Dear Basketball

⊙ By Kobe Bryant ⊙ 翻譯：藍藍

今年的奧斯卡最佳動畫短片是一部讓很多人感慨萬千的作品—它的靈感來源是美國籃球巨星科比·布萊恩特創作的退役宣言長詩。短片由頂級動畫團隊采用故意“做舊”的質樸風格打造而成，在短短四分鐘里講述了科比與籃球相愛一生的動人故事……

Dear Basketball,

From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks and shooting imaginary gamewinning1)shot [??t] n. [籃]投籃shots in the2)Great Western Forum 大西部論壇球館，NBA老牌球館之一，曾是洛杉磯湖人隊的主場。Great Western Forum, I knew one thing was real: I fell in love with you. A love so deep, I gave you my all, from my mind and body, to my spirit and soul.

As a six-year-old boy deeply in love with you, I never saw the end of the3)tunnel [?t?n(?)l] n. 隧道，也指通往籃球場的球館通道。tunnel. I only saw myself running out of one. And so I ran. I ran up and down every court after every loose ball for you. You asked for my4)hustle [?h?s(?)l] n. 奔忙，奮斗hustle, I gave you my heart, because it came with so much more. I played through the sweat and the 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 as5)alive [??la?v] adj. 活著的，有生氣的alive as you’ve made me feel.

You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream, and I’ll always love you for it. But I can’t love you6)obsessively [?b?ses?vl?] adv. 狂熱地，著迷地obsessively for much longer. This season is all I have left to give. My heart can take the7)pounding [?pa?nd??] n. 重擊（聲）pounding, my mind can handle the8)grind [gra?nd] n. 苦差，苦干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 can9)savor [?se?v?] v. 盡情享受，品嘗savor every moment we have left together.The good and the bad, we have given each other all that we have. 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, five seconds on the clock, ball in my hands. Five, four, three, two, one.

Love you always,

Kobe

這是一封聲情并茂的感人情書，沒有特別華麗的辭藻，也沒有特別“炫技”的長句，只有科比發自肺腑的真情告白。在這封不到三百字的短信里，科比以他心中那個永遠的小男孩為主線，在過去的回憶與現在的輝煌中不斷穿插，將全文連接成一個有機的整體。同學們可以將這封信多讀幾遍，學習如何在抒發感情時做到言之有物，最后將全文背誦下來。

參考譯文

親愛的籃球：

從我將老爸的直筒襪卷成一團，幻想著自己在大西部論壇球館投出制勝球開始，我就明白了一件事：我愛上你了。這份愛是如此深厚，我為之付出了一切，從心靈到身體，從精神到靈魂。

作為一個深愛著你的六歲男孩，我從沒想過這段路也會有盡頭。我只看到自己跑出通道，于是我跑了起來，每場比賽都在場上不停奔跑，追逐著每一個脫手的球。你需要我拼盡全力，我總會全心投入，因為這需要的不僅僅是盡力。我為打球流盡血汗，一身傷病，并不是因為聽到了挑戰的召喚，而是因為你在呼喚我。我所做的一切都是為了你，因為你給了我真正活著的感覺。

你給一個六歲的孩子帶來了湖人夢，為此，我將永遠愛你。但是我不能再這么迷戀你了，這是我的最后一個賽季。我的心臟還能怦怦直跳，我的意志還能堅持下去，但我的身體知道，是時候說再見了。沒關系，我已經準備好跟你說再見了。

我想現在就告訴你，這樣一來，我倆都能好好珍惜余下的每一分每一秒。無論是好的，還是壞的，我們已經為對方傾盡所有。我倆都知道，接下來無論我去做什么，我永遠會是那個拿著筒襪卷的孩子——他瞄準了角落里的垃圾桶，進攻時間還有五秒，手里拿著球……五、四、三、二、一。

永遠愛你的

科比