On the evening of October 23, a customer in a shopping centre in Shenyang took a two-second video with a phone. It showed a cleaner in a dark uniform riding a small cleaning vehicle past a row of luxury shop windows. The man had deep eyes and a calm face, and the video reached the city trending list before midnight. Soon people online said he looked like a famous actor, and some guessed he was mixed-race. His name is Chen Jingfu, and he is 55.
The centre of the story is not his face but his answer. He said simply that his father came from the north-east and his mother from Shandong, and that he looked nothing like a film star. He added that he was just an ordinary cleaner: on time in, on time out, work done well. Offers of advertising and live streaming came in the following days, and he turned almost all of them down, saying he did not know how to do that kind of thing.
His life changed for one afternoon. On October 31 he was invited to a local football match, where 35,806 people had gathered to watch Shenyang play Dandong. A vice mayor of the city met him in the stands and joked that his workplace had changed his shift, so for one day his only job was to look handsome. He said he would still do his own work well, and asked young people to work steadily instead of chasing fame. When the match ended with a home win on penalties, he said that whichever side won, the whole province won.
The next morning he was back on the first floor before the shops opened, in his working clothes, pushing the vehicle past the same windows. His story was widely liked because it held a simple idea: a city can make room in the front row for the people who keep it clean, and an ordinary worker can accept a little attention without losing his balance. Fame arrives quickly and leaves quickly. The floor he polishes still needs to shine.
Words to know:
- uniform (制服)
- luxury (奢侈的；豪华的)
- mixed-race (混血的)
- ordinary (普通的)
- advertising (广告（宣传）)
- steadily (踏实地；稳步地)
- penalties (点球（复数）)
- balance (平衡)
长难句拆解 · 否定词前置与宾语从句并列
主干：He added that …，added 后接由 that 引导的宾语从句，从句为「主语 + be + 表语」结构。 冒号后的 on time in, on time out, work done well 是对 ordinary cleaner 的解释性补充，三个短语并列，省略了重复的动词。 语法点一：on time in / out 是口语化省略表达，完整说法为 he comes in on time and goes out on time；on time 意为「准时」，in time 意为「及时」，不可混用。 语法点二：work done well 为独立主格结构（名词 + 过去分词），表伴随状态，相当于 and his work is done well。 转述处理：原话为直接引语，文中改为间接引述（去掉引号、人称由 I 变 he、时态后移），这样既保留语气，又避免英文引号在网页数据中造成转义问题。 直译：他补充说，自己只是个普通保洁员：准时上班、准时下班，把活干好。
长难句拆解 · 让步状语从句与时间状语从句
主干：he said that …，前面 When 引导时间状语从句。 介词短语 with a home win on penalties 作方式状语（通过点球大战主场获胜）。 语法点一：whichever side won 是让步状语从句，whichever 相当于 no matter which；注意从句用陈述语序，不能写成 whichever did side win。 语法点二：前半用 won（过去式），后半用 won 亦为过去式，但在语义上表「结果」，真正的主句仍是 he said；让步从句与主句之间用逗号分隔。 直译：当比赛以主场点球获胜结束时，他说无论哪一方赢，整个省都赢了。
同义替换 · 雅思阅读利器
雅思阅读最爱把原文换个说法再出题，下面每组左边是原文表达，右边是常见替换，先遮住右边自测。
- The man had deep eyes and a calm face → The man had striking eyes and a quiet look / He had a still, serious face（外貌描写的同义改写）
- the video reached the city trending list before midnight → the clip topped the local hot list that night / the video went viral in the city within hours（走红速度的表达）
- he turned almost all of them down → he declined nearly every one of them / he said no to almost all offers（拒绝邀约）
- he did not know how to do that kind of thing → he had no idea how to handle such business / that was beyond him（朴实的推辞）
- A vice mayor of the city met him in the stands → A deputy mayor greeted him in the seating area / The city’s deputy mayor joined him in the crowd（官员身份的表述）
- a city can make room in the front row for the people who keep it clean → a city can give the front seats to those who keep it tidy / the people who clean the city deserve the best view（观点句的同义转换）
- an ordinary worker can accept a little attention without losing his balance → a plain worker can take the spotlight and stay grounded / an everyday employee can be noticed without changing（主题句的替换写法）
阅读自测 · 3 题
- 第二段：陈景福走红后接受了大量广告和直播合作。（判断 T / F / NG）
- 文章提到，那场比赛最终以什么方式分出胜负，比分如何？（简答）
- 下列哪一句最能概括作者对这件事的态度？A. 这是一次刻意的网络炒作 B. 平凡人被看见、又不失本分，是一件温暖的事 C. 官员参与此类活动并不合适 D. 短视频让普通人生活变得混乱
参考答案与解析
- F。原文明确写到他几乎拒绝了所有邀约，并说自己不懂这类事情。这是「把可能性当成事实」的典型干扰项：文章只说他收到了邀约，没有说他接受。
- 通过点球大战（on penalties），沈阳队主场获胜；原文给的观众数是 35,806 人。若答「沈阳队 6:5 胜」同样正确。题干问「方式」，需答出 penalties。
- B。第三、四段落在讲城市给普通人让出前排位置、他照常上班不失衡，态度温和肯定。A 与原文「他拒绝了合作、第二天照常上班」相反；C、D 全文均未讨论——属于「无中生有」型干扰项。
中文译文
10 月 23 日晚上，在沈阳的一家商场，一位顾客用手机拍下了一段两秒钟的视频。画面里，一名穿深色制服的保洁员开着一辆小型清洁车，从一排奢侈品橱窗门前经过。这人眉眼深邃、神情沉稳，视频还没到午夜就冲上了同城热榜。很快，网友说他的长相像某位明星，还有人猜他是混血。他叫陈景福，今年 55 岁。
这个故事的重点不是他的脸，而是他的回答。他只是说，父亲是东北人，母亲是山东人，自己长得一点也不像电影明星。他还说，自己就是个普通保洁员：准时上、准时下，把活干好。接下来几天，广告和直播的邀约找上门来，他几乎全都推掉了，说自己不会弄这些事情。
他的生活只改变了一个下午。10 月 31 日，他受邀去看一场本地足球赛，35806 名观众聚集在那里，看沈阳队对阵丹东队。市里的一位副市长在看台上见到他，打趣说单位专门给他调了班，所以这一天的任务就是负责帅。他回答说，自己还是要把本职工作干好，也请年轻人踏踏实实干活，别追一时的名气。比赛最终以主队点球获胜结束，他说不管哪一方赢，都是全省赢。
第二天一早，商铺还没开门，他就穿着工装回到了一楼，推着清洁车从同一排橱窗前经过。这个故事受到广泛喜爱，因为它守住了一个朴素的道理：一座城市可以为那些让它保持洁净的人留出前排的位置，一个普通劳动者也可以接受一点关注而不失去重心。名气来得快，去得也快。他擦的那块地板，仍然需要照出人影。