北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 22 language2

[00:01.28]Two or three new projects are currently
[00:03.58]being developed by Christo and his team.
[00:06.12]One of them is in Colorado in the USA
[00:08.66]where the Arkansas River will be covered
[00:11.07]by 10 kilometres of luminous¹,
[00:13.59]translucent fabric².
[00:15.42]The fabric is going to be suspended
[00:17.30]above the river so that the work of art
[00:19.72]can be seen from both above and below.
[00:22.91]Thousands of people will be needed to complete
[00:25.43]this feat³ of enginnering.
[00:27.47]Christo manages to do all this
[00:29.54]without being given any money-
[00:31.49]his projects are financed completely
[00:33.70]by the sale of his drawings
[00:35.53]through galleries and over the Internet.
[00:38.32]Christo's works of art are dismantled⁴
[00:40.71]after only two or three weeks,
[00:42.86]but hundreds of visitors manage to see them.
[00:45.31]When The Reichstag was being displayed it
[00:48.15]attracted huge numbers of visitors
[00:50.34]from around the world.
[00:51.95]However, his work still tends to be criticized.
[00:55.60]"What's the point of it all?
[00:57.37]Why bother when it takes so long?"
[00:59.77]Christo replies that their work
[01:01.77]is a kind of architecture and they use space,
[01:05.33]light and texture⁵ to make beautiful things.
[01:07.69]

1 luminous   

adj.发光的，发亮的；光明的；明白易懂的；有启发的

参考例句：

• There are luminous knobs on all the doors in my house.我家所有门上都安有夜光把手。
• Most clocks and watches in this shop are in luminous paint.这家商店出售的大多数钟表都涂了发光漆。

2 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

3 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

4 dismantled   

拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 )； 拆卸； 废除； 取消

参考例句：

• The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
• The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。

5 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。