Yao Ming 姚明
【词汇扫描】
predict 预测
try out 试训
junior 少年的
make 努力达到
dunk 扣篮
He first started playing basketball when he was age nine,
and he went to the junior sports school at the same age.
When he was examined at age ten
he was predicted to grow to the height of 7'3".
The Sharks invited him to try out for their junior team
when he was thirteen,
where he had to practice for 10 hours a day to make the team.
He first dunked at age fifteen,
and he made the senior team of the Sharks when he was seventeen.

【逐句对照】
He first started playing basketball when he was age nine,
and he went to the junior sports school at the same age.
When he was examined at age ten
he was predicted to grow to the height of 7'3".
The Sharks invited him to try out for their junior team
when he was thirteen,
where he had to practice for 10 hours a day to make the team.
He first dunked at age fifteen,
and he made the senior team of the Sharks when he was seventeen.

【多学一点】
predict 预测，预言
He predicted that an earthquake was imminent.
try out 参加选拔
He tried out for a role in the play.
junior 年少者 / 少年队
senior team 成人队
make 达到目的，成功
I finally made the job.
I made it.
dunk 扣篮

【词汇扫描】
AAU 美国业余体育联合会
Yao Ming first went overseas to go to a 1997 Nike camp in Paris,
and then went to America the next year
to play on an AAU team called High Five.

【逐句对照】
Yao Ming first went overseas to go to a 1997 Nike camp in Paris,
and then went to America the next year
to play on an AAU team called High Five.

【多学一点】
AAU = amateur athletic union 美国业余体育联合会
music
Career with the Sharks

【词汇扫描】
rebound 篮板球
rookie 新手
decrease 下降
Yao was prevented from going to the senior Sharks team
because he broke his foot while on the junior team.
When he joined the team a year later,
he averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds a game in his rookie season.
The next year, he broke his foot again,
which Yao says decreased his jumping ability by 4 to 6 inches.

【逐句对照】
Yao was prevented from going to the senior Sharks team
because he broke his foot while on the junior team.
When he joined the team a year later,
he averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds a game in his rookie season.
The next year, he broke his foot again,
which Yao says decreased his jumping ability by 4 to 6 inches.

【多学一点】
average 平均为
We average 8 hours' work a day.
rebound 回弹 / 抢篮板球
rookie 新手
green hand
I am still a rookie in the company.
decrease 减少
increase
Car sales are decreasing.

【故事原文】
He first started playing basketball when he was age nine,
and he went to the junior sports school at the same age.
When he was examined at age ten
he was predicted to grow to the height of 7'3".
The Sharks invited him to try out for their junior team
when he was thirteen,
where he had to practice for 10 hours a day to make the team.
He first dunked at age fifteen,
and he made the senior team of the Sharks when he was seventeen.
Yao Ming first went overseas to go to a 1997 Nike camp in Paris,
and then went to America the next year
to play on an AAU team called High Five.
Career with the Sharks
Yao was prevented from going to the senior Sharks team
because he broke his foot while on the junior team.
When he joined the team a year later,
he averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds a game in his rookie season.
The next year, he broke his foot again,
which Yao says decreased his jumping ability by 4 to 6 inches.