Dialogue

J=Jim　B=Betty

J: How is Yao Ming in NBA recently?

J: 姚明最近在NBA怎么样了？

B: His performance becomes more and more excellent. On October, 1st, 2003, he led Chinese National Basketball Team to get the champion of Asian Championship of Basketball and the admission ticket of Athens' Olympics.

B: 他的表现越来越出色了。2003年10月1日，他率领中国男篮拿到亚锦赛冠军，同时获得雅典奥运会入场券。

J: Wonderful! I always say he is promising.

J: 太好了！我常说他前途无量呢！

B: Because he came from a basketball family. He was blessed with outstanding talent.

B: 由于他来自篮球世家，因此很有天赋。

J: Yes, I also learned that his father was over 2 metres and his mother was almost 1.9 meters. And his parents were top players of china in 1970s.

J: 是的。我还知道他父亲2米多高，母亲将近1.9米。他的父母在20世纪70年代是中国的主力队员。

B: No wonder he plays so well.

B: 难怪他打这么好。

J: When he was four years old, he got his first basketball in his life; at the age of six, he knew NBA; and when he was 9, he began to receive amateur training.

J: 他四岁时，得到了生平的第一个篮球；6岁时知道了NBA；9岁时开始接受业余训练。

B: So because of his excellent performance, he was elected by the Houston Rocket of NBA on June 23, 2002.

B: 因此由于他表现出色，2002年6月23日入选NBA休斯顿火箭队。

J: Just as his boss of Houston Rocket said, Yao Ming would bring a lot of benefits not only for China, but also for America.

J: 正如休斯顿火箭队老板所说，姚明不仅会给中国带来很大收益，同样会给美国带来好处。

B: Yes, there is still a long way for him to go. Hope his dream will come true. Good luck to him!

B: 姚明有很长的路要走，但愿他梦想成真，好运相随!