Brooks said something like the BAL is more than basketball.

布鲁克，如非洲篮球联之类的比不仅仅关乎篮球。

Regardless of whether the BAL becomes successful throughout Africa, one observer believes the new league will serve as a form of cultural exchange.

无论非洲篮球联能否在整个非洲取得成功，一位观察家认为，新的联将会成为一种文化交流形式。

This year, each BAL team will have a young player from the NBA Academy Africa, a training center in Saly, Senegal, for teenage players.

今年，每支非洲篮球联球队将有一名来自NBA非洲篮球学院的年轻球员，该学院是一个位加尔萨利的青少年球员培训中心。

One team leader, however, believes athletes should not only play to try to make the NBA, but to make the BAL a great league.

然而，一位领队认为，运动员比不仅应该让NBA成为一个伟大的联，也应该把非洲篮球联打造成一个伟大的联。

All along the road the wild larkspur was blossoming pink and blue and white, birds bal- anced on yellow plumes of goldenrod, and butterflies were fluttering.

一路上，野生飞燕草开着粉红色、蓝色和白色的花朵，鸟儿在一枝黄花的黄色羽毛上平衡， 蝴蝶在飞舞。