Secret Words Give Women Voice 神秘文字让女性发声

有同学看过李冰冰和全智贤主演的电影《雪花秘扇》吗？她们在影片中饰演闺蜜，两人写信用的就是女书！女书到底是什么呢？

In China， some women have a secret language. Its called nüshu， meaning “female script”.在中国，一些妇女有一种秘密的语言，叫女书，意思是“女性的文字”。

Nüshu is a written language with a long history. Hundreds of years ago， it became popular among women in Jiangyong county（县），Hunan. Women there could not go to school at the time. So they made their own words. Men could not understand them.女书是一种历史悠久的书面语。数百年前，它流行于湖南省江永县。那里的妇女当时不能上学读书，于是她们发明了自己的语言。这些语言男人是看不懂的。

Women used nüshu to write poems（诗）and songs about their lives. They wrote them on pages， in books and on fans. They even stitched（缝）them in clothing. During parties， they sang them aloud（大声地）.那里的女性用女书来写关于她们生活的诗歌和歌曲。她们把这些诗歌和歌曲写在书和扇子上，甚至缝在衣服上。在聚会中，她们还大声歌唱这些诗歌和歌曲。

But today， not many women can write nüshu anymore. Jiangyong county wants to save（挽救）nüshu. Some high schools in Jiangyong start nüshu lessons.但是今天已经没有多少女性写女书了。江永县想要挽救女书，为此江永县的一些中学开设了女书课程。

Zhao Liming is a professor（教授）at Tsinghua University. She works with an app called Talkman （翻译精灵）. Since September， users can learn nüshu through this app.赵丽明是清华大学中文系的教授。她致力于一个应用程序，叫做Talkman（翻译精灵）。自九月起，用户可以通过这个应用程序学习女书了。

Ancien（古代的）China had four great inventions： compass（指南针），gunpowder（火药），paper making and printing（印刷术）. These inventions changed the world.中国古代有四大发明：指南针、火药、造纸和印刷，这些发明改变了世界。

In 2017，some foreign students in Beijing voted（投票）for their favorite modern inventions in todays China. What are they？2017年，一些外国学生投票选出了当今中国他们心目中最喜欢的现代发明。它们是什么呢？

Riding shared bikes saves（节省）time and money. The bikes wait for you on the street or outside the subway station. People can unlock（開锁）them with mobile apps（手机应用程序）.Riding bikes is good for the environment（环境）. Biking is good exercise， too.骑共享单车可以节约时间和金钱。共享单车在街上或地铁站外停放着。人们可以通过移动应用程序来解锁并使用。骑共享单车有利于环境，同时也是很好的运动。

They run as fast as 350 km/h. They connect north and south， east and west. More than 2，500 high-speed trains are running in China. They are fast， safe and convenient（方便的）.高铁的运行速度高达每小时350公里，连接东西南北。在中国有2500多辆高速列车正在运行。……