身边的英语：从姚明退役演讲稿中学英语(3)

　　I also want to thank the NBA and the Houston Rockets manager. Thanks for their presence, and thank you Daryl Morey. Their support and understanding helped me overcome the cultural and language barriers, enabling me to stand firm on the world’s best basketball team. I’d like to extend my gratitude to my teammates and opponents. First of all, Liu Wei. We have grown up together as teammates, and this will be the most precious experience in my life. Wang Zhizhi and Shaquille O'Neal, it is your presence that keep me endeavoring to catch up to you and you are always my targets. Without you two, I could not make such an achievement. I also want to say thanks to Fan Bin, my mentor on the national team and to Shen Wei, Li Nan, Mengke Bateer, Yi Jianlian and all my teammates at Xuhui District Amateur Sports School, Shanghai Youth Team, Shanghai Sharks, Houston Rockets, National Youth Team and the National Team, to my opponents in the games of CBA and NBA. It was indeed memorable days to play with you. I also want to thank “Yao’s team” (Yao Ming’s business planning team) for all you have done for me over the years and I will never forget it。

　　我要感谢NBA和休斯敦火箭队的管理层，今天非常感谢他们的到来。他们理解和支持，帮助我克服了文化和语言的障碍，可以在世界最高的联赛当中站稳脚跟，接下来要感谢我的队友和我的对手们，首先是刘炜，我们并肩成长，一起打拼，还有大致，奥尼尔，是我追赶的目标和前进的动力，没有他们，我不是今天的我。沈冰是国家队的良师益友。还有沈威，……以及所有和我一起奋斗过的队友，还有在CBA和NBA包括世界赛场上一起竞争过的对手们，一起挥汗如雨的日子难忘。当然感谢管理层姚支队，感谢章明基、陆浩……以及现在还在台前台后忙碌的人们，多年来帮助我做很多事情，我不会忘记。

　　I want to take this opportunity to express my thanks to friends from the media, to my sponsors and partners, from whom I have learned a lot, and to my dear fans, whether you like me or not, whether you are Chinese or foreigners. The care from all of you gives me enough confidence and your criticism helps me improve myself。

　　我还感谢常年关注我的新闻界的朋友们，感谢赞助商和合作伙伴，和你们交往使我受益匪浅，还有各类的球迷朋友们，不管是黑还是绿，不管是国内的还是国外的，感谢所有关注我的朋友，大家的关心使我获得足够的信心和勇气，大家的批评使我修正了缺点了不足。

　　All of you, whether I have mentioned above or not, will be in my heart. In a word, I want to say thank you to my family and friends for your company all these years. I will continue to be the best I can be and continue to be with you all。

　　今天提到的和没提到的，你们每个人都在我心里，总而言之，我感谢所有的亲人和朋友多年来的陪伴，我会继续做好我自己，不会离开大家！

　　Yao Ming will always be with you, my dear friends, thank you !

　　姚明和朋友们永远在一起，谢谢大家！

　　Finally, I will express my gratitude to the great and progressive era, in which I have a chance to make my dream come true and show my value. Once I said when my basketball career ended, it was just a comma rather than a full stop. Now the day comes, but I don’t leave basketball, my life is still continuing. I am still myself, Yao Ming. There are a lot of things for me to do and it is far too early to say goodbye. I wish you all a healthy and happy life. I wish my hometown Shanghai, second hometown Houston, my great motherland and I wish basketball a bright future. Thank you very much!