By Effendi/陈丽梅（译）

◆语篇导读

委屈、不公、贫穷……并不是你人生中最大的对手，真正最大的对手是你自己！世上无难事，只要肯登攀。贾森仅凭一双手就能攀爬上一览风景的山顶，并因此赢得自己幸福的人生！

Jason，25，from India，has a special skill—Solo Climbing（徒手攀爬）.He can climb up any steep walls orcliffsfreely and do all kinds of difficult or even unbelievable movements on the cliffs.His climbing is as flat as a real spiderman.

Jason isn'tborn with the skill.He learned it after anoccasionalopportunity，worshipinga monkey.There was a sad story behind it actually.

In the early，Jason dropped out to work and helped his parents to raise their family.He started working at the age of 7.He carried bricks on the construction site.Later，Jason went to a rich family as a servant，but the master was very unfriendly to him and oftenscoldedhim.

Once the master lost a preciousnecklace.The female owner thought it was stolen by Jason.Her husband beat Jason and didn't give him anything to eat for 3 days.

Jason couldn't find a man to complain.He felt sogrievousthat he decided to jump off the cliff to finish his life.He ran to a nearby mountain and was ready to climb up a big stone to jump down.But when he climbed the cliff，he could not climb up.Jason thought of a lot of ways to climb up，but he couldn't.At that time，a monkey was there and the monkey climbed up the stone from the side easily.Jason felt very curious.He even felt that he was not as good as a monkey.

So Jason gave up the thought of death.He began to watch the behaviors of monkeys andimitatedthem.Graduallyhe grasped the climbing skills，and began to practice to climb the stone walls like monkeys.With the monkey as a good teacher，and so long his efforts，Jason finally learned to climb up on the steep cliffs and walls，and he was able to go flatly in the smooth places，which made him gradually famous in the area.More and more people are willing to see his performances.His skill has been able to make money for him and his family.

Now，many people worship him as a teacher to learn“Monkey Kungfu”following him.Jason is living a happy life with hisuniqueskill.

◆词语积淀

cliff/klɪf/n.（常指海洋边的）悬崖；峭壁

occasional/ə΄keɪʒənl/adj.偶尔的；偶然的；临时的

worship/΄wзː∫ɪp/v.崇拜；尊敬；爱慕

scold/skəʊld/v.训斥；责骂

necklace/΄nekləs/n.项链

grievous/΄griːvəs/adj.使人痛苦的；令人伤心的

imitate/΄ɪmɪteɪt/v.模仿；仿效

gradually/΄grædʒʊəli/adv.逐步地；逐渐地unique/ju΄niːk/adj.独特的；稀罕的

◆典句赏析

1.In the early，Jason dropped out to work and helped his parents to raise their family.贾森很早就退学去打工，帮着父母养家了。

这是一个由and连接的并列句。to work在前一个句子中作状语，to raise their family在后一个句子中作宾语补足语。

【即时尝试】她想成为一名好老师，并教孩子们学会如何学习。

2.He felt so grievous that he decided to jump off the cliff to finish his life.他感到非常痛苦，于是决定跳崖自杀。

这是一个复合句。so...that...引导的是一个结果状语从句；decide to do sth.是固定句型结构，意为“决定做某事”。

【即时尝试】她很饿，于是去超市买了些零食。

3.Jason finally learned to climb up on the steep cliffs and walls，and he was able to go flatly in the smooth places，which made him gradually famous in the area.贾森终于学会了在陡峭的山崖和墙壁上攀爬，再光滑的地方他也能如履平地，这让他在当地逐渐有了名气。

本句是一个复合句，主句Jason finally...places是由and连接的两个并列句构成，从句which made him gradually famous in the area是一个非限制性定语从句，which指代前面整个主句。

【即时尝试】我要去长城，还要拍很多长城的照片，这会让我为我们的国家感到自豪。

译文助读

二十五岁的贾森来自印度，他有一项特殊的技能——徒手攀爬。他可以徒手攀爬任何陡峭的墙壁或山崖，并做着各种各样的高难度动作，甚至是有些让人觉得不可思议的动作。他就像现实版的蜘蛛侠一样能如履平地。

贾森的这个技能并不是天生的，而是在一次偶然的机会拜一只猴子为师后学会的，这背后隐藏着一个令人心酸的故事。

贾森很早就退学去打工，帮着父母养家了。他七岁就开始在工地上搬砖，后来去了一户有钱人家做佣人，可是主人对他很不友好，常常打骂他。

有一次主人家丢失了一条名贵的项链，女主人诬陷是贾森偷走了，男主人不分青红皂白地就将贾森毒打了一顿，并且三天没有让他吃饭。

贾森找不到人来诉苦，他感到非常痛苦，于是决定跳崖自杀。他跑到附近的一座山上，准备爬上一块大石头然后跳下去，但是当他攀爬悬崖的时候却无论如何都爬不上去。贾森想了很多办法都没能爬上去。就在此时，一只猴子出现了，它从旁边的石壁上很轻松地就攀爬到了山顶。这让贾森感到很好奇，甚至觉得自己连猴子都不如。

于是贾森打消了轻生的念头，他开始观察猴子们的举动并模仿。逐渐地，他掌握了攀爬的技能，于是开始练习着像猴子一样攀爬石壁。有了猴子这个好老师，加上贾森刻苦地练习，他终于学会了在陡峭的山崖和墙壁上攀爬，再光滑的地方他也能如履平地，这让他在当地逐渐有了名气，很多人都愿意来看他的表演。他的技能已经能让他养活他和他的家人了。

现在有很多人拜他为师，跟他学习“猴子功夫”。如今的贾森靠着这个独特的技能，过上了幸福的生活。