1·Objective: to investigate the significance of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), urinary growth hormone (GH) levels on the diagnosis of short statured children.
目的：探讨血清胰岛素样生长因子- 1 (IGF - 1)、尿生长激素(GH)检测对矮小儿童诊断的意义。
2·They pose the theory that perhaps we see so many short-statured, elderly people because they are, in fact, living longer than their taller peers.
他们提出这个一个观点，我们之所以看到这么多矮个子的老年人或许是因为他们实际上比那些身材较高的同辈活得更长。
3·But there is another view, and Chen Mingjing, the owner of the theme park, and some of his short-statured workers present it forcefully.
但是依然有另一种声音存在，那就是这座主题公园的所有者——陈明净(姓名根据拼音音译)以及他的一些同事们的看法。
4·Critics of this argument suspect that environmental challenges, such as nutritional deficiencies or cramped forest quarters, prompted the evolution of short-statured populations.
这种观点的批评者怀疑是像营养不足，拥挤的森林住所等环境因素导致了矮人群体的进化。
5·Last year I met a short-statured mother with an average-height teenage son.
去年我遇到了一个侏儒妈妈和她身高正常的儿子。