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英语 选择性必修 第二册 WY
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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The word Nüshu literally means “women's writing” in Chinese. As the name suggests, Nüshu is created and specially used by women.
Often __1__ (call) “the world's only surviving characters for women”, these slim words were developed from standard written Chinese. In the old days, Nüshu __2__ (teach) by elderly women to girls at home because female children weren't allowed __3__ (attend) formal school. During gatherings in villages, women used the characters to write poems or song lyrics to express their emotions __4__ were hidden from men. The words were full __5__ encouragement and positive energy, and showed an uncommon open-mindedness among women at that time.
Ji Xianlin once said that Nüshu is a feminist (女权主义者) symbol. “It's __6__ unique writing system created by __7__ (talent) women who were deprived (剥夺) of the right to education,” he wrote in an article. “It has significance in various __8__ (field) and represents Chinese people's strong spirit.”
Nüshu was made as a national cultural heritage in 2006. However, it is not __9__ (wide) used in daily life today. In fact, it is a dying language. Now linguists are taking action to prevent this incredible cultural heritage from __10__ (disappear).
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________
5.________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________
9.________ 10.________
答案:1.called 2.was taught 3.to attend 4.that/which 5.of 6.a 7.talented 8.fields
9.widely 10.disappearing
Many old poems written in Nüshu were created by women talking about their difficulties in life and how they made it through hardship.
在许多以女书写成的古老诗歌中,女性们描绘了自己在生活中遇到的困难以及如何渡过难关的经历。
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