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知名的“美式足球”是我们最流行的体育运动，现在里面却有着一些体重达到300磅的胖家伙。或许，“美国世纪”只是“高人” 掌控天下的时代。为什么我们没能执掌天下呢？毕竟，研究已¾¬表明了事实：身材高大的男人在人生中会做得更好。他们能得到最好的工作，能赢得最美丽女人的 芳心。普林斯顿大学的一项研究表明，身材高大的人就是比身材矮小的人更加聪明。作为一名身高达到6英尺4英寸的人，我对这条新闻沾沾自喜，并且欣然接受。
Now our most popular sport, which is significantly known as “American” football, features some fat 300-pounders. Maybe the American century1 was really just the tall century. Why shouldn’t we have ruled the world? After all, studies have shown the long and short of it2: Tall men do better in life. They win the best jobs and the best-looking women. And a study at Princeton reveals that tall people are simply smarter than the wee ones. Me being 6'4", I accepted this news with the height of smugness3.
美国最伟大的两位领导人华盛顿和林肯都长得非常高。直到“美国世纪”——也就是“高人世纪”——结束之前，长得较矮的总统候选人当选总统都是一件极不寻常 的事。乔治•W.布什是总统选举中获胜的一个长得较矮的候选人，然而在“胖人世纪”中，他在任期间把事情搞得一团糟。对于希À¬里•克林顿来说，也许她要 当选总统的最主要障°¬并不在于她是一名女性，而是她比大多数男性都要矮上一截。
Our two greatest American leaders, Washington and Lincoln, were exceptionally tall, and right up until the end of the American century — the tall century — it was unusual for the shorter presidential candidate ever to win. Indeed, given what a mess of things the shorter choice, George W. Bush, has made of his presidency in the fat century, Hillary Clinton’s main obstacle may not be that she’s a woman, but that she’s shorter than most men.
但在体育运动中，最好的运动员仍在变得越来越高。现在篮球中的一些后卫们有着几代前的中锋们的个头。也许刚刚进入美国棒球名人堂的卡尔•里普肯是以他那铁人般的成就最为知名，然而，他所产生的深远影响却在于，他向世人证明了，大个子也可以打好游击手这个位置。
In sports, though, the best athletes still get taller. Some basketball guards now are the size of centers of a couple generations ago. Cal Ripken4, who just went into the Hall of Fame, might best be known for his iron-man credentials5, but his lasting influence was to prove that a shortstop could be a tall stop.
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