—Sure. I _____ him for years.
—Yes. I ______it a moment ago.
—Oh, no one does____.
—_____. Your advice is very necessary.
— Oh, that's why I can't find them now.
—I will go to Hong kong. I'm looking forward to __________ my grandfather .
Yang Luoshu, a 92-year-old man from Shandong Province, is among those who show a great love woodblock (木板) painting. Yang has worked as a craftsman (工匠) for 77 years, always practising his carving (雕刻) skills.
"When I was young, I often saw my father carving, and I was curious (好奇的) about it," Yang said. "One day, my father went out for a while. I quickly took up his knife and carved on a woodblock. That was my first carving experience." Since then, Yang has carved different kinds, including flowers, birds, mountains, rivers and traditional Chinese gods. "Though carving is hard in general, carving gods is especially difficult, for their lively facial expressions. Still, I can manage it." Yang said confidently, and he also got a prize as a master in 2010.
Being the 19th generation (代) painter in the family, Yang runs a century-old family. workshop, and he is now working with a group of experienced craftsmen. They make around 150,000 New Year paintings every year, which are not only sold in China, but also in other countries such as the USA, Singapore and Japan.
Yang Luoshu loves Yangjiabu New Year woodblock painting very much. It appeared during the Ming Dynasty around 600 years ago. It is now one of China's three important traditional paintings for the New Year, together with Tianjin's Yangliuqing and Suzhou's Taohuawu. "I want to keep this alive." Yang said. For Yang, the next thing to do is to find good successors (继承人) to make sure the skills are passed down to younger generations.
Now students' English handwriting gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!
Use paper with lines
Using paper with lines can keep your writing straight instead of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters are written properly.
Slow down
If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it's hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more mistake.
Hold your pencil right
When you hold your pencil in the correct way. writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.
Draw more pictures
Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home.
Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world—famous movie star or a well—known sports player, what do you do when your fan run up to you? Give them your autographs, of course!
