“小皇帝”詹姆斯

武漢輕工大學(xué)黃放/選譯

LeBron Raymone James,nicknamed1“King James”,is an Americanprofessional2basket原ball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA).He is a 2.03m-tall small forward who has also played as a power forward.He has been an NBA champion,the NBA Finals MVP,a NBA MVP,and the NBA Rookie of the Year.James is a nine-time NBA All-Star,and has been named to seven All-NBA teams and five All-Defensive teams.On January 16,2013,he became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 20,000 career points,at 28 years and 17 days of age.

勒布朗·雷蒙·詹姆斯，綽號(hào)“詹皇”，是一名效力于美國(guó)職業(yè)籃球聯(lián)盟（NBA）熱火隊(duì)的球員。身高2.03米的他司職小前鋒也能勝任大前鋒。他榮膺“NBA總冠軍”，“NBA總決賽MVP”，“NBA常規(guī)賽MVP”和“NBA年度最佳新秀”等稱號(hào)，并9次入選“NBA全明星陣容”，7次“NBA最佳陣容”，以及5次“NBA最佳防守陣容”。2013年1月16日，他成為了NBA史上最年輕的“20000分先生”，這時(shí)他的28歲生日剛過(guò)去17天。

James was born on December 30,1984 in Akron,Ohio to a 16-year-old mother,Gloria Marie James,who raised LeBron on her own.Life was often a struggle for LeBron and Gloria,who moved from apartment to apartment in theslummy3neighborhoods of Akron while Gloria struggled to look for steady work.Realizing he would be better off with a morestable4family en原vironment,Gloria allowed LeBron to move in with the family of Frank Walker,a local youth foot原ball coach,who introduced LeBron to basketball when LeBron was nine years old.

詹姆斯于1984年12月30日在俄亥俄州的阿克倫出生，他的母親格洛里亞·詹姆斯當(dāng)時(shí)年僅16歲，卻獨(dú)自將詹姆斯撫養(yǎng)長(zhǎng)大。母子倆生活得非常艱難，他們經(jīng)常在阿克倫的貧民區(qū)中搬家，同時(shí)格洛里亞也在努力尋找穩(wěn)定的工作。當(dāng)她意識(shí)到詹姆斯在一個(gè)更穩(wěn)定的家庭環(huán)境中能夠更好地成長(zhǎng)時(shí)，她決定讓詹姆斯搬進(jìn)當(dāng)?shù)厍嗌倌觊蠙烨蚪叹毟ヌm克·沃克的家中生活，而沃克正是在詹姆斯9歲時(shí)教會(huì)他打籃球的啟蒙老師。

As a youth,James played Amateur Athletic Union(AAU)basketball for the Northeast Ohio Shooting Stars.James played high school basketball at St.Vincent St.Mary High School in his hometown of Akron,Ohio.A three-time“Mr.Basketball of Ohio”,he was highly praised by the national media as a future NBA superstar.

少年時(shí)，詹姆斯在業(yè)余競(jìng)技聯(lián)盟里的俄亥俄東北流星隊(duì)打球。詹姆斯的高中籃球時(shí)代是在家鄉(xiāng)阿克倫的圣文森特—圣瑪麗高中度過(guò)的。他高中連續(xù)三次被評(píng)為“俄亥俄州籃球先生”。國(guó)家媒體高度贊揚(yáng)他，稱他為未來(lái)的“NBA超級(jí)巨星”。

After graduating,he was selected with the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.James led the Cavaliers to the 2007 NBA Finals,their first NBA Finals appearance in franchise history,but the team was swept by the San Antonio Spurs.In 2010,he left the Cavaliers for the Heat in a highly publicized free a原gency period.James won his firstchampionship5in 2012 when the Heatdefeated6the Oklahoma City Thunder.He wasawarded7the NBA Finals MVP Award.

畢業(yè)之后，他參加了2003年的NBA選秀，并在第一順位被克里夫蘭騎士隊(duì)選中。2007年，詹姆斯帶領(lǐng)騎士隊(duì)闖入NBA總決賽，這是騎士隊(duì)在球隊(duì)歷史上第一次登上總決賽，然而他們卻被圣安東尼奧馬刺隊(duì)橫掃出局。2010年，他以被高度宣傳的自由球員身份離開(kāi)克利夫蘭加盟熱火隊(duì)。2012年熱火隊(duì)在總決賽上擊敗了俄克拉荷馬雷霆隊(duì)，詹姆斯獲得了第一座NBA總決賽MVP。

In addition to being a star on the court,James has got large amount of wealth and fame as a result ofnumerous8endorsement contracts,and he has been ranked as one of America’s mostinfluential9athletes.Besides he has been devoted to charity projects and public service,espe原cially those helping kids.James has made a great contribution to the community.He supported four different charities called the After School All Stars(ASAS),Boys and Girls Clubs of America(BGCA),Children’s Defense Fund(CDF),and ONExONE.ASAS provides after school programs that prepare kids for college and improve their sports andacademic10skills.BGCA lets kids have passion for life and become potential students.CDF helps kids get a healthy start in life and gives poor kids the supplies they need.ONExONE improves the lives of children around the world.

除了在場(chǎng)上是明星，詹姆斯也通過(guò)大量的廣告合同積聚了可觀的財(cái)富和名望，并被評(píng)選為美國(guó)最富影響力運(yùn)動(dòng)員之一。此外，他還投身于慈善項(xiàng)目和公益事業(yè)，尤其是那些幫助孩子的慈善和公益。詹姆斯為社會(huì)做了極大貢獻(xiàn)，他支持了“明日之星”，“美國(guó)男孩女孩俱樂(lè)部”，“兒童保護(hù)基金”和“ONExONE基金”四個(gè)不同的慈善事業(yè)。“明日之星”提供課余項(xiàng)目幫助孩子們?yōu)樯洗髮W(xué)做準(zhǔn)備，并鍛煉他們的體育和學(xué)業(yè)技能?！懊绹?guó)男孩女孩俱樂(lè)部”努力讓孩子們對(duì)生活充滿激情并成為有潛力的學(xué)生，“兒童保護(hù)基金”幫助孩子們?cè)谌松缆飞嫌幸粋€(gè)健康的開(kāi)始，并為貧困孩子提供所需物品?！癘NExONE基金”致力于改善全世界的孩子的生活。

As you can see James is not only a threat to players on the court,but he is also a threat to anybody who wants to prevent the poor children to have their needs met.

如你所見(jiàn)，場(chǎng)上的詹姆斯是對(duì)手們強(qiáng)有力的威脅，而對(duì)于場(chǎng)下的詹姆斯，更是無(wú)人能阻礙他滿足貧困孩子需求的步伐。

[1]nickname.給……取綽號(hào) [2]professional.專業(yè)的；職業(yè)的

[3]slummy.貧民區(qū)的；貧民窟的 [4]stable.穩(wěn)定的

[5]championship.錦標(biāo)賽 [6]defeat.擊敗，戰(zhàn)勝

[7]award.授予 [8]numerous.許多的，很多的

[9]influential.有影響的；有勢(shì)力的 [10]academic.學(xué)術(shù)的；理論的；學(xué)院的