3 Back to the States

Chapter 2 Back to the States In 1954, Bruce began studying kung fu under a famous instructor in Hong Kong named Yip Man. (Bruce always wrote "gung fu," which is the way to spell it in the Cantonese dialect in China.) As a result of this kung fu training, Bruce was learning to protect himself, but he wasn't learning to avoid fights—not yet, anyway. He still got into many fights at school, and after school.

1954年，布鲁斯开始在香港一位名叫叶问的著名教练手下学习功夫。 (布鲁斯总是写“功夫”,这是拼在中国广东方言。)功夫训练的结果是，布鲁斯学会了保护自己，但他还没有学会避免打架——至少现在还没有。 他在学校和放学后仍然经常打架。

Bruce fought so much that one teacher suggested he enter an inter-school boxing

布鲁斯经常打架，以至于一位老师建议他参加校际拳击比赛

tournament in 1958. Bruce did—and he won! He easily defeated several opponents by knocking them out in the first round. Then he fought a British student named Gary Elms in the final. Elms had won the tournament three years in a row, but Bruce knocked him out in the third round and won the championship. Bruce's strength and quickness made him an excellent boxer. His smooth moves and footwork made him an excellent dancer, too. At about the same time that he won the boxing tournament,

1958年锦标赛冠军。布鲁斯做到了——而且他赢了！他在第一轮就把几个对手击倒，轻松击败了他们。 然后，他在决赛中与一位名叫加里·埃尔姆斯的英国学生交手。 埃尔姆斯已经连续三年赢得比赛，但布鲁斯在第三回合就把他击倒，赢得了冠军。 布鲁斯的力量和敏捷使他成为一名优秀的拳击手。 他流畅的动作和步法也使他成为一名优秀的舞者。 几乎在他赢得拳击比赛的同时，

he was also a cha-cha dance champion in Hong Kong. When he was eighteen, Bruce got into a

他也是香港恰恰舞冠军。 当他十八岁的时候，布鲁斯进入了一个

serious fight. The police were called. They knew Bruce and showed up at the door of the Lee family's apartment. "If he gets in one more fight, I'm going to have to put him in jail," one of the policemen warned. Bruce's parents knew something had to be done. It wasn't an easy choice, but they decided to send him back to the United States. They believed it would keep Bruce out of trouble with the gangs in Hong Kong and that he would get a proper education there. Lee Hoi Chuen had a friend in Seattle, Washington, who owned a restaurant. He agreed to let Bruce stay in a room above the restaurant and work as a waiter. In April 1959, Bruce boarded a ship headed for San Francisco. From there, he made his way to Seattle. He enrolled at the University of Washington. A counselor at the school suggested that he study philosophy, which is the study of basic understanding and wisdom, because of Bruce's curious nature. Influenced by his study of philosophy, Bruce began to ask himself lots of questions. He asked, "What comes after victory? Why do people value

严重的打击。警察被叫来了。 他们认识布鲁斯，出现在李家的公寓门口。 其中一名警察警告说：“如果他再打架，我就得把他关进监狱。” 布鲁斯的父母知道必须做点什么。 这不是一个容易的选择，但他们决定把他送回美国。 他们认为这能让布鲁斯远离香港黑帮的麻烦，他也能在那里接受良好的教育。 李海泉有个朋友在华盛顿州西雅图市开了一家餐馆。 他同意让布鲁斯住在餐厅楼上的一个房间里，当服务员。 1959年4月，布鲁斯登上了一艘开往旧金山的船。 从那里，他去了西雅图。 他被华盛顿大学录取了。 学校的一位辅导员建议他学习哲学，这是一门研究基本理解和智慧的学科，因为布鲁斯生性好奇。 受哲学学习的影响，布鲁斯开始问自己很多问题。 他问：“胜利之后是什么？ 为什么人们重视