【题目】随着电脑的普及，许多中国学生逐渐忽视书写。针对该现象，请你根据下表提示，用英语写一篇短文向校刊投稿，阐述书写的重要性。
你的观点 | 电脑普及时代书写依然重要 |
你的理由 | 1．书写是中国传统文化的一个重要组成部分，所以练习书写有助于传承文化； |
2．每个人的字迹都有个人意义，例如手写书信更能表达情感； | |
3．……（再自拟至少一个理由并加以阐述） |
注意：
1. 必须包括表中所有提示内容，并作适当发挥；
2. 文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯，书写规范；
4. 词数不少于90字（文章开头已经给出, 不计入总词数）。
参考词汇：handwriting 书法；字迹；书写（不可数名词）inherit 传承（及物动词）
Nowadays many Chinese students no longer pay much attention to handwriting. They believe their keyboards can do the work. However, I think that handwriting is still important.
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【题目】 One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning the Chinese seven-string zither (七弦琴) , also known as the guqin, one of the four arts - along with go, calligraphy and painting. It first appeared over 3, 000 ago and represents China's solo musical instrument tradition.
At first, the gugin had only five strings, representing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Later. in the Zhou dynasty, King Wen of Zhou added a sixth string for his son, King Wu of Zhou, added a seventh string to encourage his army to fight with the Shang.
Ambience (环境气氛) was important in playing the Chinese zither. Usually, it was practised in quiet setting and never for public performance.
Ancient artists enjoyed performing by a stream in the mountains. The sound of the quqin mixed with the echoes (回音) from the mountains, until the musician found himself at one with nature. Playing it in snow was also a favorite pastime for ancient artists, who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the world. Also. a night with moonlight was considered ideal for Playing the guqin. Wang Wei (701-761), a highly talented man of the Tang dynasty, liked playing it in a bamboo forest on nights with moonlight most.
Guqin pieces are usually around three to eight minutes long, with the longest being Guangling Verse, which is 22 minutes long. Other famous pieces include Plum Blossoms in Three Movements, Wild Geese Landing on the Sandbank and Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute.
Nowadays, there are fewer than one thousand well-trained gugin players and perhaps no more than fifty living masters. The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only a hundred works by today. The guqin and its music was added to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人类非物质文化遗产) in 2003.
Title: The Guilin and Its Music | |
Main Parts | Detailed information |
Introduction to the guqin | As one of the four arts, it has a 【1】 of 3, 000 years and represents China's solo musical instrument tradition. |
The strings | At first, there were five strings, which represented five elements. Later, kings in the Zhou dynasty added 【2】 more strings to them. |
The ambience | In quiet setting, not for public performance. 1. By a stream in the mountains. The 【3】 sound of the guqin and its echoes could make musicians find themselves –at one with nature. 2. In snow. It was believed to be the purest instrument in the world. 3. On a night with moonlight. Wang Wei's 【4】 was to play the guqin in a bamboo forest on a night full of moonlight. |
The present 【5】 | Not many players, masters and works-are alive nowadays. The guqin and its music entered the list the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2003. |