本课您将学到：the face of sth.(形象代言人)，I do everything to do sth.句型(尽我所能)

　　好久没有听到名模Cindy Crawford的消息了，毕竟年龄大了，还生了孩子，还能指望她永远充当时尚先锋嘛！可不服输的Cindy以自己的行动再次赢得了世人的目光，不过这一次，功臣可是一个刚满周岁的孩子。

　　Cindy Crawford is setting up her son Presley for a career on the catwalk(时装表演时模特走的天桥).

　　She lost her 11-year contract as the face of Revlon(露华浓化妆品公司) recently. But she has enrolled(参加，招收) her one-year-old son as the model for her latest project: a book that instructs parents onshavingsfun with their children.

　　“Whenever he goes behind the cameras I act like a mad woman, yelling and pulling faces,”she said.“I do everything from waving fruit to doing his favorite monkey impression(做鬼脸) to make sure he'sshavingsfun. Fortunately, Presley is a real natural in front of the camera and he puts on a good show for the photographers. The only problem is that he doesn't know when to stop.”

　　相信Cindy在说这番话的时候，脸上一定洋溢着得意的笑容。这就是所谓“有其母必有其子”吧！

　　【世博读书笔记】

　　人们管模特的步伐叫“猫步”，被赵本山解释为“猫在散步”catwalk，但这是一个名词，指的自然就是“猫儿们散步的地方”，T型台了。Set up有“创造机会”的意思，与后面的for a career on the catwalk连在一起思考，“为一个T型台上的工作创造机会”，再加上现在进行时态表示将来时的意思(is setting up)，整句话的意思也就是“辛迪-克劳馥想把儿子普雷斯利也推向T型台。”

　　辛迪刚刚结束了与露华浓化妆品公司11年的合作合同。the face of Revlon，有形象代言人，形象大使的意思，比如：She is the new face of Esprit.(她是Esprit的新形象代言人。)在商业活动之外，也可以出现这样的代表，比如：She is the face of our class.(她是我们的班花。)

　　但她却在新出版的教父母如何使孩子们得到快乐的新书(book that instructs parents onshavingsfun with their children)中把儿子也扯了进来。(enrolled her one-year-old son)

　　“不论何时，只要他走到摄像机后面，我就得表现的像个疯婆子，(I act like a mad woman)叫喊着做鬼脸(yelling and pulling faces)，”她说，“从挥动水果到做他最喜欢的鬼脸，(from waving fruit to doing his favorite monkey impression)我尽我所能(I do everything)使他开心(to make sure he'sshavingsfun)。

　　幸运的是，(Fortunately)普雷斯利似乎天生就是上镜头的人，(Presley is a real natural in front of the camera)他为摄影师所做的夸张动作简直棒极了。(he puts on a good show for the photographers)

　　我们都知道natural是形容词，意思是“自然的;有关自然界的”，当它做名词时，意思相应就应该是“自然而然的，生就具有特定才能的人”。比如5岁就能作曲的莫扎特，就可以被称为：He is a natural on the piano.(他天生就是弹钢琴的。)

　　这位天生的“模特”唯一的问题就是，他不知该何时停下来。(The only problem is that he doesn't know when to stop)”

　　【世博句型留言板】

　　今天的句型来自本课最长的一句话：I do everything from waving fruit to doing his favorite monkey impression to make sure he'sshavingsfun.

　　先来分析一下：from waving fruit to doing his favorite monkey impression是介词短语做everything的定语，实际上，这个句型浓缩一下就是：I do everything to do sth.(我尽我所能去做某事)

　　突然想起了《星仔走天涯》这部动画片，那个小孩的行动就可以说是：She does everything to find her father.(她想尽一切办法去寻找她爸爸。)

　　婚礼上，新郎面对众多亲友，向大家保证：I will do everything to make her happy.(我要尽我所能带给她快乐。)一句话，赢得了满堂的掌声。

　　正在苦学英语的朋友，让我们也试着来一句豪言壮语：I will do everything to learn English well.(我要用尽全力学好英语。)记住它，更要实践它！

　　今天的讲座就到这里，我们下次再见！

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