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Dwight Howard Teaches Shot Blocking Slang

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Dwight Howard Teaches Shot Blocking Slang English, baby! Video Lesson
德怀特-霍华德 (Dwight Howard) 教授篮球俚语

Date: Jan 27 2012

Themes: Celebrity, Sports, Travel

Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives

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Taking a shot near Dwight Howard is a good way to get blocked. At just under seven feet, Dwight is not only one of the tallest players in the NBA, but also one of the most athletic. He looks like a superhero on the court and has even earned the nickname Superman. It helps that he likes to dress up like Superman, as he did when he won the 2008 Slam Dunk Contest.

Dwight has been named Defensive Player of the Year three years in a row, and a big part of what makes him so good is his ability to block shots. When you block a shot, you knock it out of the air so that it will not reach the basket. When some players block a shot, they say they rejected it. But when we met with Dwight after a recent practice, we learned he likes to use different slang for blocked shots. We also learned about his favorite thing to do when he visits China, besides speak Chinese.

贴近 Dwight Howard 投篮,你很可能会被盖帽。Dwight 身高近 7 英尺,是 NBA 最高、也是最具爆发力的球员之一。在球场上,他的表现像一个超级英雄,甚至还赢得了“超人”的绰号。因此,他喜欢装扮得像超人一样,在 2008 年赢得扣篮大赛时,他就身着超人装束。
Dwight 已连续三年被评为“年度最佳防守球员”,他获此殊荣很大程度上仰仗于非凡的封盖能力。封盖时,在空中将球打掉,这样球就无法到达篮框。当一些球员封盖投篮成功时,他们会说盖帽了。但当我们在最近的一次练习赛后采访 Dwight 时,我们得知他喜欢用另一种俚语称呼盖帽。我们还了解到他在访问中国时除说汉语之外最喜欢做的事情。

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Jason

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Dwight

Dwight

Jason:  Welcome to English, baby! I am Jason here with Dwight Howard. What’s your favorite way to talk about a blocked shot? What’s the best slang for it?

Dwight:  Usually, when we block shots, we say, “Yo, did you see what he did? He beat it up! Oh he beat that ball up!” Or we say something like, “Yo, you look like you playing volleyball out there with the ball.” Just something like that, something crazy. “Beat it up” or “It looks like he’s playing volleyball,” something along those terms.

Jason:  You’ve been in China several times.

Dwight:  Ni hao. Wo ai ni, zhong guo qiu mi ni hao, de huai te huo hua de, wo ai ni, China. I just said, “Welcome to China, I love you, and I’m Dwight Howard.”

Jason:  That’s great, man. Is there something you like to do when you go to China? Is there like a place you go or a food you eat every time you go?

Dwight:  McDonald’s. They have the best chicken wings I’ve ever had in the world in China. The chicken wings are so good. They’re spicy. They’re amazing. And then they have the old-school fried apple pies. When I go to China, I gotta go to McDonald’s. The Skittles taste different over there and I love ‘em, so that’s what I do when I go to China.

Jason:  Wow, you eat foods that you would normally have here, but they taste different over there.

Dwight:  They taste different. They taste better. They taste a lot better. It’s hard for me to walk down the streets in China. But the mall is fun. Going to the mall, like the eight-story mall. It’s crazy. I love it.

Jason:  You get recognized a lot though? Is that what you mean by it’s hard for you to walk down the street?

Dwight:  Huo hua de! Huo hua de! Superman! Superman! It’s crazy.

Jason:  Awesome. Thanks so much for talking with us.

Dwight:  English, baby!

 

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Discussion

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When he blocks a shot, Dwight Howard doesn’t like to say he rejected it, like most players do. He likes to say he beat it up. He also compares blocking shots to volleyball, a sport in which players hit a ball over a net with their hands.

This language may seem strange, but it makes sense. If you beat something up, you damage it by hitting. If someone threw rocks at your car and dented it, you could say they beat it up. People get beaten up too. When someone loses a fight and has been physically injured by another person, you can say they got beaten up.

Dwight visits China regularly. When he goes there, he likes to eat American foods and candies. He says they taste different in China and sometimes you can get old-school items there that they don’t sell in the US anymore.

Even to Dwight, who is seven feet tall, an eight-story mall seems big. He likes to go shopping in China, but when his fans see him, they shout his nickname, “Superman!”

Do you have a nickname? How did you get it? What do you like to do when you visit another country?

For more with Dwight Howard and other NBA stars, visit our blog.

 

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Fernandinha

Brazil

When I visit some different place, I like to try the local food. Of course, if I don’t like it, I will eat some food that I am used to.

Before traveling, I always make a research about restaurants from that place and about which ingredients the typical dishes are made of. You know, I don’t like unpleasant surprises. A simple stomachache may spoils a whole trip that should by fun.

12:33 PM Jan 27 2012 |

jaewon kim

jaewon kim

South Korea

He is very cheerful. want to see him play sometime~

12:29 PM Jan 27 2012 |

diva87

diva87

Morocco

uin nod fi,a dmgj ofk gsuhoo ;gmdkajqh hyo youw how shou THAT MEANS I LOVE BASKETT IN CHINA ^

12:23 PM Jan 27 2012 |

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FUN777

FUN777

Egypt

I like his smile, he’s so funny and modest too. When i visit another country i’d like to see all it’s old buildings and try to know it’s people more close.

12:10 PM Jan 27 2012 |

Fateme.A

Fateme.A

New Zealand

He’s a funny guy. I like his cheekbones. Wink

11:32 AM Jan 27 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

If you spoke Chinese , would you have understood  the player  speaking in chinese, did he make any sense ?  hope so.

10:33 AM Jan 27 2012 |

kukuka

kukuka

Ukraine

I don’ t have a nickname or at least I don’t know about it. When I go abroad I like to eat the local food and do some shopping.

08:27 AM Jan 27 2012 |

Nakul

Nakul

India

Yeah, i have nickname and it’s “Nakul”...when i was born that time one epic programme called “MAHABHARATA” started on television, it’s history of great warriors of that age.. Nakul was one of them …. so I got this name from there….


I got no chance as yet to visit another country.. but if i get, i would like to move places, eat foods of that place, see the nature’s beauty and make my eyes pleased by seeing them…

08:11 AM Jan 27 2012 |

CatcheR

CatcheR

Iceland

hhhhhhhhhhh the guy looks fun

06:16 AM Jan 27 2012 |

nangyingtai

Myanmar

Thank you so much Dwight Howard

05:35 AM Jan 27 2012 |

bensonhuang

Taiwan

Dwight Howard is a giant guy but acts in a so funny way in this video, especially when he speaks chinese…haha

05:11 AM Jan 27 2012 |

1 person likes this

nfrtary

nfrtary

Egypt

although i’m not interested about basketball and i don’t know its rules but i really like this lesson


thanks english baby

02:03 AM Jan 27 2012 |

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