精美英文欣赏:小乔丹科比的成长之路

Kobe Bryant's growing road

小乔丹科比·布莱恩的成长之路

Kobe Bryant first started turning heads on the basketball court when he was in middle school.

科比·布莱恩第一次关注篮球是他在上中学的时侯。

His talents dominated the game so much that high schools from all over the Philadelphia area watched him grow up.

他在篮球方面很有天赋，费城的各所中学都密切关注他的成长。

The almost six-foot tall seventh grader definitely had the make-up and genes¹ for the game, as his dad was former NBA forward, Joe Bryant.

这个六英尺高的七年级学生的确有打篮球的基因，因为他的爸爸是前NBA前锋乔·布莱恩。

Kobe developed his basketball skills under the watchful² eye of his father, helping³ his mission to become a professional basketball player.

科比在他父亲的关注下发展自己的篮球天赋，父亲帮助他成为了一个职业篮球运动员。

He worked daily on his game, watching video, playing in the playgrounds and listening to his father.

他每天都练习篮球，看录像带，在操场上练习，听爸爸的建议。

When he entered high school at Lower Marion in Philadelphia, Kobe was a highly touted⁴ recruit.

当科比进入费城的劳尔梅里恩高中时，他已经是一个接受了很好训练的新人。

He proved that he had the skills and work ethic⁵ to be a star at the next level and the scouts⁶ noticed this.

他证明自己有成为下一届球星的技术和职业道德，并且球探也发现了这一点。

Kobe didn't let anybody down either, as he played on the varsity basketball team his freshman⁷ year.

科比没有让任何人失望，他在高中的第一年就加入了校队。

He wouldn't immediately be a superstar, though. Rather it was the countless⁸ hours of early morning workouts by himself in the gymnasium that escalated⁹ Kobe's talents.

尽管他不能一下子成为超级球星。无数个清晨在体育馆的训练使他的才华得到了进一步的提升。

Kobe became a better player every year he played at Lower Marion and soon enough, he had developed into one of the premier¹⁰ talents at the high school level.

科比在中学时就成为一名出色的球员了。不久，他又挖掘自己的潜力，使自己的水平又得到了提升。

He sold out the games everywhere he played during his junior and senior years and he didn't disappoint anyone.

他在高中三年级和四年级期间每场比赛都备受关注并且没有让任何人失望。

He once packed the school gym so much that it caused a traffic jam on the main highway just outside the school.

他曾经使学校体育馆挤满了人，这造成了学校外面主要高速公路的交通堵塞。

He went on to finish his high school career as the all-time leading point scorer in Pennsylvania history with a total of 2, 883 points.

他继续完成他的高中学业，而此时他已经是宾夕法尼亚历史上创纪录的球员了，他的总分为2883分。

Kobe's highly decorated high school career made him the 13th overall choice by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA draft.

科比充满荣誉的高中生涯使他在1996年的NBA选秀中被夏洛特黄蜂队选中。

1 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

2 watchful   

adj.注意的，警惕的

参考例句：

• The children played under the watchful eye of their father.孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
• It is important that health organizations remain watchful.卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 touted   

v.兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报

参考例句：

• She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
• People said that he touted for his mother and sister. 据说，他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。 来自辞典例句

5 ethic   

n.道德标准，行为准则

参考例句：

• They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
• The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。

6 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

7 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

8 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

9 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

10 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。