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| 几米：向左走？向右走？(下) |
| 2003年06月20日15:41:20 空中美语 |
Now a best-selling author of picture books, Jimmy continues to assert control over his life. He works only on projects that inspire him and refuses to let fame limit his freedom. However, as sure as Jimmy is of his own path, he is sensitive that for others, freedom presents its own problems. In a world of infinite possibilities, choice can seem overwhelming.
This idea is represented in Jimmy’s books, where the small scale of his characters expresses the powerlessness they feel when facing choices. The message contained in the brief explanations that accompany Jimmy’s drawings, however, is hopeful: Though the world may make us feel small, we must be brave. Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make appropriate choices.
Despite his newfound fame and wealth, Jimmy prefers working quietly at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing, and his afternoons doing chi-gong. To Jimmy, the freedom to live his life as he chooses means much more than money and attention ever could.
身为当今的畅销漫画作家，几米依然坚持要掌握自己的人生。他只接能够启发他灵感的工作，并且不让名气限制他的自由。然而，尽管几米拥有自己的人生道路，他仍敏锐地感受到，对其他人来说，自由也有自由的问题。在这个充满无限可能的世界里，选择似乎也会令人难以承受。
这样的观点反映在几米的作品中，就是一小部分人物面临选择时的无力感中。然而，搭配图画的简短图解所隐含的讯息则充满了希望：虽然这个世界或许会令我们感到自己渺小，但我们还是要勇敢面对。每件事到头来都能水到渠成——就像几米书中的“小人物”一般——如果我们做出了正确的选择。
尽管几米近来名利双收，但他还是喜欢静静呆在家里创作，陪伴妻女。他早上画画，下午练气功。对几米来说，能够过着自己想要的生活，远比金钱和名声要重要得多。
Vocabulary
1. project n. a piece of work; a task 方案；计划
For her science project, Maria is going to figure out how long it takes germs to grow on food that is left out of the refrigerator.
2. sensitive adj. having the ability to feel what others are experiencing 敏感的；善解人意的
Being a sensitive child, Graham always tried to make friends with the shyest kids in his class.
3. infinite adj. without end; going on forever 无限的；无穷的
The universe, according to science, is infinite.
4. represent v. to show sth. by using sth. else (such as a symbol, words, diagrams, etc.) 表现；代表
In most cowboy movies, good characters are represented by white hats, and evil characters by black ones.
5. accompany v. to go with sb./sth. 伴随；陪伴
The waiter told the couple that the main course would be accompanied by their choice of salad or fries.
6. appropriate adj. suitable; correct 合适的；合宜的
The attendant angrily told the man that it was not appropriate to smoke on the plane.
More Information 仅供参考；不须强记
1. assert v. 坚持
2. scale n. 比例
3. powerlessness n. 无力感
4. chi-gong n. 气功
Language Focus
Pattern A
...., as sure as Jimmy is of his own path, he is sensitive that ....
句型：(as) + Adj. / Adv. + though
原形 V. as
分词
名词（不加冠词）
解析：这是一个让步从句的句型：形容词或名词等置于句首，后接 as / though，再接主语跟动词，意义其实就是指“虽然；尽管”之意，但主要用于文言作品，以强调该句的形容词或名词。
注意：1. 本句型中，名词之前要省略冠词。
2. 第一个 as 有时会被省略。
例1：As competent as William is at mechanical repair, he still couldn’t fix our twenty-year-old television set.
= Although / Though William is competent at mechanical repair, he still ...
虽然威廉精于修理机器，他仍然没办法修好我们那部有20年机龄的电视。
例2：As precious as my mother’s watch is to me, I know that it is time to hand it over to my own daughter.
虽然母亲的手表对我很珍贵，但我知道现在该是将它传给我女儿的时候了。
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