魏勇

语篇导读

你可知，在日本的街头游荡着一群现代武士。他们戴着毡帽，穿着武士服。每当他们看到要处理的目标时，他们总是摆出极酷的造型，以迅雷不及掩耳之势出手……好了，又有一片垃圾被拾走了。

The trash⁃collecting samurai belong to a street performance group who walk on the streets of Japan collecting trash with their trash clips.

They have the very similar looks of the old samurai， but often take on their appearances with cool hats， and modern shoes. They are known for performing samurai songs， dances， and sword shows at different public events. But in the last few years， the trash⁃collecting samurai have been making national news headlines for their trash⁃cleaning acts. They， in fact， turn collecting street trash into a performance worth buying tickets.

The trash⁃collecting samurai give attractive poses whenever they locate and decide to pick up a piece of trash， while at the same time shouting like“Who has done this？” or “Pun⁃ish those with no morals！” Theyre completely harmless， but the action is a huge part of their performance.

Even in a clean country like Japan， littering is a big prob⁃lem， especially during popular festivals， so the trash⁃collecting samurai take it upon themselves to deal with the streets， trash and make people happy at the same time. They walk on the streets dressed in traditional clothes and trash clips， with traditional trash baskets on their backs. And when they find a piece of trash， they shout like “who goes there？” and show a dance battle. Only the winner can have the chance to pick up the trash.

So if youre ever in Tokyo and happen to see a group of samurai with trash?collecting tools looking cool and shouting threats， dont run for your life. Just step back and enjoy the show， its not something you get to see every day.

词语积淀

trash /træʃ/ n. 垃圾

samurai /̍sæmuraɪ/ n. 武士

clip /klɪp/ n. 夹子

sword /sɔːd/ n. 剑;刀

moral /̍mɒrəl/ n. 道德

litter /̍lɪtə（r）/ v. 乱扔

battle /̍bætl/ n. 斗争;战斗

threat /θret/ n. 威胁;恐吓

典句赏析

1.The trash⁃collecting samurai belong to a street performance group who walk on the streets of Japan collecting trash with their trash clips. “垃圾收集武士”是一个街头表演团队，他们行走于日本的街头，用垃圾夹子收集垃圾。

该句为复合句，who在这里作关系代词，引导定语从句;短语belong to作谓语，意为“属于……”，to是介词，后接名词或者代词。belong to不可用于进行时态，也不能用于被动语态;collecting trash是现在分词短语作从句的伴随状语。

【即时尝试】露西是一个可爱的女生，她喜欢读书并且乐于助人。

2.They， in fact， turn collecting street trash into a performance worth buying tickets. 事实上，他们把收集街头垃圾的行为变成了一种甚至值得购票欣赏的表演。

该句为简单句， 名词performance后面用形容词短语作了后置定语;（be） worth doing （sth.） 是常见的搭配，意为“值得做（某事）”，属于用动词的主动形式来表示被动意义。

【即时尝试】莉莉买了一本很值得一读的小说。

3.So if youre ever in Tokyo and happen to see a group of samurai with trash⁃collecting tools looking cool and shouting threats， dont run for your life. 所以，如果你在日本碰巧看到一群外形酷帅的武士，手持捡垃圾的器具，发出威胁的怒吼，你可不要着急逃命啊。

该句为复合句。if引导的是条件状语从句，意为“如果……”，其主句为祈使句，省略了主语you;happen to是固定短语，意为“碰巧……”;run for ones life是固定搭配，意为“逃命”。

【即时尝试】如果你遇到了麻烦，一定要去找警察啊！

（答案见第63页）