Laurence Kim was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on November 11, 1951． He was not like other children when he was young． A medical scan （扫描） showed that the two halves of his brain were not connected in the usual way． He developed an amazing memory． He started to read when he was two． He remembered everything he had read．

    To read more quickly, he read the left page with his left eye and the right page with his right eye． By reading the two pages at the same time, （1）看完一本书花他不到一小时的时间．By the age of 30, he had memorized around 12,000 books．

    However, he did not develop so well in other areas． （2）He could not walk before four years old , and he had problems putting on his clothes and shoes． His social skills were poor, and he was extremely sensitive （敏感的） about new people． In 1984, Peek and his father met Hollywood movie writer Barry Morrow． Morrow was fascinated by Peek and began to write a new play about Peek's experiences． The movie Rain Man won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1988． （3）This changed Peek's life． （4）He got used to being the center of attention． He became more self﹣confident． He appeared on TV and traveled around the country with his father to develop awareness（意识） of his condition．

    Peek was not only an amazing man but also a real Rain Man． Sadly, Peek died of a heart attack in 2009．

任务一：将（1）处翻译成英文．　　

任务二：将（2）处改为复合句．　　

任务三：写出（3）处 "this" 指代的内容．　　

任务四：将（4）处翻译成中文．　　

任务五：（5）找出该文段的中心句．　　

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