American dream fulfilled in China尋鄉(xiāng)中國

何高倫

林登說：“我希望100年以后，還有人記得曾經(jīng)有一個(gè)奇怪的老外，他拿著錘子、刷子修補(bǔ)一棟跟他毫不相關(guān)的老宅，這就足夠了。我還會在這里待40年，甚至更久。我一直覺得自己是個(gè)孤兒，是中國領(lǐng)養(yǎng)了我……”

主題語境：跨文化交流 篇幅：342詞 建議用時(shí)：7分鐘

1 Arriving in China 39 years ago with onlythe barest knowledge of the country， BrianLinden， a Stanford PhD candidate who wasonce trapped in a carpet cleaning job， neverimagined that one day he would say，“Chinahas made my American dream come true.”

2 Now the American， who lives in Xizhoutownship in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province， has published a book in Chinese aboutthe cultural stories he has seen in rural China—One Village at a Time. This is a memoirdocumenting his time living in the rural region of Yunnan.

3 Although he came to China for university life in 1984， he received an unexpected act?ing offer that same year. Linden said that the experience of shooting a film， which hestarred in alongside Dutch and Tanzanian actors， gave him his first taste of Chinas open?ness to international cultures.

4 Linden left for a while to pursue higher education at the USs Stanford University inthe late 1980s. Yet during his absence， he never forgot his mission to introduce traditionalChinese culture to people in the US.

5 In his book， he noted that he was fascinated by Chinas Jingdezhen porcelain culture，which led him to open up a small gallery near Chicago in 1996 to show off his porcelaincollection as well as other works of art， such as wood?carved Buddha statues and traditionalpaintings.“In places like the United States， there are so many people who are actually veryimpressed by Asian craftsmanship，”Linden said.

6 Lindens journey to bridge China and the US through culture was never a one?waystreet. The Linden Center in Xizhou township is an inn run by Linden that hosts tourists aswell as cultural programs. The inn was built in a repaired building that shows the perfectexample of the Bai ethnic groups architecture style. Since it first opened in 2007， Lindenhas welcomed numerous foreign visitors. Along with providing them a place to stay， heacts as tour guide， taking them around to introduce local village culture.

Reading Check

Gist

1. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about？

A. Lindens knowledge of China.

B. Lindens American dream.

C. Lindens experience in Yunnan Province.

D. Lindens book about cultural stories of rural China.

Detail

2. Why did Linden come to China？

A. For an acting offer.

B. For his university life.

C. For his stories book.

D. For a cleaning job.

Detail

3. Whats Lindens purpose of opening up a small gallery？

A. To pursue higher education.

B. To show off his book collection.

C. To spread traditional Chinese culture.

D. To tell people how to make porcelain.

Vocabulary

4. What does the underlined word“it”in paragraph 6 refer to？

A. The journey.

B. The village.

C. The architecture style.

D. The inn.

Language Study

Difficult sentence

Along with providing them a place to stay， he acts as tour guide， taking them? aroundto introduce local village culture. 除了為他們提供住宿的地方，他還擔(dān)任導(dǎo)游，帶他們四處參觀，向他們介紹當(dāng)?shù)氐泥l(xiāng)村文化。

【點(diǎn)石成金】該句中，taking them around為現(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語，現(xiàn)在分詞短語表示與主句的主語在邏輯上有主謂關(guān)系，即表示主動意義。例如：

1. The dog entered the room， following his master. 那只狗跟著他的主人進(jìn)了房間。

2. He sat there in silence， looking sad and doing nothing. 他默默坐在那里，看起來悲傷落寞，無事可做。