By Rena Effendi/劉 健（譯）

◆語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

自古英雄出少年。本文的主人公，年僅12歲的少年卡森·克羅普爾，勤奮上進(jìn)，創(chuàng)新發(fā)明，保護(hù)海洋，奉獻(xiàn)愛心，小小少年就成為了發(fā)明家、企業(yè)家和環(huán)?；顒?dòng)家。作為當(dāng)代的中學(xué)生，我們?cè)撛鯓觼?lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的青春夢(mèng)想呢？或許我們可以從卡森·克羅普爾的身上能得到一些啟發(fā)。

Carson Kropfl is an inventor，business owner and environmental activist.He enjoys the excitement of surfing.Andwhat's more，he likes riding his skateboard.

Carson is very hard-working，only a 12-year-old boy.He just completed seventh grade.And，school had a lot to do with the creation of his company.His storyproofedthat necessity is truly the mother of invention.

Carson had enjoyed skating for years.He liked to use his skateboard to go to some places，including school.But over time，he grew increasingly disappointed that he had no place to store his board once he arrived.

As a student，he could not change the size of hislocker.But he realized he might be able to change the shape of his skateboard.And，from that small dream，a business was born.

“I have a skateboard company called Lockerboard and what I do is，I take the recycled boards and reshape them to fit inside of backpacks and lockers.”

Carson first just made a shorter skateboard in the shape of a square for himself.Carson made his first sales in the room where students ate at his school.He put a few skateboards on a table and his schoolmates started buying them up.

The young man says he has now sold about 700 skateboards in two years of operation.His skateboards come in a number of shapes and designs.Each one costs around$100.

“Idonateone dollar for every Lockerboard sold to Ocean Unite because they'refocused onoceanconservation.”

The young business owner says he is not exactly sure what he will do when he grows up.But he sure will stay busy.

“I'm going to be an activist traveling the world，supporting ocean conservation and how we could protect our earth.And，traveling the world，skating and surfing，because I am an athlete.”

◆語(yǔ)塊收藏

what's more另外；而且

proof/pru?f/n.證明；證據(jù)

locker/'l?k?（r）/n.存物柜；寄物柜

donate/d??'ne?t/v.捐贈(zèng);捐獻(xiàn)（器官）

focus on致力于；使聚焦于

conservation/,k?ns?'ve??n/n.保護(hù)；保持

◆典句賞析

1.He liked to use his skateboard to go to some places，including school.他喜歡滑著滑板去一些地方，包括學(xué)校。

include為動(dòng)詞，意為“包括”，側(cè)重指被包含著整體的一部分。included是過(guò)去分詞形式的形容詞，在表示“包括……在內(nèi)”時(shí)常放在被修飾的詞之后，起著補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明的作用。本句中including是現(xiàn)在分詞，后面直接接賓語(yǔ)，含有補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明之意。

【即時(shí)嘗試】30名乘客受傷，包括5個(gè)孩子。

2.Carson made his first sales in the room where students ate at his school.卡森將第一次出售滑板的地方選在了學(xué)校餐廳。

這是個(gè)復(fù)合句，where這里作為關(guān)系副詞引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞room，where在從句中作地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)。

【即時(shí)嘗試】這就是他曾經(jīng)住過(guò)的房子。

3.The young business owner says he is not exactly sure what he will do when he grows up.這位年輕的企業(yè)家表示，他不確定長(zhǎng)大后會(huì)做什么。

he is not...grows up為省略that的賓語(yǔ)從句。what引導(dǎo)的也是賓語(yǔ)從句?！癰e sure+賓語(yǔ)從句”結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“確信某事一定會(huì)……”，表示主句主語(yǔ)對(duì)賓語(yǔ)從句中涉及的事物所做出的判斷。

【即時(shí)嘗試】我不能確定以前是否見到過(guò)她。

譯文助讀

卡森·克羅普爾是一位發(fā)明家、企業(yè)家和環(huán)?；顒?dòng)家。他喜歡沖浪的刺激。除了沖浪，他還喜歡玩滑板。

年僅12歲的卡森非常勤奮，剛剛讀完七年級(jí)。學(xué)校和他公司的創(chuàng)辦有很大的關(guān)系。他的故事證明了需求才是發(fā)明之母。

多年來(lái)，卡森一直喜歡滑板。他喜歡滑著滑板去一些地方，包括學(xué)校。但隨著時(shí)間的推移，他越來(lái)越失望，因?yàn)楫?dāng)他到達(dá)學(xué)校的時(shí)候找不到地方存放自己的滑板。

作為一名學(xué)生，他無(wú)法改變他的儲(chǔ)物柜尺寸。但他意識(shí)到自己也許可以改變滑板的形狀。懷揣這樣的小小夢(mèng)想，一家企業(yè)就這樣誕生了。

“我有一家名為L(zhǎng)ockerboard的滑板公司，主營(yíng)業(yè)務(wù)就是把這些滑板回收再利用，并將其重新改造，可放入背包和儲(chǔ)物柜。”

首先，卡森為自己定制了一款較短的方形滑板?？ㄉ瓕⒌谝淮纬鍪刍宓牡胤竭x在了學(xué)校餐廳。他在桌子上放了幾塊滑板，同學(xué)們開始選購(gòu)。

這位年輕人說(shuō)，截至目前，他已經(jīng)在兩年內(nèi)賣出了約700塊滑板。他的滑板款式多樣，風(fēng)格各異。每一塊的價(jià)格約100美元。

“我把滑板賣給專注海洋保護(hù)的海洋聯(lián)合公司，每售出一塊就捐一美元?！?/p>

這位年輕的企業(yè)家表示，他不確定長(zhǎng)大后會(huì)做什么。但他一定會(huì)勤奮不怠。

“我打算成為一名在全球奔走的活動(dòng)家，支持海洋保護(hù)以及如何保護(hù)我們的地球。還有，環(huán)游世界、玩滑板和沖浪，因?yàn)槲沂且幻\(yùn)動(dòng)員?！?/p>