广播电视英语短句 第 128 课：Manute Bol -2

A funeral took place last week at Washington 's National Cathedral. 他的葬礼于上周在华盛顿国家大教堂举行。

Manute Bol was born in southern Sudan . Manute Bol 出生在苏丹南部。

He stood two hundred thirty-one centimeters -- tall even for a Dinka, some of Africa 's tallest people. 他身高达到了 231 厘米，即使对 Dinka 人来说也够高的了，这是非洲最高的种族了。

His father, a tribal chief, did not think basketball was "good work for a Dinka." 他的父亲是一名部落首领，他不认为篮球是一名 Dinka 人的理想工作。

But the teenager chose it over herding his family's cattle. 但是， 那些十几岁的孩子选择篮球而不是去给家里放牧。