姚明——中國的驕傲

中文名 (Chinese Name): 姚明 (Yao Ming)

綽號 (Nickname): 小巨人 (Little Giant)

國籍 (Nationality): 中國 (China)

出生地 (Place of Birth): 中國上海

(Shanghai， China)

出生日期 (Date of Birth): 1980年9月12日

(September 12th， 1980)

星座 (Constellation): 處女座 (Virgo)

身高 (Height): 2.26米 (2.26 meters)

體重 (Weight): 141公斤 (141 kilos)

On July 20th， 2011， Yao Ming held a press conference (新聞發布會) to announ-

ce (宣布) his retirement. After working for the Huston Rockets for 8 years， China’s Little Giant left the stage of NBA formally. Yao Ming said that he would return to China and continue (繼續) to work with Shang-

hai Sharks.

2011年7月20日，姚明召開新聞發布會，正式宣布退役。在為休斯頓火箭隊征戰8年之后，中國“小巨人”正式離開了NBA舞臺。姚明表示他將回到中國，跟他的上海大鯊魚隊在一起繼續工作。

On September 12th， 1980， Yao Ming was born in the Sixth Hospital of Shanghai. His parents were both basketball players. His father was 2.08 meters tall and he worked for the Shanghai Men’s Basketball. His mother was 1.88 meters tall and she was a key player of Chinese Women’s Basketball in the 1970s.

1980年9月12日，姚明出生于上海市第六醫院。他的父母都是籃球運動員，父親身高2.08米，曾效力于上海男籃；母親身高1.88米，是20世紀70年代中國女籃的主力隊員。

When Yao Ming was four years old， he got his first basketball. At the age of 6， he watched the show of American Harry Basketball Team in Shanghai and he knew NBA. When he was 9 years old， he began to got amateur (業余的) training in the Sports School in Xuhui District in Shanghai. Because of the his family’s edification (熏陶)， his understanding to basketball was very high. Five years later， he entered the Shanghai Youth Team. And he was chosen to enter the National Youth Team.

在姚明四歲生日時，他得到了第一個籃球。6歲時看美國哈里籃球隊在上海表演，知道了NBA。9歲那年，姚明在上海徐匯區少年體校開始接受業余訓練。由于從小受到的家庭熏陶，他對籃球的悟性很高。5年后，他進入上海青年隊；17歲入選國家青年隊。

After Yao Ming entered China’s National Basketball Team at the age of 18， his performance was more mature. During the 2000 Beijing Olympic Games， Yao Ming averaged (平均得分) 10.5 points per game. And his shooting percentage (投籃命中率) was 63.9% per game， which was not matched by others. In the 2011 Asian Basketball Tournament， Yao Ming’s shooting percentage was 72.4% per game and it helped the China’s National Basketball Team win the championship (冠軍).

在18歲入選中國國家籃球隊之后，姚明的表現進一步成熟。2000年奧運會期間，姚明平均每場拿下10.5分，他平均每場63.9%的投籃命中率也無人能比。在2001年的亞洲籃球錦標賽上，姚明每場投籃命中率高達72.4%，幫助中國國家隊奪得冠軍。

On June 26th， 2002， Yao Ming was chosen to work in the Huston Rockets in the NBA Draft (NBA選秀).

2002年6月26日，姚明在NBA選秀中被休斯頓火箭隊挑中。

But Yao’s NBA career had been plagued (折磨) by numerous injuries. The most recent of them was a stress fracture (應力性骨裂) in his left leg. Because of the broken bones in his left foot， Yao missed the entire 2009-2010 season and played only five games in the season.

但是姚明的NBA生涯卻一直被許多的傷痛折磨著。最近的一次受傷是他左腿的應力性骨裂。因為他左腳的破碎的骨頭，姚明錯過了整個2009到2010年賽季，整個賽季他只參加了五場比賽。

Rockets owner Leslie Alexander and the general manager Daryl Morey said they would sign a new contract with Yao if he recovered. In May， Yao said he was continuing with rehabilitation (復健) in the hope of making a return. But on July 20th， he announced his retirement.

火箭隊老板萊斯利·亞歷山大和總經理達瑞爾·莫雷說如果姚明康復了，他們想和姚明再簽份新合約。五月份的時候，姚明說他一直在做復健，希望能夠重新回到賽場。但是7月20號他卻宣布退役。

It was Yao Ming who let Chinese know more about NBA. He also proved that Chinese could also play in NBA， and could become the international stars.

姚明讓中國人對NBA有了更深層次的了解，也證明了中國人也可以打NBA，而且，也能成為國際巨星。