(英文版)科比写下给篮球情书宣布退役.ppt

Dear basketball
科比写下“给篮球的情书”宣布退役
今天科比在球员论坛正式宣布,本赛季结束后,他将退役。
一代小飞侠在经历了20个光辉岁月后,写下了给篮球的一份深情告白。
2015-11-30
Dear Basketball,
From the moment
I started rolling my dad's tube socks
And shooting imaginary
Game-winning shots (制胜球)
In the Great Western Forum(大西部论坛球馆)
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(隧道).
I only saw myself
Running out of one.
And so I ran.
I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball(地板球) for you.
You asked for my hustle(拼抢)
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 (湖人梦想)
And I'll always love you for it.
But I can't love you obsessively (痴迷地)for much longer.
This season (赛季)is all I have left to give.
My heart can take the pounding (打击)
My mind can handle the grind(磨砺)
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(尽情享受) every moment we hav