Chapter 9

Chapter 9 KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME! BUT IMAGINING YOURE A WIZARD IS OKAY, TOO. Po's thoughts were being pulled in a half dozen directions. He was thinking about the play. He was worrying about the sinister guardians of the glowstone bridge. And he was wondering what the source of the Evoker's King power actually was. With all that on his mind, it probably shouldn't have been a surprise when Po made a mistake on the court. What should have been an easy block went wrong, and the referee hit him with a penalty. With their free throws, the other team took

第九章保持头脑清醒！但是想象自己是巫师也是可以的。 阿宝的思绪被拉向六个方向。 他在想那出戏。 他在担心那座发光石桥的邪恶守卫。 他想知道唤起者的王权到底是从哪里来的。 考虑到这一切，当阿宝在球场上犯了一个错误时，他可能不应该感到惊讶。 他本应该很容易的一次封盖却出了问题，裁判给了他一个点球。 对方的罚球得分

the lead. "Keep your head in the game, Po!" yelled his coach. Po didn't like being called out like that. Especially when the coach was right. Po needed to focus on one thing at a time. Then again, Po felt he was often at his best when he let his imagination run wild. It was one of the reasons he enjoyed trying out new skins in Minecraft. With each skin, he became a different character. Those characters were often bold, fearless—so that even when Po himself was afraid, he could pretend to be someone who wasn't.

领先。“把你的注意力放在比赛上，阿宝！”他的教练喊道。 阿宝不喜欢别人那样叫他。 尤其是当教练是对的时候。 阿宝需要一次专注于一件事。 不过，阿宝觉得，当他让自己的想象力尽情发挥时，他往往处于最佳状态。 这也是他喜欢尝试《我的世界》新皮肤的原因之一。 每换一张皮肤，他就变成了一个不同的角色。 这些角色通常大胆无畏，所以即使阿宝自己害怕，他也可以假装成不害怕的人。

Surely the great mage Po the Wise would not be bested at basketball. In his mind, the wizard flew across the court, covering yards in mere seconds. Po approached the basket. The wizard was suddenly surrounded by fierce opponents. The wizard smiled. Po passed the ball to his teammate Raul. The horde rushed the wizard too late. Raul made a heroic three-point shot.

当然，伟大的法师阿宝不会在篮球上被打败。 在他的脑海里，巫师飞快地飞过球场，几秒钟就跑完了几码。 阿宝走近篮子。巫师突然被凶猛的对手包围了。 巫师笑了。阿宝把球传给了他的队友劳尔。 部落冲向巫师的时候太晚了。 劳尔投进了一个英勇的三分球。

That was something else Po the Wise knew well. Teamwork was a real-life superpower. "Attaboy, Po!" said Coach. "There's my star." Normally, Po would have loved hearing that. Tonight, it made his stomach twist. Po's basketball team was a mixed-ability wheelchair team. That meant the team played in wheelchairs, even though many of the players didn't use wheelchairs outside of the sport. Po hadn't been able to use his legs since birth. But he'd always been active and energetic, and he'd always hated being told he couldn't do something. Po suspected the reason he'd fallen in love with wheelchair basketball in the first place was because some people assumed people with paraplegia couldn't be athletes. Proving the doubters wrong? That was just the sort of challenge Po relished. Po didn't want to be just a basketball player, however. He wanted to try other things, too. Acting, for instance. But the thought of telling his coach that he

这是阿宝知道的另一件事。 团队合作是现实生活中的超能力。 “好样的，阿宝！”教练说。 “这是我的星星。”一般情况下，阿宝会喜欢听到这些的。 今晚，它使他的胃扭曲。 阿宝所在的篮球队是一个混合型轮椅队。 这意味着球队在轮椅上比赛，尽管许多球员在比赛之外并不使用轮椅。 阿宝从出生起就不能使用他的腿。 但他一直很活跃，精力充沛，他一直讨厌别人告诉他不能做什么。 阿宝怀疑他最初爱上轮椅篮球的原因是因为有些人认为截瘫患者不可能成为运动员。 证明怀疑者是错的？ 这正是阿宝喜欢的挑战。 然而，阿宝不想仅仅成为一名篮球运动员。 他还想尝试其他的东西。 例如，表演。但是一想到要告诉他的教练他

would miss some games for play rehearsal? The idea of telling his teammates that he wouldn't be there for them? The possibility of giving up all those high fives and cookies? Those things were difficult to imagine. Po liked being a star. If he gave up basketball for something new, he would risk losing all he had. At that moment, Raul passed Po the ball. Po's head snapped back into the game. He forgot about everything except the ball in his hands, the basket up ahead, and the friends and teammates all around him. "Po, you were amazing!" said Jodi. "Oh, yeah," Morgan said. "Good game, buddy."

会因为排练而错过一些比赛吗？ 告诉他的队友他不会在那里支持他们？ 放弃击掌和饼干的可能性？ 那些事情是很难想象的。 阿宝喜欢当明星。如果他为了新的东西而放弃篮球，他将冒着失去一切的风险。 就在那一刻，劳尔把球传给了阿宝。 阿宝的脑袋又回到了游戏中。 他忘记了一切，除了他手中的球，前面的篮子，以及他周围的朋友和队友。 “阿宝，你太棒了！”乔迪说。 “哦，是的，”摩根说。“玩得好，伙计。”

It had been a really close game, in fact, but Woodsword had managed the win. Friends and family had swarmed the court after the game clock hit zero. Po hadn't even realized that Morgan and Jodi were in the bleachers. "You two skipped play practice?" he asked. "The set-design team is ahead of schedule," Jodi

事实上，这是一场势均力敌的比赛，但木剑最终取得了胜利。 比赛钟声敲响后，朋友和家人都涌向了球场。 阿宝甚至没有意识到摩根和乔迪在露天看台上。 “你们俩翘了游戏练习？”他问。 “布景设计团队比计划提前了，”乔迪说