2 Chapter 1 Life in Louisville

Chapter 1 Life in Louisville He became world famous with the name Muhammad Ali, but he was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky. "We called him 'GG' when he was born," said his mother, Odessa Clay. "He used to say 'gee, gee, gee, gee.'" She said that Cassius was running and talking before most other babies. And he was strong. He accidentally hit his mother in the mouth once, loosening one of her teeth.

他以穆罕默德·阿里的名字闻名于世，但他的本名是小卡修斯·马塞勒斯·克莱。 1942年1月17日，在肯塔基州路易斯维尔。 “他出生时，我们叫他‘GG’，”他的母亲敖德萨·克莱(Odessa Clay)说。 “他过去常常说‘咦，咦，咦，咦。’”她说卡修斯比其他大多数婴儿都要早会跑会说话。 他很强壮。有一次他不小心打了他妈妈的嘴，弄松了她的一颗牙。

In 1944, Cassius's brother, Rudolph, was born. Cassius looked out for his baby brother, and he would sometimes even try to stop his mom from spanking Rudolph, who was also known as Rudy.

1944年，卡修斯的弟弟鲁道夫出生了。 卡修斯照顾着他的小弟弟，有时他甚至会试图阻止他的妈妈打鲁道夫，鲁道夫也被称为鲁迪。

Their mother raised them as Christian, attending a Baptist church. "Every Sunday, she dressed me up, took me and my brother to church, and taught us the way she thought was right," Cassius said later in his life. When the boys were a bit older, their father, also named Cassius, would bring them along on his job painting signs. When they weren't working with their dad or at school, the boys played

他们的母亲把他们培养成基督徒，参加浸信会教堂。 卡修斯后来说:“每个星期天，她都会给我打扮，带我和我哥哥去教堂，教我们她认为正确的方式。” 当孩子们再大一点的时候，他们的父亲，也叫卡修斯，会带着他们一起去画招牌。 当他们不跟爸爸一起工作或在学校时，男孩们就玩

together. They loved playing marbles and touch football. Cassius was a very fast runner. He would sometimes race the school bus, running alongside as his friends cheered him on.

在一起。他们喜欢玩弹珠和触身式足球。 卡修斯跑得很快。 他有时会和校车赛跑，在朋友们的鼓励下和他一起跑。

Together the two boys were full of energy. Friends called them the "Wrecking Crew," since something always seemed to break when they were around. Cassius was very outgoing, happy to laugh and talk with anyone. "By the time he was four, he had all the confidence in the world," his mother remembered. The brothers could find plenty to do in their own neighborhood, but they knew not to go to certain parts of Louisville. In America in the 1940s and 1950s, especially in the South, black and white people often did not mix. Many white people felt that blacks should be separate from whites. Southern states like Kentucky even had laws that said black people could not swim in public pools or go to school with white children. Cassius grew up in a divided America, and it was something he never forgot. In 1954, when Cassius was twelve years old, he and his friends rode their bikes to Louisville's Columbia Auditorium to see the Louisville Home Show.

这两个男孩在一起充满了活力。 朋友们称他们为“拆解队”，因为他们在场的时候，似乎总有东西坏掉。 卡修斯很外向，喜欢和任何人说笑。 “当他四岁的时候，他已经拥有了世界上所有的自信，”他的母亲回忆道。 兄弟俩可以在自己的社区找到很多事情做，但他们知道不能去路易斯维尔的某些地方。 在20世纪40年代和50年代的美国，尤其是在南方，黑人和白人通常不会混在一起。 许多白人认为黑人应该和白人分开。 像肯塔基州这样的南方州甚至有法律规定，黑人不能在公共游泳池游泳，也不能和白人孩子一起上学。 卡修斯在一个分裂的美国长大，这是他永远不会忘记的事情。 1954年，当卡修斯12岁的时候，他和他的朋友们骑着自行车去路易斯维尔的哥伦比亚礼堂看路易斯维尔家居展。

THE FIRST CASSIUS M. CLAY THE FIRST CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY WAS A WHITE MAN BORN IN 1810 IN KENTUCKY. THOUGH HIS

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