【英語閱讀】推測孩子未來身高的方程式

Would you like to know if your child is set to stand head and shoulders above the rest? Or if they're likely to stay diminutive into adulthood? 

Want to know if your child's future height will stand out? Or will it always be so short?
 
There is an easy (although fallible) mathematical equation that can help you predict how tall your child will be.
 
The formula, which has been used since the 1970s and was revealed in the New York Times, predicts that 'most (but not all) children will reach a height somewhere within a fairly small range that can be estimated by the average combined heights of their parents.' 
 
How does it work? 
 
BOYS 
Add the heights of both parents plus 5in (13cm) and divide by two. 
 
GIRLS 
Add the heights of both parents minus 5in (13cm) and divide by two. 
 
These predictions are by no means completely reliable, however, as environmental factors such as nutrition play a big part in determining human height.

譯文：

您是否想知道您的孩子是否能夠站在其他人的頭上？ 或者，如果他們可能在成年期保持小型化？


想知道您孩子的未來身高是否會突出？ 還是會一直這么短？
 
有一個(gè)簡單（雖然容易錯(cuò)誤）的數(shù)學(xué)方程式可以幫助您預(yù)測您孩子的身高。
 
自20世紀(jì)70年代開始使用并在“紐約時(shí)報(bào)”上發(fā)表的公式預(yù)測，“大多數(shù)（但不是所有）兒童將在相當(dāng)小的范圍內(nèi)達(dá)到某個(gè)高度，可以通過他們的平均綜合高度來估計(jì) 父母。'
 
它是如何工作的？
 
BOYS
加上父母加上5英寸（13厘米）的高度并除以2。
 
GIRLS
將父母雙方的身高減去5英寸（13厘米）并除以2。
 
然而，這些預(yù)測絕不是完全可靠的，因?yàn)闋I養(yǎng)等環(huán)境因素在決定人體身高方面起著重要作用。

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