小巨人姚明绝对算得上是咱国家一宝，如今小巨人将于七月当爹，粉丝们除了为他和叶莉感到开心之外，更对宝宝未来的身高感到好奇，甚至在网上发布调查……

　　News that Ye Li, wife of Houston Rockets centerYao Ming, is pregnant obviously has attracted great attention at homeand abroad。

　　休斯顿火箭队中锋姚明的妻子叶莉怀孕的消息已经在国内外都引起了极大关注。

　　Fans curious over future height of 'Baby Yao'

　　粉丝们都很好奇姚宝宝未来的身高会是多少。

　　Therumor was first revealed by Ye's close friend Miao Lijie, who is herformer teammate on the National women's basketball team, when attendinga show for Shanghai World Expo on Monday. The news was confirmed onTuesday by Zhang Chi, a spokesman for Yao's China-based agents, whoalso said Ye is expected to deliver the baby in July。

　　这个消息是叶莉好友也是前队友苗立杰周一在参加迎上海世博的活动时透露的，在周二得到了姚之队发言人张弛的确认，他说叶莉将在七月生下这个宝宝。

　　Goodnews travels fast, as fans in Houston have already launched a survey atthe local bbs today, speculating about how tall the child of Yao (2.26m) and Ye (1.90 m) will be。

　　好事传千里，休斯顿的粉丝们已经在当地的一个BBS上发布调查，推测2米26的姚明和1米9的叶莉生下的孩子会有多高。

　　Thecurrent results show that 39 percent predict "little Yao's" height willsurpass 2.00 m but no more than the father's 2.26 m. Of those polled,23 percent think the child has a decent chance to top Yao Ming, and 29 percent believe the child will grow upto more than 2.40 m, with the remaining 9.4 percent believing that 2.00m is the height limit for the child。

　　就目前的调查结果显示，39%的人预测小姚明的身高会超过两米，但是不会超过老爸2米26的身高。23%的人认为这个孩子有机会超过姚明，29%的人相信这个孩子会长过2米4，剩下的9.4%的人认为这个孩子身高不会超过2米。

　　It seems that many fans' guesses are bold compared with those of medical experts. According to the calculationsof medical experts, if the child is male, he probably will reach aheight of between 2.00 m to 2.21 m, or 1.94m to 2.08 m if the child isfemale。

　　看起来粉丝的猜测比医学专家要大胆多了。根据医学专家的计算，如果是男孩，身高可能在2米到2米21之间，如果是个女孩，身高可能在1米94到2米08之间。

　　YaoMing and Ye Li are staying in Shanghai now for the promotional work of the city's 2010 World Expo. Yao is also running Shanghai Sharks, abasketball club in Shanghai which he bought last summer。

　　姚明和叶莉现在还在上海为2010年的世博做宣传，同时姚明还在运作他去年夏天买下的上海大鲨鱼队。