20年弹指一挥，科比退役，帝国时代落幕
今天来聊科比本不是一个明智的选择--大家的朋友圈已经被这个消息刷过一遍了。但科比最辉煌的时候正式小小编青春燃烧的时刻，所以征得院长同意以后，我尝试在来聊聊科比的事情以向科比，向我逝去的青春致敬。
我们当然不只是在煽情，作为有学问的公众号，当然有干货，你懂的。
美国时间4月14日，在联盟奋战了20个赛季的老兵，5次总冠军得主，17届全明星,2届得分王，科比·布莱恩特宣布退役。18岁的少年终归老去，38岁的中年人今天要与我们道声再见。这是一段长达20年的伟大历程，留给今天一段美好，送给未来一段追忆。含笑离去，功成身退。这位出生在意大利上的浪漫青年，在职业生涯的最后一年用一首诗来表达自己对于篮球——这项自己终生热爱的运动的痴迷和不舍。
Dear Basketball
From the moment
I started rolling my dad’s tube socks
And shooting imaginary
Game-winning shots
In the Great Western Forum
I knew one thing was real:
I fell in love with you.
A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.
As a six-year-old boy
Deeply in love with you
I never saw the end of the tunnel.
I only saw myself
Running out of one.
And so I ran.
I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball for you.
You asked for my hustle
I gave you my heart
Because it came with so much more.
I played through the sweat and hurt
Not because challenge called me
But because YOU called me.
I did everything for YOU
Because that’s what you do
When someone makes you feel as
Alive as you’ve made me feel.
You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
And I’ll always love you for it.
But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.
This season is all I have left to give.
My heart can take the pounding
My mind can handle the grind
But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.
And that’s OK.
I’m ready to let you go.
I want you to know now
So we both can savor every moment we have left together.
The good and the bad.
We have given each other
All that we have.
And we both know, no matter what I do next
I’ll always be that kid
With the rolled up socks
Garbage can in the corner
:05 seconds on the clock
Ball in my hands.
5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1
Love you always,
Kobe
科比的欢呼声和打铁声溢满了我的整个青春。蓦然回首的时候，才发现科比也即将退役，而我自己也已经大学毕业。ค(TㅅT)
扯回话题，很多童鞋都喜欢在托福写作或者口语中举名人例子，那就让我们先把放下情怀，想一想我们应该如何告诉美国人我们也知道科比，告诉他们这个倔强的男人陪伴了我们数年青春。
科比·布莱恩特：Kobe Bryant
（1.别告诉你连你偶像的名字都拼不对;2.别拿这个当自己的英文名；3.kobe是一种日本牛排的名字，尽量别给孩子取这个名字）
冠军：champion
全明星球员：NBA All-Star
得分王：NBA scoring champion
退役：retire
黑曼巴： Black Mamba
长筒袜，圆筒球袜：tube socks
隧道：tunnel
使人着迷的，过分强求的：obsessively
享受，感受 ：savor
垃圾桶：garbage can
打击：pound（这个词也可以表示英镑）
磨砺，研磨：grind
里程碑：milestone
fall in love 爱上某人,坠入爱河
例句：It's a mystery why we fall in love. It is a mystery how it happens. It is a mystery why some love grows and it is a mystery why some love fails.
savor every moment 享受每一刻
批注：savor 作为名词表示滋味，味道，做动词表示享受某种滋味或者经历，如果你厌倦了千篇一律的enjoy，不妨把这个词组记下来
chase for sth 追逐，追求某事
例句：In 2012，Kobe was still chasing for his 6th champion。
roll up 卷起某物；达到某地
批注：roll up 最基础的意思是卷起某物，就想诗中写的，roll up socks. 但是在生活中，roll up 还可以用来表示到达，相当于arrive, 但是表达更加地道。
谈如何面对挑战：
1.Everything negative-pressure, challenges-is all an opportunity for me to rise.
2.I have self-doubt, I have insecurity, I have fear of failure. We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.
谈家人对自己的重要性：
1.My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.
2. Christmas moring. I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I'm going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work.
谈论偶像：
I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.
最后，引用一句我最喜欢的篮球评论员苏群老师的话：
篮球最大的好处，是让你在一年、两年、五年、十年、二十年的时间里，感受生活里近乎一辈子的喜怒哀乐、起承转合。。。生活最大的好处，是篮球比赛肯定有失败者，而生活并不一定。
有兴趣的童鞋不妨试着把这句话翻译成英文，在评论里期待给位的精彩回复！
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你以为结束了.....
其实干货才刚刚开始
以下内容由MJ老师特地撰写，满满真爱
托福考试中呢，很可能考到这种明星/偶像/球员的口语题目。如以下的话题，大家都可以举出科比的例子。可能出现的口语话题：
1.Talk about a person who has the biggest influence on you
解题思路：首句先表明I think Kobe, the former NBA player, has the biggest influence on me. 然后说明原因，He’s been pretty hard working/He was never egocentric, he knew how to be a good team player/He was a tough guy, kept playing even when he was injured等等，然后可以举一个你所知道的实例，尽量加入细节，比如说在哪场比赛中他受伤了但是为了夺冠继续比赛
2.Who’s your favorite sports star? And Why？
同样的，这道题可以沿用上题的思路，topic sentence先抛出My favorite sports star is Kobe Bryant. I love him because…. Furthermore, he is….
3.What kind of sports do you love the most and Why?
解题思路：此题看上去不是讲人物的，但是大家完全可以提到Kobe这个球员。如topic sentence可以说The sport I love the most is basketball. When I was in high school, I heard a lot of classmates talking about a person called Kobe Bryant. They talked about him like he was the savior of the basketball world, that without him, the games would be so boring. So I got interested…… In the end, I fell in love with this sport myself and played with my classmates everyday. 当然，这是缩短版的，大家可以尝试加入一些细节，如什么开始得时候我不相信，看了几场比赛之后，我改变了我的观点，我觉得….等等
4.What characteristics do you think an idol should have?
这道题和第一第二类问法是同样的解题思路，在这里就不重复说了。
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