12月26日外刊阅读精读学案-2024届高三英语一轮复习

  外刊1 主题语境：传统习俗与文化遗产 体裁：说明文 阅读建议时长：7min 原文出处：China Daily 词数：342 难度：★★★★ 文章导读： 据日本新闻报道，日本文化理事会已将“书法”（日语中称“书道”）列为联合国教科文组织非物质文化遗产的候选对象。但中国在2009年已经成功申请了书法为世界非物质文化遗产，日本政府的这一做法引发了网友热议。 Japan to Propose Nation’s Calligraphy for UNESCO Heritage List 日本政府要给书法申遗？中国已申请通过了！ Japan’s Council for Cultural Affairs on Monday chose Japanese calligraphy as a new candidate to propose for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, the Japanese media Yomiuri Shinbun reported. The government will submit the proposal to UNESCO by the end of March 2024. In response, the government will submit its proposal to the U.N. body by next March after officially adopting it at a meeting of relevant agencies. UNESCO’s intergovernmental① committee is expected to decide whether to register Shodō on the list around November 2026. Shodō, which literally means “the way of writing,” is the art of writing kanji② and kana③ characters. After the arrival of kanji from China in ancient times, the Japanese writing style emerged through absorption of Chinese writing styles and techniques, and led to the rise of the waka④ poetry culture and the development of the kana characters. Japanese calligraphy is the art of writing by hand with an ink brush on paper, and the brush strokes and techniques used for both kanji and hiragana have been developed over centuries. Even today, Japanese calligraphy is deeply tied to lifestyle and annual events in Japan, such as in the New Year’s calligraphy ceremony, and it was registered as Japan’s national intangible cultural property in 2021. The news that the Japanese government is planning to add Shodō to the World Heritage list has also   sparked  discussion on the Japanese Internet. Some Japanese netizens mentioned that Chinese calligraphy has previously been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO. Others said kanji is not Japan’s native culture. Yoshiko Samamoto commented, “What is the purpose of Japan to make Shodō an intangible cultural heritage? As ot