China's Vincent van Gogh
   He lives a double life.By day，he is a garbage man，but by night he is a painter.He's Wei Guangming.
   Wei is 49 years old and lives in Shaoxing，Zhejiang Province.He has lived there since 2002.He makes a living by collecting and selling garbage.After work，he paints and he has created more than 1 ，000 works.
   Wei comes from a village in Anhui Province.He was interested in drawing when he was a child.However，because his family was poor，he wasn't able to finish high school，let alone get any art training.But he didn't give up his hobby.When he was free，he learned to paint from books he bought and from videos he found online.His hard work finally paid off.He sold his first painting online for 200 yuan last year.Excited about the first successful sale，he posted the transaction on Douyin.To his surprise，it attracted a large number of followers.They call him China's Vincent van Gogh.
   Now a great many people want to buy Wei's paintings，but Wei accepts only 25-30 orders each month.He said， "If I take too many orders，I can't make sure that all the pictures are painted well." He said that he won't give up his day job，as it provides steady income so he can focus on painting in his free time.
   Although he has become famous，Wei is clear that he is only a beginner.He is still learning and dreams of being a professional painter in the future.

Word Bank
（1）double /'d?b（?）l/ adj.雙重的
（2）transaction /tr?n'z?k?（?）n/n.交易
（3）attract /?'tr?kt/v.吸引
（4）steady income穩(wěn)定的收入
（5）focus on專(zhuān)注于
（6）professional /pr?'fe??nl/ adj.專(zhuān)業(yè)的

Checking Corner
True （T） or False （F）？
（1）In 2002，Wei Guangming started to live in Shaoxing，Zhejiang Province．

T

T

（2）Wei Guangming learned to paint in school．

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F

（3）Wei Guangming didn't take too many orders because he wanted to paint all the pictures well．

T

T