(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Kobe Bryant, basketball player, was killed in a helicopter crash on January 26th, aged 41.
篮球运动员科比·布莱恩特于一月26日在一起直升机事故中逝世,享年41岁 。
Whenever he was asked why his whole life had been spent playing basketball, Kobe Bryant's narrow eyes searched upwards, and his mouth trembled. The answer was simple, yet so complicated. It began with the orange ball, the smell of it, the feel of the pebbled leather grains and the perfect grooves under his hands; and its bounce, and the way it sounded different on concrete or polished hardwood.
每当有人问科比为何他的一生都花在打篮球上时,科比就会眯起眼睛向上看,嘴巴颤抖着
Then came the net, the shot slithering right through it with that triumphant springing whoosh, while he howled with joy. Then every movement of the game, the strategies, the dodging and feints, the squeal of sneakers on the court. Whatever had thrilled him as a child (watching his father, also a pro player, on tv, wearing his own little 76ers outfit, running and jumping along with him) still thrilled him when in 2016 he retired from the game. "Dear Basketball", he wrote, From the moment I started rolling my Dad's tube socks And shooting imaginary Game-winning shots... I knew one thing was real: A love so deep I gave you my all.
然后还有篮网,篮球滑过了网,发出了胜利的、跳跃的、嗖的一声,科比则高兴得号啕大叫
"My all" meant training obsessively, like a maniac. He would go to the gym and shoot for hours, all day, all night. Hundreds of times, not just taking shots, but making them, running steps and patterns, practising shots off the rebound. I ran up and down every court/After every loose ball for you. He would ponder what would make his game unstoppable and then work backwards from there, building it piece by piece, move by move, repeatedly. Then, when the actual game arrived, it was all just muscle-memory.
“我的一切”指的是像疯子一样痴迷地训练
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词语解释
1.begin with开始
It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
一开始非常好,但现在可就难了
2.along with和...一起
The baby's mother escaped from the fire along with two other children.
婴儿的母亲和另外两个孩子一起逃离了火海
3.piece by piece逐一地
Now let’s go up again and go over it piece by piece.
现在咱们再上楼一件一件地查一遍