始球迷高声欢呼，队友们也举起手煽动观众，法尔一时成了万众崇拜的偶像

flinch[flɪntʃ]：v&n.退缩，畏缩

cascading[kæˈskeɪdɪŋ]：adj.倾泻的；流注的

cult[kʌlt]：n.时尚，崇拜adj.作为偶像崇拜的

Despite not even being on the full roster, he received 947,378 All-Star votes from fans. It was more than eight of the players who actually made the team received and placed him just behind his actual All-Star teammate Jayson Tatum in the East frontcourt rankings.

尽管法尔还不是正式球员，但他已在全明星赛投票中得到了947,378的球迷票数这一成绩超过了已被队内认可和有一定地位的八名队友法尔的票数在东部的前场球员排名中，仅次于他的全明星队友杰森·塔特姆

比赛中的塔科

It was quickly apparent tha法甲直播t Tacko Mania went beyond simply Celticsfandom. There is afascinationwith who he is as a player, as a person and just as a presence that only the greatest or mostnoteworthyplayers in the game create.

显而易见的是喜欢塔科的不仅是凯尔特人球迷塔科作为球员和一个“普通”人，当他出场时，所受到的关注，或许可以比拟实力不菲或是最有价值球员所制造的气氛

fandom[ˈfændəm]：n.球迷，粉丝

fascination[ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn]：n.魅力

noteworthy[ˈnəʊtwɜːði]：n.值得注意的，重要的