A photo of a boy carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket becomes popular online.
一张男孩把网球拍放在竹筐里的照片在网上很受欢迎。
The boy, Wang Fa, 14, is a member of the Va from Yunnan. After he won the under-14-title at the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour in Guangzhou, an audience from Yunnan gave him the bamboo basket as a gift and the photo was taken.
这名男孩名叫王发，14岁，是云南佤族人。在他赢得ASICS网球青少年巡回赛广州站14岁以下少年组冠军后，来自云南的观众将竹筐作为礼物送给了他，并拍摄了这张照片。
“We always carry bamboo baskets when we work in the field. This is a typical farming tool of the Va. I carried my rackets in this basket to honor my hometown.” Wang said.
“我们在田里干活的时候总是带着竹筐，这是佤族的代表性农具。我把球拍放在这个筐里是为了纪念我的家乡。”王发说。
Before playing tennis, Wang was just a village boy. But in 2016, he was chosen by a local club as a professional tennis player. “I was nervous at the beginning because the outside world was so different from my home. Tennis has helped me make more friends and get a better education.” he said.
在打网球之前，王发只是一个农村男孩。但在2016年，他被当地一家俱乐部选为职业网球运动员。他说：“一开始我很紧张，因为外面的世界和我家太不一样了。网球帮助我交到了更多的朋友，也让我接受了更好的教育。”
Over the past six years, Wang has trained hard to improve his skills at the Yunnan Wild Elephants Tennis Club. He would get up at 6:30 a. m. and practice for more than six hours a day. He needed to swing a racket more than 7,000 times and run 9 kilometers every day.
在过去的六年里，王发在云南野象网球俱乐部努力训练以提高自己的技能。他每天早上6:30起床，练习六个多小时。他需要挥动球拍7000多次，每天跑9公里。
“If it were not for tennis, I would still be helping my family with farm work at home.” Wang said.
王说：“如果不是因为网球，我仍然会在家帮家人做农活。”
Wang’s parents didn’t want him to learn tennis at first because they couldn’t afford it. Luckily, the tennis club offered to teach him for free.
王发的父母起初不想让他学网球，因为他们负担不起。幸运的是，网球俱乐部主动提出免费教他。
For Wang, winning the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour title was the beginning of the future with hope, “I will try my best to get to the top on the professional stage.” he said.
对于王发来说，赢得ASICS网球青少年巡回赛冠军是未来充满希望的开始，他说：“我将尽我所能在职业舞台上达到顶峰。”
