作文話題：
Protecting the Intangible Cultural Heritages
1.保護(hù)非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)很重要
2.非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)指的是……
3.為保護(hù)非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)我們應(yīng)該……
范文：
Protecting the Intangible Cultural Heritages
Like tangible cultural heritages such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, intangible cultural heritages like Peking Opera and Confucius-commemorating rituals are equally crucial. We should make our utmost efforts to preserve intangible heritages because, without their physical form of existence, they are in greater risk of extinction.
According to UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003), all forms of social customs and habits, folklore, performing arts, rituals, oral traditions, festivals, traditional crafts and various knowledge and practices about nature and universe can be classified as intangible cultural heritages. As a country consisting of a great diversity of ethnic groups and with time-honored history and civilization, China abounds in intangible cultural heritages. Cultural heritages connect modern people with the historical past, allowing them to acquire a cultural and historical identity. Without cultural heritages, we would be rendered absolutely rootless and we would find it hard to cope with challenges at present and in the future.
However, the modernization process poses mounting threats to intangible heritages. Many people have a blind faith in the latest electronic devices. It is also pathetic to see elderly people in possession of such legacies pass away without transmitting them to the younger generation. Faced with those challenges, we should both preserve and renovate our ancestral heritages so that we can help contribute to the cultural diversity of the world and return to our spiritual homeland in this age of impersonal science and technology.
【值得熟記的句式與短語】
1. tangible cultural heritages物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)
2. Confucius-commemorating rituals祭孔儀式
3. make utmost efforts to不遺余力地去做……
4. preserve intangible heritages保護(hù)非物質(zhì)遺產(chǎn)
5. be in great risk of extinction滅亡的可能性很大
6. Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage《保護(hù)非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)公約》
7. oral traditions口頭傳統(tǒng)
8. traditional crafts傳統(tǒng)手工藝
9. a great diversity of ethnic groups眾多族群
10. time-honored history and civilization悠久的歷史與文明
11. cultural and historical identity文化和歷史的認(rèn)同感
12. cope with challenges at present and in the future應(yīng)對當(dāng)下及未來的挑戰(zhàn)
13. a blind faith盲目崇拜
14. ancestral heritages祖輩的遺產(chǎn)
15. cultural diversity文化多樣性
16. spiritual homeland精神家園
17. age of impersonal science and technology缺少人情味的科學(xué)與技術(shù)的時代
