英語(yǔ)美文:科比宣布退役

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Dear Basketball,
    親愛(ài)的籃球,
    From the moment
    從小時(shí)候
    I started rolling my dad’s tube socks
    我穿著老爸的直筒襪
    And shooting imaginary
    假裝著
    Game-winning shots
    我在大西部論壇球館
    In the Great Western Forum
    投中制勝球的樣子
    I knew one thing was real:
    我就清楚知道一件事情:
    I fell in love with you.
    我愛(ài)上你了。
    A love so deep I gave you my all —
    我愛(ài)你如此之深,已奉獻(xiàn)我的所有
    From my mind & body
    從我的思想到我的身體
    To my spirit & soul.
    從我的精神到我的靈魂
    As a six-year-old boy
    六歲的我
    Deeply in love with you
    深深的愛(ài)著你
    I never saw the end of the tunnel.
    我從沒(méi)想過(guò)這段旅程結(jié)束時(shí)的樣子
    I only saw myself
    我只看到我自己
    Running out of one.
    在這條路上奔跑
    And so I ran.
    所以我不停的跑
    I ran up and down every court
    每場(chǎng)比賽我都不停奔跑
    After every loose ball for you.
    為爭(zhēng)取每一次得到你的機(jī)會(huì)
    You asked for my hustle
    你需要我拼盡全力
    I gave you my heart
    我為你奉上了我的心
    Because it came with so much more.
    因?yàn)檫@需要的不僅僅是盡力。
    I played through the sweat and hurt
    我為打球流盡血汗、帶著一身傷病
    Not because challenge called me
    不是因?yàn)槔щy在挑戰(zhàn)我
    But because YOU called me.
    而是因?yàn)槟阍诤魡疚?BR>    I did everything for YOU
    我已經(jīng)為你做了一切
    Because that’s what you do
    因?yàn)槟阋彩沁@樣對(duì)待我
    When someone makes you feel as
    因?yàn)槟阕屛腋杏X(jué)
    Alive as you’ve made me feel.
    我自己是一個(gè)鮮活的人
    You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
    你讓一個(gè)6歲的孩子實(shí)現(xiàn)了他的湖人夢(mèng)
    And I’ll always love you for it.
    為此我將永遠(yuǎn)愛(ài)你。
    But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.
    但是我不能再如此迷戀你了
    This season is all I have left to give.
    這個(gè)賽季是我所能給的僅有的
    My heart can take the pounding
    我的心還能繼續(xù)承受各種打擊
    My mind can handle the grind
    我的意志也還能繼續(xù)堅(jiān)持下去
    But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.
    但我的身體讓我知道是時(shí)候說(shuō)再見(jiàn)了
    And that’s OK.
    這也很好
    I’m ready to let you go.
    我已經(jīng)做好準(zhǔn)備跟你說(shuō)再見(jiàn)了
    I want you to know now
    我現(xiàn)在只是想讓你知道
    So we both can savor every moment we have left together.
    我們倆都可以永遠(yuǎn)珍藏著彼此一起度過(guò)的每一段時(shí)光
    The good and the bad.
    無(wú)論是好的,還是壞的
    We have given each other
    我們已經(jīng)給了彼此
    All that we have.
    我們所能給的全部
    And we both know, no matter what I do next
    我們倆都知道,接下來(lái)無(wú)論我去做什么
    I’ll always be that kid
    我都會(huì)是那個(gè)
    With the rolled up socks
    穿著老爸的直筒襪
    Garbage can in the corner
    瞄準(zhǔn)角落里的垃圾桶
    :05 seconds on the clock
    假裝進(jìn)攻時(shí)間還有5秒
    Ball in my hands.
    手里拿著籃球的小孩
    5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1
    5秒…4秒…3秒…2秒…1秒
    Love you always,
    一直愛(ài)你的,
    Kobe