American dream fulfilled in China寻乡中国

何高伦

林登说：“我希望100年以后，还有人记得曾经有一个奇怪的老外，他拿着锤子、刷子修补一栋跟他毫不相关的老宅，这就足够了。我还会在这里待40年，甚至更久。我一直觉得自己是个孤儿，是中国领养了我……”

主题语境：跨文化交流 篇幅：342词 建议用时：7分钟

1 Arriving in China 39 years ago with onlythe barest knowledge of the country， BrianLinden， a Stanford PhD candidate who wasonce trapped in a carpet cleaning job， neverimagined that one day he would say，“Chinahas made my American dream come true.”

2 Now the American， who lives in Xizhoutownship in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province， has published a book in Chinese aboutthe cultural stories he has seen in rural China—One Village at a Time. This is a memoirdocumenting his time living in the rural region of Yunnan.

3 Although he came to China for university life in 1984， he received an unexpected act?ing offer that same year. Linden said that the experience of shooting a film， which hestarred in alongside Dutch and Tanzanian actors， gave him his first taste of Chinas open?ness to international cultures.

4 Linden left for a while to pursue higher education at the USs Stanford University inthe late 1980s. Yet during his absence， he never forgot his mission to introduce traditionalChinese culture to people in the US.

5 In his book， he noted that he was fascinated by Chinas Jingdezhen porcelain culture，which led him to open up a small gallery near Chicago in 1996 to show off his porcelaincollection as well as other works of art， such as wood?carved Buddha statues and traditionalpaintings.“In places like the United States， there are so many people who are actually veryimpressed by Asian craftsmanship，”Linden said.

6 Lindens journey to bridge China and the US through culture was never a one?waystreet. The Linden Center in Xizhou township is an inn run by Linden that hosts tourists aswell as cultural programs. The inn was built in a repaired building that shows the perfectexample of the Bai ethnic groups architecture style. Since it first opened in 2007， Lindenhas welcomed numerous foreign visitors. Along with providing them a place to stay， heacts as tour guide， taking them around to introduce local village culture.

Reading Check

Gist

1. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about？

A. Lindens knowledge of China.

B. Lindens American dream.

C. Lindens experience in Yunnan Province.

D. Lindens book about cultural stories of rural China.

Detail

2. Why did Linden come to China？

A. For an acting offer.

B. For his university life.

C. For his stories book.

D. For a cleaning job.

Detail

3. Whats Lindens purpose of opening up a small gallery？

A. To pursue higher education.

B. To show off his book collection.

C. To spread traditional Chinese culture.

D. To tell people how to make porcelain.

Vocabulary

4. What does the underlined word“it”in paragraph 6 refer to？

A. The journey.

B. The village.

C. The architecture style.

D. The inn.

Language Study

Difficult sentence

Along with providing them a place to stay， he acts as tour guide， taking them  aroundto introduce local village culture. 除了为他们提供住宿的地方，他还担任导游，带他们四处参观，向他们介绍当地的乡村文化。

【点石成金】该句中，taking them around为现在分词短语作伴随狀语，现在分词短语表示与主句的主语在逻辑上有主谓关系，即表示主动意义。例如：

1. The dog entered the room， following his master. 那只狗跟着他的主人进了房间。

2. He sat there in silence， looking sad and doing nothing. 他默默坐在那里，看起来悲伤落寞，无事可做。