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WriteaNewsReportPromotingCulturethroughDigitalImages◆HowmuchhaveyouknownaboutMaogaoCaves?

(history,position,function,stylefeature,legend)◆DoyouknowtheproblemsMaogaoCavesarefacing?DiscussionPromotingCulturethroughDigitalImagesAccordingtothetitleandthepicturesbelow,whatwillpossiblybetalkedaboutinthepassage?借助數字影像，弘揚傳統文化Lanzhou,9August2017.AgroupofresearchersandscientistsfromChinaandothercountriesareworkingtogethertohelpincreaseknowledgeandappreciationofChina'sancientculturalheritage.TheyarerecordingandcollectingdigitalimagesofculturalrelicsfromtheMogaoCaves,whichwereakeystopalongtheSilkRoadthroughoutChina'sancienthistory.Nearly500,000high-quality

digitalphotographshavebeenproducedsincetheinternationalprojectstartedin1994.WhyWhoWhenwasthereport?ResultWhatHowTheMogaoCaveshavelongbeenameetingpointfordifferentculturesandarepartofthehistoryofmanycountries.Today,thecavesarejustasinternationalastheywereatthetimewhenpeopletravelledtheSilkRoad.TouristsfromallovertheworldvisitDunhuangtoseethecaves,andtheGettyMuseuminLosAngeleshasevenreproducedacopyofthecavesandpaintingsforpeopletoadmireinAmerica.Q:WhyaresomanypeopleinterestedinMaogaoCaves?BysharingsomanydigitalphotosovertheInternet,thegrouphopestopromoteevenwiderinterestaroundtheworldinChina'sancienthistory,culture,andtraditions.Theyalsohopeto

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educatepeopleabouttheimportanceofsafeguardinghistoricandculturalrelicsforfuturegenerationstounderstandandappreciate.Asoneresearcherwhoisworkingontheprojectexplains,“Appreciatingone'sownculturalheritageisveryimportantforunderstandingoneself.Appreciatingtheculturalheritageofothercountriesisveryimportantforinternationalcommunicationandunderstanding.”Q:Doyouthinkwhattheresearchersandscientistsdoismeaningfulornot?Ifso,why?Heritageisourlegacyfromthepast,whatwelivewithtodayandwhatwepassontofuturegenerations.

---WorldHeritageCenter各美其美，美人之美，美美與共，天下大同?！M孝通Studytheorganisationofanewsreport.

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ReportingVerbsFWordstoshowcomparisonand/orcontrast常見分類和例子：類別動詞（英文）動詞（中文）中性/一般say,tell,state,explain說，告訴，陳述，解釋斷言/聲稱claim,declare,argue,insist聲稱，宣布，主張，堅持認為詢問ask,inquire,wonder問，詢問，想知道建議/提議suggest,recommend,advise建議，推薦，勸告命令/要求order,command,demand命令，要求警告/提醒warn,remind,caution警告，提醒同意/承認agree,admit,acknowledge同意，承認否認/拒絕deny,refuse,disagree否認，拒絕，不同意承諾/同意promise,offer,agree承諾，提供，同意想法/信念think,believe,feel,assume認為，相信，覺得，假設AnewsreportHeadlineLeadsentenceWriteatitletogetthereaders’attention.Tellthereaderswho,what,when,whereandwhy.BodyTellthereaderthefacts,details,examples,etc.Explainwhatthepersonorgroupdoes.Userelativeclauses.Usequotesandparaphrases.EndingEndwithashortsummarytohelpthereadersunderstandthemainidea.PromotingCulturethrough...

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who+what+why（基本點）how（亮點）presentresult（補充點）文物保護的具體做法文物保護工作的意義有關人員的直接引語文化遺跡的歷史與地位文化遺跡的現在價值與影響（古今對比點）Writeanewsreport文化遺產介紹和所處的狀態(tài):Culturalheritageisanimportantindicatorofnationaldevelopment.Nowadays,manyculturalrelicshavealreadybeendestroyedandhundredsofothersarefacingthedangerofdisappearing.

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常用表達1.活動目的為了號召人們去...,我們學校/學生會...組織了/安排了....Tocallonpeopleto...,ourschool/theStudents’Unionorganized/held/host...為了加強學生們的愛國精神...Inordertostrenghenstudents’spiritoflovingourcountry,...為了提高學生的環(huán)保意識...Toarousestudents’awarenessofenvironmentalprotection,....2.活動的時間和地點我們周六早晨7點在學校門口見面。Wegatheredattheschoolgateat7onSaturdaymorning.這項活動7月30日在我們校圖書館舉辦了。ThisactivitywasheldinourschoollibraryonJuly30th.由...在7月30日組織了一項活動。Anactivitywasorganisedby...onJuly30th.3.參加者來自一年級8班的學生們去了...做了一些志愿工作。StudentsfromClass8Grade1,wentto...anddidsomevoluntarywork.一千名來自...的志愿者參加了這項活動。Onethousandvolunteersfrom...tookpartintheactivity.3.活動的意義他們的行為不僅...而且...Theirbehaviornotonly...butalso...他們所做的事情給他人帶來了歡樂，也豐富了他們自己的生活。Whattheydidhasbroughtjoytoothersandenrichedtheirownlives.假定你是學校的小記者李華,最近你校以“保護中國傳統文化”為主題開展了英語演講活動,請你就此活動寫一篇新聞報道,要點包括:(1)保護傳統文化的重要性;(2)注重保護傳統文化,如京劇(PekingOpera)、書法(Chinesecalligraphy)、中藥(traditionalChinesemedicine)、詩歌(Chinesepoetry)等;(3)采取措施,制定法律,同時使更多人意識到保護傳統文化的重要性。注意:(1)詞數80左右,開頭已給出,不計入總詞數;(2)可適當增加細節(jié),以使行文連貫。ProtectingTraditionalChineseCultureRecentlyourschoolheldanEnglishspeechaboutprotectingtraditionalChineseculture.MoststudentsthinktheprotectionofnationalandfolkcultureisofgreatimportancetoChineseculturaldiversityandalsototheharmoniousdevelopmentbetweeneconomyandsociety.TheybelievemuchattentionshouldbepaidtotheprotectionoftraditionalChineseculture,suchasPekingOpera,Chinesecalligraphy,traditionalChinesemedicine,Chinesepoetryandsoon.

Theythinksomemeasuresshouldbetakenimmediatelytoprotecttraditionalcultureeffectively.Tostartwith,lawsshouldbemadetoregulatesociety’sperformance.Besides,it'simportanttodrawmorepeople’sattentiontoculturalprotection.假定你是李華,近期你校舉辦了主題為“美麗中國”的現場剪紙(traditionalChinesepaper-cutting)比賽。請為校報英文專欄寫一篇活動報道。內容包括:1．活動時間、地點。2．活動概況。3．活動意義。注意:1.詞數100左右;2