UNIT 6 课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化-【金版教程】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第二册创新导学案全书Word（北师大版2019）

课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As less people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a __1__ (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38－year－old craftsman, Li Jianzhong, is committed to __2__ (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.

Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After the mine closed down, Li turned to housing decoration, until he __3__ (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar paintings, something he really had __4__ interest in.

Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he __5__ (study) by himself through large quantities of __6__ (video) and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy __7__ (learn) the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make a variety __8__ sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made of melted brown or white sugar. Craftsmen __9__ (normal) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup (糖浆). When the sugar cools down, __10__ appears is a piece of sugar art.

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