Derrick Rose was born on October 4, 1988, in Chicago, Illinois.

德里克·罗斯，1988年10月4日出生于美国芝加哥的伊利诺伊州。

Raised without a father in Englewood of Chicago, Rose and his three older brothers were under the constant, watchful eye of their strict and loving mother, Brenda.

在芝加哥的英格伍德，罗斯和他的三个哥哥从小没有父亲，在严格而慈爱的母亲布伦达的密切关注下长大。

"My mom would walk down the street and drag us home if she heard we were getting into trouble," Rose later told Sports Illustrated.

“我妈妈如果听到我们惹了麻烦，就会走到街上，把我们拖回家。”罗斯后来告诉《体育画报》。

"Even the drug dealers, when they saw her coming, would stop dealing and tell her where we were."

“即使是毒贩，当他们看到她来了，也会停止交易，告诉她我们在哪里。”

In his senior season, Rose, who by then was ranked as the nation's best high school point guard,

在高四赛季，当时已被评为全美优秀高中控卫的罗斯平均每场得到25.2分，

averaged 25.2 points per game and guided Simeon to a 33-2 record and its second consecutive state title.

并带领西米恩队取得33-2的战绩，连续第二次获得州冠军。

That same year, the Chicago Tribune named Rose its 2007 "Illinois Mr. Basketball." In his lone year at Memphis, the point guard led the Tigers

同年，《芝加哥论坛报》将罗斯评为2007年“伊利诺伊州篮球先生”。在孟菲斯大学的较早一年里，这位控球后卫带领老虎队

to 38 total wins — the most in NCAA history and the 2008 national championship game, where the team lost to the Kansas Jayhawks in overtime.

取得了38场胜利，这是NCAA历史上最多的一次。2008年全国冠军赛上，球队在加时赛中输给了堪萨斯州的杰鹰队。

Rose netted 18 points in the final game, cementing his status as one of college's best players. Not long after, he declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft.

罗斯在最后一场比赛中得了18分，巩固了他大学优秀球员之一的地位。不久之后，他宣布自己有条件参加NBA选秀。