Shi Tiesheng: A tough guy of China中国硬汉史铁生

杨艳鑫

史铁生是一名作家，在漫长的轮椅生涯里他自强自尊，一次次以生命的名义对抗病魔，给人们带来面对逆境的勇气。

1 Born in Beijing in 1951， Shi Tiesheng graduated from Tsinghua University High School. At the age of eighteen， he was sent to work in a rural area of Shaanxi and was paralysed （使瘫痪） in 1972. He died at the age of 59 in 2010. A painful journey ended after 38 years in a wheelchair and with three dialysis（透析） sessions per week for 12 years. However， his passion， talent， determination， and attitude towards life made him never resign himself to fate. He was one of the major Chinese writers， regarded by many in his country as a tough guy.

2 When he stayed in Shaanxi， he lived in a poor and distant village for a long time， where he created a short story My Qingpingwan Distant Village. After he returned to Beijing in 1972， he worked for seven years in a factory. In 1985， a superb short story String of Life was published. It was translated by Annie Curien and was also adapted into a film Life on a String by Chen Kaige in 1991. In 2002， he won the Lao She Literary Award for a collection of essays Written Fragments in Remission of My Illness. In 2006， another novel My Travels in Ding Yi came out， which he wrote in three years when he could only work a few hours a day because of illness.

3 Shi Tiesheng never complained about his experiences. Instead， he had a constant thinking on the meaning of life， which is also the heart of the great essay The Ditan Park and I. Ditan Park is located northeast of Beijing. There the author lived nearby and had been touring the park in a wheelchair. Like other writers， he wrote for his mother， who could not fully recognize him before his talent was accepted.

4 Not only did Shi Tiesheng influence modern literature， but also inspired those experiencing adversity in life. For them， he set up a good example by keeping passion for life. In The Ditan Park and I， Shi Tiesheng said， “I do not know if I look like a child or an elderly person or a lover in the middle of passion. But in the season when the morning glories start to open， the sound of the funeral horn is already heard.”

Complete the following table with only one word for each blank

I. Discover the useful structure in the text

not only...but also...意為“不但……而且……”，not only放在句首时，使用部分倒装。

Not only did Shi Tiesheng influence modern literature， but also inspired those experiencing adversity in life. 史铁生不仅影响了现代文学，也激励了那些在生活中经历逆境的人。

Ⅱ. Memorize some text centered chunks

in a rural area 在农村地区

resign oneself to fate 屈服于命运

be regarded as a tough guy 被视为一位硬汉

be adapted into a film 被改编成电影

complain about 抱怨……

tour the park 游览公园

Analyze the difficult sentence in the text

What was odd was my brain？蒺s reaction to the exercise. 奇怪的是我的大脑对这个活动的反应。

【点石成金】What引导主语从句，What在从句中作主语，从句用陈述语序。