Basketball is one of the world’s most popular sports to both play and watch court side. From its original beginnings of being a game where balls were aimed at fruit baskets nailed to a wall, basketball has become a spectators event full of high energy, lots of excitement, and of course, cheerleaders. Here is an intermediate lesson with some basketball front-court starters provided by SexyMandarin teacher Wonderful Wendy.
Basketball－篮 球 Lán qiú
Hoop－ 篮 筐 Lán kuāng
Dribble－ 运 球 Yùn qiú
Block－ 阻 止 Zǔ zhǐ
Bounce pass－ 击 地 传 球 Jī dì chuán qiú
Dunk － 扣 篮 Kòu lán
Free throw － 罚 球 Fá qiú
Lay-up － 上 篮 Shàng lán
Foul－犯 规 Fàn guī
Point forward－ 控 球 前 锋 Kòng qiú qián fēng
Rebound－ 篮 板 球 Lán bǎn qiú
Three-pointer － 三 分 球 Sān fēn qiú
Travel－ 旅 行 Lǚ xíng
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
– Michael Jordon
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