雙語對照 ● Kobe Bryant’s Growing Road　科比·布萊恩特的成長之路

Kobe Bryant’s Growing Road　科比·布萊恩特的成長之路

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Kobe Bryant first started turning heads on the basketball court when he was in middle school. His talents dominated the game so much that high schools from all over the Philadelphia area watched him grow up. The almost six-foot tall seventh grader definitely had the make-up and genes for the game, as his dad was former NBA forward, Joe Bryant. Kobe developed his basketball skills under the watchful eye of his father, helping his mission to become a professional basketball player. He worked daily on his game, watching video, playing in the playgrounds and listening to his father. When he entered high school at Lower Marion in Philadelphia, Kobe was a highly touted recruit[29]. He proved that he had the skills and work ethic to be a star at the next level and the scouts noticed this. Kobe didn’t let anybody down either, as he played on the varsity basketball team his freshman year. He wouldn’t immediately be a superstar, though. Rather it was the countless hours of early morning workouts by himself in the gymnasium that escalated Kobe’s talents.

科比?布萊恩特上中學(xué)的時候才真正在籃球場上嶄露頭角。他有著驚人的籃球天賦，所以費(fèi)城所有高中都在關(guān)注他的成長。這個七年級時就長到近6英尺的小學(xué)生，毫無疑問就是為籃球而生的，就像他的爸爸喬伊?布萊恩特——曾經(jīng)在NBA征戰(zhàn)數(shù)年的前鋒一樣。科比在父親的關(guān)注下訓(xùn)練籃球技巧，并在父親的幫助下完成了自己的使命——成為一個職業(yè)籃球運(yùn)動員。他每天都在為比賽做準(zhǔn)備：看錄像、到球場上練球、聆聽父親的教誨。當(dāng)他進(jìn)入費(fèi)城的一所高中——勞爾梅里恩時，他就成了最受矚目的新生。他證明了自己擁有成為下一顆新星的實(shí)力和職業(yè)道德，并且球探也發(fā)現(xiàn)了這一點(diǎn)?？票雀咧幸荒昙墪r就加入了學(xué)校代表隊(duì)，雖然他無法一夜之間成為一個超級巨星，但他不會讓任何人失望。每天清晨，健身房里那無數(shù)個小時的體能測驗(yàn)，讓他能夠更好地施展自己的才華。

Kobe became a better player every year he played at Lower Marion and soon enough, he had developed into one of the premier[30]talents at the high school level. He sold out the games everywhere he played during his junior and senior years and he didn’t disappoint anyone. He once packed the school gym so much that it caused a traffic jam on the main highway just outside the school.

科比在勞爾梅里恩打球的那幾年，他就是一個出色的球員，并且很快成為高中時代最具才華的球員之一。大學(xué)三年級和四年級時，凡是他參加的球賽，場場爆滿。當(dāng)然，他也沒有讓任何人失望。有一次，學(xué)校體育館內(nèi)擠滿了來看他比賽的人，因此造成了學(xué)校外主要高速公路的交通堵塞。

He went on to finish his high school career as the all-time leading point scorer in Pennsylvania history with a total of 2,883 points. Kobe’s highly decorated high school career made him the 13th overall choice by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996NBA draft.

高中畢業(yè)時，他以驚人的2883分創(chuàng)造了賓州高校的得分紀(jì)錄。科比充滿榮譽(yù)的高中時代讓他成為了第13位被夏洛特黃蜂隊(duì)挑中的球員，直接從高中進(jìn)入了1996年NBA選秀。

美麗語錄

I can accept failure but I can’t accept not trying.

我可以接受失敗，但絕對不能接受自己都未曾奮斗過。

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