Ding Zhen

周麗芳

最近，泛著高原紅的粗糙皮膚、蓬亂的頭發，純真的微笑，民族風情的服飾，再配上一雙清澈的雙眼的康巴小伙爆紅網絡，他就是藏族甜野男孩——丁真。

It only takes one night to become a star in the Internet era①. This is true of Tamdrin， a 20-year-old Tibetan man who recently drew a lot of attention after a photographer posted a short video of him on Douyin. Tamdrin lives in Litang County in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture， Sichuan province.

The photographer who posted the video also filmed Tamdrins father and little brother. Neither of them was noticed by netizens. Tamdrin has been described as “the smile from the worlds highlands” by netizens.

People say they like his sun-kissed skin， mop② of brown hair and comforting smile. They say Tamdrin has “stars in his eyes” and is different from young male idols who have perfectly clean faces and delicate makeup.

Tamdrin posted his first video on his own Douyin account in which he introduced his white horse in stumbling Mandarin③. The video has been viewed by more than 14 million people and attracted more than 1.8 million followers in one day. Within five days， Tamdrin got over 2.5 million followers on Douyin. After he became famous， some companies invited him to become a professional online celebrity. Instead of doing this， Tamdrin was employed by a State-owned？company.

“Tamdrin has been hired to promote④ tourism in Litang county，” the companys manager Gao Xiaoping told Red Star News. “Hell get a monthly salary of 3，500 yuan. Well check the qualifications⑤ of the companies that want to work with him so he wont be cheated.”

“Im glad to see that Tibetans are increasingly becoming internet celebrities，” Sang yeshung， a Tibetan doctor who works for the Ganlu Tibetan Medicine Group in the Tibet autonomous region， told China Daily. “They can introduce Tibetan culture， food and places of interests to the world，” he said.

Notes： ① era n. 時代 ② mop n. 蓬亂 ③ Mandarin n. 普通話 ④ promote v. 推動

⑤ qualifications n. 資質

【難句解析】

1. It only takes one night to become a star in the Internet era.

釋義：在因特網時代，一夜之間就能造就一個明星。

點撥：此句使用了It takes （sb.） some time to do sth.句型，意思是做某事花（某人）時間。其中的it 是形式主語。代替后面的不定式（短語）。例如：

It will take us a whole week to travel through the forest. 穿過這片森林得用我們一整周時間。

2. This is true of Tamdrin， a 20-year-old Tibetan man who recently drew a lot of attention...

釋義：丁真就是這樣的人，一個最近吸引人們關注的20歲的藏族人。

點撥：a 20-year-old Tibetan man在句中作同位語，對其前面的Tamdrin做解釋說明。who引導定語從句，修飾man，who在定語從句中作主語，在定語從句中指代man。例如：

The youngest boy， Peter， refused to accept the money. 那個最小的男孩彼得拒絕接受那筆錢。

Tomorrow Ill go to see the man who gave us a lot of help during the trip. 明天我將去看望在旅游中給我們很多幫助的那個人。

3. People say they like his sun-kissed skin， mop of brown hair and comforting smile.

釋義：人們說他們喜歡他的太陽曬過的皮膚，蓬亂的棕黃色的頭發和令人感到舒適的微笑。

點撥：sun-kissed是“名詞+動詞的過去分詞”構成的復合形容詞，修飾skin。

在“名詞+動詞的過去分詞”結構中，名詞表示工具或行為主體，而過去分詞表示被動。這類形容詞一般作定語或表語。例如：

hand-made手工的，state-owned國營的，school-run校辦的，heart-felt由衷的。

4. “Tamdrin has been hired to promote tourism in Litang county.

釋義：丁真被雇傭來推廣理塘縣旅游業。

點撥：Tamdrin has been hired是現在完成時的被動語態，to promote tourism in Litang county是不定式作目的狀語。不定式表目的時，可放在句子的前面，也可放在句子的末尾。但在句子前面時，不定式常與句子用逗號隔開;而在句子末尾時不用逗號隔開。例如：

The experiment has been done successfully. 這個實驗做得很成功。

To get there on time， we set out at five in the morning. 為了按時到達那兒，我們早晨五點就出發了。

He goes there to enjoy the fresh air. 他去那兒享受新鮮空氣。

I. Choose the right answer.

1. Tamdrin can become a star overnight mainly because ____.

A. he is handsome? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. his hometown is beautiful

C. he drew a lot of attention? ? ? D. there is the Internet

2. The underlined word “stumbling” in the fourth paragraph probably means “____”.

A. not right? ? ? B. not clear? ? ? C. not fluent? ? ? D. not formal

3. After Tamdrin posted his first video on his own Douyin account， ____.

A. millions of people think highly of the video

B. 1.8 million people viewed the video

C. 14 million people like the video

D. 2.5 million people became his followers on Douyin

4. A State-owned company employed Tamdrin to ____.

A. increase his income? ? ? ? ? ? B. develop local tourism

C. help him become a celebrity? ? D. promote Tibetan culture

II. Fill in the blanks.

1. ____ ____ ____ （花費我們） a long time to recover from a broken heart.

2. Learning a language ____ ____ ____ （不同于） learning math.

3. We are learning how to face difficulties ____ ____ ____ （代替回避） the reality.

4. They came here ____ ____ （尋求） a new life.

5. There are so many ____ ____ （人造衛星） in outer space.

6. Mr. Wang， ____ ____ ____ （我兒子的老師）， will be visiting us on Tuesday.