?The boy skates into success滑板男孩成為人生贏家

By Rena Effendi/劉 健（譯）

◆語篇導讀

自古英雄出少年。本文的主人公，年僅12歲的少年卡森·克羅普爾，勤奮上進，創新發明，保護海洋，奉獻愛心，小小少年就成為了發明家、企業家和環保活動家。作為當代的中學生，我們該怎樣來實現自己的青春夢想呢？或許我們可以從卡森·克羅普爾的身上能得到一些啟發。

Carson Kropfl is an inventor，business owner and environmental activist.He enjoys the excitement of surfing.Andwhat's more，he likes riding his skateboard.

Carson is very hard-working，only a 12-year-old boy.He just completed seventh grade.And，school had a lot to do with the creation of his company.His storyproofedthat necessity is truly the mother of invention.

Carson had enjoyed skating for years.He liked to use his skateboard to go to some places，including school.But over time，he grew increasingly disappointed that he had no place to store his board once he arrived.

As a student，he could not change the size of hislocker.But he realized he might be able to change the shape of his skateboard.And，from that small dream，a business was born.

“I have a skateboard company called Lockerboard and what I do is，I take the recycled boards and reshape them to fit inside of backpacks and lockers.”

Carson first just made a shorter skateboard in the shape of a square for himself.Carson made his first sales in the room where students ate at his school.He put a few skateboards on a table and his schoolmates started buying them up.

The young man says he has now sold about 700 skateboards in two years of operation.His skateboards come in a number of shapes and designs.Each one costs around$100.

“Idonateone dollar for every Lockerboard sold to Ocean Unite because they'refocused onoceanconservation.”

The young business owner says he is not exactly sure what he will do when he grows up.But he sure will stay busy.

“I'm going to be an activist traveling the world，supporting ocean conservation and how we could protect our earth.And，traveling the world，skating and surfing，because I am an athlete.”

◆語塊收藏

what's more另外；而且

proof/pru?f/n.證明；證據

locker/'l?k?（r）/n.存物柜；寄物柜

donate/d??'ne?t/v.捐贈;捐獻（器官）

focus on致力于；使聚焦于

conservation/,k?ns?'ve??n/n.保護；保持

◆典句賞析

1.He liked to use his skateboard to go to some places，including school.他喜歡滑著滑板去一些地方，包括學校。

include為動詞，意為“包括”，側重指被包含著整體的一部分。included是過去分詞形式的形容詞，在表示“包括……在內”時常放在被修飾的詞之后，起著補充說明的作用。本句中including是現在分詞，后面直接接賓語，含有補充說明之意。

【即時嘗試】30名乘客受傷，包括5個孩子。

2.Carson made his first sales in the room where students ate at his school.卡森將第一次出售滑板的地方選在了學校餐廳。

這是個復合句，where這里作為關系副詞引導定語從句，修飾先行詞room，where在從句中作地點狀語。

【即時嘗試】這就是他曾經住過的房子。

3.The young business owner says he is not exactly sure what he will do when he grows up.這位年輕的企業家表示，他不確定長大后會做什么。

he is not...grows up為省略that的賓語從句。what引導的也是賓語從句。“be sure+賓語從句”結構，意為“確信某事一定會……”，表示主句主語對賓語從句中涉及的事物所做出的判斷。

【即時嘗試】我不能確定以前是否見到過她。

譯文助讀

卡森·克羅普爾是一位發明家、企業家和環保活動家。他喜歡沖浪的刺激。除了沖浪，他還喜歡玩滑板。

年僅12歲的卡森非常勤奮，剛剛讀完七年級。學校和他公司的創辦有很大的關系。他的故事證明了需求才是發明之母。

多年來，卡森一直喜歡滑板。他喜歡滑著滑板去一些地方，包括學校。但隨著時間的推移，他越來越失望，因為當他到達學校的時候找不到地方存放自己的滑板。

作為一名學生，他無法改變他的儲物柜尺寸。但他意識到自己也許可以改變滑板的形狀。懷揣這樣的小小夢想，一家企業就這樣誕生了。

“我有一家名為Lockerboard的滑板公司，主營業務就是把這些滑板回收再利用，并將其重新改造，可放入背包和儲物柜。”

首先，卡森為自己定制了一款較短的方形滑板。卡森將第一次出售滑板的地方選在了學校餐廳。他在桌子上放了幾塊滑板，同學們開始選購。

這位年輕人說，截至目前，他已經在兩年內賣出了約700塊滑板。他的滑板款式多樣，風格各異。每一塊的價格約100美元。

“我把滑板賣給專注海洋保護的海洋聯合公司，每售出一塊就捐一美元。”

這位年輕的企業家表示，他不確定長大后會做什么。但他一定會勤奮不怠。

“我打算成為一名在全球奔走的活動家，支持海洋保護以及如何保護我們的地球。還有，環游世界、玩滑板和沖浪，因為我是一名運動員。”