身高2.4米，里乌成为世界最高青少年
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Canadian Olivier Rioux is the world's tallest teenager.
加拿大少年奥利维耶·里乌是世界上最高的青少年。
At 2.4 meters tall, he has a place in the Guinness World Records as the world’s tallest living teenager.
身高2.4米的他作为世界上最高的在世青少年，在吉尼斯世界纪录中占有一席之地。
Soon, he will make basketball history when he plays for the University of Florida.
很快，他将为佛罗里达大学效力，创造篮球历史。
Known as “Oli,” he will become the tallest person to play college basketball.
被称为“奥利”的他将成为大学篮球史上最高的球员。
Rioux is about 5 centimeters taller than former professional basketball players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) like Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol.
里奥克斯比前美国职业篮球联赛（NBA）职业篮球运动员格奥尔基·穆雷桑和曼努特·波尔高出约5厘米。
And he is nearly 8 centimeters taller than former NBA player Yao Ming of China.
他比中国前NBA球员姚明还要高出近8厘米。
When he walks from his college housing to classes at the University of Florida, Rioux stops a lot -- sometimes hundreds of times a day -- to take pictures with people.
当他从大学宿舍步行去佛罗里达大学上课时，里乌会频繁停下脚步——有时一天多达数百次——与人们合影。
“You don’t have a single three seconds to yourself when you’re outside, which I was fine with because my brother and my dad are tall. And, as a family, we used to go out. That’s just how it was, and you can’t change that because people are curious,” Rioux said.
里乌说：“在外面，你连三秒钟的私人时间都没有，我倒觉得没什么，因为我哥哥和爸爸都很高。而且，我们一家人以前经常出门。事情就是这样，你改变不了，因为人们都很好奇。”
His college teammates have already gotten used to it.
他的大学队友们已经习惯了。
“It’s really weird looking up to someone,” said teammate Micah Handlogten who is 2.2 meters tall.
“抬头看别人感觉真的很奇怪，”身高2.2米的队友迈卡·汉德洛格滕说道。
“People normally ask me, ‘You’re so tall. Do you play basketball?’ No one says a word to me (now). Everyone just looks at him. It’s kind of crazy. He doesn’t shy away from it,” he added.
他补充道：“人们通常会问我，‘你这么高，打篮球吗？’（现在）没人跟我说一句话。大家都只是看着他。这有点疯狂。他并不回避这一点。”
Rioux actually enjoys it.
里乌其实很享受。
He welcomes the looks, the questions and all the picture requests.
他欢迎那些目光、问题和所有的拍照请求。
“You just get used to it,” he said.
“你只是习惯了而已，”他说。
“Talking to people is nice because they are curious, and you can’t change that.”
与人交谈是件好事，因为他们充满好奇，而你无法改变这一点。
Rioux has worked hard to prepare for college basketball at the top level.
里乌一直在努力为顶级大学篮球赛做准备。
The team expects Rioux to be a fan favorite.
球队预计里乌会深受球迷喜爱。
Coach Todd Golden said, “About 95 percent of my conversations with random people about our team are about him. It’s the first time we’ve been ranked since 2019 and it’s like, ‘Hey, Coach, we’re really excited to see Oli out there this year.’ And I get it, man. He’s a very unique individual.”
托德·戈尔登教练说：“我和随机遇到的人谈论我们球队时，大约95%的对话都是关于他的。这是我们自2019年以来首次获得排名，人们会说，‘嘿，教练，我们真的很期待今年看到奥利上场。’我理解，伙计。他是个非常独特的人。”
Rioux grew up in Terrebonne, Quebec.
Rioux在魁北克省特雷博讷长大。
At an early age, he was already taller than most of his teachers.
早在年幼时，他就已经比大多数老师都高了。
He was 1.8 meters tall by age 8 and reached more than 2 meters before middle school.
他8岁时身高就有1.8米，小学还没毕业就超过了2米。
Rioux started playing basketball at age 5.
里乌5岁开始打篮球。
But he is still learning the game at the college level.
但他仍在大学级别的比赛中学习这项运动。
Rioux can dunk the ball in the basket without leaving his feet.
里乌可以不离开地面就把球扣进篮筐。
He wears No. 32 because of his affection for former NBA greats Magic Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal, another 2-meter-tall player.
他选择32号球衣是因为他喜爱NBA传奇球星“魔术师”约翰逊和另一位身高2米的球员沙奎尔·奥尼尔。
Rioux would like to model his game after French superstar Victor Wembanyama.
里乌希望将自己的比赛风格模仿法国超级巨星维克托·文班亚马。
Most people have the same reaction when seeing Rioux for the first time.
大多数人第一次见到里乌时都会有同样的反应。
Just about every picture taken of him goes viral.
几乎每一张拍他的照片都会疯传。
“He doesn’t seek the attention, but he also doesn’t get annoyed at the people that ask,” teammate Handlogten said.
队友汉德洛格滕说：“他并不追求关注，但也不会对提问的人感到厌烦。”
“He embraces it because it’s part of him, and he loves that…”
他接受它，因为这是他的一部分，他喜欢这一点……
I’m Ashley Thompson.
我是阿什利·汤普森。
Mark Long reported this story for The Associated Press.
马克·朗为美联社报道了这则新闻。
Hai Do adapted it for VOA Learning English.
海杜为VOA学英语改编了它。
