优秀球员的艰难抉择Back or not?

Well, Keith Fitzhugh had a dream to play pro football. He followed that dream through high school and college and he was an incredible player. He even made it to two training camps with the New York Jets before being cut. Then this week, because of injuries, the Jets called him back. But he told them he’d rather keep his current job as a train conductor.

Well, it was very exciting to know that the Jets even wanted to bring me back and make me a part of their team again. It was just a tough decision. I was at home—as a matter of fact, I was off and I got the call. My agent called and said,“Keith, get ready, the Jets are going to fly you out.” And I’m like, “Huh? What’s really going on?” And I talked to the Jets and I just told them I needed a little time because I was under new employment. I didn’t have enough time really to get in contact with my job to see if I could take a leave of absence. Now that this is all going on now, I could have, you know. But I had to do what was best for me at the time. I just wanted to be professional with my job, and if I couldn’t get in contact with my—of course, I wasn’t just going to leave, so I had to just make a decision and I have to do what’s best for me and my family at the time.

基思·菲茨休的梦想是成为职业橄榄球运动员。整个高中，乃至整个大学，他都一直坚持着自己的梦想。他是一位了不起的球员，在裁员之前曾两次进入纽约喷气机橄榄球队的训练营。这周，因为有伤员，喷气机橄榄球队要召回基思，但基思说他宁愿继续做他的火车售票员。

嗯，我很兴奋，知道球队想要我回去，让我再一次成为球队的一分子。但要作出决定太难了。当时我正在家——事实是，我在休假——然后我接到这个电话，是我的经纪人打来的。他说：“基思，快准备好，喷气机橄榄球队会让你起飞的。”然后我的反应是：“嗯？到底发生什么了”。我和球队联系过，我告诉他们我有了新的工作，所以我需要时间考虑一下。我真的没有足够的时间与我新工作的领导联系来确定能否让我请假离开。不过既然事情已经这样了，我本来可以……但是在那时，我得作出最有利于自己的选择。我希望自己在工作岗位上能专业，如果我不能和新工作的上司取得联系，很明显我不会离开。所以我得作出决定，作出在当时对我和我的家庭最为有利的决定。

1. 0’03” Well, Keith Fitzhugh had a dream to play pro football.注意pro读音为[pr?u]，其本意为“赞成者，赞成的意见”，但在此句中与football相搭配，组成专有名词pro football，意为“专业美式足球”或“职业橄榄球”，即“基思·菲茨休的梦想是成为职业橄榄球员”。

2. 0’19” But he told them he’d rather keep his current job as a train conductor.播音员在his current job（他的现任工作）后做出短暂停顿，接着道出了他现在的工作：as a train conductor（一个火车售票员），意在向我们强调他的梦想（职业橄榄球员）与现实的巨大反差。另外，此句中的current是美式发音，将[?]发音为[?]，读作['k?r?nt]，听的时候要格外注意这一点。