9 Chapter 8 After Boxing

Chapter 8 After Boxing In 1986, Ali's marriage to Veronica ended. He had met an old friend from Louisville named Lonnie Williams. They married in 1986, and she became a great help to him in his life after boxing. In 1991, they adopted a son, Asaad, who grew up to be a college baseball star. In all, Ali has nine children.

1986年，阿里与维罗妮卡的婚姻结束了。 他遇到了一个来自路易斯维尔的老朋友，名叫朗尼·威廉姆斯。 他们于1986年结婚，她在拳击后的生活中给了他很大的帮助。 1991年，他们收养了一个儿子Asaad，他长大后成为了一名大学棒球明星。 阿里总共有9个孩子。

Family was very important to Ali. Lonnie's mother had been one of Odessa Clay's best friends, and Ali remained very close to his mother until her death in 1994. Cassius Clay Sr. had died in 1990, long after leaving the family. He and his son had spoken occasionally, but Ali was never as close to his father as he was to Odessa. Because of his illness, talking and moving became harder and harder, but Ali's charm continued to make him a great communicator. He traveled the world in the 1990s, sharing a message of peace and trying to help poor and hungry people. His fame allowed him to travel to

家庭对阿里来说非常重要。 朗尼的母亲一直是敖德萨·克莱最好的朋友之一，阿里和他的母亲一直很亲密，直到她1994年去世。 老卡修斯·克莱在离开家庭很久之后，于1990年去世。 他和儿子偶尔说过话，但阿里和父亲的关系从来没有像和敖德萨的关系那么亲密。 由于生病，说话和行动变得越来越困难，但阿里的魅力继续使他成为一个伟大的沟通者。 他在20世纪90年代周游世界，分享和平的信息，并试图帮助贫穷和饥饿的人。 他的名声使他能够到

countries where Americans are not usually welcome. In 1990, he went to Iraq and arranged for fifteen American hostages to be released. They had been held by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in an effort to prevent the United States from attacking his country. Ali also took medical supplies to Cuba when that country faced a crisis. When the black South African leader Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990, Ali met him soon after.

通常不欢迎美国人的国家。 1990年，他前往伊拉克，安排释放了15名美国人质。 他们被伊拉克领导人萨达姆·侯赛因关押，以防止美国攻击他的国家。 阿里还在古巴面临危机时向该国运送医疗用品。 1990年，南非黑人领袖纳尔逊·曼德拉出狱后不久，阿里就见到了他。

One of the greatest moments in Ali's life after boxing came in 1996, when he was chosen to light the torch to open the Summer Olympics in

1996年，阿里在拳击生涯之后最伟大的时刻之一出现了，当时他被选中点燃夏季奥运会开幕式的火炬

Atlanta. The selection of Ali was a well-kept secret. Only a handful of people knew about it before the magic moment when the Champ once again stepped in front of the world. Millions watched as he held the torch steady with his right hand, while his left hand trembled and his face remained a mask. It was an amazing moment in modern Olympic history. The United Nations named Ali a Messenger of Peace in 1998. That same year, The Ring magazine named him the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. In 1999, as the twentieth century ended, many media groups looked back on the

亚特兰大。选择阿里是个保守得很好的秘密。 在冠军再次站在世界面前的神奇时刻到来之前，只有少数人知道这件事。 数百万人看着他用右手稳稳地握着火炬，而他的左手却在颤抖，脸上仍然戴着面具。 这是现代奥林匹克史上一个令人惊叹的时刻。 1998年，联合国任命阿里为和平使者。 同年，《指环》杂志称他为有史以来最伟大的重量级拳击手。 1999年，随着20世纪的结束，许多媒体集团回顾了过去

previous one hundred years. Sports Illustrated, ESPN, the Associated Press, and the BBC all named Muhammad Ali as one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century. In 2001, Islamic terrorists commandeered passenger planes and attacked the United States on September 11. Many people blamed all of Islam for the attacks. Ali spoke out for his faith and against the terrorists. "Islam is not a killer religion," he said after visiting the site of the attacks on New York City. "Islam means peace." He said that he believed the people who had committed those crimes did not follow Islam. November 2005 was a big month for Ali and his family. First, President George W. Bush awarded Ali the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That is the highest honor the United States can give to a person who is not in the military. The award showed how much things had changed. Almost forty years earlier, the government had arrested Ali. Now it was honoring him.

一百年前。 《体育画报》、ESPN、美联社和英国广播公司都称穆罕默德·阿里为20世纪最伟大的运动员之一。 2001年，伊斯兰恐怖分子劫持客机并在9月11日袭击了美国。 许多人将袭击归咎于伊斯兰教。 阿里为自己的信仰发声，反对恐怖分子。 “伊斯兰教不是一个杀人的宗教，”他在参观了纽约市袭击现场后说。 “伊斯兰教意味着和平。”他说，他认为犯下这些罪行的人不信奉伊斯兰教。 2005年11月对阿里和他的家人来说是重要的一个月。 首先，乔治·W·布什总统。 布什授予阿里总统自由勋章。 这是美国可以授予非军人的最高荣誉。 这个奖项显示了事情发生了多大的变化。 大约40年前，政府逮捕了阿里。 现在它是在向他致敬。