阿木爺爺

廣東 袁丹純

主題語境：文化傳承 篇幅：346詞 關鍵詞：traditional crafts

The Chinese master carpenter, Wang Dewen, known as “Grandpa Amu” on YouTube, has been dubbed “the modern Lu Ban”, a famous Chinese structural engineer.His most popular video, which shows him making a fantastic wooden arch bridge, went viral on the platform,gaining more than 42 million views. In the video, using traditional techniques, he creates woodwork without glue, screws or nails.

Wang was born in Liaocheng, Shandong Province. His father died in an accident when Wang was 9, and soon afterwards, the boy took on the responsibility of helping his family make ends meet. When farming was insufficient, he became an apprentice carpenter with one of his relatives.

“I think that in this line of work, being passionate makes it enjoyable,” Wang said.“But you have to keep improving what you do, even if at times that may prove painful.From the very early days, I loved carpentry, but making things requires patience, concentration and thoughtfulness. What you're looking for in anything you make is beauty and balance.” He added that it took him between three and seven days to make something,with the steps including measuring, drawing lines on the wood, drilling and polishing.

Watching Wang go about his work is a relaxing, even meditative experience brought by the Chinese folk atmosphere and comfortable light background music. One of his followers on the Internet said, “Astounding craftsmanship without nails！ What he can do with a couple of pieces of wood and an old saw is amazing.” And another follower said,“This is so beautiful to watch, but with modern tools and technologies, these traditional crafts may become abandoned. Please keep passing it on.”

Grandpa Amu is also trying to spread unique Chinese techniques to the world. He insists that he is not an Internet celebrity but just an ordinary farmer.

“I'm just an old farmer, and my carpentry skills can't match those of my forebears,”Wang said. “I just want people to enjoy my videos as I show them some very interesting and sophisticated （復雜巧妙的） things.”

Reading Check

1. Why do people call Wang Dewen “the modern Lu Ban” according to paragraph 1?

A. He made a fantastic wooden arch bridge.

B. He created woodwork with traditional techniques.

C. He is an Internet influencer with millions of followers.

D. He is one of the offspring of the ancient carpenter Lu Ban.

2. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A. Wang Dewen's attitude towards life.

B. Wang Dewen's journey to a carpenter.

C. Wang Dewen's major life experiences.

D. Wang Dewen's background information.

3. What can be inferred about Wang Dewen's work according to paragraph 3?

A. It is time-consuming. B. It is attractive to the youth.

C. It involves about ten procedures. D. It focuses on shapes and balance.

4. What is the netizens' attitude towards Wang Dewen's work?

A. Unclear. B. Doubtful.

C. Indifferent. D. Appreciative.

語篇解碼

本文的主題語境為人與社會，屬于文化傳承的范疇。中國的木工師傅王德文采用傳統工藝制作木工作品，制作過程中不使用膠水、螺絲或釘子。 王德文以其精妙絕倫的技術和作品向世人展示了中國傳統工藝的獨特魅力，被譽為“當代魯班”。文章結構如下：

語言學習

Ⅰ. 語料薈萃

語篇單詞重要短語structural adj. 結構（或構造）上的 fantastic adj. 極好的；了不起的 accident n. 事故insufficient adj. 不充分的；不足的 passionate adj. 熱情的；狂熱的 polish v. 磨光；潤色comfortable adj.令人舒服的 background n.背景 follower n.追隨者；擁護者 amazing adj. 令人驚奇的 abandon v. 拋棄；放棄 insist v. 堅持；堅持認為be known as 作為……而出名 be dubbed (as) 被稱為 go viral 像病毒一樣擴散；走紅traditional technique 傳統技術 be born in 出生于 （某地） soon afterwards 不久之后take on the responsibility of 承擔……的責任 make ends meet 使收支平衡 require patience, concentration and thoughtfulness 需要耐心、專注和冥思 go about 從事；做 a couple of 幾個 pass...on 傳遞；傳承 spread unique Chinese techniques to the world 把中國獨特的技術傳向世界 Internet celebrity 網紅

Ⅱ. 語句分析

EGO算法是代理優化算法的經典代表，該方法先用少量試驗建立仿真模型的初始Kriging模型；再用由Kriging模型構建的EI準則序列選取能直接逼近全局最優解的新試驗點并仿真得到新試驗點的響應值；最后判斷新試驗點是否滿足收斂條件，若不滿足，則更新試驗數據和Kriging模型并重復以上加點過程直至算法收斂。EI準則綜合利用Kriging模型的預測和不確定性度量能力，兼具局部開發和全局探索最優解的功能，既保證了EGO算法的全局收斂性又使其具有很高的優化效率[23]。

1. What you're looking for in anything you make is beauty and balance. 在你做的任何東西中，你所要尋找的是美和平衡。

【點石成金】本句中的what引導的是一個主語從句，you make是省略了關系代詞that的定語從句。 整個句子是“主系表”的結構。

2. He insists that he is not an Internet celebrity but just an ordinary farmer. 他堅持認為自己并不是一名網紅，而是一名普通的農民。

【點石成金】本句中，that引導的從句作動詞insist的賓語。 當insist表示“堅持；堅持認為”時，其后的賓語從句用陳述語氣；當insist表示“堅決要求”時，其后的賓語從句用“（should） do”的虛擬語氣形式。 賓語從句中使用了not...but...的句式，意為“不是……而是……”。

語言運用

Ⅰ. 例句仿寫

1. 要想取得英語學習的進步，我們應該多聽、多讀、多看、多說、多寫。

2. 無論你取得了多大的進步，始終都會有人堅持認為你努力做的一切都是不可能的。

No matter how much progress you make, there will always be someone who insists that ________________.

3. 促使這個女孩成功的不是她的天賦，而是她的努力。

________________that contributes to her success.

Ⅱ. 寫作實踐

假定你是李華，你的外國網友Jim想來中國學習中國的傳統木工技術。 請你發一封電子郵件，為他推薦一名老師。 內容包括：

1. 你推薦的人；

2. 推薦原因；

3. 主要事跡。

注意：詞數80左右。

Dear Jim,

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua