Michael Jordan-邁克爾·喬丹

　　Michael Jordan

　　From Beijing to Bucharest people like Michael Jordan. So when he suddenly retired last week, the news was reported around the world. Michael Jordan is widely considered as basketball's best player. He becomes known as Air Jordan. Jordan gained wide notice by helping to sell products, business paid him tens of millions of dollars.

　　Michael Jordan is thirty years old. He attended the University of North Carolina. He joined the Chicago Bulls nine years ago. He led the team to the National Basketball Association Championship for the past three years. He was the top scoring player in the NBA for the past seven years. He also won Olympic gold medals.

　　In July Jordan's father was murdered in North Carolina. James Jordan and his son were close friends. Michael Jordan says it means a lot to him that his father saw his last game. But he says his father's death was not the reason he retired. He says he had been considering the idea for a few years. Jordan is the third major NBA player to retire in the last three years, Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers retired two years ago because he has the virus that caused AIDS. Last year Larry Bird of the Boston's Seltic retired because of back problem.

　　Jordan's skill helped increase the popularity of the basketball. Sports centers sold all their seats when the Chicago Bulls played there.

　　In announcing his retirement, Jordan said he had nothing left to prove in basketball. He says he does not have the desire to play any more. From now on he wants to spend time with his family and return to as normal a life as possible. However, he says he might consider returning to the basketball one day. Michael Jordan says he does not believe in the word "NEVER".

　　邁克爾·喬丹

　　從北京到不加勒斯特，幾乎所有的人都喜歡喬丹。所以，當(dāng)他上周突然宣布退役時(shí)，全世界都報(bào)道了這條消息。邁克爾·喬丹被公認(rèn)為最出色的籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。他似乎能帶球在空中飛行，因而以“飛人喬丹”著稱于世。由于幫商家推銷產(chǎn)品，喬丹獲得了全世界的關(guān)注，而他也從中得到了數(shù)千萬(wàn)美元的報(bào)酬。邁克爾·喬丹現(xiàn)年30歲。他曾就讀于北卡羅萊納大學(xué)。九年前進(jìn)入芝加哥公牛隊(duì)。在過(guò)去三年中率領(lǐng)公牛隊(duì)奪取了全美籃球聯(lián)賽三連冠。他是NBA近七年來(lái)得分最高的球員。他還贏得過(guò)奧林匹克金牌。

　　今年七月，喬丹的父親在北卡羅萊納遇害。父親詹姆斯·喬丹和兒子邁克爾是親密的朋友。邁克爾·喬丹說(shuō)父親觀看他的最后一場(chǎng)比賽對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)意義重大，但是他說(shuō)父親的死并不是他退役的原因。他說(shuō)這幾年一直在考慮退役。喬丹是過(guò)去的三年來(lái)退役的第三位主要球.員。洛杉磯湖人隊(duì)魔術(shù)師約翰遜由于染上艾滋病而退役。去年效力于波士頓凱爾特人隊(duì)的拉里·伯德由于背傷而退役。

　　喬丹精湛的球技增加了籃球的魅力。公牛隊(duì)在哪兒打球，哪兒的體育中心的門票便會(huì)被搶購(gòu)一空。

　　宣布退役時(shí)，喬丹說(shuō)在籃球上他已經(jīng)沒有什么新的可施展了。他已經(jīng)不想再打球了。從現(xiàn)在開始，他要花時(shí)間同家人一起盡可能地重新過(guò)正常人的生活。但是他說(shuō)或許有一天他會(huì)重返籃球場(chǎng)。喬丹說(shuō)他從不相信“決不”。