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. If he had played last season, however, he would have been one of 42. 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 numbers of bigger, longer frames.* “身体”指健康状况时不能说body，应该说health。【例如】Good health(*Good body) is essential for the success of a career. 身体好是事业成功的本钱。有时也说I want a good body. 但这只是指体形，不是指健康状况。I see his body，那便是说“我看见他的肉体”（那个人裸着体）或“我看见他的尸体”了。* change dramatically 巨变* more than willing = very willing= very, extremelyPlease call me anytime. I'm more than happy to help (out) in any way I can.You are more than [=entirely] welcome to stay for dinner, but we aren't having anything special.* more A than B = Amore than A, B = B* frame (人体的)骨架;(尤指)体形，体态 The trend in sports, though, may be obscuring an unrecognized reality: Americans have generally stopped growing. Though 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 genetic, environmental level, we’ve pretty much gone as far as we can go,” says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea of Wright State University. In the case of NBA players, their increase in height appears to result from the increasingly common practice of recruiting players from all over the world.* obscure an unrecognized reality 掩盖一个未被意识到的现实* The prevalent tread in surfing the net, though, may be obscuring an unrecognized reality: an ocean of netizens have gradually become indifferent.* at this genetic, environmental level 在此基因和环境水平上* anthropology 人类学* result from 是“因……而起”，result in 是“生出……的结果”，就是“引起……”。例如：Success results from hard work. 和 Hard work results in success.* the increasingly common practice 越来越普遍的做法
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