2008考研英语阅读理解真题解析第三篇“话说身高”.docVIP

2008 Text 3 In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) listed at over seven feet. ①If he had played last season, however, he would have been one of 42. ②The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years, and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger, longer frames. 在20世纪60年代早期，Wilt Chamberlain是美国国家篮球协会中仅有的身高超过7英尺的三个人之一。可是如果他参加了上个赛季的话，他就变成了42分之一了。这些年来在较大的职业体育运动中的运动员的身体状况发生了很大的改变，而他们的经理人也更愿意调整队员的运动服来适应队员们更大，更高的身材。 association [?s?usiei??n] n. 联系,联想;交际,交往;协会,社团 【例】Lets form an association to help blind people. 让我们建立一个协会来帮助盲人吧。 dramatically [dr?m?tikli] ad. 从戏剧角度;戏剧性地,显著地 【例】I kept emphasizing how dramatically things have changed. 我反复强调事情发生了多大的变化。 adjust [?d??st] vt. 调整,使适应于,校准 vi. 调整,适应于,校准 【例】This electric pot can adjust the temperature automatically. 这种电饭锅能自动调节温度。 1. If he had played last season, however, he would have been one of 42. 【译文】可是如果他参加了上个赛季的话，他就变成了42分之一了。 【解析】这句话是句虚拟语气，if + had done，后面接上would have done，这句话是过去时的虚拟语气，中间的however是插入语。 2. The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years, and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbyyers of bigger, longer frames. 【译文】这些年来在较大的职业体育运动中的运动员的身体状况发生了很大的改变，而他们的经理人也更愿意调整队员的运动服来适应队员们更大，更高的身材。 文 【解析】这句话是个并列句，由and连接。前半句的主语是The bodies，playing major professional sport是对主语的补充，have changed是谓语，dramatically over the years是状语。后半句中，managers是主语，have been是谓语。 The trend in sports, though, may be obscuring an unrecognized reality: Americans have generally stopped growing. ③Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, today’s people – especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations – apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s. And they aren’t likely to get any taller. “In the general population today, at this g