The road to becoming a supermodel

当她正准备从麦当劳下班时，一个不同寻常的顾客来到了店里。正是这个人，改变了她的人生轨迹……

题材 体裁 篇幅 建议用时生活 记叙文445词 8分钟

难词探意

1.multiple/΄mʌltɪpl/adj.多种多样的

2.exclusive/ɪk΄skluːsɪv/adj.高档的

3.velvet/΄velvɪt/n.天鹅绒；丝绒

“Hi,welcome to McDonald's.My name is Aweng.How can I help you?”The woman stood in front of me and stared.She was not a typical customer in this quiet branch of the Golden Arches in Sydney's western suburbs.I stared back at her. “Oh my god,you're beautiful,”she said.I was tired.I'd been working for hours and was about to leave for my shift at the KFC down the road.I hadmultiplejobs to pay for college.I told the woman that my shift was about to end and she was the last person I would serve.She placed a business card on the counter.“Here's my friend's card.You're going to be a superstar.You'll thank me one day.”

Two weeks later,I was on a plane to Paris to walk for one of the mostexclusivefashion houses:Vetements.It turned out that the friend of the woman who'd come into McDonald's was a model agent.After I met her,she immediately made me an offer:If she could fly me out of Australia within two weeks,then she would sign me to her agency.If she couldn't,then I could get on with my regular life.

It was surreal to be leaving home on my own until I got my Australian passport. My ticket was only one way, so no one—including me—knew whether I'd be coming back.I arrived at Paris one February morning.In the evening,we did a fitting for the show.Everyone kept telling me to breathe,but the first time I stepped out onto the catwalk,for the Vetements AW18 show,all I could think was that I had to focus on walking.I wasn't used to walking like a model and my velvet trousers went all the way over my shoes,so I constantly felt as though I was about to fall.

Walking exclusively for Vetements was just the beginning.Later I got news that I'd been signed by agencies in Paris,Milan,New York and London,all in one night.Since then I've seen the world,shooting with industry legends and working with fashion houses such as Burberry.

Above everything else,it's been important to be honest to myself and to the world.I never wanted my story to be all about the refugee girl who became a supermodel overnight.I wanted to shape my own narrative.After all,I worked to make the best out of the situation.You can't change the past—all you can do is grow from it.

Reading Check

1.Why did the author work in McDonald's?

A.To experience the life as a waitress.

B.To make money for the college tuition.

C.To prepare for her future business.

D.To wait for a model agent.

2.What can be inferred from paragraph 3?

A.The show was held in the morning.

B.The author got accustomed to walking like a model.

C.Leaving home on her own was unexpected for the author.

D.The trousers and shoes were not suitable for the author.

3.What can be the best main idea of the text?

A.Practice makes perfect.

B.Provide for a rainy day.

C.Two heads are better than one.

D.God helps those who help themselves.

Language Study

Sentence for writing

It turned out that the friend of the woman who'd come into McDonald's was a model agent.原来那个来麦当劳的女人的朋友，是个模特经纪人。

【信息提取】It turns out that...意为“结果……”。

【句式仿写】结果他根本没去过那里。