安德烈亚·萨尔托来自英国，为书虫系列创作了多本读物，其中包括故事和百科读物，深受读者喜爱。

《书虫·牛津英汉双语读物（百科类）拳王阿里》是书虫百科二级中的一本，属于人物传记类话题，适合中国初二、初三的学生或同等英语水平的英语学习者阅读。这本读物介绍了拳王阿里的一生，以及他在拳台内外所获得的卓越成就。书稿由英文正文、词汇表、练习题和（中文）参考译文组成。对中国学生了解穆罕默德·阿里这位传奇人物有所帮助。正文之后设有读前、读中、读后的习题，供读者自测理解程度，练习相应语法知识；还提供词汇表及译文，为读者攻克难词难句提供参考。

It is 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. A man walks slowly into the Olympic stadium. Everyone waits.Who is it? The people in the crowd shout when they see the man's face on the large TVs around thestadium. It is a big surprise.The man's hands and arms are shaking because he is sick, but he holds up a torch to the crowd, andit burns brightly. It is the Olympic torch, gold against the night sky.More than three billion people around the world are watching this man, on TV and in the stadium, andnearly all of them know his name. He is one of the most famous men in the world. He is Muhammad Ali– ‘The Greatest’.1996年，美国佐治亚州亚特兰大，一名男子慢慢地走进奥林匹克体育场。人人屏息以待。这是谁？当众人在体育场四周的大电视屏幕上看清这名男子的脸时，他们沸腾了。这真是巨大的惊喜啊。因身患疾病，男子的手掌和手臂都在颤抖，但他还是向众人举起了火炬，圣火熊熊。这是奥运火炬，在夜色映衬下发出金色的光芒。或通过电视屏幕，或在体育场现场，全世界共有30多亿人都在注视着这名男子，几乎每个人都知道他的名字。他是全世界最著名的人物之一。他就是穆罕默德·阿里——"最伟大的拳王"。

CONTENTS
1 ‘The Greatest’ 1
2 Early years 2
3 Going for gold 8
4 World Champion 13
5 Outside the ring 19
6 ‘Fight of the Century’ 25
7 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ 30
8 ‘Thrilla in Manila’ 36
9 Life after boxing 40
10 Remembering Ali 47

GLOSSARY 50
THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD ALI 54
ACTIVITIES: Think ahead 56
ACTIVITIES: Chapter check 57
ACTIVITIES: Focus on vocabulary 62
ACTIVITIES: Focus on language 63
ACTIVITIES: Discussion 64
PROJECT 66
TRANSLATION 参考译文 68