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雅思(ielts)考试口语资料之明星：姚明
Yao Ming’s Rise to Success The "little Giant "d Ben Wallace to become the game’s best center (中锋= a player whose position is between other players or in the center). At 7 feet 6 inches and 310 pounds, he certainly strikesan imposing (imposing=having an appearance which looks important or causes admiration) figure. "But he’s still trying to do something no one has ever done, which is play huge minutes at that size," said Rockets(休斯顿火箭队= the NBA team based in Houston,Texas) coachJeff Van Gundy, who says Yao is one of the hardest-working players he’s ever coached."I said it many times-he’s so, so diligent(diligent=careful and using a lot of effort) about his craft. "He comes early,stays late. So he’s in as good a shape as you can be, and yet at times he’s going to still have those nights where he’s playing big minutes back-to-back where he’s a little bit slow-footed." Productive recovery time If anybody’s slow-footed,it’s opposite centers, who have had a difficult time keeping up with Yao. The four-year veteran dropped 36 points and 12 rebounds(篮板球= the act of gaining possession of a ball that has bounced off the backboard 篮板or rim边缘 of the basket) in a 2006 game against the Mavericks(达拉斯小牛队= the NBA team based in Dallas,Texas). After missing 21 games because of a December 2005 surgery on his left great