二、词汇运用。
Xiong Chuanfa can blow a lively tiger out of sugar in just minutes. Xiong 1.
has blown
(blow) sugar figurines(吹糖人) for more than twenty years. Blowing sugar figurines is a 2.
traditional
(tradition) Chinese folk art with a history of over 600 years.
Every morning, Xiong prepares the sugar and 3.
drives
(drive) to different markets to start his “magic show” around his city. He heats the sugar, pulls off a little to make a ball and blows it into different shapes, such as rabbits, 4.
monkeys
(monkey) and even Bing Dwen Dwen.
To make young people close to the art, he also stops by universities. Many university students are interested in the art and 5.
are allowed
(allow) to experience the making of sugar figurines. Among them, Simon, a foreign student, also wanted to make one sugar figurine by 6.
himself
(he). However, he couldn’t get the desired shape though he tried several times. “It looks easy, but it’s much 7.
more difficult
(difficult) than we thought, ” he said. Thanks to Xiong’s help, Simon finally 8.
saw
(see) a horse coming out slowly. “I can’t believe I can do this, ” he said 9.
happily
(happy).
Xiong said that his family has passed down this art for four generations. “We will spend the rest of our lives 10.
helping
(help) pass on this skill, ” Xiong said.