Four?year?old becomes world

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阿聯(lián)酋男孩賽義德·拉希德·穆海里以4歲的年齡，成為全球年紀(jì)最小的出版過(guò)作品的男性作者。

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1 At the age of 4， little Saeed Rashed AlMheiri from AbuDhabi， UAE， is the world's youngest person to publish abook. His record was verified on 9 March 2023， after hesold over 1，000 copies of his children's book The El?ephant Saeed and the Bear.

2 But Saeed is not the only record breaker in the family.In fact， he was inspired to write his book by his oldersister AlDhabi， who used to hold the record title for the world's youngest person to publisha bilingual （雙語(yǔ)的） book （female） . Less than one year later， she broke the recordfor the youngest person to publish a bilingual book series （female） at the age of 8.

3 Saeed said cheerfully，“I love my sister so much and I enjoy playing with her all thetime. We read， write， draw and do so many activities together. I wrote my book as I feltthat I could have my own book too.”

4 Saeed then went on to explain the plot of his book.“It is about the elephant Saeed and apolar bear. The elephant had a picnic and he saw a polar bear. He thought the bear was?going to eat him but， in the end， the elephant showed kindness and said‘Lets have apicnic together！. Then they became friends and showed kindness to each other.”

5 With his mother and his sister's guidance， Saeed learned how to write and soon startedcoming up with original stories. He loved describing the characters of his book， as wellas drawing them.“The drawing was tricky and the polar bear looked scary at first， butit's always fun to draw，”he said.

6 When asked how he feels about his achievement， he said，“I'm happy and proud that Idid something nice like my sister AlDhabi！ I love when my friends feel happy for metoo.”When asked if hed consider breaking any other records in the future， he said“YES！”without any hesitation.

Reading Check

Vocabulary

1. What does the underlined word“verified”in paragraph 1 mean？

A. Balanced.

B. Proved.

C. Designed.

D. Impressed.

Detail

2. Who encouraged Saeed to write his own book？

A. His sister.

B. His mother.

C. His teacher.

D. Himself.

Detail

3. What does the book The Elephant Saeed and the Bear focus on？

A. Inspiration.

B. Animals' nature.

C. Humans and nature.

D. Kindness and friendship.

Inference

4. Which of the following can best describe Saeed？

A. Caring and determined.

B. Honest and responsible.

C. Confident and talented.

D. Curious and helpful.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

In fact， he was inspired to write his book by his older sister AlDhabi， who used to holdthe record title for the world's youngest person to publish a bilingual book （female）. 事實(shí)上，他寫(xiě)這本書(shū)的靈感來(lái)自他的姐姐阿爾扎比，她曾經(jīng)是世界上最年輕的出版雙語(yǔ)書(shū)籍作者（女性）紀(jì)錄頭銜的保持者。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個(gè)復(fù)合句，who 引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞AlDhabi。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

at the age of 在……歲時(shí)

be inspired to 被激勵(lì)；得到啟發(fā)

used to do 曾經(jīng)

hold the record 保持紀(jì)錄

go on 繼續(xù)

come up with 想出