PBS高端访谈:新英格兰爱国者队完成惊天逆转 赢得超级碗

 　　More than 110 million viewers tuned¹ into the Super Bowl last night. And a good percentage of them may have started tuning² out because the game looked like a blowout.

　　But those who looked away missed an amazing comeback. Jeffrey Brown has our story.

　　Well, I stayed with it to the end. And I'm glad I did.

　　And so did Mike Pesca. He's a sports reporter and the host of Slate's daily news and discussion podcast "The Gist³."

　　Mike, I watched Patriots⁴ players afterwards, and they were saying, we never thought it was over, we always thought we had a chance.

　　I'm not sure I believed them. Did you?

　　Yes. Athletes, that's the mind-set. And the great ones have it.

　　And the great ones who play alongside Tom Brady with his now five Super Bowl rings know that that has to be the attitude.

　　And I will have to say that, going in, it was the truth that, if Tom Brady had a chance to throw without being sacked, without being hit, without being hurt,

　　we knew that he could a devastating⁵ against this Falcons⁶ defense⁷.

　　He didn't get that chance through almost three whole quarters. Then, when he did get the chance, the question is, well,

　　can he slice up this team in such a concentrated time period? And that was the amazing thing.

　　It's not that Tom Brady orchestrated fourth-quarter comebacks. He has done that six times.

　　It's that he orchestrated this 25-point comeback with — really just starting with only minutes to go in the third quarter. Amazing.

　　Yes. I imagine the background to all this, the two years of Deflategate and Brady suspended for four games this season.

　　You konw, Brady and coach Belichick, they said, oh, this stuff wasn't on our mind.

　　Clearly on the mind of Robert Kraft and others.

　　Well, it was on Belichick and Brady's mind, you could tell. It was on the minds of all the fans.

　　And I do think that that Goodell ruling was him being a little bit imperious, imperial, and making a very harsh ruling.

　　Tom Brady was suspended for a quarter of this season, giving him an extra incentive⁸, a guy who doesn't need that.

　　Now, the background with Kraft and Goodell is, Kraft is a big Goodell ally.

　　And before this got in the way and soured their relationship, Goodell could always count on Kraft to, among things, approve gigantic salaries for Goodell.

　　So, I don't know if this makes the Patriots an underdog, especially given the politics of the moment,

　　but to their fans, this made this more than just yet another victory and the most amazing comeback during NFL history. It made it sweet revenge.

　　Well, so when you speak, when you talk of most of all time, of course,

　　the inevitable⁹ talk is greatest of all time player with Brady, coach with Belichick, and dynasty with the Patriots. Where do you come down?

　　I have never seen Otto Graham play a full game. And most of the people weighing in haven't either. And he has an impeccable record.

　　Then you have to factor in that the rules and the offenses¹⁰ of 2016-2017 are light years ahead of what guys like Roger Staubach did.

　　But no one could — how could you say he's anything less than tied? And the Brady-Belichick combination — the NFL chews up coaches.

　　And I think Bill Belichick is one of the most creative minds in any endeavor, finding so many different ways to win and outthink the opponent.

　　For whatever you think of his countenance¹¹ and not smiling, and perhaps wearing ill-fitting hooded¹² sweatshirts,

　　that guy is a brilliant thinker, and he brings creativity to the game, which I, as a fan, appreciate.

　　Mike, just in our last minute, I want to ask you about Atlanta.

　　What an exciting and young team they were for about three quarters, and then what a devastating loss for the team and the city that has hungered for such things.

　　Yes. So, two points. They were on the field for 93 plays. No defense could possibly stick with another team. We did think that they had a big enough buffer¹³.

　　So, the combination of the number of plays the Patriots had, which just wore down the defense, and the fact that, let's be honest, Atlanta made some terrible mistakes,

　　including taking some key sacks and not kicking a field goal which would have made it a three-score game with four minutes and change left.

　　They will be ruing¹⁴ this for a long time. And their one Braves championship back in the '90s, I don't think will be enough to sustain this city for much longer.

　　Mike Pesca, thank you very much.

　　You're welcome. undefined

1 tuned   

adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。
• The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 tuning   

n.调谐，调整，调音v.调音( tune的现在分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• They are tuning up a plane on the flight line. 他们正在机场的飞机跑道上调试一架飞机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The orchestra are tuning up. 管弦乐队在定弦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 gist   

n.要旨；梗概

参考例句：

• Can you give me the gist of this report?你能告诉我这个报告的要点吗？
• He is quick in grasping the gist of a book.他敏于了解书的要点。

4 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

5 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

6 falcons   

n.猎鹰( falcon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey. 游隼捕到鸟类猎物时，通常是先拔掉它们的羽毛，再把肉撕下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Though he doubted the wisdom of using falcons, Dr. de la Fuente undertook the project. 虽然德·拉·富恩特博士怀疑使用游隼是否明智，但他还是执行了这项计划。 来自辞典例句

7 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

8 incentive   

n.刺激；动力；鼓励；诱因；动机

参考例句：

• Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
• He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。

9 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

10 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

11 countenance   

n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同

参考例句：

• At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
• I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地，仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。

12 hooded   

adj.戴头巾的；有罩盖的；颈部因肋骨运动而膨胀的

参考例句：

• A hooded figure waited in the doorway. 一个戴兜帽的人在门口等候。
• Black-eyed gipsy girls, hooded in showy handkerchiefs, sallied forth to tell fortunes. 黑眼睛的吉卜赛姑娘，用华丽的手巾包着头，突然地闯了进来替人算命。 来自辞典例句

13 buffer   

n.起缓冲作用的人(或物)，缓冲器；vt.缓冲

参考例句：

• A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
• Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。

14 ruing   

v.对…感到后悔( rue的现在分词 )；活羊拔毛

参考例句：

• This building will go to rack and ruing unless it is repaired. 除非这幢大楼进行修缮，不然就要倒塌了。 来自互联网
• Yesterday's reshuffle also marks the end of Mr Green's dominant role ruing the bank. 昨日的调整也标志着葛霖在汇丰主宰地位的终结。 来自互联网