1. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） In 2002, a young baseball player arrived in New York, ready to start a new life there.

2. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） On the taxi ride from the airport to New York Yankee Stadium, the taxi driver asked the young man, “Where are you from?”

3. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） “I am from Taiwan,” the young man said. “Where is Taiwan?” the taxi driver asked again. Confidently, the young man replied, “I will show you!”

4. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） Definitely, the young man proved his words with his personal baseball achievements. His modest and hard- working personality makes him a star in baseball and a hero in Taiwan.

5. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） Now, everyone knows his name as well as where he comes from -- Wang Chien-ming from Taiwan.

6. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） Wang Chien-ming was born on March 31, 1980, in Tainan City, Taiwan. He started to play baseball in the fourth grade of elementary school.

7. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） From then on, his outstanding performance made him become famous and brought notice to scouts from foreign countries.

8. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） In 2005, he started serving as a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. The next year, he did very well in Major League Baseball.

9. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） He had such an excellent performance that he became the first Asian pitcher to have won a post- season game.

10. 【 Famous People 】 Wang Chien-ming （王建民） His games were televised nationwide on big screens to large audiences. He brought victory not only to himself but also to his native country.

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12. Question 1. Where is Wang Chien-ming from?

13. Question 2. What’s the true meaning of “I will show you”?

14. Question 3. In what year did Wang Chien-ming start to play in American Major League Baseball, and what was his role?

15. Question 4. What was Wang Chien-ming’s greatest achievement in 2006?

16. Question 5. As a Taiwanese, do you feel proud of Wang Chien-ming?

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