※ [本文转录自 Nets 看板] 作者: chinlingts (运动家的风度) 看板: Nets 标题: [外电] NBA Star Unveils Own Likeness 时间: Tue Feb 6 13:52:20 2007 NBA star unveils own likeness By MELISSA SAMAROO Correspondent DAYTONA BEACH -- The idea of going back to high school permanently is enough to make anyone cry. 基本上，光是永远地留在自己的母校，就已经足以使得任何人感动得痛哭 流涕了。 NBA star Vince Carter is no exception. Surrounded by friends and family, Carter got emotional at the unveiling of a new sculpture of himself at Mainland High School on Saturday. 当然对超级巨星 Vince Carter 来说也不例外，在亲人以及朋友的拥护之 下，他在母校 Mainland High School 为自己的雕像揭幕，在那一刻，他 感到非常地激动。 "This didn't have to be done for me," Carter said. "I appreciate that people appreciate what I do for others." 「他们可以不这麽做的。」Carter 说道，「总之...我非常感激人们对那 些我（为别人）做的事感到认同。」 Carter got choked up as he spoke to the crowd about his charity work. Though rain poured and the day was chilly, the crowd was patient as Carter stopped to compose himself. Supporters yelled "Take your time!" and "We love you!" as the Mainland alumnus tried to express what he was feeling. 当 Carter 对着人群阐述他的慈善事业时，一度哽咽了。虽然风雨交加而 且天气颇为寒冷，但在场的支持者仍耐心等着 Carter 整理自己的情绪， 当这位杰出校友试着表达他的感受时，他们大喊着「别紧张，慢慢来！」 「我们爱你！」等来表示他们的支持。 "Rookie of the Year, the contracts -- they mean nothing," Carter continued. "To see all these people here in the rain, enjoying me up here acting like a little baby, that makes it worth it." 「最佳新秀、顶级合约....这些都不重要，」 Carter 继续说道，「看到 这麽多人，在这样的大雨中，陪着一个像个小孩的我....这一切都太值得 了。」 The sculpture, a gift to the school from Carter's mother, Michelle Carter-Scott, was placed in front of Mainland's new gym. Crafted by Nebraska sculptor John Lajba, the piece includes a near-life-size bronze figure of Carter standing across a granite footbridge from two teenagers. 这个雕像 ─ 来自 Vince 母亲的礼物 ─ 被放置在 Mainland新建的体育 馆前，是由尼加拉瓜洲的巧匠 John Lajba 所完成的，这个比例接近真人 的雕像站在花岗石制的人行桥上，就好像 Carter 真的站在那儿一样。 Inscribed on the footbridge are the words: vision, hard work, balance, teamwork and perseverance. Labja worked with Carter-Scott to make sure the sculpture expressed a message that was important to her son. 人行桥上刻着「vision」、「hard word」、「balance」、「teamwork」 、「perserverance」等字样 （愿景、努力、协调、团队合作、坚忍不拔 ）， Labja 依照 Vince 母亲的指示，想尽办法让这个雕像能够传达出对 她儿子来说很重要的讯息。 "It's about teenagers knowing they matter, and that we understand their potential," Lajba said. Lajba 说道：「这是为了让年轻人相信自己的价值，而我们都知道他们拥 有无限的潜力。」 After the unveiling, Carter said he was pleasantly surprised. "My mom did it all. I had no idea," he said. After seeing it, he said more than one face was recognizable. 在揭幕典礼之後， Carter 说他感到非常惊喜。「这是我妈弄出来的玩意 儿，我事前根本就不知道。」看着自己的模样，其意涵远胜於一个表情所 能表达的。 "It does look like me," he said. "And the boy is my brother, when he was younger." 「这看起来真的非常像我，」他说道，「而这个小男孩则是我弟，在他更 小的时候。」 Among the people who braved the gray day to celebrate with Carter were Daytona Beach Mayor Glenn Ritchey; Bill Guthridge, a former University of North Carolina basketball coach who coached Carter; and Mainland boys basketball coach Charles Brinkerhoff. 这些不畏於恶劣天候陪着 Carter 的人有 Daytona Beach 的市长Glenn Ritchey、北卡大学前任教练 Bill Guthridge、以及 Mainland 的篮球教 练 Charles Brinkerhoff。 Brinkerhoff said Carter's $2.5 million donation for a new athletic center helps Mainland's students every day. Brinkerhoff 说 Carter 为新体育馆所捐的 250 万美元大大地帮助了这些 Mainland 的学生，他们每天都可以感受到 Carter 的恩泽。 "Now, the kids don't have to stay out late for practice," Brinkerhoff said, explaining that he has enough space in the new gym for multiple teams to practice at once. "We tell the kids 'do your homework.' Now they actually can have some time in the evening to do it. It helps the teachers and coaches to do what we do." 「现在这些孩子们不必为了赶不及来练习而待在外头了，」brinkerhoff 解释因为新的体育馆有足够的空间让很多支队伍同时进行练习。「我们告 诉这些孩子们『做好你的功课』，现在他们在晚上真的有事情可做了，这 帮助了老师和教练们都能办到我们所做的事。」 To further help the students, Carter announced he is challenging all Mainland graduates to make a one-time donation of $50. The money will be put in a scholarship fund to send deserving Mainland seniors to Daytona Beach Community College for two years. 为了给予这些学生更多的帮助， Carter 呼吁所有 Mainland 毕业的学生 都能捐出 50 元美金，而这些钱将会作为 Mainland 的奖学金，足以提供 所有的毕业生进入 Daytona Beach 社区大学就读两年的费用。 "I want to prove you don't have to be an NBA star or a millionaire to make things happen," Carter said. 「这麽做是为了证明这些事并不是只有 NBA 明星或是百万富翁才能办到的 ，每个人都有能力做这样的事情。」 Carter 这麽说道。 原文：http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/ EastVolusia/evlEAST03020407.htm (懒得缩网址麻烦大家自己连一下。 XD) --

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