【篇一】关于科比的励志文章英文欣赏
  The Fabulous Life of Kobe Bryant 科比的奢华生活
  Kobe Bryant is the highest paid player in the NBA, and the third-highest earning player in league history.
  科比·布莱恩特是NBA里身价的球员，也是篮球联盟历史里第三位收入的球员。
  Throughout his 17-year NBA career, Kobe has amassed a number of cars, toys, and houses, and he currently has $150 million in assets.
  17年的NBA职业生涯，科比购买了大量汽车、玩具和房子，现在积累的资产已达1.5亿美元。
  He went to high school in the Philly suburbs, but he grew up in Italy. He loves Italian cars.
  他在费城郊区读高中，但在意大利长大，他钟情于意大利汽车。
  He walked into a Ferrari dealership last year and wrote a $329,000 check for a 458 Italia.
  他上一年在法拉利经销商用32.9万支票买下了法拉利458 Italia。
  He also owns a Lamborghini, Bentley, and Range Rover.
  他同时拥有兰博基尼、宾利和路虎揽胜品牌的汽车。
  He owns three houses worth $18.8 million. All of them are in Orange County, CA, a lengthy drive from the Staples Center.
  他有3栋价值1880万美元的房子，分布在奥兰治县，离斯台普斯中心很远。
  Luckily, he has a helicopter that he takes to home games. He says it saves him from sitting in traffic, and keeps his body fresh.
  幸运的是，他有直升飞机，把他从赛场接回家。他说，这让他省下花在交通上的时间，不用拥挤，保持身体干爽。
  He’s pretty generous with his helicopter too. He can casually give a teammate a ride to a doctor’s appointment in his personal helicopter.
  他赚的钱如此之多，让他可以随意用他的私人直升飞机，接载队友看医生。
  He also makes $28 million a year off of endorsement deals with companies like Nike and Sprite.
  他每年代言耐克和雪碧品牌，赚了2800万美元。
  He bought his wife a $4 million ring after his sex scandal. It was an eight-karat purple diamond.
  在他的性绯闻事件后，他买了价值400万美元的8卡拉的紫钻石戒指送给妻子。
  He was reportedly set to lose $75 million in a divorce last year. But he and his wife Vanessa are working things out.
  据报道，上一年的离婚事件让他丢失了7500万美元，但他和妻子瓦内萨最终解决了问题。
  In recent years, Kobe has marched to the beat of his own drum. After he appeared in an
odd photoshoot for LA Weekly, teammate Ron Artest said, “He’s a star. He’s Kobe Bryant. He can do what he wants.”
  近年来，科比按照着自己的生活节奏做事。在他为洛杉矶周刊拍摄了一套奇异的沙龙照后，队友罗恩·阿泰斯特笑说：“他是明星。他是科比·布莱恩特。他可以做任何他喜欢的事情。”
  He has gotten in on the NBA outrageous fashion trend, but keeps it classier than some other players.
  他秉承了NBA怪异时尚趋势，但他比其他球员穿得更上等。
  This summer he challenged Kyrie Irving to a $50,000 game of one-on-one.
  这个夏天，他用5万美元挑战凯里·欧文，进行一对一单挑。
  He says he will only play two more years. He is due $30 million next season, and could become the highest-earning NBA player ever if he outlasts Kevin Garnett.
  他说他只会多玩两年篮球。下季球赛他将获得3000万美元，如果他超越了凯文·加内特，他将成为收入的NBA球员。
  【篇二】关于科比的励志文章英文欣赏
  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 areawatched 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。
路虎发现4汽车之家  The almost six-foot tall seventh grader definitely had the make-up and genes for the game, ashis 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 watchful eye of his father, helping his mission tobecome 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 hisfather.
  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 touted 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 ethic to be a star at the next level and the scoutsnoticed 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 freshmanyear.
  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 countless hours of earlymorning workouts by himself in the gymnasium that escalated 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, h
e haddeveloped into one of the premier talents at the high school level.
  科比在中学时就成为一名出的球员了。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'tdisappoint 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 justoutside the school.