英語晨讀精華 Week 1 Day 2 Yao Ming：New Center Style 姚明：新式中鋒

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Yao Ming: New Center Style

“你怎么就知道我明年來就不是狀元秀了呢？”　
——2001 年隨國家隊赴達拉斯集訓，有記者問及“今年參加選秀有可能是狀元，沒參
加是否遺憾”時如是說?！?br /> “什么時候他們能把中文講得那樣好我們就厲害了！”　
——在更衣室采訪的時候親耳聽見科比夸贊他英語好，大姚卻輕嘆一口氣?！?br /> 這就是姚明。
　
If 20 years ago you asked the average American basketball fan if a Chinese man could play center for an NBA team, his answer might have sounded something like this: “Ha ha. No, he’d be too short!” But now, the doubters are silent. Who closed their mouths? Houston Rockets, 2.26-meter-tall center Yao Ming, from China. 　Yao Ming grew up in a family of basketball players. When he was 12, Yao Ming started going to an athletics academy outside of Shanghai and later spent a lot of time studying NBA games televised in China.　All this has paid off. Yao’s first NBA honor was his ranking as number-one draft pick, and he’s been elected for a Rookie-of-the-Month award. Yao Ming has a style different from those of tall centers in the past. He rarely goes for the flashy slams. He’d rather show off his silk-smooth free-throw shots, or use his height to pop in jump shots from the three-point line.
　
[注釋]：
doubter: 持懷疑態(tài)度的人　
athletics: activities, such as sports, exercises, and games, that require physical skill 體育運動　
academy: 學院　
televise: to broadcast or be broadcast by television （電視）播放　
pay off：還清，贏利　
ranking: of the highest rank 排名　
draft: a system in which the exclusive rights to new players are distributed among professional
teams （美國）職業(yè)運動的選秀　
pick: the act of selecting or choosing; choice 挑選　
rookie: a first-year player, especially in a professional sport 新秀選手　
flashy: cheap and showy; gaudy 花哨的，華麗的　
slam: to hit something with force; crash 灌籃　
show off：炫耀　
pop in：投入　