Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
When you watch basketball, you probably pay attention to the ball most of the time. But there are always nine players on the court without the ball, and they are always fighting for the best positioning. Being in the right place at the right time is a big part of how Marc Gasol, a star NBA player from Spain, can average a double double, scoring lots of points and getting lots of rebounds.
Tall guys like Marc are great at getting a good position near the basket in what’s called the post. “Post” is a word with a lot of different meanings, and in fact, there are three different “posts” on a basketball court. Marc explains some of the ways you might use “post.”
3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Jason: Welcome to English, baby! I’m Jason, here with Marc Gasol. And how are you doing today?
Marc: I’m doing good.
Jason: And so you’re from Barcelona, Spain. At what age did you start learning English?
Marc: Well, they start teaching you at school, but when I really learned it was when I first came to the States when I was sixteen. And that’s where, really, I developed better English.
Jason: And so we’re gonna do a little English lesson today. You’re a center, seven-foot-one, and we were hoping you could explain what it means to establish a presence in the post and what the post is in basketball.
Marc: There’s three different posts, actually. There’s the mid post, the high post, and the low post. And where I play is in the low post or mid post where you play with your back to the basket and you distribute the game from there.
Jason: OK. And what does it mean to establish a presence there?
Marc: Make a difference in the game. You can establish a presence on offense or on defense. There’s a lot of players that can do one of them. Some players can do both, which is really important for a team. You know, you always try to help the team from your position.
Jason: And so you just started a blog. Can you explain what it means to post something on the internet?
Marc: Yeah. Well, that’s a little different. It has a different meaning. You just write a story or something you want to tell the readers. You post your thoughts or your writings or anything.
Jason: And so you play on the Spanish national team with your brother, Pau, but in the NBA you play on different teams. So I imagine sometimes you’re battling for positioning in the post. Who wins that battle usually?
Marc: He’s more of a power forward, which they play more in the high post like I said earlier on. And I’m more of a center, which we play on the low post.
Jason: Enough post for both of you guys usually.
Marc: Yeah.
Jason: Cool. Can I get you to give me a high-five and say, “English, baby!”?
Marc: English, baby!
Jason: Thanks so much, Marc.
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Discussion
Marc Gasol is really tall and talented. When he is close to the basket, he’s nearly unstoppable. That’s why he hangs out in the low post[/def].
Marc’s brother, Pau Gasol, is a couple of inches shorter and plays a different position on his team. He hangs out in the high post[/def] so that he can surprise the defense more easily.
When Marc isn’t on the basketball court, sometimes he likes to post stories about his life in the NBA on his blog. Maybe he occasionally goes to the post office to mail something to his brother or fixes a broken fence post around the house. Those are two other uses of the word “post,” the mail, and a tall wooden or metal pole that sticks up from the ground.
When you play basketball, in which post do you establish yourself? Do you like to post photos and writing on the internet, or send your friends and family packages via the post?
Visit Marc’s blog.
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