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    A GREAT basketball player will retire (退役) this week. His name is Kobe Bryant.

    Bryant, 1for the Los Angeles Lakers, a team in the NBA. He has been playing with the Lakers for 20 years. But now he is leaving because of2and injuries (伤).

    “My heart can take it, my mind can handle (处理) it,3 my body knows it's time to say goodbye,” he4in his poem (诗) Dear Basketball.

    Bryant is one of the greatest5in NBA. He has won five NBA championships (冠军) and two Olympic gold medals. He also has scored the third largest number of points in NBA history, even6than Michael Jordan.

    Bryant has a real love7basketball. He often starts to practice as8 as 5 am. Everybody knows how hard he works.

    Soon Bryant9 have some time to rest. But no matter (不管如何) what he does next, he said his love for basketball will10change.

    There are forty-eight students in our class. There are twenty-three boys and twenty-five girls. Some students live near the school, and some others live very far from the school. About half of the students come to school by bike. They often get to school at a quarter to seven. About ten students often come to school by bus. They often go to school very early, too. Another ten students come to school on foot. Their homes are near the school, but they are often late for school, because they get up very late.