2--Let's find out what it means. Listen:
 
1--Did you watch that basketball game last night?
 
2--Yeah, that shot at the end of the game was a real last-ditch effort to try and win.
 
1--But it's hard to make the basket from that far away!
 
2--Too bad he didn't make it. He could've won the game for the team.
 
1--A last-ditch effort is a final attempt to succeed at something.
 
2--It is a difficult thing to do. It may or may not work.
 
1--In our example, the basketball player's last-ditch effort to make a basket did not work, and his team lost the game.
 
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注解：
 
1.Effort努力
2.attempt试图
3.example例子

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译文：
 
1--当你听美语时，你可能会听到这个短语：最后的努力
2--让我们来看看这是什么意思。一起听一下：
1--你看了昨晚的篮球比赛了吗？
2--看了，比赛最后阶段的那记投篮，是为了赢球做出的最后的努力。
1--但是在那么远的距离是很难投进的。
2--太糟糕了，他没能投进。他本来可以为球队赢得比赛的。
1--最后的努力是指为某事的成功做出得最后一搏。
2--通常这比较困难。也许会成功，也许不会。
1--在我们的例子中，那名篮球运动员的最后一投没有投进，而他的球队也因此输了比赛。