TheninthsetBriefIntroduction•Name:KobeBryant•Nationality:American•Born:08/23/78•Height:1.98m•Team:Lakers•Position:BasketballGuardAboutKobe•BorninPennsylvania•ThesonoffamedNBAstarJoe'Jellybean'Bryant•AttendedLowerMerionHighSchool•WenttoNBAstraightfromhighschool•13thpickintheFirstRoundofthe1996NBADraftbytheCharlotteHornets•HisfirstNBAteamisLosAngelesLakersandheisstillthereKobeQuatations•“WhatI’mdoingrightnow,I’mchasingperfection.”“我现在所做的一切,都是为了追求更加完美。”•“IdontwanttobethenextMichaelJordan,IonlywanttobeKobeBryant.”“我可不想成为乔丹第二,我只想成为科比-布莱恩特。”•“Asfarascarryingthetorchfortheyearstocome,Idon’tknow.IjustwanttobethebestbasketballplayerIcanbe.”“我不知道需要多长时间才能取得辉煌,我只是想尽我所能去成为最出色的篮球运员。”NewWords•overshadow[,əuvə'ʃædəu]vt.使失色;使阴暗;遮阴;夺去…的光彩•statisticalseason:统计赛季•TheDallasMavericks:达拉斯小牛•outscore[aut'skɔ:]vt.得分超过,比分领先•advent['ædvənt]n.到来;出现;基督降临;基督降临节•shotclock:(NBA篮球术语)时限钟,进攻时间•TheTorontoRaptors:多伦多猛龙•franchise['fræntʃaiz]n.特权;公民权;经销权;管辖权vt.给…以特许(或特权);赋予公民权thepreviousfranchiserecord:之前的职业生涯记录•ElginBaylor:埃尔金·盖·贝勒(生于1934年9月16日)曾是美国NBA明尼阿波利斯湖人队的职业篮球运动员,位置为小前锋,从1958至1972年为球队效力长达14个赛季。•WiltChamberlain'slegendary:张伯伦的传奇•consecutive[kən'sekjutiv]adj.连贯的;连续不断的•SteveNash:史蒂夫纳什(NBA篮球运动员)Questions•HowmanypointsdidKobescorewhenheplayedagainsttheDallasMavericksonDecember20th?•WhatdidKobevoteforwhenhefinishedinfourth-place?•Accomplishments•Inmanywaystheteam'simprovementin2005-06wasoftenovershadowedbytheindividualscoringaccomplishmentspostedbyKobewhichresultedinthefineststatisticalseasonofhiscareer:•OnDecember20,Kobescored62pointsdespiteplayingonlythreequartersofplayagainsttheDallasMavericks.EnteringthefourthquarterKobehad,byhimself,outscoredtheentireMavericksteam62-61,theonlytimeaplayerhasdonethisthroughthreequarterssincetheadventofthe24-secondshotclock.•OnJanuary22,Kobescored81pointsina122-104victoryagainsttheTorontoRaptors.Inadditiontobreakingthepreviousfranchiserecordof71setbyElginBaylor,hispointtotalinthatgamewassecondinNBAhistoryonlytoWiltChamberlain'slegendary100-pointgamein1962.•AlsoinJanuary,Kobebecamethefirstplayersince1964,andtheonlyplayerasidefromChamberlainandElginBaylortoscore45pointsormoreinfourconsecutivegames.•Kobewontheleague'sscoringtitleforthefirsttime,postingthehighestscoringaverage(35.4)sinceMichaelJordan's37.1averagein1986-87.•Kobefinishedinfourth-placeinthevotingforthe2006NBAMostValuablePlayerAward,butalsoreceived22firstplacevotes—secondonlytowinnerSteveNash,andbyfarthehighestnumberoffirst-placevotesKobehadeverreceivedinhiscareer.Answers•62points.•The2006MostValuablePlayerAward.TheEndThankyou