Three-year-old pupil rides an ox to school

广西柳州市鹿寨中学 梁宇耀

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成都一名父亲醉心国学，竟然用牛送孩子上学，你怎么看？

What is the most luxurious豪华的way one can enjoy a ride in big cities?Not a sport car or a limousine豪华轿车to your expectation，but something much more eye-catching.

Photos of a three-year-old child on the back of an ox to preschool with his father leading the rope walking ahead have become an online sensation轰动一时的人或事on Chinese social media.

①In fact， the boy started this②unique way of going to kindergarten last winter，which is about three kilometers away from home， in Chengdu， the capital city of Southwest China's Sichuan Province.

A donkey毛驴and a pony矮马are also part of the kid's transportation modes，which are all kept by his father Li Li， a follower of ancient Chinese civilization， who believes traditional culture should be part of daily life.

“When he rides the ox or the donkey， he is able to interact with与……互动the animal，” Chengdu Business Daily quoted引述Li Li as saying.

“It is a way to promote communication between me and my son.I will impart传授my knowledge about seasonal plants，③as well as reciting poems to him.”

The mother of the kid was worried that her son would④fall off the animal. “I normally don't⑤go along as my husband picks up my son with an ox or a donkey.I am afraid that the ox would be frightened.”

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热词积累

1.in fact事实上；实际上

2.unique[ju'ni:k]adj.独一无二的；仅有的

3.as well as 也；和

4.fall off掉下来；下降5.go along同意

难句分析

Photos of a three-year-old child on the back of an ox to preschool with his father leading the rope walking ahead have become an online sensation on Chinese social media.在中国社交媒体上疯传着这样的照片：一名三岁孩子骑在牛背上去上幼儿园，而他的父亲走在前面牵着牛绳。

本句中的on the back of an ox to preschool with his father leading the rope walking ahead为介词短语作名词child的后置定语，短语with his father leading the rope walking ahead是“with+宾语 +宾补（现在分词）”结构。

译文助读

在大城市里，人们能享受到的最豪华的出行方式是什么？不是你想的那样坐跑车或者豪华轿车，而是一种更吸引眼球的东西。

在中国社交媒体上疯传着这样的照片：一名三岁孩子骑在牛背上去上幼儿园，而他的父亲走在前面牵着牛绳。

事实上，这名成都男孩从去年冬天开始就以这种独特的方式上学了（学校离家大约3公里远）。成都是中国西南部四川省的省会城市。

这名男孩还骑过驴和马上学，这些动物都由父亲李立（音）饲养，父亲很喜欢国学，他认为传统文化应该成为日常生活的一部分。

《成都商报》引述李立的话说：“当他骑牛或者骑驴时，他能够和动物交流。”

“这是促进我和我儿子沟通的一种方式。我会教给他有关季节性植物的知识，还会背诵诗歌给他听。”

而孩子的母亲担心小孩有可能从动物背上摔下来。“我通常不赞成我丈夫用牛或者驴去接孩子，我担心牛会受到惊吓伤人。”