双语新闻：体育也是把国家社会的道德标尺

2014-09-25 14:58:31来源：可可英语

　　Richard Lapchick, founder of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. “We can always dobetter. Anybody can. But the NBA, among all of the leagues, is more in tune with moving in theright direction in terms of diversity and inclusion than all of the other leagues.”

　　身为对“体育多样性和体育道德”研究的创始人理查德·雷普奇克说道：“我们总能做的更好，每个人都可以做到更好。NBA联盟在所有体育联盟中，总能比其他联盟在多样性和包容性方面，更够逐步走上正轨。”

　　NBA Commissioner Adam Silver acted quickly to banish Sterling. Levenson and Ferry had nodocumented history of racial incidents, but their objectionable words — Levenson blamedblacks for driving away white fans at Hawks games in an e-mail to Ferry and other businesspartners; Ferry relayed comments from a background report that equated a lack of characterwith Luol Deng’s African heritage — caused considerable damage in a community that has alarge black population.

　　NBA总裁亚当·萧华对斯特林的种族言论做出了“将其驱逐出联盟”的快速应对措施。利文森和费里没有类似于斯特林这种“种族歧视”的罪恶行径。但是他们那些令人反感的言辞——利文森在一封寄给费里和其他生意伙伴的电子邮件中，指责是黑人使得老鹰队的白人粉丝上座率骤减，在费里的回复邮件中，他还称洛尔·邓具有一系列非洲人的习性，对绝大部分黑人群体造成的巨大的伤害。

　　During his 30-year run as commissioner, Silver’s predecessor, David Stern, was able tonavigate the NBA through some situations that featured some racial undertones, the rivalrybetween Magic Johnson and Larry Bird is a good example. In his first few months since takingover from Stern in February, Silver has had to guide the league during a period when anyinappropriate utterance behind closed doors could lead to dramatic consequences.

　　担任了30年的联盟总裁，萧华的前辈，大卫·斯特恩，有能力帮助联盟在各种关乎种族的事件中找到正确的方向。魔术师约翰逊和拉里·伯德之间的斗争，就是个鲜明的例子。二月份之后，在萧华逐步接手斯特恩的工作没几个月，那些在背后议论的、不恰当的话语，对联盟产生了一系列戏剧性的影响。萧华该如何在这个特殊的时期，带领联盟走出困境，萧华不得不面临着严峻的挑战。

　　After Levenson announced he was selling his majority stake in the Hawks franchise, Silversaid the NBA would “redouble” its efforts to promote diversity and anti-discriminationpolicies. Hawks CEO Steve Koonin, who has been placed in charge of the franchise until theteam is sold, also plans to create a chief diversity officer position within the organization.

　　在利文森宣布其愿意出售他手中老鹰队的股权之后，萧华声称NBA必将加倍努力推动NBA多样性的发展，并尽快制定出反种族歧视的政策。在这支球队被卖出之前这段时间内，老鹰队的首席执行官史蒂夫·库宁，将被任命为老鹰队临时的老板。同时，库宁也计划在老鹰队的组织内部设立一个“多样性总监”的职位。

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