Creative hobby pays off 癡迷創(chuàng)新，終有回報(bào)

趙娜

這是一個(gè)關(guān)于癡迷于龍舟頭雕刻、酷愛(ài)傳統(tǒng)文化的“00后”的故事。讓我們一起為有夢(mèng)想的人喝彩吧！

Huang Zhidongs room is like a small museum. The treasures there are not things hes collected， but models of miniature dragon heads that hes made himself over the years.

The 16?year?old， who studies at the Dongguan Science Technology School in Guangdong Province， is a big fan of making miniature models of dragon heads， a traditional art form in his hometown.

Huang became interested in dragons at a young age. Every time the dragon boat race was held in his hometown， he showed great interest and stopped to watch it. He gradually noticed that every dragon head at the front of the dragon boats had a special color and expression. Soon， the boy started to draw dragon heads on paper in kindergarten and sculpted them out of wood by fifth grade.

The process was more difficult than he thought it would be， since the models can be as small as fist. “Draw a picture， print it on the wood， sculpt， polish， paint， color...It involves almost 10 steps，” Huang said. He sometimes spends seven hours a day sculpting dragon heads.

Huang has even turned his hobby into a business and often shares his works on WeChat. At 13， Huang got his first order of four dragon heads after posting pictures online， which took him two weeks to finish. The praise he got from his customer encouraged him to sell more. He has gotten many more orders since then.

Now， the high school student is trying to improve his technique—he is sculpting with different types of wood and studying the works of master sculptors. “I wish I could have the spirit of the craftsman and improve my skills to make handicrafts more delicate. ”

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I.Important vocabulary

1.every time 每次

2.since conj.&prep. 自從 prep. 因?yàn)?/p>

3.spend...（in） doing sth 花費(fèi)（時(shí)間）……干某事

4.turn...into 把……轉(zhuǎn)變成……

5.take sb some time to do sth 做某事花費(fèi)某人多少時(shí)間

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above.1. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?she travels on the bus its delayed by at least three hours.

2.It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels， and ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? the countrys best artists about ten years ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? （make）.

3.He has been working in a bank ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? leaving school.

4.I think I have got to stop or I might be ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? a machine.

5.Most of her time ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? in caring for others.