美國(guó)文化脫口秀 第272期:聽(tīng)科比退役信,學(xué)英語(yǔ)情感表達(dá)

Kobe退役了，親筆寫(xiě)了名為"Dear Basketball"的退役信 (retirement letter)。今天我們一起聆聽(tīng)這封簡(jiǎn)單、真摯的信。像籃球大神致敬，也學(xué)習(xí)最貼切、動(dòng)人的英文情感表達(dá)方式。

Dear Basketball Part I

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.

Tube socks: 球襪

Shooting imaginary shots: 幻想自己投籃

The Great Western Forum: 洛杉磯體育場(chǎng)

To fall in love with someone: 愛(ài)上一個(gè)人、墜入愛(ài)河

Dear Basketball Part II

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.

I gave you my all: 付出我所有

Mind and body: 思想、身體

Spirit and soul: 心靈、靈魂

Deeply in love with you: 深深?lèi)?ài)著你

The end of the tunnel: 道路的盡頭

聽(tīng)科比退役信,學(xué)英語(yǔ)情感表達(dá)

Dear Basketball Part III

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.

Court: 球場(chǎng)

Hustle: 努力、拼命

Sweat: 汗水

Hurt: 傷痛、傷病

Challenge called me: 挑戰(zhàn)在召喚我

Calling (noun): 召喚

To feel alive: 有存在感

Dear Basketball Part IV

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.

Obsessively: 走火入魔般的

Season: 賽季

Can take/handle something: 可以承受

Pouding: 重?fù)?/p>

Grind: 研磨、錘煉

To let you go: 放手讓你走

Savor: 回味

Dear Basketball Part V

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

No matter...: 不管怎么樣、無(wú)論如何

Rolled up socks: 拉起的球襪

Garbage can in the corner: 角落的垃圾桶

Ball in my hands: 手里的籃球

On the clock: 時(shí)鐘