永遠(yuǎn)幽默，永遠(yuǎn)健康

郭玉章

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“艱難困苦，玉汝于成”，貧民窟里也能造就明星。凱文·哈特，一位電影演員、幽默大師，一位冉冉升起的新星，一位即將享譽(yù)世界的明星，就來自一個(gè)單親貧民家庭。艱難困苦，讓他明白幽默的必要;痛失多位親人，讓他知曉健康的重要。來吧，就讓我們和凱文·哈特一起永遠(yuǎn)幽默，永遠(yuǎn)健康！

You may know the actor and comedian， Kevin Hart， from movies like Jumanji or Captain Underpants. He is becoming one of the worlds most famous celebrities. But it is not his fame that impresses us. Instead， its his drive， his hard work and his strong wish to help others. And it is the secret found in his success.

Kevins start in life was anything but famous. He grew up in Philadelphia， Pennsylvania， in a home where his father was often not around or in jail. His family was poor and struggled. But his mom was a very hard worker and taught him the worth and importance of setting goals， working hard and staying focused.

It was this great work ethic that helped Kevin to persevere in his career as a comedian and actor. Years of hard work let his real self shine on stage， and his career began to take off. He has recently been called the hardest working actor in show business.

Off the stage， Kevin applies the same focus and hard work to staying fit. He lost many friends and family members due to illness that could have been prevented by fitness. So he is encouraged to not only stay fit himself， but to help others get in better shape！ He wakes up each day to workout at 5：30 a.m. And recently he has started to include his fans along with him in staying fit.

詞語積淀

celebrity /s??lebr?ti/ n. 知名人士

fame /fe?m/ n. 名聲;名望

impress /?m?pres/ v. 使……有印象

drive /dra?v/ n. 驅(qū)動(dòng);驅(qū)使

jail /d?e?l/ n. 監(jiān)獄;牢房

ethic /?eθ?k/ n. 倫理標(biāo)準(zhǔn);道德體系

persevere /?p??s??v??（r）/ v. 堅(jiān)忍;堅(jiān)持

apply /??pla?/ v. 運(yùn)用;申請(qǐng)

shape /?e?p/ n. 形狀;身材

include /?n?klu?d/ v. 包括;包含

典句賞析

1.Kevins start in life was anything but famous. 凱文的幼年生活與出名相距甚遠(yuǎn)。

in life是固定短語，意為“一生中;終生”，相當(dāng)于all ones life或者throughout ones life;any?thing but是固定短語，意為“絕非;根本不”。在類似的短語中，anything還可以替換成anybody、no?body、nothing等不定代詞，nobody （nothing） but意為“就是;只有”。

【即時(shí)嘗試】只有他是個(gè)不折不扣的大師。

2.It was this great work ethic that helped Kevin to persevere in his career as a comedian and actor. 就是這樣了不起的工作理念幫助凱文堅(jiān)守喜劇演員這項(xiàng)事業(yè)。

這是一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)句型。“It is / was... that / who...”能強(qiáng)調(diào)句子的主語、賓語和狀語。強(qiáng)調(diào)人時(shí)可用who或that，強(qiáng)調(diào)物時(shí)只用that，而且that / who不能省略。構(gòu)成強(qiáng)調(diào)句的it本身沒有詞義。

【即時(shí)嘗試】就是他帶病堅(jiān)持工作的精神感動(dòng)了每一個(gè)人。

3.He lost many friends and family members due to illness that could have been prevented by fitness. 他的許多朋友和家人因?yàn)橐恍┍究梢酝ㄟ^健身得以避免的疾病而失去生命。

due to是固定短語，意為“因?yàn)?由于”，后面接名詞，引導(dǎo)原因狀語，有時(shí)可與because of替換;could have been...是一種含有情感意義的被動(dòng)語態(tài)形式，意為“本有可能被……”。

【即時(shí)嘗試】由于大家努力工作，本不可能在今天完成的工作順利完工了！

4.So he is encouraged to not only stay fit himself， but to help others get in better shape！因此，他不僅鼓勵(lì)自己去保持健康，而且也幫助別人去健身！

not only... but （also）是一個(gè)固定搭配，意為“不但……而且……”，引導(dǎo)并列成分。該并列成分既可以是單詞，也可以是短語或句子;encourage sb. to do sth.意為“鼓勵(lì)某人去做某事”。

【即時(shí)嘗試】我們不但鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生多讀書，還鼓勵(lì)他們?nèi)L試寫作。