美國《體育畫報(bào)》姚明是位文雅的天才英語美文

　　在第3個(gè)賽季，人們對(duì)姚明的批評(píng)不絕于耳，但這位謙謙君子寧肯用自己的努力和賽場上的表現(xiàn)來回答，而不是其他的什么。

　　Yao Ming might be a gentle giant, but he is slowly learning the rough-and-tumble ways of the NBA.

　　國際在線報(bào)道：美國《體育畫報(bào)》3月2日發(fā)表文章說，在第3個(gè)賽季，人們對(duì)姚明的批評(píng)不絕于耳，但這位謙謙君子寧肯用自己的努力和賽場上的表現(xiàn)來回答，而不是其他的什么。

　　文章說，進(jìn)入第3個(gè)賽季，人們對(duì)于姚明能否在如此受關(guān)注的情況下達(dá)到人們的期望仍持懷疑態(tài)度。盡管他在許多方面有了進(jìn)步，也參加了3次全明星賽，但人們對(duì)他的嘲諷卻要多于里克·史密斯、奧尼爾和哈基姆·奧拉朱旺。姚明也許是一位文雅的天才，對(duì)NBA司空見慣的口水戰(zhàn)領(lǐng)會(huì)“遲鈍”。在面對(duì)這些批評(píng)時(shí)，姚明還是那么地友善，他只會(huì)說類似于這樣的話——“不要在背后滴嘀咕咕，你們美國人不能關(guān)注點(diǎn)別的嗎?”然后他會(huì)說：“我所能做的就是改進(jìn)，我以前學(xué)習(xí)到的籃球理論和這里不太一樣�！�

　　如果姚明是一名普通的球員的話，那他的表現(xiàn)已無可挑剔，職業(yè)生涯平均得分18.6分，籃板8.3個(gè)，蓋帽1.89個(gè)，排名聯(lián)盟第11位。但現(xiàn)實(shí)是，這位中國的天才被認(rèn)為是聯(lián)盟的四大中鋒之一。火箭隊(duì)主教練范甘迪對(duì)媒體抱怨，說那些批評(píng)姚明的人根本就不了解他。他說：“姚明目前正處于一個(gè)很自然的階段，那就是人們更多地談?wù)撍�的不足，而不是他的�?yōu)點(diǎn)。他平均上場時(shí)間為31分，有18分和8個(gè)籃板的表現(xiàn)，更重要的.是，他是一個(gè)打球無私的隊(duì)員�！�

　　也許姚明的一部分問題在于聯(lián)盟中的其他年輕球星，如詹姆斯、韋德和斯塔德邁爾等都很快融入了聯(lián)盟，進(jìn)步也非常神速，而姚明的進(jìn)步卻顯出不足。最近，姚明自己也表示對(duì)自己的進(jìn)步感到不滿意，在到了芝加哥后他對(duì)記者說：“斯塔德邁爾的進(jìn)步太讓人驚訝了，他投籃是那么地輕松，我不知道他是怎么做到的。上一賽季，我只要貼身防守就行了，可現(xiàn)在他能夠跳投或突破上籃，要防守他就很困難了�！�

　　雖然姚明的局限性是真實(shí)存在的：功守轉(zhuǎn)換慢，傳接球容易受到壓制，犯規(guī)次數(shù)過多過早，缺乏控制籃板的意識(shí)等等，雖然范甘迪也知道其中的一些指責(zé)并非空穴來風(fēng)，但他始終認(rèn)為這就是一個(gè)隊(duì)員的兩面性，也是一個(gè)隊(duì)員能力平衡所在。他說：“他(姚明)最大的優(yōu)點(diǎn)就在于他有能力將球放進(jìn)籃框內(nèi)。他并不是一個(gè)天生的籃板王，那不是他的特長。他是在進(jìn)步，但對(duì)于他來說，要轉(zhuǎn)變一些東西確實(shí)不容易。再說，一些其他人的進(jìn)步并不能說明他不能達(dá)到人們預(yù)先的期望。他在進(jìn)步，在為球隊(duì)而進(jìn)步，為自己進(jìn)步�！�

　　姚明意識(shí)到了自己的不足，對(duì)于他來說，要在NBA占有統(tǒng)治地位也許比較困難，作為一位22歲的年輕人來到一個(gè)完全陌生的國家打球，他甚至還不能講當(dāng)?shù)氐恼Z言，他需要更多適應(yīng)的時(shí)間。姚明仍然很年輕，火箭隊(duì)也度過了賽季開始的困難時(shí)期，隊(duì)中的多名隊(duì)員的合同也將持續(xù)到下一賽季，火箭隊(duì)仍然有機(jī)會(huì)發(fā)生完全的化學(xué)反應(yīng)，取得更好的成績。

　　Yao Ming might be a gentle giant, but he is slowly learning the rough-and-tumble ways of the NBA. Earlier this season, the 7-foot-6 Rockets center even engaged in a little friendly trash-talking with Bulls forward Tyson Chandler. "He told me he was going to make me swallow my mouthpiece," Chandler said.

　　If only Yao could do the same to his critics. Now in his third season, the former No. 1 overall pick still hears whispers that he hasn"t lived up to the hype. Despite solid progress in many areas of the game and three All-Star trips, Yao still is scoffed at by many for being more Rik Smits than Shaquille O"Neal or Hakeem Olajuwon.

　　"All I can do is try to prove myself," he says. "I"ve learned that my method of playing basketball is a little different from how it"s done over here."

　　As usual, Yao is being too nice. What he should say is something like: Get off my back! I"m only 24 years old! Can"t you Americans ever wait for anything?!

　　The reality is that while Yao might not be dominating the NBA, he is doing just fine by most reasonable standards. As of Wednesday he was averaging a career-best 18.6 points to go with 8.3 rebounds while ranking third in the NBA in field goal percentage (55.0) and 11th in blocks (1.89). While he still has many areas to improve upon, including on the backboards and in his overall aggressiveness, the Chinese phenom is generally regarded as one of the top four true centers (along with Shaq, Ben Wallace and Zydrunas Ilgauskas) in the league.

　　"He"s going through that natural period where people want to nitpick the very few negatives he may have instead of extolling all his positives," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy says. "And in a little over 31 minutes a game he averages 18 and 8. He comes to work every day. He"s totally selfless. Yet some want to badger the guy about whatever perceived shortcomings he has. I find that unfortunate because if they spent half the time looking at all his positives it would be a much better story."

　　Part of the problem for Yao is that other young NBA stars such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Amare Stoudemire have been able to come into the league and show more dramatic progress right away. It has made Yao"s development seem almost snail-like in comparison, especially as those players fill the SportsCenter highlights on a nightly basis while Yao plods along in more of a supporting role to Tracy McGrady.

　　Even Yao recently came out and said he wasn"t satisfied with his development. After his team"s shootaround Tuesday in Chicago he marveled at the improvement shown by Stoudemire, who edged him for Rookie of the Year honors in "03. "He can really shoot easier now," Yao says. "He can shoot it from 17-18 feet. I don"t know how he did it. ... When I played against him last year, on defense I just sagged back all the way to paint. This year you have to come out to contest his long-range jump shot and defend his penetration. It"s much harder."(：夏根建)

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