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III. 书面表达(满分15分)

你的英语老师让你准备一篇介绍张衡及他的事迹的短文。请根据下面提示内容组织你的文章。

张衡，公元78年出生于河南南阳县，是我国东汉时期伟大的天文学家。

张衡利用空闲时间收集民间故事，写了很多文学著作，描述城市的发展和人们的生活状况。

张衡建议当时的统治者减轻农民的负担，改进农业设施，导致了农业的发展，改善了人民的生活。

张衡发明了世界最早预测地震的地动仪，并准确预测了甘肃境内的地震，为世界地震预测和研究作出了贡献。

注意：不必逐字逐句翻译；词数在100左右。

参考词汇：天文学家astronomer   县county   地动仪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.