The Olympic games start in earnest next week.
奥运会真正地从下周开始。
No, the Beijing Games are still a month away, but the U.S. National
basketball team will gather in Las Vegas starting Monday for four days of
practice followed by a game next Friday against the Canadian National team at
the Thomas & Mack Center.
不，距北京奥运会还有一个月，但是美国梦之队将从下周一开始在拉斯维加斯展开四天的集训，接着在下周五在Thomas & Mack中心，有一场对阵加拿大的热身赛。
The team will then begin a four-game swing through Macao and Shanghai before
heading to Beijing on Aug. 6.
在球队6号赶往北京前，在澳门和上海，将还有四场热身赛。
Lakers star Kobe Bryant, the NBA MVP, and Cavaliers star LeBron James head
the U.S. Senior National team that includes Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard,
Dwayne Wade and Tayshaun Prince.
美国的梦之队由湖人当家球星科比（常规赛MVP）、骑士队球星詹姆斯领衔，同时还包括安东尼、霍华德、韦德和普林斯。
To get the NBA veterans ready to face the world's best, 10 young NBA players
were named to the USA Select team, among them former USC standout O.J. Mayo, now
a member of the Memphis Grizzlies.
为了使这支美国队能够更好地去与世界顶级球队匹敌，因此还选拔了10名年轻队员作为国家预备队，其中包括前USC球星O.J.梅奥，现在他已经是孟菲斯灰熊队的一员。
The other Select team players are LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Durant, Jeff
Green, Luther Head, Al Horford, Andre Iguodala, Kevin Martin, Derrick Rose and
Rodney Stuckey. They will practice against the Senior team next week in
Vegas.
预备队的其他成员还包括阿德里奇、杜兰特、格林、海德、霍福德、伊戈达拉、马丁、罗斯和罗德尼-斯塔基。
Additionally, Jerry Colangelo, director of the Senior team, said that two
players from the Summer League will be selected to join the Select team. One of
those players could be Lakers rookie Coby Karl, who has been impressive in four
Summer League games.
此外，梦之队的领队杰里-科兰杰洛说，还有两名球员将从夏季联赛中选拔进入预备队。其中一个有可能是湖人新秀小卡尔，在夏季联赛的四场比赛中，他的表现给人留下了深刻的印象。
Karl is averaging 15.5 points and 2.8 rebounds.
卡尔场均15.5分，2.8个篮板。
Another possibility is Kevin Love, the No. 5 draft pick out of UCLA, who is
averaging 18 points and 15 rebounds, or Bobby Brown, the former Cal State
Fullerton standout who played overseas last season. The point guard is averaging
15.3 points and six assists.还有一个人选可能是凯文-乐福，来自UCLA的5号新秀，场均18分，15个篮板或者是前富尔顿球星Bobby Brown，上个赛季他在海外打球。这个控球后卫场均15.3分，6次助攻。
D.J. Strawberry (Mater Dei) also is having an impressive summer, averaging 22
points, six rebounds and five assists.
D.J.-斯托贝里在夏季联赛中也很出色，场均22分，6个篮板，5次助攻。（这是太阳队的新秀）
