Bad news has wings. So does good news. In 2021, a teacher from Shangqiu, Central China's Henan Province, wowed （博得稱贊） thousands of netizens with his neat and immaculate （完美的） chalk handwriting after a video showing him writing characters in various calligraphy （書法） styles on a blackboard went viral. Each stroke （筆畫） is so perfectly executed （完成）that it has earned the teacher the nickname “walking printer”.

Graduating from university as an art and craft major in 2003, Zhang Shifeng, now aged 41, has been an art teacher ever since. He took calligraphy as a hobby at an early age, and has put all his heart into calligraphy with chalk for decades.

According to Zhang, writing with a chalk is trickier than using a brush and paper, as the character you write on a blackboard is usually on a larger scale, making the stroke harder to handle and the pattern and composition of each character is difficult to grasp,thus requiring a great practice.

After years of perfecting his technique, Zhang is now capable of chalkboard writing in a dozen styles, including Small Seal script, and Semi-cursive script.

Zhang said he felt exhilarated （高興的）when his handwriting won compliments from students and believed his continuous efforts would pay off by helping students understand different calligraphy styles in the history of Chinese character development. “Every time I notice kids'keen interest in my class,I see that their enthusiasm for Chinese calligraphy is fueled,which makes me feel so much rewarded.It is my hope that the kids will learn how to write properly through my chalkboard writing and inherit （繼承）our beautiful art of calligraphy.You see,we can't let our traditional culture fade away,”he said.

Thanks to Zhang, interest in calligraphy among students is aroused, with many people imitating his writing, and to their credit, “they are doing fairly well,” Zhang added.

For calligraphy enthusiasts （愛好者）, Zhang recommends starting off by practicing Kaishu, or Regular Script, as the structure of Kaishu preserves the essential characteristics of squareness （方形） and precision （精確性）.

Activity A Reading for understanding

Ⅰ. Text-centered chunks

earn the nickname 獲得昵稱

put all one's heart into 把某人的全部心血傾注于……

on a large scale 大范圍地

be capable of 有能力做

win compliments 贏得贊美

pay off 取得成功

fuel one's enthusiasm 燃燒某人的熱情

fade away 逐漸消失

arouse one's interest 喚起某人的興趣

to one's credit 值得贊揚(yáng)

start off by 通過……開始

Ⅱ. Text-centered sentences

一、with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)

Thanks to Zhang, interest in calligraphy among students is aroused, with many people imitating his writing, and to their credit, “they are doing fairly well,” Zhang said. 多虧了張老師，學(xué)生們對(duì)書法的興趣被激發(fā)了，很多人模仿他的字體，值得贊揚(yáng)的是，張老師說：“他們確實(shí)做得很棒。 ”

【點(diǎn)石成金】with many people imitating his writing是with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)。

【運(yùn)用遷移】老師進(jìn)來了，腋下夾著一本書。

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二、so...that句型

Each stroke is so perfectly executed that it has earned the teacher the nickname“walking printer”. 老師如此完美地完成每一筆，以至于這為他獲得了“行走的打印機(jī)”的綽號(hào)。

【點(diǎn)石成金】so...that句型引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句，意為“如此……以至于……”。

【運(yùn)用遷移】她興奮得睡不著。

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三、同位語從句

It is my hope that the kids will learn how to write properly through my chalkboard writing and inherit our beautiful art of calligraphy. 我希望孩子們能通過我的黑板字學(xué)會(huì)如何恰當(dāng)?shù)貢鴮懀⒗^承我們美妙的書法藝術(shù)。

【點(diǎn)石成金】my hope后接的that從句為同位語從句，用來對(duì)前面的抽象名詞hope進(jìn)行解釋說明。

【運(yùn)用遷移】我從王教授那里來，他讓我告訴你他今天下午不能來看你了。

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Activity B Reading for writing

假定你是李華，你校的國際交流生Allen對(duì)中國書法課程很感興趣，并寫郵件向你咨詢相關(guān)信息。 請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下面的內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)寫信回復(fù)他。

1. 中國書法的簡(jiǎn)介；

2. 書法課程的意義；

3. 練習(xí)書法的建議。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)80左右；

2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3. 至少需要使用一個(gè)with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)、so...that句型或同位語從句；4. 注意段落內(nèi)的邏輯關(guān)系。

Dear Allen,

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Hope you may find my information useful. Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

寫作導(dǎo)引

本次的寫作任務(wù)是寫一封告知信，要求我們簡(jiǎn)單介紹中國書法、書法課程的意義以及練習(xí)書法的建議，并且至少需要使用一個(gè)with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，so...that句型或同位語從句。這些寫作要求和所給語篇的主題語境是緊密相關(guān)的。我們可以通過整合同主題閱讀材料的內(nèi)容和語言，梳理寫作思路和積累素材。

一、語篇解碼

（一）內(nèi)容分析

What is the text mainly about?

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（二）宏觀結(jié)構(gòu)

Fill in the blanks according to the text.

二、素材積累

本次的寫作任務(wù)是基于“傳統(tǒng)書法”這一主題開展的寫作，我們可以通過模仿并運(yùn)用文章中的語言表達(dá)，如詞塊和句型，積累寫作的語言素材。

（一）介紹類的核心表達(dá)

1. symbolize 象征

2. be considered/seen/regarded as 被認(rèn)為是

3. a wide range of 多種多樣的

4. a variety of 各種各樣的

5. Thanks to..., Zhongshan is considered as one of the most livable cities in China.由于……，中山被認(rèn)為是中國最宜居的城市之一。

6. Sth, invented by..., is a new tool used to... ……發(fā)明的……是一種用來……的新工具。

（二）描述意義的核心表達(dá)

1. deepen understanding of 加深對(duì)……的理解

2. enrich life experience 豐富人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)

3. broaden one's horizons 開闊某人的視野

4. strengthen the bond/ties between/among 加強(qiáng)……之間的關(guān)系

5. in memory of 作為對(duì)……的紀(jì)念

6. it can not only...but also... 它不僅能……還能……

7. without..., we cannot... 沒有……，我們就不能……

8. It is on this special day that people mourn for their ancestors. 人們正是在這個(gè)特殊的日子里悼念他們的祖先。

三、寫作支架

本次的寫作任務(wù)是寫一篇融合介紹相關(guān)信息和提供建議的告知信，根據(jù)寫作要求，其語篇結(jié)構(gòu)可定為“簡(jiǎn)介+意義+建議”。 文章的框架如下：

Hearing that...,I am writing to share with you sth,which I hope will be helpful to you.

It is a fact that... （簡(jiǎn)介）. It functions as...as well as... (意義) When it comes to..., it is highly recommended that sb should do...

四、語篇過手

根據(jù)以上提供的主題、主題表達(dá)和語篇結(jié)構(gòu)，我們可以寫出文章的第一、二段。第一段點(diǎn)出寫信的目的，第二段寫對(duì)中國書法的簡(jiǎn)介、書法課程的意義并提出練習(xí)書法的相關(guān)建議。 總詞數(shù)控制在80左右。

同時(shí)，學(xué)習(xí)運(yùn)用前文閱讀材料中出現(xiàn)的with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)、so...that句型或同位語從句。 尤其要注意表達(dá)的內(nèi)在邏輯關(guān)系，需要注意使用恰當(dāng)?shù)倪B詞。