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　　絕版科比·布菜恩特,一代人的偶像,NBA 20年間最偉大的球星。2016年,科比正式退役,告別了為他帶來無數歡笑淚水的球場。下面是七考網小編帶來的致敬科比英文文章閱讀，歡迎閱讀!

　　The road to a superstar

　　明星之路

　　Kobe Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The reason he has the name Kobe is unusual. His parents named him after a type of steak1 (kobe) seen on a restaurant menu before his birth. It seems that Kobe likes this name.

　　As a schoolboy, he learned the ABC2 of basketball in Italy. His father, Joe Bryant, was a former NBA forward. Kobe developed his basketball skills under the watchful eye of his father, helping his mission3 to become a professional basketball player. Kobe worked daily on his game, watching video4, playing in the playgrounds and listening to his father. Kobe made such rapid progress that when he was about 14 or 15 years old, he could finally beat his father one-to-one.

　　Kobe entered high school at Lower Marion in Philadelphia. He played on the school basketball team. His team went from worst to first, to a state 　　　　championship during his four years at Lower Marion. He was named High School Player of the Year as a senior5 at Lower Marion.

　　It so happened that one of his schoolmates was Coach Luca"s6 daughter. She casually7 mentioned to her dad that he ought to see Kobe play. And he did, and afterward Luca allowed Kobe to work out8 with the 76ers9. This was a great step forward toward his career as a professional10 basketball player.

　　He went on to finish his high school career as the all-time11 leading point scorer in Pennsylvania history with a total of 2,883 points. Kobe decided not to attend college and take his game straight to "the league"12. The Charlotte Hornets13 drafted14 Bryant at number 13 during the 1996 draft15, but traded him to the Lakers on that same day.

　　Since his arrival in the NBA, Kobe has set about16 improving each year. Each season has been a learning and growth opportunity.

　　Despite his youth and lack of college experience, Kobe Bryant is one of the NBA"s biggest talents17. At 19 years, 5 months, he became the youngest All-Star in history, replacing Magic Johnson18, who was 20 years, 5 months old when he played in the 1980 game. He was the only Laker to start all 50 games in 1998—99 and averaged19 19.9 ppg20, second on the team. He led the club in steals21 and was among the top three in rebounds22, assists23 and blocked shots24 as well. He helped the Los Angeles Lakers win the 2000 and 2001 NBA Championships25.

　　科比·布萊恩特出生在賓夕法尼亞州的費城。他的名字有特別的來由，原來他的父母在他出身之前看到一家餐館的菜單上有一種叫做科比的牛排，于是就給他取名科比。科比似乎喜歡這個名字。

　　還是個小學生的時候，科比就在意大利學習打籃球的基本技能。他的父親喬·布萊恩特曾在NBA打前鋒。在父親的關照下，科比練就了打籃球的技巧，這為他日后成為職業籃球球員打下了基礎。他又是看錄像、又是在操場上練習、又是向父親請教，每天如此。科比進步很快，在他十四五歲的時候，他可以一對一地擊敗他的父親了。

　　科比的高中是在費城的下麥里恩上的，他參加了校籃球隊。在他上高中的4年當中，他的球隊從倒數第一名上升到第一名，奪得了州冠軍。高中四年級的時候，他還被評為該年度最佳高中球員。

　　碰巧他的一個同學是76人隊教練盧卡的女兒，她無意中向父親提出他應該去看看科比打球。盧卡真的去了，隨后盧卡同意科比參加76人隊的訓練活動。這是科比向職業球員生涯邁出的重要的一步。

　　他以2883分的賓州有史以來最高得分的驚人紀錄從高中畢業，科比決定不上大學，直接進入NBA聯賽。在1996年的NBA選秀中，夏洛特黃蜂隊以第13名的順序選中了科比，就在同一天，夏洛特黃蜂隊將他換給了洛杉磯湖人隊。

　　進入NBA以后，科比的球技逐年見長。對他來說，每一賽季都是一個學習和成長的機會。

　　盡管年輕、又沒有上過大學，但是科比·布萊恩特是NBA中最偉大的天才。19歲零5個月的時候，他取代魔術師約翰遜成為最年輕的全明星隊成員，約翰遜1980年取得這一殊榮時是20歲零5個月。他是惟一的在1998—99賽季以首發陣容參加所有的50場比賽的湖人隊隊員，平均每場得19.9分，在隊中排第二。他在俱樂部中，斷球數第一，籃板球、助攻、蓋帽也排在前三名。他幫助湖人隊贏得了2000年和2001年NBA總決賽冠軍。

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　　Dear students :

　　Hello everyone !

　　Black Mamba is a deadly poisonous snakes have , why do I get this name? Because once I entered the stadium , I was deadly , like the black mamba same. So the next scene , I can joke , but once I entered the stadium , I"ll be like a new person , like , engrossed on the pitch.

　　I am now 35 years old, went to be the second half of his career, like some of the injured are also commonplace. Once injured , you think the world stopped, regardless of knee injuries, shoulder injuries , and so on . I know a lot of people have ruined the whole career , and some people even depressed , can not even return to the stadium. When that moment happened, I would look at himself in the mirror , "said Bryant , what would you ? If you experience such pain you what will happen ? " You know, every time I see someone hurt, I saw a lot of people come back after the injury , I looked at himself in the mirror muttering , "is not it quit ? should not stop playing it?" I do not know yet whether the return game. I sit here and tell you now , I want a full recovery back on the court . But I can not promise , because a lot of the time I still have some doubts , but I think , this is to meet the challenges of significance .

　　To seize every opportunity to prove yourself to everyone , to prove that you can meet the challenge. To those who say you can never succeed , you will fail to prove , and this is my opinion. If someone says you are the injured , to slump , and for me, if someone suffered this injury might quit , but Kobe can not do this . Others say it under your die, I would say that you so that you may quit . So I have to prove it to them , especially to my fans who support me , love , I have to win their own , to win the pain , can return to the game . So as to allow those who doubt me rethink what is the impossible becomes possible. The importance of these scars is reflected in here , these scars are my shift reflects growing .

　　As a player, I was born with a passion to succeed , you want to win. But also the most important thing in life the hardest thing . As a player , you want to go to the stadium to meet the biggest challenge , I think the biggest challenge is to bring people into the team like a man as to constantly , constantly win, this is the biggest challenge the team of athletic competition , this is exactly my passion . For me personally, the most important thing is to continue to meet the challenge, and never afraid of challenges is extremely important.

　　But more important to maintain a constant curiosity of things , such as how to play better , how to improve the skills , how what is learned from others . In fact, I grew up to now has been looking for factors that inspire me from all aspects , not just from the body of Michael Jordan , Earvin Magic Johnson from the body, but also from Michael Jackson , Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci, Bruce Lee"s body, these who gave me great motivation, let me forward, so this is the spirit of the black mamba . Not that you have to constantly attack others , but to never stop you from moving forward . Life is a life-long learning , so it is extremely important to keep learning . You have to keep learning , study and study again , and talk to people , to understand , to learn, and not feel that you know everything . The only way you can become a better person , in order to further improve your skills . Finally, there will be a by-product , to become a champion , become better yourself. For me, this is the spirit of the black mamba , my source of spiritual lies. So if I am able to pass this spirit to all of you , whatever you want to do, to become a basketball player , a writer or a presenter, no matter what your dream is , you must adhere to the dream of success from the front people who learn from the experience and knowledge to the success of all walks of life , some of them have in common makes them stand out, be successful, this is what I want to convey to you today positive energy .