Unit 4 Growing up-Reading(2)

He decided to play at a junior college.

他选择了一所两年制的大专学校。

There he led his team to the national championship. This brought him to the attention of North Carolina State University. As a result, he succeeded in getting a scholarship.

在那里，他带领球队夺得了全美冠军。这吸引了北卡罗莱纳州立大学对他的注意。因此他成功获得奖学金。

Although he was a great player at university, the NBA was not interested in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was.

虽然他在大学里是一名成功的球员，但是NBA对他并不感兴趣，因为所有的球员都比他高出20厘米。

After he graduated, he was forced to play in another basketball league. He remained there for about a yearbefore the NBA took notice of him.

在他毕业之后，他被迫在另一个篮球联赛打球。在NBA注意到他之前，他在那里打了一年的篮球。

In 1985, he joined the Atlanta Hawks and became the shortest player in the NBA at that time.

1985年，他加入亚特兰大鹰队，成为当时在NBA的最矮的球员。

He had many great achievements, but his proudest moment came in 1986 - he won the Slam Dunk Contest.

他取得了很多伟大的成就，但是他最引以为傲的时刻是在1986年——他赢得了灌篮大赛的胜利。

Through hard work, Spud Webb proved that size and body type does not matter-you can do almost anything if you never give up.

通过努力，斯巴德·韦伯证明了高矮胖瘦不重要——只要永不放弃，几乎没有什么你是做不到的。