An NBA player once said to me, with a bemused chuckle of disbelief, that when playing in Canada—get this—"We have to wait in the same customs line as everybody else."

在加拿大打球时，一位 NBA 球员曾经低声轻笑，带着难以置信的神情跟我说：“我们必须和其他人一样在海关排队等候。”

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Kobe Bryant is a heck of an NBA player.

科比·布莱恩真是NBA球员中的精品。

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Or LeBron James telling a reporter, 'If it weren't for the games and the practices, I'd really enjoy being an NBA player.'

或者设想nba骑士队的勒布朗·詹姆斯(LeBron James)对记者说，如果我不需要打比赛和训练，我真的会喜欢做一名NBA球员。

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