高中英语人教版高二下03

[05:39.20]Just so,the spaces in the structure of the stadium
[05:44.76]will be filled with huge plastic bags full of air.
[05:49.91]Although the stadium will be made of concrete and steel,
[05:54.74]the flowing lines and round shapes make the building look warm and friendly.
[06:01.59]Integrating skills  Reading
[06:08.74]A SECOND LIFE FOR FACTORY 798
[06:13.89]Everywhere in the world old buildings,such as schools,hospitals,
[06:20.26]factories and even churches are left empty because they are no longer needed.
[06:28.21]It is usually difficult to find other companies to move into the old buildings,
[06:34.68]because the floor plan the size and the number of halls
[06:40.74]does not fit their company.
[06:44.40]Often,these buildings are pulled down
[06:48.84]after having stood empty without use for many years.
[06:54.12]Factory 798 in the east of Beijing was a building like that.
[07:00.88]Once an important army factory in Beijing,
[07:05.74]Factory 798 was designed by East German architects
[07:11.70]and built with Russian help in the early 1950s.
[07:16.95]It is one of the most important examples of factory architecture
[07:23.01]left from that time.
[07:26.77]The huge factory halls of brick and glass were built in the 1920s modem style.
[07:34.64]They are decorated with small round windows that remind you of ships,
[07:41.09]bent roofs and twenty-foot high walls of glass that make them special
[07:47.64]when compared with other architecture from the same period.
[07:52.92]The simple style of the buildings
[07:56.68]and the fact that they are German
[08:00.52]set them aside as very different from Chinese architecture.
[08:06.19]When the army factory moved some years ago,
[08:10.74]the factory buildings were no longer used.
[08:15.31]Until about a year ago most of the workshops in the factory stood empty.
[08:21.86]Some art companies asked if they could move into the empty space
[08:27.79]and rent parts of the factory.
[08:31.56]This was the beginning of the development of this area into a centre for the arts,
[08:38.09]bringing together Chinese artists,art companies,musicians,a Japanese teahouse,
[08:46.63]a Sichuan restaurant, a bookshop and a dance club.
[08:52.69]Old factory buildings have many halls and workshops of different sizes.
[08:59.35]Painters and other artists can move into the smaller rooms
[09:03.90]to use them as studios to paint,while music bands rent space to practise.
[09:11.55]Smaller halls can be changed into shops and restaurants
[09:17.01]while the main factory hall can be used for concerts,
[09:21.87]parties and dance festivals.
[09:26.31]Young,beginning artists and musicians
[09:30.98]often do not have enough money to rent studios or other buildings to practise,
[09:37.65]perform or even work and live.
[09:42.69]They like these buildings because the rooms and halls are often very large,
[09:49.17]which is good for artists who want to make large objects.
[09:54.02]Besides, many of these buildings were constructed far from the city,
[10:00.19]so that people in the neighbourhood are not disturbed
[10:04.76]when rock musicians move in and practise for a concert.
[10:09.02]Many large cities,such as Liverpool and New York,
[10:14.48]have had experiments of this kind,
[10:18.63]With old factories turned into successful arts centers.
[10:24.56]In almost every city around The world,new uses are given to old buildings.
[10:31.93]It is a great way to save the architecture from the past.
[10:37.39]Work Book   Unit 3  Art and architecture
[10:51.15]Integrating skills
[10:54.32]Reading and discussing
[10:57.76]THE FUNCTION OF ART
[11:01.29]We see art everywhere around us.
[11:05.65]In public parks,city squares,shopping streets and public buildings,
[11:13.02]we find modern art objects on display.
[11:17.46]Classical art,such as valuable paintings,precious statues and other fine arts,
[11:25.40]usually ends up in the collections of museums,companies or rich people.
[11:32.38]Although we can see some of it in museums,
[11:36.63]those other art collections are not open to the public.