No need to fuss about the lives chosen by others

山東聊城市外國語學校 方 丹

精彩導讀

畢業于清華大學、獲得生物科學和技術學士學位的一名男子當起了保安。一石激起千層浪。你知道新聞背后的新聞嗎？

未讀先知

1.criticize v.批評

2.disturb v.打擾

3.comment n.評論

4.contrast n.差異；對比

5.conduct n.行為

6.flexible adj.靈活的；可變通的

7.imaginary adj.想象的

8.groundless adj.沒根據的

A security guard in Changsha，Central China's Hunan Province，wh graduated from Tsinghua University with a degree of bachelor（學士）in bio logical science and technology has been criticized by many for wasting hi education.This has disturbed his normal life a lot.

The following are comments from a newspaper in Beijing.

In reality，the man's another identity was manager of the client liaiso department（客戶聯絡部）of a property（財產）management company.How ever，the media's report has given his story a new version，simply identify ing him as a security guard，a post often taken by migrant （移民）workers They have also sharpened the contrast between his education backgroun and his job，which undoubtedly violates （違反）the professional conduct o the news media.

This kind of way to deal with information，which is against the ethic of journalism， is to cater to the bias（偏見）against manual（體力的）laborer and migrant workers.

Even if he is only a security guard，it is a personal choice how on makes a living.

In fact， as in the case of this man， people are often too eager to jum to conclusions without knowing all the facts.The man joined the researc and development department of a China-Japan joint venture producin daily chemicals in Guangzhou， South China's Guangdong Province， afte graduation.He gave up the job to take care of his sick father in Changsh five years ago，and the current employer assures him of a flexible schedul to care for his father.

It is this that should have been the focus of the story.

As long as a person's choice is legal，no one has any right to say anything against it.There is no need to worry about the lives chosen by others like the man of Qi who was haunted（縈繞于腦際）by the fear that the sky might fall—to entertain imaginary or groundless fears.

語言提取

Ⅰ.熱詞積累

1.identify...as...把……當作

2.cater to迎合……；討好……

3.jump to conclusions得出結論4.give up放棄

5.take care of照顧；照看

6.assure...of保證

Ⅱ.典句剖析

1.__________（即使）he is only a security guard，it is a personal choice how one makes a living.

翻譯：_________________________________________

【點石成金】引導讓步狀語從句時，可以使用even if/even though“即使；盡管”。

【答案】Even if；即使他只是一名保安，這也是一個人如何謀生的個人選擇。

2.It is this that should have been the focus of the story.

翻譯：_________________________________________

【點石成金】本句是一個強調句的陳述句式，句型為“it is/was+被強調部分 +that...”

【答案】正是這一點應該成為這個故事的焦點。

3._________________________________（沒必要擔心）the lives chosen by others like the man of Qi who was haunted by the fear that the sky might fall—to entertain imaginary or groundless fears.

翻譯：________________________________________

【點石成金】句型“There is no need to do...”意為“沒必要……”。過去分詞 chosen by others like the man of Qi作名詞lives的后置定語。who引導的是一個定語從句，先行詞為the man of Qi。而that引導的是一個同位語從句，解釋名詞fear。That引導同位語從句時，常用于解釋說明抽象名詞possibility，truth，information，word（消息）和news等。

【答案】There is no need to worry about；我們沒有必要杞人憂天，為別人選擇的生活而煩惱。Ⅲ.詞義匹配

1.disturb A.behaviour

2.comment B.Something that is imaginary is created by and exists only in the mind

3.conduct C.without cause

4.flexible D.to interrupt what someone is doing

5.imaginary E.something that you say or write to express your opinion

6.groundless F.able to change or be changed easily according to the situation

譯文助讀

中國中部湖南省長沙市的一名安保人員畢業于清華大學，獲得過生物科學和技術學士學位，他因浪費教育而受到許多人的批評。這也嚴重打擾了他的正常生活。

以下是北京一家報紙的評論。

事實上，該名男子的另一層身份是一家物業管理公司的客戶聯絡部經理。然而，媒體的報道給了他的故事一個新的版本，只簡單地說他是一名保安，一個經常被外來務工人員擔任的職位。這也加深了他的教育背景與工作的反差，這無疑違反了新聞媒體的專業行為。

這種違反新聞倫理的信息處理方式，是為了迎合對體力勞動者和外來務工人員的偏見。

即使他只是一名保安，這也是一個人如何謀生的個人選擇。

事實上，就像這個人的情況一樣，人們往往太急于在不知道所有事實的情況下結論。畢業后，他加入了中日合資企業的研發部門，在中國南方廣東省的廣州生產日用化學品。五年前，為了照顧生病的父親，他辭掉了這份工作。現在的雇主向他保證他有一個靈活的時間表來照顧他的父親。

正是這一點應該成為這個故事的焦點。

只要一個人的選擇是合法的，任何人都無權說任何反對的話。我們沒有必要杞人憂天，為別人選擇的生活而煩惱。