NBA全明星比赛向科比致敬
Twenty-fourstars will take the court tonight at the United Center, where Jordan oncesoared, inspiring a young phenom from Philadelphia who cast himself in Jordan's image, then joined him as one of the game's all-time legends.
二十四位球星今晚将在联合中上场，乔丹曾经在此一飞冲天，激发了来自费城的一位非同寻常的小字辈，他把乔丹当作自己的偶像，然后和乔丹一起成为篮球场上永恒的传奇。
It's a mindset that defined the entirety of Bryant's career, including a record 18consecutive All-Star nods, all the way through his final appearance in 2016, atage 37. He etched his name on four All-Star MVP trophies, tying the NBA record,and amassed 290 points, the second most all-time.
是心态决定了科比的终生职业生涯，他连续18次入选全明星阵容，直到2016年37岁时最后一次出场，他在四座全明星MVP奖杯上刻上字，刷平NBA纪录，累积获得290分，成为历史第二人。
This year's game will partially serve as a tribute to Bryant, with all players onone squad wearing his No. 24 and the other squad all wearing Gianna's No. 2.The game's newly tweaked format also includes a nod to Bryant: To win, a teammust hit a "target score" determined by adding 24 points to the leading team'stotal after three quarters. And the MVP trophy will, appropriately, now bearBryant's name.
今年的全明星比赛将作为向科比致敬的一部分，一支球队的所有球员都穿科比的24号球衣，另一支球队都穿吉安娜的2号球衣。本场的比赛形式做了新的调整，包括把科比加入比赛阵容：即在三节过后，领先球队追加24分，获胜的球队必须打出"预定目标分数"。最后，众望所归，MVP奖杯将以科比的名字命名。
Butthe greatest tribute to Bryant would be the simplest one: to compete like hedid.
但是对科比最大的也是最简单的致敬就是：像他那样竞赛。
词汇释义：
soar：急升，升腾
inspire：激发，激励
phenom：了不起的人（物）
cast：投射（光、影子等）
mindset：心态，观念
define：决定，确定
entirety：全部
consecutive：连续
etch：蚀刻，铭刻
trophy：奖杯，奖品
tie：与…持平
amass：积累，累积
partially：部分地
tribute：致敬
squad：球队
tweak：调整
appropriately：适当地
compete：竞赛，竞争
难句解析：
1.It's a mindset that defined the entirety of Bryant's career, including a record18 consecutive All-Star nods, all the way through his final appearance in 2016,at age 37. —— It's… that…是强调句式，all the way through his finalappearance in 2016, at age 37是副词词组加上介词短语构成状语。
2.To win, a team must hit a "target score" determined by adding 24 points to theleading team's total after three quarters. —— To win 是目的状语，determined by adding 24points to the leading team's total after three quarters是过去分词短语作定语修饰target score，其中，adding…是动名词作介词by的宾语。
