The Assistant's First Day助手的天

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“Okay coach, I'm ready to be at your service!” Chucky said.
“Whoa. Chucky, this is basketball practice, not swimming practice,” the coach replied. “You have to get shorts that don't look like a bathing suit!”
“Sorry, I'm not acquainted with what type of shorts the players wear.”
“Here. Wear these,” the coach said handing another pair of shorts to Chucky. “And I'll get you another pair for actual basketball games. It's a must that you wear these ones I just gave you to practices only. Got it?”
“Yep. So who are we getting ready to battle against today?”
“That's not important! Just stay attached to me like glue. You're an assistant, okay? I give the orders and you follow directions.”
“Sure. I was just about to ask you what I'm supposed to actually do. It's still a mystery to me.”
“You'll see,” replied the coach with a smile.
Then practice began and Chucky had to take attendance. Only one player had been absent from school that day, so almost everyone was there. Chucky then became absorbed in watching the coach, taking notes, running drills with specific players, etc. When Chucky saw that the coach was abundant in knowledge, he quickly became accustomed to being the coach's shadow.
And it was a good first day. Chucky saw that it would be easy to become addicted to coaching.
“Well, how was it?” the coach asked. Chucky replied that it was great and that he was sure some of the players were getting better.
“That's all in a day's work, son. All in a day's work!”

记短语

basketball game篮球比赛
basketball practice篮球训练
bathing suit游泳衣
battle against与…斗争，与…较量，与…搏斗
be a must必不可少的事物；必要条件
be a mystery to sb.对某人来讲是个谜，不明白，不知道
be about to刚要，正准备，就要做…
be absent from school缺课，没上学
be(或become) absorbed in全神贯注于…，专心致力于…
be abundant in…充足的，…丰富的，富有…的
be(或become) accustomed to习惯于…，适应了…
be acquainted with与…认识，了解
be(或become) addicted to对…入迷，对…上瘾
be all in a (或the)day's work习以为常的，不足为奇的
be at sb.'s service听某人吩咐，任凭某人使用
be(或stay) attached to连接的，附属的；喜爱的，依恋的

“好的，教练，我可以随时听您吩咐！”查基说。
“吁，查基，这是篮球训练，不是游泳训练。”教练说。“你穿的运动短裤不能像游泳衣！”
“对不起，我不了解运动员该穿哪种运动短裤。”
“好啦，把这个穿上吧。”教练说，递给查基另外一条短裤。“我会给你另外一条真正的篮球比赛穿的短裤。我给你的短裤只能在训练时穿，这是必须要做到的事情，明白吗？”
“明白了，今天我们准备跟谁较量？”
“跟谁较量并不重要。你只要像胶水一样跟着我就行啦。你是一名助手，知道吗？我发号施令，你按要求办事。”
“没问题，我正准备问你我实际应该做什么呢！我还真不知道。”
“你会知道的。”教练笑着答道。
接着训练开始了，查基得点一下名。那天只有一名队员缺课，几乎每个人都到了。查基然后全神贯注地看着教练，记着笔记，和几名队员一起操练，等等。当查基发现教练知识渊博时，他很快习惯了做教练的追随者。
天过得还真不错。查基发现很容易对当教练上瘾。
“嗯，你觉得怎么样？”教练问。查基回答说好极了，并说一些队员有进步。
“这不足为奇，孩子，不足为奇！”

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