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Yi Jianlian - Put the Ball on the Floor

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Yi Jianlian - Put the Ball on the Floor English, baby! Video Lesson
易建联 –运球

Date: Apr 01 2011

Themes: Celebrity, Sports

Grammar: Simple Past Tense

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Yi Jianlian is still fairly new to the NBA. He plays for the Washington Wizards. Before coming to the United States, he won three championships in China and many awards. Other than Yao Ming, Yi is the most well-known Chinese basketball player.

Skills are an important part of what makes Yi so good. He can shoot well from far away and is very athletic even though he is seven feet tall! Yi can use his power and size to get to the basket and score. One way for him to do this is to put the ball on the floor. We talked with him about this phrase and about learning English.

易建联现在还是NBA新秀。他目前效力于华盛顿奇才队。赴美之前,易建联曾三次获得全国冠军,并获多个奖项。除姚明之外,阿联是中国最著名的篮球运动员。
他的厉害之处就在于他的技术。他的远距离投篮十分出色,虽然身高七英尺,却十分敏捷!阿联能够运用他的力量和块头上篮得分,而使他能够做到这点的一个方法就是运球(put the ball on the floor)。我们与他讨论了这个习语,也讨论了如何学习英语。

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Jason

Jason

Yi

Yi

Jason:  Welcome to English, baby! I am Jason here with Yi Jianlian. How are you doing today?

Yi:  Good, good. How are you?

Jason:  I’m doing well. You’ve been here in the US for a few years. How much English did you know when you got here?

Yi:  Oh, just a little bit. Not much.

Jason:  Where had you learned it? Did you learn it in school in China?

Yi:  Yeah, I learned a little bit in school, and I learned a lot more over here.

Jason:  So here on English, baby!, we like to help people learn basketball language, and I was wondering if you could tell us, what does it mean to put the ball on the floor?

Yi:  Dribbling. Attack the basket.

Jason:  What do you do when you put the ball on the floor? What’s in your mind?

Yi:  For me, it’s try to score.

Jason:  Yi says that “put the ball on the floor” means to dribble. To dribble means to bounce the ball. When you dribble, you can move, and Yi likes to move to the basket. Let’s hear his definition again.

Jason:  What does it mean to put the ball on the floor?

Yi:  Dribbling. Attack the basket.

Jason:  What do you do when you put the ball on the floor? What’s in your mind?

Yi:  For me, it’s try to score.

Jason:  Thanks so much for talking to us. Could I get you to give me a high five and say “English, baby!”?

Yi:  English, baby!

Jason:  Alright.

 

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Discussion

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Yi says that he only knew a little bit of English before coming to the US. Since he has been here, he has learned a lot more. When he first arrived, he didn’t do interviews in English, so you can tell he is confident speaking it now.

It’s important for a big player like Yi to get to the basket. Sometimes, his teammates will pass him the ball under the hoop, but other times, he has to get there on his own. That’s when he puts the ball on the floor. He dribbles the ball and attacks the basket.

Can you think of a time when you attacked a goal in your life the way Yi attacks the basket?

For more with Yi, visit our blog.

 

Comments

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俊hua

China

你好,what your name.

07:52 AM Apr 05 2011 |

shivan86

shivan86

Iraq

It's great, but I prefer tennis….

04:04 AM Apr 05 2011 |

maher2025

Yemen

i didn't listen to any dialog

01:32 AM Apr 05 2011 |

Dani vacheroni Abidal

Ghana

put the ball on the floor

11:23 PM Apr 04 2011 |

Irwin Cassano

China

He isn’t able do better than Yao I think of,but I have to acknowledge he is a good player.

05:00 PM Apr 03 2011 |

masiran

masiran

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

songlina fell in love with yi hhhhhhhhhhhh

03:23 PM Apr 03 2011 |

songlin043@gmail.com

China

he is handsome and super star in my heart

10:26 AM Apr 03 2011 |

eymen

Turkey

it s impressive:D

 

05:24 PM Apr 02 2011 |

jerry bourne

China

yi i support you forever whether you play good or bad!

12:48 AM Apr 02 2011 |

mim_dica

mim_dica

India

great

08:39 PM Apr 01 2011 |

mk-snobar

mk-snobar

Syrian Arab Republic

I liked Yi,he has such a husky voice,as if he was one of the hillbillies blokes ..
XO to the Celestials,they have a lot of brilliant athlets.

07:15 PM Apr 01 2011 |

MUHAMMAD92

MUHAMMAD92

Saudi Arabia

i play football weeke end with my friend my be weekei attack a goal.

06:51 PM Apr 01 2011 |

adward SD

adward SD

China

wow,the topic about the player in NBA is my favourite。By the way,my little brother love to watch any match from NBA.

01:19 PM Apr 01 2011 |

aminian

aminian

Australia

I don't need to go far to recall from my past attempts. As I am studying hard at the moment to enrich my English knowledge, it is a good example of attacking a new goal in my life. The difference between I and Yi is that his goal is part of his career but in my case learning English is only a secondary goal. Having a full time job and still spending few hours a day to keep your self up is a daunting task. Tough, at the end it would be rewarding.

12:30 PM Apr 01 2011 |

dearling

dearling

China

It sounds funny when Jason said Yi Jian Lian's name.  We don't call him like that.  

11:51 AM Apr 01 2011 |

sofree

sofree

China

Yi didn't say much ha~, he is hot.

09:04 AM Apr 01 2011 |

trailo_hathanh

Viet Nam

I do not understand the question. Poor english.

07:29 AM Apr 01 2011 |

liuxveo

liuxveo

China

come on! Yi!

03:35 AM Apr 01 2011 |

jiahui.lei

jiahui.lei

China

yeah,i think it must be the time when i had tests,,i would try my best to pass it.

02:33 AM Apr 01 2011 |

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