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III. 書面表達(滿分15分)

你的英語老師讓你準備一篇介紹張衡及他的事跡的短文。請根據下面提示內容組織你的文章。

張衡，公元78年出生于河南南陽縣，是我國東漢時期偉大的天文學家。

張衡利用空閑時間收集民間故事，寫了很多文學著作，描述城市的發展和人們的生活狀況。

張衡建議當時的統治者減輕農民的負擔，改進農業設施，導致了農業的發展，改善了人民的生活。

張衡發明了世界最早預測地震的地動儀，并準確預測了甘肅境內的地震，為世界地震預測和研究作出了貢獻。

注意：不必逐字逐句翻譯；詞數在100左右。

參考詞匯：天文學家astronomer   縣county   地動儀seismograph

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ZhangHeng ,a famous astronomer in the Han Dynasty in ancient China, was born in 78AD in Nanyang County in Henan Province. He made great achievements in literature, for he collected many folk stories in his books and described the development of the cities and the people’s living conditions at that time. Besides, he also advised the governors to reduce the burden of the peasants and to improve the agricultural conditions, leading to the improvement of agriculture and people’s living standard.

  One of his best known inventions was the seismograph, which once accurately forecasted the earthquake in Gansu Province. It was the first machine to forecast earthquakes in the world, which made great contributions to the study of the disasters. He was so great a man that he will be remembered not only by the Chinese people but also by the world for ever.