Mini entrepreneur Levi Anderton小小企業(yè)家利瓦伊·安德頓

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1 Mini entrepreneur Levi Anderton's“super ?power”has launched him into the business world.Levi， 11， has dyslexia， a condition that makesreading difficult because his brain has troubleprocessing letters and sounds. But now hes the bossof his own business and helping other kids just like him.

2 The Queensland Year 5 student， who also has ADHD， has earned about＄7，500 sincestarting his My Dyslexia Shop business two years ago. Levi sells“reading rulers”， a readingtool that helped him a lot when his teacher gave him one to try in Year 3.“It helped meunderstand sentences and follow along，”he said.“I wanted to ensure that other kids cangain such benefits.”

3 Since he added ruler cases inscribed （刻） with his motto“Dyslexia is my superpower”to his offerings， hes sold about 700 ruler packs plus 600 cases through his website and atmarkets.

4 His business success has also caught the attention of financial expert Scott Pape.“Iam just so thoroughly impressed with Levi and what hes been able to do，”P(pán)ape said.“Hesreally turned what he had struggled with into a way of helping others.”

5 Levi's “reading rulers” can help people with dyslexia. They work a bit like acoloured highlighter to make letters stand out clearly when the transparent， coloured ruler?is placed over them.

6 With the help of his mum， Levi found a supplier online， placed his first order for 25packs of“reading rulers”.“I just sold out on the first day and the next day 200 peoplebought them，”Levi said.“It feels amazing because so many people know me and my rulersnow.”

7 Half the money Levi makes goes back into his business. He devotes 25 percent ofhis earnings to giving rulers to a charity that supports people with learning difficultieswhile he keeps the remaining 25 percent for himself. Levi said starting his own businesswas“quite a big jump”because he had learnt a lot from his business venture and becomemore confident.

Reading

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1. Why did Levi decide to sell“reading rulers”？

A. To help other kids.

B. To earn some profits.

C. To enlarge his business.

D. To improve his reading ability.

2. What can we learn about Levis business on selling“reading rulers”？

A. It received a financial experts support.

B. It was a great success at the first attempt.

C. It is widely known throughout the world.

D. It can help to get rid of reading disorder.

3. How can we describe Levi according to the text？

A. Wise and diligent.

B. Optimistic and brave.

C. Ambitious and caring.

D. Clever and humorous.

4. What does the author intend to tell us？

A. Trouble can turn into power.

B. A boy runs his dyslexia shop.

C. Reading is possible for anyone.

D. Small reading brings big effects.

Language

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Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

He devotes 25 percent of his earnings to giving rulers to a charity that supports peoplewith learning difficulties while he keeps the remaining 25 percent for himself. 他將自己收入的25%用于給一家?guī)椭袑W(xué)習(xí)困難的人的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)捐贈(zèng)“閱讀尺”，剩下的25%則留給了自己。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中，while為連詞，表示前后兩個(gè)句子為對(duì)比關(guān)系；that supportspeople with learning difficulties為that引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

process letters and sounds 處理字母和聲音

catch the attention of 引起……的注意

be impressed with 對(duì)……印象深刻

turn...into... 把……變成……

stand out 突出；顯眼

devote...to... 把……用于……