4月06日聊天室  

央视国际 (2005年04月06日 17:24)

　　Splendent NBA

　　精彩绝伦 空中芭蕾

　　dunk：灌篮 MVP最有价值球员

　　NBA英语全攻略

　　大鲨鱼奥尼尔 小巨人姚明

　　It is showtime!

　　飞人乔丹

　　I Believe I Can Fly

　　本期关键词

　　dunk：灌篮

　　fascinate 入迷

　　slam dunk 扣篮

　　National Basketball Association 美国职业篮球联赛

　　slam 猛击 撞击 砰地关上

　　rebound 篮板球

　　Most Valuable Player 最有价值球员

　　Sneaker 运动鞋

　　Overwhelming 压倒性的 无法抵抗的

　　姚明

　　Yao Ming was born into a basketball playing family. At 2m 29cm tall, he has a definite height advantage, combined with a flexibility and speed rare in an athlete of his size. His East Asian modesty and restraint, and his less aggressive ball style was at first a disadvantage in the intense NBA basketball court, and even led to some complaints and criticism, but after several years of NBA experience he has, in this season, fully mastered the principles of the game, and is increasingly popular with the fans.

　　At the same time, off the court Yao Ming’s social status and his commercial value have shot up like a rocket. Audiences flocked to the film “The Year of Yao” on the day of its release. This is a photo of Yao’s Restaurant. The managers plan to make it the biggest and best Chinese restaurant in Texas, if not the entire USA. This added to the royalties from his autobiography and his long-term contracts with major companies like Pepsi, Reebok, and McDonalds, America media analysts estimate that in his first ten years in the NBA Yao will earn 300 million dollars.

　　Yao Ming’s success is in part due to his natural talents, but more important is his hard work, effort and sweat. Yao Ming has caught the imagination of so many basketball fans, at a deeper level surpassing the average basketball player, becoming a hard-working, humorous, and intelligent role model.

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