manuscript Host: hey , welcoming, they are both NBA All-stars, they both play for the Huston Rocket.And they’re both Chinese, oh no, actually only one is Chinese.But they’re both enormous.Please say hello to Huston Rocket Tracy McGrady and YaoMing!
Welcome! Thank you for being here.Now, which one one of you is from China? （姚明指向麦迪）
Host: it would be him, all right! Besides being team-mates, you guys are pretty close friends, right? Yaoming: yeah,you know.Host: and do you like to hangout together outside the…..
Mc: well, considering this guy is a video game freak, he never leaves the hotel.Host: really? What video game do you play? Yaoming : you paed that age already.host : you paed that age already.Yaoming : I mean you.Host: oh, yeah, I’m to old for video games.By the way, you are pa that height for video games.Cos I gue probably it’s hard for you guys to blend in.and it must be difficult to go out. Mc: it’s hard for him, Yao is a guy, you see, 7’5’’.
Host: not too many guy, not too many guy are 7’5’’.But you ….You still live with your parents,right? Yaoming : yeah, I’m still stay with my parents.In china, people usually stay with parents before you’re married.
Host: we get out like, 14, here.That’s our move.Yes, that,s the custom in China to stay until you get married. Yaoming : yeah.Host: so you must be dying to get married right away. Tracy ,yao wants you to get him a place, you know ,you’re in American, now.maybe save up and get him an apartment or something like that.Mc: I’m trying to get him out, trying to get him out more, he has a girlfriend, a lady to be together.That’d be the thing I wasn’t supposed to tell everybody there.Yaoming: I keep your secret. Mc: I’m sorry ,yao.I apologize.
Host :and so , you ever go by the house, where yao’s parents were there?? And…you knock the door and say :”can yao come out and play?”, or….Yaoming : oh, that’s cool.
Host: well no, I mean it’s usually because honestly , you know, I mean it’s different for us.Because it’s your custom, but here our custom is if you have more 11 dollars, move out of your parents’ house.Oh,Tracy , you have a big party in Vegas for the all-star game, right? Yaoming : absolutely, yeah.Mc : I mean, P-Daddy Puffy whatever you wanna call him.Yeah ,we have a party.Host: will you go to the party, yao? Yao: what will be happening in that party? Mc: I will stay in that party ! Yao: I mean like, you know, what happenes in Vegas stay in Vegas.Mc: yes, good, yeah, yeah.He’s learning! he is learning
Host: if you did go there, will your parents come with you to Vegas for the Allstar game ? Yao: I don’t know!
Mc : you don’t know, yeah, you don’t have rooms.
Host : well, this is the custom there. This is a very interesting fact, the most popular NBA jersey in China not Yaoming, but actually Tracy McGrady’s jersey is.Not a joke, I’m not kidding, it really is. Yao: yeah.Host: how does that happen? Mc: I don’t know, I really don’t know! I’ve been over there several times, and each time I go over there, I always take a special gift for all my Chinese fans.I have a limited edition of my signature shoe and ..Host: and you give it to everyone in China? Mc: oh, no….come on … honestly, I don’t know why it is.
Host: oh, yao ,you might know, because you are from there, you know why is Tracy so popular there in china.Yaoming: why? Host: yeah.Yaoming :nice guy ! Host: but it’s weird that he’s jersey would sell better than yours! Yaoming :because they all have mine already ! Host : all right ,that make sense.What do you like about America? This question is for both of you . what do you like best about it.Yaoming : Me? Host : yeah, we’ll start with you and we’ll go to Tracy .Yaoming: you drive a car Host: you like driving? Yaoming :yeah! I like driving! Particular… Host:They don’t like driving in China?
Yaoming : well, it’s…my city, my hometown in China is pretty crowded, traffic all way around ,and day and night.So… Host: what kind of car do you drive? Yaoming :it’s an SUV, it’s big style.
Mc: I told him he had to get rid of it cos he had a BMW, because he was like..(做开车状) I told him he had to get an SUA, man.Host: when you are done playing basketball, will you move back to China ? or you stay here? Yaoming : I haven’t planned that yet.
Host : you haven’t planned that yet? You don’t know? And Tracy you will stay here, right? Mc: you know what? Actually I don’t know, man.Cos I wanna play baseball also ,they love me so much over there, I figure I’ll play baseball there.Host: that’s not a bad idea! How’s your health? I know you’ve been having some problems.Mc: yeah, back spasms, it’s the worst, you ever had them?
Host: No, no, no…I heard the fake though…just to pretend things from… Mc: yeah…..
Host: No it’s mystery, it’s mystery! Yao, have you ever had back spasms? Yaoming: no, I think it was terriable! Host: did you ever rub Tracy’s back when he has back spasms?
Mc: it’s funny as you just said something like that.Cos we were in the back I just found out .this guy, he’s Asian I gue, asked him something about what he likes doing and what did he do yesterday.He said, I gue, watched a movie ,or so, man.This Asian’s like: Brokeback mountain? And I’m not sure if he knew what the movie’s about.He’s like: yeah , man, Tracy watched it.Host : that’s very nice! I have an imagine you and Tracy and you parents right in the middle of the…
You guys seem like had a lot of fun, I appreciate your coming and merry Cheristmas! And hope that back spasms will be aii right soon.
Thanks for Tracy McGrady and Yaoming,everybody! Merry cheristmas!
