Commentator: Eric and Christy, you know season openersare big for the Indiana Pacers but this is, ahem, extra big with Yao Ming, 7'5'' Sports lllustrated's cover boy making his NBA debut tonight.
Rudy: Listen, right now, he's done so good through the practices with all the things that we've given him so much information uh, but as time goes by everything will become natural.
Yao’s teammate: Hey, yo, new center, baby. Everybody get funky. Understand something, man. We can beat they ass, tonight, every night. Think about how we felt last year when we wasn't in the playoffs. Everybody here got to cruise. It's all good, baby. It's all good. Rockets, on three. One, two, three Rockets!
Colin: I think everybody was pretty excited to see what he was all about, you know? Nobody had really watched him play.
Yao’s teammate: Let's go. Let's go, rookie.
Commentator: It is the grand unveiling of Yao Ming. At 7'5'', 280...
Yao’s teammate: Let's go. Let's go.
Commentator: Yao Ming, watching the first quarter from the bench and stepping on the floor. Things speeding around right now and ahead of Yao Ming and, and there is Bender. Goes up against Ming and beats him.
Man: Boy, tough play.
Commemtator: Ming is having his difficulty getting on track offensively.
Colin: I guess people might've been concerned that he was, you know, just a big, clumsy oaf because he, uh, didn't look too graceful that first game.
Commentator: Here isYao Ming with the quick spin and again stripped. And Yao's gonna see a lot of that. Yao Ming we have not seen him since the second quarter. A lot of disappointed, tired 300 million watching on in China, they're not seeing much from their hero, their treasure.
Colin: He didn't score, and he was universally hailed as a bust. I think Americans and American media want instant gratification.
Commentator: …Yao Ming, in just 11 minutes, did not score.
Yao’s teammate: One of the things that he had to get used to right away is the speed of the game and also the, uh, aggressiveness that is played. The guys in the NBA go right at you and they're strong, they're quick.
Commentator: Loose ball picked up by Jackson, takes it in and slams it down! Stephen Jackson gives the Spurs a one point lead!
Commentator: Hilario from behind, sends it away.He's gotta get under the basket. He's 7'5''. This isn't lnternational League. You gotta dunk that.
Frank Deford: Now he's alreadybehind the eight ball. People are saying he's a bust, he's not really as good. The Rockets have made a mistake.
Commentator: Let him go by him. Clear out and let… They don't have that kind of crossover in Shanghai. I thinkMarion was in shock as the entire Suns bench went sideways!
Kenny: Hey, he might be a good player one day, but he ain't ready. Are we gonna make the bet?
Charles: Yao Ming?
Kenny: He said Yao Ming gonna get 19 points.
Charles: On Saturday night?
Kenny: If he get 19 points in a game, I'll kiss his ass right here.
Charles: I'm telling you, he had 12 points and 18 rebounds. No, that was Shawn Bradley.
Kenny: Yao Ming makes Shawn Bradley look like Bill Russell.
Yao: The biggest pressure is the expectations put on by different people as everyone is watching and hoping that I play well. Colin would say, ''Hey, don't worry. You're new. You're still adjusting. Everybody goes through this.''
妙語佳句，活學活用
首先來介紹一下，這是姚明在NBA的第一個賽季，在這個片段中展現幾場比賽，有和Indiana Pacers （印第安納步行者隊）的，有和San Antonio Spurs （圣安東尼奧馬刺隊）的，還有和Phoenix Suns （菲尼克斯太陽隊）的，等等。
1. season openers
Season opener 指的是賽季開始時的第一場比賽，有時賽季開始時會同時舉行幾場比賽，就叫做 season openers。
2. be big for
這里的意思是“對……來說是很重要的”。
3. cover boy
這里是指“封面人物”，我們所熟知的cover girl 就是“封面女郎”，如果是男士登上了雜志封面，當然就是 cover boy了。比如：He has become the cover boy of this magazine. 他成了這個雜志的封面人物。
4. NBA debut
Debut 是指“初次露面，首次登臺”，影片中指的是姚明在NBA賽季中的首次登場。
5. center 籃球中的“中鋒”
6. got to cruise
Cruise 的本意是“巡視，巡航”，這里的意思是“提高警惕”。
7. watching the first quarter from the bench
籃球比賽一場通常包括四節，NBA、CBA每節是12分鐘，這句話的意思是“姚明第一節沒有出場，而是坐在替補席上”，替補都是坐在場邊的板凳上的，所以是from the bench。
