随身英语：How tall do you want to be? 你的抱负身高是几？:马拉多纳身高几

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1. I met some really interesting and like-mindedpeople at the railway exhibition.

2. Bobbie is amazing. She’s always strivingto learn new things and improve.

3. If you want to get this project done on time, you need to step up to the plate.

4. I can’t come out tonight. I need to hit the booksand study for my exam tomorrow.

5. It can be tricky to learn how to jugglethings in your work and social life.

身高和体型其实不代表一小我的价值，但个子高的人在特定的方面或许占必然的优势马拉多纳身高几。纵不雅汗青，人类能否越长越高？本期节目讨论人类身高的变迁和高个子的利与弊。

growth 生长发育

How tall are you? Do you tower overyour friends and family – or are they people you literally have to look up to? Obviously, we’re not all the same, and size doesn’t really matter. But did you know that there’s a possibility that we’re all getting taller?

Of course, our heightis out of our control – it’s a biologicalfact, influenced partly by genetics. The idea that being taller gives you more power and authority might be a tall story, but according to David Robson, writing for BBC Future, “on the basis of first impressions alone, taller people may have the edge.” He adds that despite some slight risks to your health, various studies have found that the greater your height, the higher you score on measures of happiness and enjoyment of life.

If this makes you want to become loftier, it’s good to know that all of us are taller than we were 150 years ago – by as much as ten centimetres. Scientists have known for a long time that humans with good diets and reliable access to food tend to grow taller and mature more quickly. Adult height in some countries has rocketedas they transformed into a developed society.

In a recent study, scientists have discovered a brain receptor, called MC3R, linked to our growingprocess. It’s thought to be the crucial link between food and sex development and growth. Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly from Cambridge University told the BBC: “It tells the body we’re great here, we’ve got lots of food, so grow quickly, have puberty soon and make lots of babies.” This discovery could lead to drugs to improve muscle massand treat delayed growth, UK researchers say.

For those aspiring to be taller, we need to look at the Dutch, who stand head and shouldersabove the rest of us as the tallest people in the world. But there is a ceiling for height, and it’s reached when people achieve their genetic potential. But, of course lanky people have to stoopthrough doorways and struggle to fit in cars and can have joint and cardiovascular problems, so maybe we should be careful for what we wish for.

词汇表

tower over 比…高

look up to someone 仰望（某人）马拉多纳身高几，敬重某人

height 身高

biological 心理的

genetics 遗传

tall story 无稽之谈

the edge 优势

lofty 高的

mature 发育成熟的

rocket 敏捷增长

brain receptor 脑受体

growing 生长的

puberty 青春期

muscle mass 肌肉量

head and shoulders above 比…超出跨越一大截马拉多纳身高几，远远高于

ceiling 上限

lanky 瘦高的

stoop 哈腰

操练

选择意思得当的单词或词组来完成下列句子马拉多纳身高几。

1. The footballer is a role model that other players _______.

look down to look in to look up to look up from

2. Mind your head. You need to _______ to get through this small door.

lanky stoop mature ceiling

3. Because of the bad winter, prices of vegetables have _______.

rocketed rocketing rockets rocketted

4. The house feels very spacious with _______ ceilings.

mature height lofty lanky

5. The big mountain _______ the town, blocking the Sun in the afternoons.

tower over towers over towering over towers under

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