世界节假日博览 第8期:全国书法日

 　　National Handwriting Day is on January 23rd. Its aim is to highlight the importance of the skill of handwriting. It is an important day in today’s world where people use a computer keyboard more than a pen or pencil. Some people are worried that in the future, handwriting might become a lost art. The Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) started National Handwriting Day in 1977. They chose January 23rd because this is the birthday of John Hancock, who was the first person to sign the American Declaration of Independence – one of the most important documents in America’s history. WIMA says: "National Handwriting Day is a chance for all of us to re-explore the purity and power of handwriting."

　　全国书法日定在了每年的1月23日。创立该节日的目的是为了让人们重视起书法技巧的重要性。在当今世界中，人们使用电脑的次数要多于使用铅笔和钢笔次数，这一节日更尤为重要。许多人担心将来的书法艺术将会失传。文具制作协会在1977年始创了该节日。他们选择1月23日的原因是这天是约翰·汉考克的生日，他是第一个签署美国独立宣言的人，这一文件是美国历史上所签署的最重要的文件之一。文具制作协会称：“全国书法日让我们有机会重新发现书法的力量和淳朴。

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　　Handwriting is like an art. We can use it to express ourselves and be creative. It is almost like a craft.Traditional teachers like to teach their students ‘penmanship’, rather than simply ‘writing’. A higherart form is calligraphy¹. People can study how to write a single letter of the alphabet for many years. Everyone’s handwriting is unique. We only need to see the front of a letter to recognize the handwriting of someone we know. Some handwriting can be almost impossible to read. Doctors are famous for writing prescriptions² that look like gobbledygook or ancient hieroglyphics³. Experts can even analyze⁴ our handwriting and explain what kind of personality we have. What does your handwriting say about you?

　　书法就像是艺术。我们能够利用书法来表达情感，让人们变得更加富有创造力。书法就像是工艺品。传统老师喜欢教授学生“具有艺术风格的书法”而不是简单的写字。高等艺术被称之为书法。单个字也许就会花费多年的时间来学习。每个人的笔记是各不相同的。我们仅仅能够通过开头的几个字来认出我们所认识的人。许多笔记很难辨认。医生的处方笔记看起来像天书，或是古代的象形文字。专家能够从笔记中读出人们的性格。你的笔记能够告诉你什么呢？

　　1.American Declaration of Independence 独立宣言

　　Though all the signers of the American Declaration of Independence were men, this is considered sexists insome quarters, the GLM said, adding it is better to use the term founders⁵.

　　全球语言检测机构称：“虽然美国《独立宣言》的所有签名者都是男性，但在某些地区该词被认为带有性别歧视意味，”因此用“创始人”一词更好。

　　2.be impossible to 不可能的

　　It will be impossible to stop the flu from arriving, the authorities acknowledge, and hard to slow its spread.

　　政府部门承认，想要阻止流感到来的脚步是不可能的，要减缓它的传播速度也很难。

　　3.be famous for 因…而著名

　　For me, a girl does not need to be famous for me to like her. I do have my romantic moments but I am sensible. It is company that is important for me.

　　我非常欣赏有幽默感，善良，友善而且喜欢笑的女人，虽然现在还不是我交女朋友的时候，因为我的重点放在足球。

1 calligraphy   

n.书法

参考例句：

• At the calligraphy competition,people asked him to write a few characters.书法比赛会上，人们请他留字。
• His calligraphy is vigorous and forceful.他的书法苍劲有力。

2 prescriptions   

药( prescription的名词复数 )； 处方； 开处方； 计划

参考例句：

• The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
• Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。

3 hieroglyphics   

n.pl.象形文字

参考例句：

• Hieroglyphics are carved into the walls of the temple. 寺庙的墙壁上刻着象形文字。
• His writing is so bad it just looks like hieroglyphics to me. 他写的糟透了，对我来说就像天书一样。

4 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

5 founders   

n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
• The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句