专题08 Mama Moon-高中英语【外刊·新闻·热点】素养提升拓展阅读课

Mama Moon Background： Mama Moon’s village is located at the base of Moon Hill, a popular tourist destination famed（著名的） for a moon-shaped hole on the top of the hill. 月亮妈妈住的村庄位于月亮山的山脚下，是一个著名的旅游景点，因山顶上有个月亮形状的洞而得名 More than 20 years ago, with the rise of tourism in Yangshuo, Guilin, Mama Moon living in a poor family began to sell water at the Moon Mountain at the entrance of the village. With the development of tourism, more and more foreigners come to visit here. 20多年前，桂林阳朔旅游业兴起，家中贫寒的徐秀珍便开始在村口月亮山卖水。随着旅游业发展，越来越多外国人来这里旅游。 Introduction To support her family, Mama Moon began to learn different languages in order to attract more foreign customers. Repeating the words in her head before going to bed and immediately after waking up has given her fluency in basic conversations with foreigners 为了养家糊口，月亮妈妈开始学习不同的语言，以吸引更多的外国顾客。 睡前和醒来后立即在脑海中重复这些单词，这让她能流利地与外国人进行基本对话。 Over the past two decades, she has taught herself 11 foreign languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. In addition to making her incredibly popular, her linguistic prowess has made it easier for her to communicate with foreign tourists. Mama Moon has become one of the busiest tour guides in Yangshuo. Her reputation draws a large crowd of tourists every day, especially foreign visitors, who come to meet the multilingual guide out of admiration. 在过去的二十年里，她自学了11门外语，包括英语、西班牙语、日语和韩语。除了让她非常受欢迎之外，她的语言能力也让她更容易与外国游客交流。 徐秀珍已经成为了阳朔最忙的导游之一。她的名声每天都吸引大批游客，尤其是外国游客，他们慕名前来与这位多语种导游见面。 In fact, Mama Moon only has a third grade diploma. From a rural woman who didn’t graduate from primary school to a linguist now, only she knows the hardships behind it. 事实上，徐秀珍只有小学三年级文凭，从一个小学没毕业的农村妇女，到现在的语言达人，其背后付出的艰辛只有她自己知道。 Origin of name： In 2002, two overseas students from Canada was not feeling well while climbing Moon Mountain. Xu Xiuzhen offered help to them without any charge. And the students was so moved that they wrote "Mama Moon" in Xu's notebook. Since then, "Mama Moon" has become another name for Xu. 2002年来自加拿大的两位留学生在爬月亮