Intro
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At just 24-years-old, Ersan Ilyasova is one of the best Turkish basketball players. After playing in Turkey last summer, he returned to the NBA and has had a very successful season with the Milwaukee Bucks. Ersan has been scoring a lot of points and playing very well.
One way Ersan scores is to get second chance points. When his teammates miss a shot, the nearly 7-foot tall star often gets an offensive rebound. Sometimes, Ersan gets a rebound and scores a basket in one motion. That’s called a tip in. We recently met with Ersan to discuss this term and learning languages.
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Dialog
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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Ersan |
Jason: Welcome to English, baby! I am here with Ersan Ilyasova. Can you tell us, first of all, what is an offensive rebound?
Ersan: Offensive rebounds are about second effort. Just follow the ball and, the thing is, try, always try to see when the ball will hit the rim, which side, which part, and try to be there when it lands. It’s all about effort.
Jason: I want to talk about a specific kind of offensive rebound. Can you tell us what it means to tip it in.
Ersan: A tip in is when somebody shoots it from long distance, and the ball just runs up, and you just crash the board and barely touch with the nails of your fingers and just tip it in. That’s a huge thing.
Jason: Ersan explains that when you tip in a ball, you gently touch it with the ends of your fingers, or your fingertips.
Ersan: ...barely touch with the nails of your fingers and just tip it in.
Jason: How do you say that in Turkish? Is there a word for it?
Ersan: In Turkish, they’ll say, “That’s a hücum rebound.”
Jason: A tip can also be like an idea or a helpful hint. Can you give us a tip for how to learn languages?
Ersan: Yeah, I speak four languages. For example, for me, when I came just first into United States, I didn’t take classes in anything. It’s all basically try to communicate with people. I think it’s an easy way to learn, when you start to speak with somebody. How I learned Spanish, I just start to communicate with people. Try to learn some easy words first and things just come up easily when you know a couple of languages before that. You pick it up so much easier.
Ersan: English, baby!
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Discussion
Ersan explains that a tip in is when you knock the ball into the basket with your fingertips after your teammate misses a shot. When you tip in a ball, you get an offensive rebound and a basket at the same time. You have to be very tall and athletic to be able to jump right next to the rim and tip in a ball. Ersan is both.
Another meaning of the word “tip” is to give someone a suggestion. When you give someone a tip, you offer a helpful piece of information. Ersan speaks Turkish, Russian, English and Spanish. Jason asks him to offer a tip for learning languages. Ersan says that you should start with the easy words and that the more languages you know, the easier they are to learn.
What do you think is the most important thing to know about learning languages? Give us a tip.
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