Yao Ming 姚明
【词汇扫描】
premier 优秀的
center 中锋
NBA Draft NBA选秀
Yao Ming (born September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China)
is a Chinese professional basketball player
and one of the premier centers in the National Basketball Association.
He is the only son of his father Yao Zhiyaun and Fang Fengdi,
he played for the Shanghai Sharks for five years,
and now plays center for the Houston Rockets in the NBA.
He was selected by Houston as the 1st overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft
and signed with them on October 21, 2002.

【逐句对照】
Yao Ming (born September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China)
is a Chinese professional basketball player
and one of the premier centers in the National Basketball Association.
He is the only son of his father Yao Zhiyaun and Fang Fengdi,
he played for the Shanghai Sharks for five years,
and now plays center for the Houston Rockets in the NBA.
He was selected by Houston as the 1st overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft
and signed with them on October 21, 2002.

【多学一点】
premier 首要的，第一的
This is Europe's premier port.
总理
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.
center 中锋
National Basketball Association
association 协会，联合会
National Basketball Association 美国职业篮球联合会
NBA
CBA
Chinese Basketball Association
NBA draft
draft
NBA draft
music
Early life and Pre-CBA career

【词汇扫描】
captain 队长
Asian Championship 亚洲杯
average 平均
Yao was born to his 6'8" (2.08 meter) tall father Yao Zhiyuan,
and his 6'2" (1.88 m) mother Fang Fengdi,
who was the captain of the women's national team
that won the first Asian Championship in 1976.
He was born with the weight of 11 pounds,
twice the average size in China, and was 5'5" by age ten,
and 6'6" (2 meters) by the time he was thirteen.
He developed a sickness at age seven
that resulted in him losing his hearing in his left ear.

【逐句对照】
Yao was born to his 6'8" (2.08 meter) tall father Yao Zhiyuan,
and his 6'2" (1.88 m) mother Fang Fengdi,
who was the captain of the women's national team
that won the first Asian Championship in 1976.
He was born with the weight of 11 pounds,
twice the average size in China,
and was 5'5" by age ten,
and 6'6" (2 meters) by the time he was thirteen.
He developed a sickness at age seven
that resulted in him losing his hearing in his left ear.

【多学一点】
career 生涯，事业
His teaching career started when he was only 19.
captain 船长 / 队长
He was made captain of the national team last month.
championship 锦标赛
world championship 世锦赛
the World Women's Volleyball Championships
champion 冠军
the boxing champion of the world
average 平均的
average 一般的，普通的
He is just the average man in the street.

【故事原文】
Yao Ming (born September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China)
is a Chinese professional basketball player
and one of the premier centers in the National Basketball Association.
He is the only son of his father Yao Zhiyaun and Fang Fengdi,
he played for the Shanghai Sharks for five years,
and now plays center for the Houston Rockets in the NBA.
He was selected by Houston as the 1st overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft
and signed with them on October 21, 2002.
Early life and Pre-CBA career
Yao was born to his 6'8" (2.08 meter) tall father Yao Zhiyuan,
and his 6'2" (1.88 m) mother Fang Fengdi,
who was the captain of the women's national team
that won the first Asian Championship in 1976.
He was born with the weight of 11 pounds,
twice the average size in China, and was 5'5" by age ten,
and 6'6" (2 meters) by the time he was thirteen.
He developed a sickness at age seven
that resulted in him losing his hearing in his left ear.