以下是为大家整理的雅思阅读每日练：火箭退役姚明11号球衣。雅思阅读的制胜法宝从来都没变过，那就是：多读多练。新东方小编为大家带来了内容优质的阅读素材，同学们在备考阶段一定要多多练习哦~

　　背景阅读：

　　2月3日，休斯敦火箭队主场被姚明的红色球衣覆盖。8年的NBA职业生涯，中国篮球“巨人”姚明将青春全部献给了火箭，如今他的11号红色球衣也高悬丰田中心球馆上空正式退役。带着职业生涯场均19分、9.2个篮板、1.6次助攻和1.9次封盖的数据，姚明曾5次入选NBA最佳阵容，8次入选全明星赛，是首个成为全明星票王的非美国本土球员。

　　The Houston Rockets officially retired Yao Ming's No. 11 jersey during the halftime break of their game against the Chicago Bulls at Toyota Center on Friday night with the presence of Yao Ming and his family.

　　During the grand ceremony which is nationally televised, the Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander called Friday night "a great moment in Rocket history, to honor a man of such magnitude" and described Yao as "a really great basketball player."

　　ceremony

　　n.典礼，仪式; 礼仪，礼节; 虚礼，客气;

　　例句：

　　Today's award ceremony took place at the British Embassy in Tokyo.

　　今天的颁奖典礼在英国驻东京大使馆举行。

　　其他:

　　复数：ceremonies

　　"Yao was a really, really great player. I wanted him to be viewed as more than that, as an ambassador to the world and especially into China, and what a great person and humanitarian he is," said Alexander, who donated 100,000 U.S. dollars to the Yao Ming Foundation.

　　The 36-year-old Yao Ming said, "When I first came to town, Houston was no different than any other city in the United States. But as time passed by, all the faces came into memory. Remember this, that Houston for me from now on is not just a word. Every time they mention it, your faces are in my memory, in my brain."

　　"I hope people see the jersey there and remember the story, not only about myself, but also my teammates, my opponents. We created the story together, just like the other jerseys created the story for us," Yao said.

　　opponents

　　n.反对者; 对手，敌手( opponent的名词复数 );

　　例句：

　　He defeated his opponents in this election.

　　他在这次选举中击败了对手。

　　其他:

　　原型： opponent

　　"Looking back, I didn't expect it to be where I am today. I simply wanted to play basketball," he added.

　　Fans gave Yao several waves of applaud and a lot of fans shouted to Yao "we love you".

　　Yao was selected as the first overall pick by the Rockets in 2002 draft and spent nine years - his entire career - with the franchise.

　　franchise

　　n. 特许权; 选举权; 参政权; 经销权;

　　vt. 赋予特权; 赋予公民权;

　　例句：

　　Talk to other franchise holders and ask them what they think of the parent company.

　　和其他特许经营者谈一谈，问问他们对母公司是什么看法。

　　其他:

　　第三人称单数：franchises 复数：franchises 现在分词：franchising过去式：franchised 过去分词：franchised

　　Yao averaged 19.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks while shooting 52 percent from the floor across 486 career games.

　　He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team twice. He also became the only player outside of the United States to lead the NBA in All-Star voting.

　　Persistent injuries forced Yao Ming to hang up his No. 11 jersey in 2011. Last September, the eight-time All-Star entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

　　Yao has become the sixth Rocket player to have his number retired, joining Clyde Drexler (22), Calvin Murphy (23), Moses Malone (24), Hakeem Olajuwon (34), and Rudy Tomjanovich(45).