“盲”说脱口秀

陕西 李红娟

主题语境：人与社会

篇幅：361词

建议用时：7分钟

1Seeing how easily Gao Xiang moves on⁃stage,one can hardly notice that the stylish stand⁃up comedian has any problems with vision.

2Gao was diagnosed with the rare eye dis⁃ease Stargardt at the age of 12.The disease typi⁃cally causes vision loss gradually.Although ev⁃erything he sees is blurry,he has been exploring more possibilities of life.Gao has done many jobs—he has worked in a factory or at a video game company and tried his hand as a marketing planner and a psychological consultant.And two years ago,he decided to become a full⁃time stand⁃up comedian.

3Many of his jokes are on the difficulties faced by people with the eye disease.He highlights everyday difficulties such as urban barrier⁃free facilities (设施)with designs that are unfriendly to the visually impaired and the shortage of guide dogs.

4Gao has delivered more than 1,200 performances over the past two years.Recently,his debut in the fifth season of the popular stand⁃up competition showRock &Roasthas made him known to a larger group of viewers.Many of the viewers comment online that his jokes let them think about how to create a social environment that is more friendly towards people with sight problems.

5What has been making Gao so active in the comedy industry is his eagerness to draw the public's attention to Stargardt disease.In September 2019,he and two friends launched(发起)a public account on WeChat called Stargardt Care Center,through which they share inspiring stories of people suffering from the eye disorder,instructions for visually impaired people on how to use computers with the help of special software that can read out text on the screen and translations of foreign essays that explore the possibilities of curing the dis⁃ease.By now,the WeChat account that Gao and his friends run has managed to attract more than 1,000 Stargardt patients and their family members.And some NGOs also have got in touch with them to see if they could provide help for the community.

6“Stand⁃up comedy has saved me and enabled me to meet interesting people and do what is worth doing,”Gao says.

Reading Check

1.What does the underlined word“blurry”in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Beautiful. B.Unclear.

C.Real. D.Strange.

2.What's paragraph 3 mainly about?

A.Gao's working experiences. B.Gao's difficulties in life.

C.Gao's jokes'content. D.Gao's views on guide dogs.

3.Why is Gao so active in the comedy industry?

A.To make himself happy.

B.To meet interesting people.

C.To become more popular.

D.To let people pay attention to Stargardt disease.

4.Which word can best describe Stargardt Care Center?

A.Inspiring. B.Academic.

C.Meaningless. D.Normal.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Useful expressions

have problems with 在……方面有问题

psychological consultant 心理咨询师

full⁃time 全职的

stand⁃up comedian 单口相声演员

barrier⁃free facilities 无障碍设施

guide dogs 导盲犬

the visually impaired 视障人士

public account 公众号

manage to do 设法做成

get in touch with 与……取得联系

Ⅱ.Difficult sentence

Many of the viewers comment online that his jokes let them think about how to create a social environment that is more friendly towards people with sight problems.许多观众在网上评论说，他的笑话让他们思考如何创造一个对视障人士更友好的社会环境。

【点石成金】该句中，第一个that引导的是一个宾语从句，这个宾语从句充当com⁃ment的宾语；第二个that引导的是一个定语从句，先行词为a social environment。