今天我们要学的词是 tribute.

tribute 的意思是供奉，致敬。

As the world remembers basketball star Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, fans in Los Angeles paid tribute to the sports legend who made the city his home. 在全球追忆篮球明星科比·布莱恩特之际，洛杉矶的球迷们向这位以他们的城市为家的体育传奇人物致敬。科比在周日的一次直升机失事中丧生。

For a period in history, many of China's neighboring states, such as Annam (Northern Vietnam), Korea and even Japan rendered an annual tribute to the Chinese imperial court. 在历史上一段时期里，中国的许多邻国，例如安南（越南北部）、韩国甚至日本，每年都向中国朝廷进贡。