阿木爷爷

广东 袁丹纯

主题语境：文化传承 篇幅：346词 关键词：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 （复杂巧妙的） 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.

语篇解码

本文的主题语境为人与社会，属于文化传承的范畴。中国的木工师傅王德文采用传统工艺制作木工作品，制作过程中不使用胶水、螺丝或钉子。 王德文以其精妙绝伦的技术和作品向世人展示了中国传统工艺的独特魅力，被誉为“当代鲁班”。文章结构如下：

语言学习

Ⅰ. 语料荟萃

语篇单词重要短语structural adj. 结构（或构造）上的 fantastic adj. 极好的；了不起的 accident n. 事故insufficient adj. 不充分的；不足的 passionate adj. 热情的；狂热的 polish v. 磨光；润色comfortable adj.令人舒服的 background n.背景 follower n.追随者；拥护者 amazing adj. 令人惊奇的 abandon v. 抛弃；放弃 insist v. 坚持；坚持认为be known as 作为……而出名 be dubbed (as) 被称为 go viral 像病毒一样扩散；走红traditional technique 传统技术 be born in 出生于 （某地） soon afterwards 不久之后take on the responsibility of 承担……的责任 make ends meet 使收支平衡 require patience, concentration and thoughtfulness 需要耐心、专注和冥思 go about 从事；做 a couple of 几个 pass...on 传递；传承 spread unique Chinese techniques to the world 把中国独特的技术传向世界 Internet celebrity 网红

Ⅱ. 语句分析

EGO算法是代理优化算法的经典代表，该方法先用少量试验建立仿真模型的初始Kriging模型；再用由Kriging模型构建的EI准则序列选取能直接逼近全局最优解的新试验点并仿真得到新试验点的响应值；最后判断新试验点是否满足收敛条件，若不满足，则更新试验数据和Kriging模型并重复以上加点过程直至算法收敛。EI准则综合利用Kriging模型的预测和不确定性度量能力，兼具局部开发和全局探索最优解的功能，既保证了EGO算法的全局收敛性又使其具有很高的优化效率[23]。

1. What you're looking for in anything you make is beauty and balance. 在你做的任何东西中，你所要寻找的是美和平衡。

【点石成金】本句中的what引导的是一个主语从句，you make是省略了关系代词that的定语从句。 整个句子是“主系表”的结构。

2. He insists that he is not an Internet celebrity but just an ordinary farmer. 他坚持认为自己并不是一名网红，而是一名普通的农民。

【点石成金】本句中，that引导的从句作动词insist的宾语。 当insist表示“坚持；坚持认为”时，其后的宾语从句用陈述语气；当insist表示“坚决要求”时，其后的宾语从句用“（should） do”的虚拟语气形式。 宾语从句中使用了not...but...的句式，意为“不是……而是……”。

语言运用

Ⅰ. 例句仿写

1. 要想取得英语学习的进步，我们应该多听、多读、多看、多说、多写。

2. 无论你取得了多大的进步，始终都会有人坚持认为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. 促使这个女孩成功的不是她的天赋，而是她的努力。

________________that contributes to her success.

Ⅱ. 写作实践

假定你是李华，你的外国网友Jim想来中国学习中国的传统木工技术。 请你发一封电子邮件，为他推荐一名老师。 内容包括：

1. 你推荐的人；

2. 推荐原因；

3. 主要事迹。

注意：词数80左右。

Dear Jim,

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua