2021-2022学年度第37期总第867期
Anyone can be a hero (pages 4-5)
大连市23中学  韩爱华
Lead in
Which animation are they from?

the League of Legends

Let’s enjoy the theme song by Eason Chan

Who do you think are heroes?
Definition from the Internet: the principal characters in a play or movie or novel or poem.
Do you agree with it? Are there other definitions?
Let’s read “Anyone can be a hero” to find out more.

Fast reading
Read the passage and find out what are heroes. Choose the correct answers.
    √    1. “Super humans” who help people with special powers.
    √    2. People who have changed history or liberated a nation.
    √    3. Ordinary souls.

Careful reading
Read the passage carefully and make a list of the heroes mentioned.
1. frontline anti-pandemic workers
2. Providers of daily necessities in Shanghai, for example, Wang Hongyu and Zhang Jinliu.
What difficulties do they overcome?
1.Wang Hongyu’s team lacks workers; they have to live and eat in the supermarket; one even slept in the back seat of his car for 21 days.
2. Zhang Jinliu and his 21 workmates have been working since April 1, from 6:30 until as late as 11 pm.

Discussion
How do you understand the last two sentences:
A hero doesn’t always wear a cape (披风). Lonely warriors don’t stand in the spotlight, but they still shine.

Language study
1. After its release in November 2021, the song not only went viral (走红) among adults, but also found many fans among students.
go viral:走红
这首歌在2021年11月发行后不但在成年人中走红，而且还获得了很多学生歌迷。

2. In Lonely Warrior, there’s a catchy line to explain what a hero is.
catchy:引人注意的；朗朗上口的
在孤勇者这首歌中有一句朗朗上口的歌词解释了什么是英雄。

3. Speeding through the neighborhood streets of Shanghai on his scooter (小型摩托车), the 32-year-old courier (快递员) knows the vital role he is playing as a lifeline for people in lockdown.
Speeding...现在分词做状语，表示主语the 32-year-old courier (快递员)发出的动作
play a vital role起重要作用
play a vital role as sth. 作为......起重要作用
play a vital role in sth. 在某方面起重要作用
骑着他的小型摩托穿梭在上海的各个街区，这个32岁的快递员知道他对于封闭管控地区的人来说起着生命线的重要作用。

4.  Lonely warriors don’t stand in the spotlight, but they still shine.
stand in the spotlight：站在聚光灯下；受到媒体的关注
孤勇者不站在聚光灯下，但他们依旧闪耀。