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It was only the end of the first half, yet everybody seemed to think his team was hopelessly beaten,
這只是第一半場的結束，但所有人似乎都認為他的團隊肯定會輸，
not only the Middleton supporters, but even the little band of Georgeburgh rooters who had made the long trip to see the game!
不僅僅是米德頓的球迷，甚至連喬治布格小型樂隊的支持者也這么認為，他們不遠千里來看比賽。
He threw his sweater across his shoulders and followed his teammates toward the locker room set aside for them.
他將毛衣扔到肩膀上，跟著隊友回到了為他們準備的更衣室中。
When he reached it, they were lying stretched out on the benches looking weary and dejected.
當他們到達后，他們四腳朝天的躺在長凳上，看起來精疲力盡，垂頭喪氣。
It was clear that they, too, considered themselves hopelessly beaten. Rodney sat down and mopped the sweat from his face.
很顯然他們自己也覺得肯定會輸，羅德尼坐下來擦拭著自己臉上的汗。
Listen, fellows! Do you know what the score is? His voice was hard, and his sea-blue eyes, usually so mild, flashed with anger.
聽著伙計們，你們知道比分嗎？他的聲音鏗鏘有力，他的深藍色眼睛通常看著很和善，但今天閃耀著怒火。
Frank O' Connor, the other forward, grinned. Bill Zimmerman and Ed Brown, the guards,
另一名前鋒弗蘭克·奧康娜笑了，防守球員比爾·齊默曼和愛得·布朗
made no sign of having heard. Paul Stearns, the tall center, pushed himself to a sitting position,
好似沒有聽到，大中鋒保爾·斯特恩斯坐了起來，
slowly rubbing a bruised shoulder. Sure, we know the score, Stearns replied in a gloomy voice,
慢慢揉著挫傷的肩膀，當然我們知道比分，斯特恩斯沮喪地回應著，
twenty-four to nine and it will be a lot worse at the end of the second half!
24比9，第二半場結束比分還會擴大。
Ed Brown gazed straight upward at the gray ceiling. Luck is against us, Rod. Take that last shot of yours, it missed the basket by a millionth of an inch!
愛得·布朗眼睛直勾勾地看著灰色天花板，羅德，今天我們不走運，就拿最后一投來說，你離進球也就差一百萬分之一英寸。
Rodney's teeth came together with a click. He passed a hand impatiently through his moist brown hair,
羅德尼的牙齒發出了碰撞聲，他將手不耐煩地劃過濕潤的棕色頭發，
thrusting it back from his forehead. The second half is going to be different! he cried.
從前額向后捋去，第二半場肯定會不一樣，他叫嚷道。
He was on his feet now, a tall, loose-jointed, broadshouldered boy with fists clenched in front of his chest.
他現在站了起來，他是一名個頭很高，關節柔軟，寬肩膀的男孩，他緊握的拳頭放在胸前。
We're not beaten! We're not even half beaten! Listen, now, do we want to win this championship?
我們沒有被打敗，甚至連一半都不到，聽著，我們不想贏下冠軍獎杯了嗎？
Of course we do! But we'll never win it if we just talk about hard luck and how big the final score's going to be!
我們當然想，如果我們只談論運氣差，以及最后分差有多大的話，我們就不可能贏。
