Three-year-old pupil rides an ox to school
2018-09-07 12:27:40廣西柳州市鹿寨中學梁宇耀
瘋狂英語·新悅讀 2018年7期
廣西柳州市鹿寨中學 梁宇耀
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精彩導讀
成都一名父親醉心國學，竟然用牛送孩子上學，你怎么看？
What is the most luxurious豪華的way one can enjoy a ride in big cities?Not a sport car or a limousine豪華轎車to your expectation，but something much more eye-catching.
Photos of a three-year-old child on the back of an ox to preschool with his father leading the rope walking ahead have become an online sensation轟動一時的人或事on Chinese social media.
①In fact， the boy started this②unique way of going to kindergarten last winter，which is about three kilometers away from home， in Chengdu， the capital city of Southwest China's Sichuan Province.
A donkey毛驢and a pony矮馬are also part of the kid's transportation modes，which are all kept by his father Li Li， a follower of ancient Chinese civilization， who believes traditional culture should be part of daily life.
“When he rides the ox or the donkey， he is able to interact with與……互動the animal，” Chengdu Business Daily quoted引述Li Li as saying.
“It is a way to promote communication between me and my son.I will impart傳授my knowledge about seasonal plants，③as well as reciting poems to him.”
The mother of the kid was worried that her son would④fall off the animal. “I normally don't⑤go along as my husband picks up my son with an ox or a donkey.I am afraid that the ox would be frightened.”
閱讀掃障
熱詞積累
1.in fact事實上；實際上
2.unique[ju'ni:k]adj.獨一無二的；僅有的
3.as well as 也；和
4.fall off掉下來；下降5.go along同意
難句分析
Photos of a three-year-old child on the back of an ox to preschool with his father leading the rope walking ahead have become an online sensation on Chinese social media.在中國社交媒體上瘋傳著這樣的照片：一名三歲孩子騎在牛背上去上幼兒園，而他的父親走在前面牽著牛繩。
本句中的on the back of an ox to preschool with his father leading the rope walking ahead為介詞短語作名詞child的后置定語，短語with his father leading the rope walking ahead是“with+賓語 +賓補（現(xiàn)在分詞）”結(jié)構(gòu)。
譯文助讀
在大城市里，人們能享受到的最豪華的出行方式是什么？不是你想的那樣坐跑車或者豪華轎車，而是一種更吸引眼球的東西。
在中國社交媒體上瘋傳著這樣的照片：一名三歲孩子騎在牛背上去上幼兒園，而他的父親走在前面牽著牛繩。
事實上，這名成都男孩從去年冬天開始就以這種獨特的方式上學了（學校離家大約3公里遠）。成都是中國西南部四川省的省會城市。
這名男孩還騎過驢和馬上學，這些動物都由父親李立（音）飼養(yǎng)，父親很喜歡國學，他認為傳統(tǒng)文化應該成為日常生活的一部分。
《成都商報》引述李立的話說：“當他騎?；蛘唑T驢時，他能夠和動物交流?！?/p>
“這是促進我和我兒子溝通的一種方式。我會教給他有關(guān)季節(jié)性植物的知識，還會背誦詩歌給他聽?！?/p>
而孩子的母親擔心小孩有可能從動物背上摔下來?！拔彝ǔ２毁澇晌艺煞蛴门；蛘唧H去接孩子，我擔心牛會受到驚嚇傷人?！?/p>
