Ding Zhen

周丽芳

最近，泛着高原红的粗糙皮肤、蓬乱的头发，纯真的微笑，民族风情的服饰，再配上一双清澈的双眼的康巴小伙爆红网络，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. 时代 ② mop n. 蓬乱 ③ Mandarin n. 普通话 ④ promote v. 推动

⑤ qualifications n. 资质

【难句解析】

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

释义：在因特网时代，一夜之间就能造就一个明星。

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

It will take us a whole week to travel through the forest. 穿过这片森林得用我们一整周时间。

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

釋义：丁真就是这样的人，一个最近吸引人们关注的20岁的藏族人。

点拨：a 20-year-old Tibetan man在句中作同位语，对其前面的Tamdrin做解释说明。who引导定语从句，修饰man，who在定语从句中作主语，在定语从句中指代man。例如：

The youngest boy， Peter， refused to accept the money. 那个最小的男孩彼得拒绝接受那笔钱。

Tomorrow Ill go to see the man who gave us a lot of help during the trip. 明天我将去看望在旅游中给我们很多帮助的那个人。

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

释义：人们说他们喜欢他的太阳晒过的皮肤，蓬乱的棕黄色的头发和令人感到舒适的微笑。

点拨：sun-kissed是“名词+动词的过去分词”构成的复合形容词，修饰skin。

在“名词+动词的过去分词”结构中，名词表示工具或行为主体，而过去分词表示被动。这类形容词一般作定语或表语。例如：

hand-made手工的，state-owned国营的，school-run校办的，heart-felt由衷的。

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

释义：丁真被雇佣来推广理塘县旅游业。

点拨：Tamdrin has been hired是现在完成时的被动语态，to promote tourism in Litang county是不定式作目的状语。不定式表目的时，可放在句子的前面，也可放在句子的末尾。但在句子前面时，不定式常与句子用逗号隔开;而在句子末尾时不用逗号隔开。例如：

The experiment has been done successfully. 这个实验做得很成功。

To get there on time， we set out at five in the morning. 为了按时到达那儿，我们早晨五点就出发了。

He goes there to enjoy the fresh air. 他去那儿享受新鲜空气。

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. ____ ____ ____ （花費我们） 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 ____ ____ （寻求） a new life.

5. There are so many ____ ____ （人造卫星） in outer space.

6. Mr. Wang， ____ ____ ____ （我儿子的老师）， will be visiting us on Tuesday.