Luban Workshops connect countries

2023-02-21陈正久

疯狂英语·新读写 2023年1期

主题语境：工艺技术篇幅：318词建议用时：6分钟

1Luban Workshop is a Chinese-supported skill and vocational training project.With 25 Luban Workshops established in 23 countries,they have become a bridge of friendship between China and countries along the Belt and Road.

2Named after Lu Ban,an ancient Chinese woodcraft master who was born in 507 BC during China's Zhou Dynasty,the workshops aim to develop technical professionals worldwide.

3The workshops are very positive.Students at the workshops are taught in a model called“order-form teaching”,which means that they are trained and equipped with targeted skills in collaboration (合作) with the enterprises they will work at after graduating.The majority of students said they want to continue their studies in China.More than 99 percent of the surveyed students of the workshops said what they have learned at the workshops meets the demand of society.Almost 80 percent of students said they want to work at Chinese enterprise branches in their countries and more than 80 percent said they want to continue their studies in China.

4First established in 2016,the workshops have offered degree education.As the old saying goes,“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”A total of 12,000 people around the world have received vocational training in Luban Workshops,and a total of 66 Chinese and foreign enterprises have established cooperation with Luban Workshops.

5A total of 49 vocational majors have been opened at the workshops,offering education from the secondary vocational degree to the postgraduate degree.Most majors the workshops set up are in industries where there's a huge demand.In this point,they will strengthen the competitiveness of companies in those industries and contribute to the development of the local economy.Luban Workshops have received wide praise abroad.Luban Workshops have become a bridge of friendship between China and foreign countries in educational exchange.

Reading Check

Ⅰ.Choose the best answers according to the text.

Detail

1.Why are Luban Workshops set up?

A.To build a bridge of friendship.

B.To develop technical professionals.

C.To support overseas Chinese enterprise branches.

D.To introduce one famous Chinese person.

Inference

2.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 really mean?

A.A friend is never known till a man has need.

B.Treat other people as you hope they will treat you.

C.It is better to teach one person the skill of making a living.

D.A man,like a watch,is to be valued by this manner of going.

Inference

3.What can we learn about Luban Workshops from the text?

A.Their students'number is about 1,200 in all.

B.They have nearly 50 majors to choose from.

C.They mainly offer free education.

D.They have a history of five years.

Inference

4.In which part of a newspaper may this text most likely appear?

A.Education. B.History.

C.Travel. D.Science.

Ⅱ.Discussion

How much more do you know about Luban Workshops?Do you like them?And why?

Language Study

Ⅰ.Discover useful structures in the text

1.with的复合结构

With 25 Luban Workshops established in 23 countries,they have become a bridge of friendship between China and countries along the Belt and Road.在23 个国家设立的25个鲁班工坊，成为中国与“一带一路”沿线国家的友谊桥梁。

2.where引导定语从句

Most majors the workshops set up are in industries where there's a huge demand.鲁班工坊开设的专业大多针对需求量很大的行业。