-Yo you're watching VidTalk on VoiceTube TV, I'm JR. -I'm Ray.

-呦你在收看 VoiceTube TV 的 VidTalk，我是 JR -我是 Ray

And I'm reluctant to talk about poetry, aren't we supposed to be talking about Kobe Bryant's retirement?

我其實很不想講詩，我們不是要討論布萊恩他要退休了嗎？

Yes we are, fret not. We are talking about Kobe's retirement but more specifically we're talking about his poem that he wrote to basketball, that inanimate object.

是沒錯，不要擔心，我們要聊的是布萊恩退休不過更精準的話是他寫給籃球的一篇詩

Kobe and poetry, now that sounds totally off, that sounds awkward cause the Kobe I know shoots great hoops and does a lot of trash talk.

布萊恩跟作詩，那聽起來很詭異，很不搭嘎，因為我認知中的布萊恩投籃很屌然後很會放話

-Now that's Kobe. -That is Kobe, but... -Poetry doesn't go with him.

-那才是布萊恩 -是沒錯不過... -他作詩真的很跳痛

Yes, but he wrote this poem to say goodbye, he wrote this poem to announce that he is retiring after this season.

是沒錯，不過這首詩是他寫來宣布他這一季結束後要退休的詩

So this is kind of his way to say goodbye to basketball, to the league, to his fans, he kind of poured his heart into this poem.

所以這是一個他對籃球、對聯盟、對他的粉絲告別的方式，他在詩裡面真情流露

-So he's getting sentimental. -Yeah, it shows through this poem.

-他很感傷嗎 -嗯有一點，在詩裡面看得出來

Well speaking of Kobe Bryant, he's 37 years old now, he's been playing in the NBA since he graduated from high school.

講到布萊恩，他現在三十七歲，他自從高中畢業就在職籃裡面打滾

And he's been playing with the LA Lakers, that's 20 seasons in total, that's actually a record you know.

他也一直是屬於湖人隊的，一共二十季，這也創下紀錄

-Cause that's the most seasons played with the same team. -For a single team.

-是單一球員在單一隊伍打最多季得紀錄 -只為了一隊

Within his record he's won five NBA championships and has been elected seventeen times on the all-star team.

在他的紀錄裡，他贏了五個冠軍，十七被選為全明星隊的成員

-Wow that is a hell of a resume. -Yeah he's really got game.

-哇他的經歷真的是豐富的嚇人 -他真的是很有兩把刷子

And because of his outstanding performance on the field, he's earned himself a couple of nicknames.

也因為他在場上出色的表現，他也有一些有趣的別名

For example, the Black Mamba, Peter Pan, and there's this one: Kobe wan Kenobi.

像是黑曼巴、小飛俠，還有一個科比王·肯諾比

-May the ball be with you. -From Star Wars.

-願球永遠與你同在 -從星際大戰來的

Speaking of his name though, do you know where his real name comes from?

講到他的名字，你知道他真名是哪來的嗎？

-You mean Kobe? -Yeah, Kobe. -Where does it come from?

-你說科比嗎？ -對，科比 -哪來的？

Well actually before he was born, one day his dad was eating in a restaurant, he was having Kobe steak.

其實是這樣，他爸有一次在餐廳吃飯，他點了神戶牛排

-Really? -Kobe steak. And it tasted so delicious, he decided to call his first child Kobe.

-真假？ -神戶牛排，好吃到一個境界，他就決定把小孩的名字取為科比

-For real? -Yeah, that's right. So for your case, you like to eat stinky tofu right?

-是喔？ -對啊，所以如果換作是你，你喜歡吃臭豆腐對吧？

-Right, so following that logic, I would name my first child Stinky and my second child Tofu. -Stinky and Tofu.

-對所以跟著這個邏輯，我會把第一個小孩命名為臭臭、第二個腐腐 -臭臭和腐腐

And I'm sure there are a lot of Kobe fans right here in Taiwan because I think he's visited us for a couple of times?

在台灣一定也是很多科比的鐵粉，因為他好像有來台灣幾次？

-Four times in total as far as I recall. -06, 07, 09, and then... -This year.

-我記得沒錯的話是四次 -06 07 09 還有 -今年

-Right, 2015. -This summer actually. -Right.

-沒錯 2015 -今年夏天 -沒錯

-And so he has phenomenal influence in the basketball community. -How's that though?

-所以他在籃球界有絕對的影響 -他是怎麼做到的？

Off the top of my head, I can think of a couple of amazing feats and accomplishments that he did.

我這樣一想，我就可以想到他做過的一些豐功偉業

First thing, he once singlehandedly scored 81 points by himself in one game.

第一，他有一次單槍匹馬在一個比賽裡就拿下了 81 分

That's crazy! 81 points? What's the final score though?

超誇張！81 分？最後比數是什麼？

It was 2006 against the Raptors. The final score was 122 vs. 104.

那是 2006 年對暴龍隊，比數是 122 比 104

Wow so he scored 81 points out of 122, that is amazing. He really blew the competition away.

所以 122 分裡面他得了 81 分，他完全壓制對手了

He must have been at the top of his game at that time being.

他那時候一定是巔峰期

And on top of that, second, he is placed overall in the third place in NBA history as the top scorer.

再來第二，他是職籃歷史以來總得分數最高的第三名

-In terms of total score? -Yeah, in terms of total scores. He's placed right above Michael Jordan.

-總得分數？ -對，他位在麥克喬丹之上

That definitely gives him some speaking rights. But he's here for a definite reason, cause he's a really hard worker.

那絕對讓他有些份量，不過他能到這個高度事有原因的，因為他很努力

Usually his team they do team practice at the gym around 7 in the morning, but usually he gets up earlier than that.

通常他們對會在體育館練習，大概早上七點，不過他會更早起來

-He does individual training on his own. -Before 7? -So he gets up around like 4 in the morning. 4 in the morning to do practice.

-他會先做自主練習 -七點之前？ -對，所以這樣應該就是四點多起床，獨自練習

He's really dedicated, he really has strong work ethics.

他付出全力，他真的很敬業

And don't just take it from us, a lot of other professional players have said nice things about him,

也不要只是聽我們說，很多其他職業選手也都對他讚賞不已

so here are a few quotes of players paying homage to this excellent player.

我有一些不同球員所說的，對布萊恩致敬的話

Michael Jordan said in his 2012 biography that "Kobe's the only one to have done the work," and that "he deserves the comparison to himself".

麥克喬丹在 2012 年的自傳說到「科比是唯一有付出精誠的人」、「他是值得拿來跟我比較的」

Wow that's a great compliment.

哇這是很大的誇獎

Jason Kidd in the 2008 Olympics said "Kobe was great. He practices as if it's game seven."

賈森·基德在 08 年奧運說「科比很強，他練習都會付出全力」

"He wants to prove that he's the best player in the world every single practice."

「他每一次練習都想要證明，他是世上最好的球員」

And Shaq O'Neal, his old team mate, he said in a 2011 memoir that "Kobe works out every day, he practices every day. Unlike the other stars."

歐尼爾，他的老隊友，說「科比每天都運動每天都苦練，不像其他明星球員」

But you know, everybody has his ups and downs in life and Kobe is no exception to that.

不過你知道，人生總是起起伏伏，布萊恩也是

Recently he's been losing his touch in his game, for the past few seasons, mostly because of some injuries that he's had.

他過去幾季比賽打得不是很好，大多數是因為他有很多舊傷

And one in specific is his Achilles tendon. He's been really having some problems with that, suffering from that.

其中一個是阿基里肌的傷，他真的因此而遇到很多限制

And the Lakers, speaking of them. Well they haven't been performing well in the past few seasons too.

而且湖人隊，在過去幾季也沒有表現得很亮眼

Yeah painfully to speak, that is true. And Kobe personally, he has an accuracy rate of around 30-ish%.

對，殘酷的事實就是如此。對布萊恩本人來說，他的進球率差不多是 30 多趴

So that's one out of three shots, which is not that good actually.

所以大概三球進一球，不是很理想

But because of his dedication and loyalty to the game, the coach refused to bench him and still puts him out there for every game.

不過因為他的精誠與忠誠，教練不會讓他坐板凳，也還是讓他上場

-Because he's kinda like... -The symbol, the spiritual leader. -...of the Lakers team.

-因為他有點像是... -代表、精神領袖 -...湖人隊的

But Kobe himself, he couldn't take this pressure anymore, he wanted to take this off his shoulders,

不過布萊恩他無法再這樣下去，他想要把這件事了結

and he said, long beforehand, he has made this decision, and he felt that this is the right time to do it.

他說他很久之前就已經下了這個決定，他覺得這是一個正確的時機

This is the right time to let go. To retire and to call it a career basically.

是該時候放手了，退休、結束職籃生涯

And he expressed this with his kind of melancholic, kind of determined poem.

他透過這首有點悲傷、但下定決心的詩表達了

-So this is where the poem comes in. -Right, this is finally where the poem comes in.

-所以詩是這裡進來 -對，終於講到詩了

-Alright do you have the poem? -Yeah, so here we wanted to show you a little excerpt of the poem

-你有詩嗎？ -嗯，這裡要給你們看一小段

-so that you can get a feel of the inner world, the inner feelings of... -The Black Mamba! -...of Kobe Bryant. Here's the poem.

-可以稍微感受到他的內心世界 -黑曼巴的內心 -科比布萊恩

Dear Basketball, you gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream and I'll always love you for it.

親愛的籃球，你給了一個六歲小男孩他的湖人夢，我會因此永遠愛著你

But I can't love you obsessively for much longer. This season is all I have left to give.

但我無法再眷戀你，而這一季將是我的僅存

My heart can take the pounding, my mind can handle the grind, but my body knows it's time to say goodbye.

我的心臟可以再奔馳，我的心智也禁得起考驗，不過我的身體知道，是時候說再見了

And that's OK. I'm ready to let you go.

不過沒關係的，我已準備好要放手

I want you to know that now, so that we both can savor every moment we have left together.

我想要現在就讓你知道，好讓我們可以珍惜彼此所剩餘的時間

The good and the bad. We have given each other all that we have.

好的、壞的，我們已經為了彼此竭盡所有

-Wow, that is deep. That is really deep. -Do you like poetry now? -No, I've always had bad memories with poetry. So no.

-哇好深奧，好有感 -你現在喜歡詩了嗎？ -還是沒有，我對詩沒什麼好印象

So this about it for Kobe's retirement, and right here we have a video for you that's a news highlight on this particular issue,

所以這就是布萊恩他退休的消息，我們準備了一個影片給你，是一個在討論這件事的新聞

and after you check this out, we'll be back with the Weekly Challenge.

你們看完之後，我們會再進入每週挑戰

After 20 incredible seasons as one of basketball's brightest stars, Kobe Bryant is planning to retire at the end of the season.

經過了二十個驚人的季賽事，美國職籃最閃亮之球星之一柯比·布萊恩計畫要在這一季後退休

Bryant wrote a poem published in the player's tribune announcing his decision to hang up his sneakers and call it a career.

布萊恩在球星論壇發佈了一篇詩，公布他決定要收起球鞋，結束職籃的決定

And what a career it's been! Bryant will go down as the NBA's third all-time leading scorer just above Michael Jordan.

而他一路走來真是精彩！布萊恩會在美國職籃留下歷史，他是全職籃第三個最高得分者，在麥克喬登之上

During his run, he captured five championships, two final's MVPs, and seventeen all-star game appearances all with the Lakers.

在他的職業中，他取得了五個冠軍，兩個決賽最佳球員，還有十七次參與全明星賽，都是跟著湖人隊

Not to mention his two gold medals.

更不用說，他拿到了兩枚金牌

He's come a long way since setting a record for being the youngest player in an NBA game, but like anyone else, his youth has faded.

自從他成為全職籃最年輕的選手以來，他經歷了許多事。不過就像是其他人一樣，他的青春逝去

Welcome to the Weekly Challenge part of VidTalk, and today we're looking at this particular sentence.

歡迎來到 VidTalk 的每週挑戰，今天我們要看的句子是

Bryant wrote a poem published in the player's tribune announcing his decision to hang up his sneakers and call it a career.

布萊恩在球星論壇發佈了一篇詩，公布他決定要收起球鞋，結束職籃的決定

Now we want you to make a sentence with "call it a career", and what does that mean JR?

我們要你用 "call it a career" 來造句，他的意思是？

Well call it a career you've probably heard of the phrase "call it a day"? Which means to wrap up the day, to finish the day's work.

你應該聽過 "call it a day" 這個詞，意思就是結束一天的工作

So call it a career means to finish your career, make an ending to it.

所以 call it a career 就是結束你的職業，收尾的意思

So call it a career is to end your profession. End you life as a professional.

所以 call it a career 就是結束了你的職業生涯

And call it a day is ending a day's work. So call it a something.

那 call it a day 呢是結束了一天的工作，所以 call it a something

You can make a sentence with either call it a career, or call it a day, call it a night.

你可以用 call it a career, call it a day, call it a night 來造句

And leave it in our comment section right there, we might choose yours for the next episode.

然後在留言區留言！我們也許會選來做下一集的 VidTalk

Thank you for liking, commenting, and sharing this video!

感謝你按讚、留言、分享這個影片！

And remember to subscribe to VoiceTube TV right up here and come back every Thursday night for a new episode of VidTalk.

記得要訂閱我們的頻道在這上面，然後每個禮拜四晚上回來看新的 VidTalk

And also, subscribe to both of us here: rayduenglish and jrleeradio.

也可以訂閱我們自己的個人頻道 rayduenglish 跟 jrleeradio

And let's go to our comments left by you guys in our last episode. Last time we talked about bucket lists, kicking the bucket.

好我們去到上一集你們留下的留言吧，上次我們講到 bucket list, kick the bucket

Things that you want to do before you die, and we wanted to cover as much ground as possible so we've chosen 10 of your comments.

就是死前想要做的是，我們想要 cover 到很多人所以選了十個留言

-I have 5, you have 5. -I have 5. Let's start with yours.

-我有五個，你有五個 -我有五個，你先開始

First of all we have YuChen, "Before I kick the bucket, I want to go hang-gliding." Okay cool.

首先 YuChen 「我死前想要去滑翔飛行」酷

Chia Min, "Before I kick the bucket, I want to travel around the world within 80 days with my lovely family."

Chia Min「我死前想要跟家人在八十天環遊世界」

Sounds expensive.

聽起來很貴

And Odette, "Before I kick the bucket, I want to live with my family on an island and be good friends with dolphins."

Odette「我死前想要跟家人住在一個島上，與海豚做朋友」

(dolphin sounds) Can we be friends with you? We're dolphins.

(海豚聲音) 我們可以當朋友嗎？我們也是海豚

Yu Ting, "Before I kick the bucket, I want to be a person with strong self confidence."

Yu Ting「我死前想要，我想要當一個很有自信的人」

And Tseng Yu, "Before I kick the bucket, I want to be a person who can influence people around the world,

Tseng Yu「我死前想要當一個很有影響力的人

-and then teaching them the specific location of Taiwan." -Tell people we're not Thailand, we're Taiwan.

-然後教大家台灣正確的位置」 -對，告訴他們我們不是泰國，我們是台灣

-What you got there? -Well what I got here is 5 comments, Benson Wang,

-你有什麼？ -我也有五句，Benson Wang

"Before I kick the bucket, I want to see JR and Ray with my own eyes."

「我死前想要親眼看到 JR 跟 Ray」

-Before that though, you can see us every week on VidTalk. -And stop brown-nosing.

-在那之前，每個禮拜的 VidTalk 都可以看到我們 -然後不要拍馬屁

Ok next, automatic230, "Before I kick the bucket, I want to become a professional dancer and finish a wonderful performance."

好下一個 automatic230「我死前想要成為專業舞者，完成一個超棒的表演」

That sounds lovely! Next, her name is I want to be a nutritionist, bless you.

聽起來很不錯！下一個，他的名字是我要考上營養師，祝你好運

She said, "Before I kick the bucket, I want to be an honored guest on VidTalk."

他說「我死前想要當嘉賓上 VidTalk」

-That won't help you with your exam though. -But it'll be fun!

-這應該對你的考試沒什麼幫助的 -不過會很好玩！

Alright, next! Sunny820714, is that your birthday? Happy birthday by the way.

好下一個！Sunny820714，這是你生日嗎？生日快樂喔

"Before I kick the bucket, I want to become a person who doesn't give a damn about what others think of me, I just want to be truly be myself."

「我死前想要成為一個不在乎別人想法的人，可以單純做自己」

You do you. You do you.

你行你素吧，你做自己

Last but not least, Mong Chi Shi. Sounds like a monkey.

最後 Mong Chi Shi 聽起來像猩猩發出的聲音

"Before I kick the bucket, I want to use the rest of my life to accompany my family, especially my wife." That is sweet.

「我死前想要用我剩下的時間陪伴家人，尤其是我的老婆」

And those are our comments for today! Thank you very much that's a wrap for the show.

這就是今天的留言！謝謝你的收看

-And I'm JR, -I'm Ray, -and we'll talk to you next time.

-我是 JR -我是 Ray -我們下次再聊