世界上最年輕的單部作品出版女性

重慶 唐 杰

主題語境：人物 篇幅：320詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1Most 5-year-olds are just learning their ABCs.However,a little girl from the UK has actually written a book published in January 2022.Bella-Jay Dark from Weymouth,is the world's youngest person to publish a book(female)and was awarded the title by Guinness World Records.Her book,The Lost Cat,tells the story of Snowy,a cat who got lost after going outside alone at night.She hopes the book will teach children not to go outside at night alone.

2While many adult writers get inspiration for their books from life experiences,in fact Bella's creative idea definitely came from one of her drawings.“It started off as a picture.My daddy said I could write a book and a story came from the picture,”Bella said.

3Her mom,Chelsie Syme,was surprised that the book turned out as well as it did.“I am just really proud of her;I did not think it was going to go this far,so I'm just proud and want to see her get the recognition she deserves.”

4But how do you get a child's home-made book published?According to Syme,they took Bella's book to a book fair and found a publisher who was willing to take risks on it.Syme helped Bella with proofing copies（校對本）and making necessary changes.In order to obtain the Guinness World Record title of The World's Youngest Person To Publish A Book(Female),the book has to be published by a commercial publishing house and have at least 1,000 copies printed and sold.Bella's book met the criteria,so she was awarded the title.

5In spite of being a talented author,Bella is just a kid like other peers who enjoys reading,swimming,and playing on her tablet.In her free time,she is currently working on a sequel(續篇)to Snowy's story.Who knows what pearls of wisdom will come next?

Reading

Check

Detail 1.Who is Snowy?

A.A toy cat. B.A lost child.

C.A talented female writer. D.A cat in Bella's book.

Detail 2.Where was the inspiration for Bella's book from?

A.A storybook bought by her father.

B.A picture drawn by Bella.

C.Bella's own life experiences.

D.Children's love for animals.

Vocabulary 3.What does the underlined word“criteria”probably mean in paragraph 4?

A.Types. B.Evaluations.

C.Standards. D.Guesses.

Inference 4.What do we know about Bella?

A.Her father is a painter.

B.Her mother is strict with her.

C.She wants to help children with her book.

D.She gets no interest in other things except writing.

Language

Study

Ⅰ.Useful expressions

in fact事實上；實際上

start off以……開始

turn out結果是（尤指出乎意料的結果）

be proud of為……感到自豪

be willing to愿意；樂意

take risks冒險

Ⅱ.Difficult sentence

In order to obtain the Guinness World Record title of The World's Youngest Person To Publish A Book(Female),the book has to be published by a commercial publishing house and have at least 1,000 copies printed and sold.為了獲得吉尼斯世界紀錄“世界上最年輕的單部作品出版女性”的稱號，這本書必須由商業出版社出版，并且其印刷量和銷售量至少要達到1,000本。

【點石成金】本句是一個并列句，in order to為介詞短語作目的狀語，其同義詞組為so as to，主句為由and連接的兩個并列謂語，說明達到此目的的要求。