特别广播英语第 339 课：Ichiro: Shining out of Japan 引“郎”入室，一棒定江山-2

Japan was never supposed to be the place where major league all-star players came from.

So one should not be surprised at the reaction generated by "Ichiro the Hero" when he signed a contract to play for "America's Baseball Team, the Seattle Mariners. 因此，“一郎英雄”与“美国棒球队”西雅图水手队签约而引发的公众反应，也就不足为奇了。

In one fell swoop,it seemed, he changed everything Americans believed about baseball. 看来，他改变了美国人对棒球的所有观念。

Ichiro Suzuki was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on October 22, 1973. 铃木一郎于1973年10月22日出生在日本爱知县。

By the time he got to high school, he was already playing in Japan's national baseball championship. 到他升入高中时就已经在日本国家棒球锦标赛中打球了。

After high school, he was drafted by the Orix Blue Waves of the Pacific League and played with them for the next nine years. 中学毕业后，他被太平洋联盟欧力士蓝色波浪队选中，在该队一打就是九年。

While with the Blue Waves, Ichiro set individual records left and right and won seven batting titles in a row. 身披欧力士蓝色战袍时，一郎创下大大小小的个人纪录，并一连七年荣获优秀击球手称号。

The three-time Most Valuable Player also helped his team win the league championship title in 1998. 三度赢得“最有价值球员奖”的一郎还帮助欧力士队拿下98年的日本联队冠军称号。