高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(二十一).pdf

2020 年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(二十一) Passage1李子柒的作品是否为 “文化输出”引热议。 Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million watchers on YouTube and 20 million micro bloggers on Sina Weibo,thats an easy questionto answer.Sheholdsan account on each ofthetwoplatformswhere she uploads her videos about the detailed cooking processes of various kinds of traditional Chinese food. She and her team are fond of showing the whole process from the field to the table. For example,in her video about spicy tofu, she startswith harvesting the soybeans,grinding them into powder and making the powder into tofu, then to cook it. In another video clip about soy sauce, sheshowshowtoplantthe soybean inthe field. Yet recently a question about her hasbecome hot on microblog: Are Li Ziqis works a kind of cultural export? Many argue that her videos are about daily life, and therefore she is not a symbol of Chinese culture. In fact, Chinese culture has many aspects and very few people dare proclaimthemselvestobea symbolofit.Lihasnever said anything aboutthat. Of course,via her videos Li lets the world know that Chinesepeople love good food and are good at making art out of even simple raw materials. She lets the world see one of the most important aspects of the Chinese people—how they live their daily lives, and it is these that have capturedtheheartsofher globalaudience. Her videos have little words or conversations, and at first they were without any English subtitles or English headlines, yet they appeal to English readers. That shows the charm of the Chinese culture in every detail of daily life. It is unnecessary to debate whether Lis videos are culturalexport ornot.Shejust lettheworldknow andloveChineseculture. 1.What doesLiZiqimakeaname for? A Her arttalents. B Herwell-producedvideos. C Her Chinesecooking skills. D Herwiderange ofknowledge. 2.Which isnotmentionedin thevideo about spicy tofu? A Howtomaketofu. B Howtocook tofu. C Howtoplant thesoybeans. D Ho