入選名人堂 關於姚明必須知道的11件事(下)
6.A sneak preview
6.初露頭角Yao began raising his profile internationally when Nike brought him to a camp in Paris in 1997. Del Harris, head coach of the Lakers at the time, was among the spectators who saw the young star and predicted a bright future.
姚明在國際上的知名度始於1997年，耐克把他帶去了一個巴黎的訓練營，時任湖人主教的德爾·哈里斯在那發現了這名新星，並預測他會有光明的未來。
Yao came to the United States in 1998, also courtesy of Nike, to practice and play summer tournaments across the country. He was 17 and measured 7-foot-5, 252 pounds. He told reporters his favorite player was Olajuwon, and he matched up against a 16-year-old Tyson Chandler at a camp in San Diego. He attended the Nike All-America Camp in Indianapolis and the Michael Jordan Flight School in Santa Barbara. Scouts quickly became familiar with Yao. It wasn't a matter of whether the NBA wanted him, but how soon he could be pried from the Sharks and China's national team.
姚明第一次來美國是在1998年，同樣受耐克之邀去訓練打夏季聯賽。那時他17歲，身高有7尺5，體重252磅。他告訴記者，他最喜歡的球員是奧拉朱旺，在聖地亞哥訓練營中和他對位的是16歲的泰森·錢德勒。此後，他還參加了在印第安納波利斯的耐克全美訓練營和在聖巴巴拉的喬丹籃球夏令營。球探們很快熟知了他，儘管不代表有NBA球隊想要他，但他無疑成爲上海大鯊魚和中國國家隊的驕傲。
and dad played, too
7.父母都是籃球運動員
Yao is the son of former pro basketball players Yao Zhiyuan and Fang Fengdi. The elder Yao is described as anywhere from 6-foot-7 to 6-foot-10, depending on the source. Fang, 6-foot-2, once captained the China women's national team. Yao married Ye Li, a 6-foot-3 former basketball player, on Aug. 6, 2007, in Shanghai. The couple has a daughter, Yao Qinlei, who was born in Houston in 2010 and goes by her American name, Amy.
姚明是職業籃球運動員姚志源和方鳳娣的兒子，據說姚明的父親身高在6尺7到6尺10之間，他的母親方鳳娣也有6尺2，曾是中國國家女籃的隊長。2007年8月6日，姚明和身高6尺3的前女籃運動員葉莉喜結連理，他們的女兒姚沁蕾2010年在休斯頓出生，英文名叫Amy。Yao played for China's national team in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. In 2008, he carried the Olympic torch out of Beijing's famed Tiananmen Gate below the iconic portrait of Mao Zedong. He was China's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremonies in both 2004 and 2008. Ye played for the Chinese women's team at the 2004 Olympics.
姚明爲中國國家隊打了2000,2004和2008年三屆奧運會。2008年北京奧運會，他舉着奧運聖火在毛澤東的畫像下面，跑過北京天安門。同時，他也是2004和2008年中國奧運代表團的護旗手。葉莉是2004年奧運會中國女籃隊員。ing hands
8.公益事業
The Yao Ming Foundation was founded to provide relief following a massive earthquake in the Sichuan province of China in 2008. Yao serves as a global ambassador for Special Olympics. He has campaigned for environmental causes and against AIDS-related discrimination.
姚基金”成立於2008年，起初目的是爲了援助四川特大地震的救援。他是全球特殊奧運會大使，是世界野生救援協會的發言人，還參與了有關環保和反艾滋歧視的行動。his career ended
9.職業生涯最終章
Yao began his NBA career in strong form, missing only two games in his first three seasons. Injuries then began to take a toll, and he played in fewer than half of the Rockets' games over the next six seasons.
姚明的NBA生涯從最開始強度就很大，前三個賽季他只缺席了2場比賽。接下來傷病侵襲了他，之後的6個賽季，他只出戰了火箭隊全部比賽的一半。Yao played his last game on Nov. 10, 2010, in Washington. He played six scoreless minutes, with one rebound and one block, before leaving the game with what was first reported as a strained leg tendon. The injury turned out to be a stress fracture, however, and he was unable to return to the court that season. Yao announced his retirement at age 30 in a Shanghai news conference on July 20, 2011. He retired with NBA career totals of 9,247 points, 920 blocked shots and 4,494 rebounds.
姚明的最後一場比賽是在2010年11月10日的華盛頓，那場比賽他打了6分鐘拿下1籃板1蓋帽。第一次傷病報告是左腿跟腱拉傷，隨後更正爲應力性骨折，這讓他已經不能在那個賽季再次回到賽場。2011年7月20日，姚明在上海舉辦退役發佈會，以30歲的年紀正式退役。至此，他在NBA的職業生涯一共得到9247分，920個蓋帽和4494個籃板。10.A grape investment
10.葡萄酒投資
Shortly after retiring from the NBA, Yao entered the wine business. Yao Family Wines launched its inaugural brand in December 2011 and recently opened a tasting room in St. Helena, California.
在NBA退役後不久，姚明就進入了商界。姚家族葡萄酒公司掛牌成立於2011年12月，最近在加州聖赫勒拿島開了個品酒室。of Fame
11.名人堂
Yao will be the first China native inducted into the Hall of Fame. He will also be the first person born in the 1980s to be so honored. This year's induction ceremony will take place three days before Yao turns 36, but he won't be the youngest Hall of Famer in history. That honor belongs to Cheryl Miller, who was 31 when she was inducted in 1995.
姚明將成爲第一位進入名人堂的中國人，他也是第一位入選名人堂的八零後。今年的名人堂頒獎典禮在姚明36歲生日前三天舉行。不過，姚明並非進入名人堂時最年輕的成員，這項紀錄保持者是1995年入選的謝里爾-米勒，當年她只有31歲。
