Illustrator injects pop cultural elements into p ottery drawings
2019-01-12 07:40:14江蘇師范大學附屬實驗學校周芬娜
瘋狂英語·新悅讀 2019年1期
江蘇師范大學附屬實驗學校 周芬娜
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Wang Congying comes from Wenling Vocational and Technical School.She developed a keen interest in drawing,especially in cartoons,in her childhood,though her parents did not support her at first.
Only until her entry into a high school,did sheget an opportunity toformally learn drawing.
Wang taught herself illustration when she was a college student by following online classes and interacting with other enthusiasts.
Up till now,drawing has become an important part of her daily life.She often spends several hours every day producing various kinds of creations.
Meanwhile,she has constantly shared her artistic products online with friends and received warm applause from them.
Wang said in a recent interview that it took her about half a month to create the collection of nine illustrated pottery figurines,which immediately and surprisingly put her intothelimelight.Theoriginalsofthese illustrations are now being housed in Nanjing Museum in neighboring Jiangsu Province.
An intense love forhercountry and traditional Chinese culture has sustained her strong will to complete these striking works.
Under Wang's pen,some of the pottery figurines were animated to appear to dance to an accompaniment of popular songs on short video app Douyin,while others are depicted（描畫）as sumo wrestlers（相撲運動員）.
Wang added that she often wasinspired toproduce drawingswhen visiting nationwide museums.
During the interview,Wang said she will make a further exploration of traditional Chinese culture and cultural relics in her future endeavors to create more original cartoon characters and challenge the predominance of animated figures from the US,Europe and Japan.
In addition,Wang noted that drawing has proved to be useful in the communication with foreigners andbuilding closer tieswith children in her own life.
Reading Check
1.What does Wang Congying go crazy about?（no more than 15 words）
2.What is her plan in the coming future?（no more than 15 words）
3.What does she think of her career?（no more than 18 words）
Difficult sentences
1.She developed a keen interest in drawing,especially in cartoons,in her childhood,though her parents did not support her at first.
翻譯____________________________：
【點石成金】本句為主從復合句。主句為She developed a keen interest in drawing，其中，though her parents did not support her at first在句中作讓步狀語從句。in her childhood在句中作狀語。
2.Wang said in a recent interview that it took her about half a month to create the collection of nine illustrated pottery figurines,which immediately and surprisingly put her into the limelight.
翻譯_____________________________：
【點石成金】本句為主從復合句。主句為Wang said that...,in a recent interview在句中作狀語。that引導的是賓語從句；which引導的是非限制性定語從句。
3.During the interview,Wang said she will make a further exploration of traditional Chinese culture and cultural relics in her future endeavors to create more original cartoon characters and challenge the predominance of animated figures from the US,Europe and Japan.
翻譯：___________________________
【點石成金】本句為主從復合句。主句為Wang said she...，其中she will make a further exploration...是省略了從屬連詞that的賓語從句，在said后作賓語。介詞短語of traditional Chinese culture and cultural relics...為后置定語，修飾exploration；動詞不定式短語to create...在句中作目的狀語。
Using Language
Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text
1.develop a keen interest in 培養(yǎng)……濃厚的興趣
2.get an opportunity to有機會做……
3.inspire sb to do激勵某人做某事
4.make a further exploration進行進一步的探索
5.build closer ties建構緊密的關系
Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the phrases given above.
1.I ___________work harder than ever before.
2.I hope we can ___________in our business.
3.The experts ___________on this problem.
4.Really?You ___________see him in person today.You must be very satisfied.
5.She ___________the new research.
