By Michael Stutman/郭玉章（譯）

◆語篇導(dǎo)讀

“艱難困苦，玉汝于成”，貧民窟里也能造就明星。凱文·哈特，一位電影演員、幽默大師，一位冉冉升起的新星，一位即將享譽世界的明星，就來自一個單親貧民家庭。艱難困苦，讓他明白幽默的必要；痛失多位親人，讓他知曉健康的重要。來吧，就讓我們和凱文·哈特一起永遠幽默，永遠健康！

You may know the actor and comedian,Kevin Hart,from movies like Jumanji or Captain Underpants.He is becoming one of the world's most famouscelebrities.But it is not hisfamethatimpressesus.Instead,it's hisdrive,his hard work and his strong wish to help others.And it is the secret found in his success.

Kevin's start in life was anything but famous.He grew up in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania，in a home where his father was often not around or injail.His family was poor and struggled.But his mom was a very hard worker and taught him the worth and importance of setting goals,working hard and staying focused.

It was this great workethicthat helped Kevin toperseverein his career as a comedian and actor.Years of hard work let his real self shine on stage,and his career began to take off.He has recently been called the hardest working actor in show business.Off the stage,Kevinappliesthe same focus and hard work to staying fit.He lost many friends and family members due to illness that could have been prevented by fitness.So he is encouraged to not only stay fit himself,but to help others get in bettershape!He wakes up each day to workout at 5：30 a.m.And recently he has started toincludehis fans along with him in staying fit.

◆詞語積淀

celebrity/s??lebr?ti/n.知名人士

fame/fe?m/n.名聲；名望

impress/?m?pres/v.使……有印象

drive/dra?v/n.驅(qū)動；驅(qū)使

jail/d?e?l/n.監(jiān)獄；牢房

ethic/?eθ?k/n.倫理標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；道德體系

persevere/?pз?s??v??(r)/v.堅忍；堅持

apply/??pla?/v.運用；申請

shape/∫e?p/n.形狀；身材

include/?n?klu?d/v.包括；包含

◆典句賞析

1.Kevin's start in life was anything but famous.凱文的幼年生活與出名相距甚遠。

in life是固定短語，意為“一生中；終生”，相當(dāng)于all one's life或者throughout one's life；anything but是固定短語，意為“絕非；根本不”。在類似的短語中，anything還可以替換成anybody、nobody、nothing等不定代詞，nobody(nothing)but意為“就是；只有”。

【即時嘗試】只有他是個不折不扣的大師。

2.It was this great work ethic that helped Kevin to persevere in his career as a comedian and actor.就是這樣了不起的工作理念幫助凱文堅守喜劇演員這項事業(yè)。

這是一個強調(diào)句型。“It is/was...that/who...”能強調(diào)句子的主語、賓語和狀語。強調(diào)人時可用who或that，強調(diào)物時只用that，而且that/who不能省略。構(gòu)成強調(diào)句的it本身沒有詞義。

【即時嘗試】就是他帶病堅持工作的精神感動了每一個人。

3.He lost many friends and family members due to illness that could have been prevented by fitness.他的許多朋友和家人因為一些本可以通過健身得以避免的疾病而失去生命。

due to是固定短語，意為“因為；由于”，后面接名詞，引導(dǎo)原因狀語，有時可與because of替換；could have been...是一種含有情感意義的被動語態(tài)形式，意為“本有可能被……”。

【即時嘗試】由于大家努力工作，本不可能在今天完成的工作順利完工了！__

4.So he is encouraged to not only stay fit himself,but to help others get in better shape!因此，他不僅鼓勵自己去保持健康，而且也幫助別人去健身！

not only...but(also)是一個固定搭配，意為“不但……而且……”，引導(dǎo)并列成分。該并列成分既可以是單詞，也可以是短語或句子；encourage sb.to do sth.意為“鼓勵某人去做某事”。

【即時嘗試】我們不但鼓勵學(xué)生多讀書，還鼓勵他們?nèi)L試寫作。

譯文助讀

如果你看過電影《勇敢者游戲》或者《內(nèi)褲隊長》，就可能知道一位叫凱文·哈特的喜劇演員，他即將成為世界最知名的明星之一。但并不是他的名聲給我們留下深刻印象，而是他的內(nèi)驅(qū)力，他的勤奮，他渴望幫助別人的內(nèi)心讓我們牢記在心，這也是他成功的秘訣。

凱文的幼年生活與出名相距甚遠。他成長于賓夕法尼亞州的費城，在家中，他的爸爸要么不守家，要么在坐牢。他家境貧困，日子拮據(jù)。但他的媽媽是個非常勤奮的工人，她教會了他確立目標(biāo)、努力工作和專心致志的價值和重要性。

就是這樣了不起的工作理念幫助凱文堅守喜劇演員這項事業(yè)。多年的辛苦工作，讓他在臺上熠熠生輝，讓他的事業(yè)開始騰飛。他最近被稱作演藝界工作最努力的演員。

工作之外，凱文也把注意力和拼搏精神應(yīng)用到保持健康上面。他的許多朋友和家人因為一些本可以通過健身得以避免的疾病而失去生命。因此，他不僅鼓勵自己保持健康，而且也幫助別人去健身！每天早上他都5：30起床鍛煉。最近他還把自己的粉絲團結(jié)起來和他一起健身。