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LOS ANGELES-Kobe Bryant has decided to retire (退役) after this season, ending his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 37-year-old Bryant made the announcement in a post on November 29, 2015 on The Players’ Tribune on Sunday.
Bryant went straight to the Lakers after graduating from high school in Philadelphia in 1996, and he got five championship rings and 17 All-Star selections during twenty years—the longest tenure (期限) with one team in NBA history. Bryant also won two Olympic gold medals. But Bryant’s last three seasons have ended early because of getting hurt during matches, and he played in only 41 games in the last two years. He has struggled bravely in the first 15 games of this season with mostly young teammates on a rebuilding base, making a career-worst 32% of his shots and dealing with pain and tiredness every day. In recent months, Bryant repeatedly said he didn’t know whether he would play another season, clearly hoping for a getting-better for his health and the Lakers’ fortunes. Neither has happened, and Bryant didn’t wait any longer to decide his future. The third-leading scorer in NBA history wrote a poem called “Dear Basketball” to announce his decision. “My heart can take the pounding. My mind can handle the grind. But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.”
“Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players in the history of our game,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “Only 13 players in league history played on more championship teams than Bryant.”
“And that’s OK.” Kobe wrote in his poem, “I’m ready to let you go. I want you to know now. So we both can savor (品味) every moment we have left together, the good or the bad. We have given each other all that we have.”
| Kobe Bryant—one of the greatest (1) players | |
| Personal information | He (2) from a high school in Philadelphia in 1996. He is the only player who plays for the longest time with one team in NBA history. |

| (3) | * He got five championship rings and 17 All-star selections during twenty years. * He won two (4) gold medals. * He was the (5) player in the league history who played on the most championship teams. |
| Difficulties | * His last three seasons ended early because he got (6) during the matches. * He made a career-worst of his shots because of his pain and (7) . * Neither his (8) nor Lakers’ fortunes got better in recent months. |
| Feelings in his poem | * He had to say goodbye not because of his (9) and mind, but because of his body. * He showed his deep (10) for the game. |

1. basketball
2. graduated
3. Achievements
4. Olympic
5. 14th/fourteenth
6. hurt
7. tiredness
8. health
9. heart
10. love

1. 由“Kobe Bryant has decided to retire after this season, ending his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers.”及全文可知科比是篮球运动员，填“basketball”。
2. 根据“Bryant went straight to the Lakers after graduating from high school in Philadelphia in 1996”，“毕业”用“graduated”，填“graduated”。
3. 表格中该部分列举的是科比的成就，填“Achievements”。
4. 由“Bryant also won two Olympic gold medals”，填“Olympic”。
5. 由“Only 13 players in league history played on more championship teams than Bryant.”可知科比是第14位，填“14th/fourteenth”。
6. 根据“Bryant’s last three seasons have ended early because of getting hurt during matches”，填“hurt”。
7. 由“making a career-worst 32% of his shots and dealing with pain and tiredness every day”，填“tiredness”。
8. 由“clearly hoping for a getting-better for his health and the Lakers’ fortunes. Neither has happened”，填“health”。
9. 由“My heart can take the pounding. My mind can handle the grind. But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.”，填“heart”。
10. 从诗中内容可知他对篮球有深厚感情，填“love”。