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中文名(Chinese Name):姚明(Yao Ming)

绰号(Nickname):小巨人(Little Giant)

国籍(Nationality):中国(China)

出生地(Place of Birth):中国上海

(Shanghai,China)

出生日期(Date of Birth):1980年9月12日

(September 12th,1980)

星座(Constellation):处女座(Virgo)

身高(Height):2.26米(2.26 meters)

体重(Weight):141公斤(141 kilos)

On July 20th,2011,Yao Ming held apress conference(新闻发布会)toannoun-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 andcontinue(继续)to work with Shanghai Sharks.

2011年7 月20日，姚明召开新闻发布会，正式宣布退役。在为休斯顿火箭队征战8年之后，中国 “小巨人”正式离开了NBA舞台。姚明表示他将回到中国，跟他的上海大鲨鱼队在一起继续工作。

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医院。他的父母都是篮球运动员，父亲身高2.08米，曾效力于上海男篮；母亲身高1.88米，是20世纪70年代中国女篮的主力队员。

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 gotamateur(业余的)training in the Sports School in Xuhui District in Shanghai.Because of the his family’sedification(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.

在姚明四岁生日时，他得到了第一个篮球。6岁时看美国哈里篮球队在上海表演，知道了NBA。9岁那年，姚明在上海徐汇区少年体校开始接受业余训练。由于从小受到的家庭熏陶，他对篮球的悟性很高。5年后，他进入上海青年队；17岁入选国家青年队。

After Yao Ming entered China’s National BasketballTeam atthe age of18,his performance was more mature.During the 2000BeijingOlympicGames,YaoMingaveraged(平均得分)10.5 points per game.And hisshooting percentage(投篮命中率)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 thechampionship(冠军).

在18岁入选中国国家篮球队之后，姚明的表现进一步成熟。2000年奥运会期间，姚明平均每场拿下10.5分，他平均每场63.9%的投篮命中率也无人能比。在2001年的亚洲篮球锦标赛上，姚明每场投篮命中率高达72.4%，帮助中国国家队夺得冠军。

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

2002年6 月26日，姚明在NBA选秀中被休斯顿火箭队挑中。

But Yao’s NBA career had beenplagued(折磨)by numerous injuries.The most recent of them was astress fracture(应力性骨裂)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生涯却一直被许多的伤痛折磨着。最近的一次受伤是他左腿的应力性骨裂。因为他左脚的破碎的骨头，姚明错过了整个2009到2010年赛季，整个赛季他只参加了五场比赛。

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 withrehabilitation(复健)in the hope of making a return.But on July 20th,he announced his retirement.

火箭队老板莱斯利·亚历山大和总经理达瑞尔·莫雷说如果姚明康复了，他们想和姚明再签份新合约。五月份的时候，姚明说他一直在做复健，希望能够重新回到赛场。但是7月20号他却宣布退役。

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.

姚明让中国人对NBA有了更深层次的了解，也证明了中国人也可以打 NBA，而且，也能成为国际巨星。