筆pen

「筆」是生活中很重要的文具。

Writing Implements Writing implements are very important stationery supplies that we use every day.

在筆還沒發明以前，大家是用手指或樹枝在地上寫字。

Before the writing implements was invented, everyone used their fingers or tree branches to write characters on the ground.

後來古代的人用動物的毛跟竹子做成筆，叫做「毛筆」。Afterward, the ancients used animal fur and bamboo to make writing implements, which they called writing brushes.

毛筆的功能很多，書法家拿它來寫書法、畫國畫，詩人拿它來寫詩。

Writing brushes have many functions. Calligraphers use them to write calligraphy and paint traditional Chinese paintings. Poets use them to write poems.

鋼筆跟原子筆發明以後，因為大量生產，價錢便宜，而且用起來方便，所以筆就普遍多了。

After the fountain pen and the pencil were invented, they were produced in great quantities, their prices were low, and they were also convenient to use, so writing implements became much more widespread.

「筆」有很多種，有毛筆、鉛筆、原子筆，還有粉筆、蠟筆、彩色 筆等等。

.There are many kinds of writing implements: writing brushes, fountain pens, and pencils, along with chalk, crayons, colored pens, and so on.

現在雖然發明了電腦，使用筆的機會沒有以前那麼多，但是學生還是要用筆寫功課，一般人生活中還是用得到它。

Nowadays, ever since computers were invented, we don’t have as many opportunities to use pens as before. However, students still use them to do homework, and most people still use them in everyday life.

現在請你說一說，你有什麼樣的筆呢？

Let me ask you this: What kinds of writing implements do you have?