幼儿园男孩背大葱上学堂

陕西省山阳中学 朱声怀

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开学首日“背葱男孩”火了！背后的书包里插着两棵大葱,手中还提着满满两大袋东西……这个男孩的萌照近日刷爆了朋友圈。

A kindergarten boy in China became a celebrity名人the moment his first-day-of-school photos surfaced on social media.

The boy,①identified asa 3-year-old named Youyou,went to school on September 1 for the start of the new semester.

He②stood outfrom the rest,however,because his schoolbag contained items totally unrelated to studying.

On top of books,Youyou’s bag contained apples,instant noodles,giant onions and water chestnuts.

While it’s easily strange for many,his mother sur named Cao,explained that it’s a custom in their home city.

According to CGTN,the items③areall homophones同音异形异义词for lucky wordsrelevant toa student.For example,the giant onion,orcong,is a homophone for“smart” orcong ming.Apple orping guois a homophone for“safe” orping an.

Funny enough,the instant noodle brand in Youyou’s bag isUnify 100,which④supposedlymakes students get 100%in tests.

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Ⅰ.热词积累

①be identified as被当作；被确认是

②stand out显眼；引人注目

③be relevant to...与……有关

④supposedly[s藜謖p藜尬z奘dli]adv.according to what is generally thought or believed but not known for certain想象上；大概

Ⅱ.难句分析

While it’s easily strange for many,his mother,surnamed Cao,explained that it’s a custom in their home city.虽然这对很多人来说会很奇怪，但是他的母亲曹女士解释道，这是他们家乡的一个习俗。

句中while引导的是让步状语从句，意为“尽管”，常放在主句前。while还可以引导条件状语从句，意为“只要”

While there is life，there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。

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中国一名幼儿园男孩在他的开学照片出现于社交媒体后瞬间走红。

该男孩现年3岁，名为呦呦，他于9月1日去学校上学。

然而，由于书包里放着与学习毫无关系的东西，他显得格外出众。

在课本上，呦呦的书包里放着苹果、方便面、大葱和菱角。

虽然这对很多人来说会很奇怪，但是他的母亲曹女士解释道，这是他们家乡的一个习俗。

据中国国际电视台报道，这些东西对学生而言都是幸运词语的同音异形异义词。例如，葱是“聪”的同音异形异义词。苹果是“平安”的同音异形异义词。

有意思的是，呦呦包里的方便面品牌是 “统一100”，这可能会使学生考试考满分。