“小皇帝”詹姆斯

武漢輕工大學黃放/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“詹皇”，是一名效力于美國職業籃球聯盟（NBA）熱火隊的球員。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常規賽MVP”和“NBA年度最佳新秀”等稱號，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”，這時他的28歲生日剛過去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·詹姆斯當時年僅16歲，卻獨自將詹姆斯撫養長大。母子倆生活得非常艱難，他們經常在阿克倫的貧民區中搬家，同時格洛里亞也在努力尋找穩定的工作。當她意識到詹姆斯在一個更穩定的家庭環境中能夠更好地成長時，她決定讓詹姆斯搬進當地青少年橄欖球教練弗蘭克·沃克的家中生活，而沃克正是在詹姆斯9歲時教會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，詹姆斯在業余競技聯盟里的俄亥俄東北流星隊打球。詹姆斯的高中籃球時代是在家鄉阿克倫的圣文森特—圣瑪麗高中度過的。他高中連續三次被評為“俄亥俄州籃球先生”。國家媒體高度贊揚他，稱他為未來的“NBA超級巨星”。

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選中。2007年，詹姆斯帶領騎士隊闖入NBA總決賽，這是騎士隊在球隊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橫掃出局。2010年，他以被高度宣傳的自由球員身份離開克利夫蘭加盟熱火隊。2012年熱火隊在總決賽上擊敗了俄克拉荷馬雷霆隊，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.

除了在場上是明星，詹姆斯也通過大量的廣告合同積聚了可觀的財富和名望，并被評選為美國最富影響力運動員之一。此外，他還投身于慈善項目和公益事業，尤其是那些幫助孩子的慈善和公益。詹姆斯為社會做了極大貢獻，他支持了“明日之星”，“美國男孩女孩俱樂部”，“兒童保護基金”和“ONExONE基金”四個不同的慈善事業。“明日之星”提供課余項目幫助孩子們為上大學做準備，并鍛煉他們的體育和學業技能。“美國男孩女孩俱樂部”努力讓孩子們對生活充滿激情并成為有潛力的學生，“兒童保護基金”幫助孩子們在人生道路上有一個健康的開始，并為貧困孩子提供所需物品。“ONExONE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，場上的詹姆斯是對手們強有力的威脅，而對于場下的詹姆斯，更是無人能阻礙他滿足貧困孩子需求的步伐。

[1]nickname.給……取綽號 [2]professional.專業的；職業的

[3]slummy.貧民區的；貧民窟的 [4]stable.穩定的

[5]championship.錦標賽 [6]defeat.擊敗，戰勝

[7]award.授予 [8]numerous.許多的，很多的

[9]influential.有影響的；有勢力的 [10]academic.學術的；理論的；學院的