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广东省广州市执信中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期开学考试英语试卷
A European Union program is letting blind people experience famous paintings for the first time. It uses three dimensional（3-D） printing to recreate famous paintings so they can be touched.
One painting printed with the new technology is Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss". It is a popular attraction at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria. The painting shows a man and a woman standing in a field filled with flowers. They are wearing gold robes（长袍） and have their arms around each other. The man leans down to kiss the woman.
Klimt finished the painting in
1908. Until now, people who had trouble seeing could not appreciate the artwork. But thanks to the reproduction（复制品）, they can touch the piece and feel the ridges（隆起） and depressions. Andreas Reichinger said this reproduction was his most difficult project because the couple's robes are so detailed.
Dominika Raditsch is a blind museum visitor. She touched the reproduction. As she moved her hands around it she said, "Exactly, can you see these? There are so many details. " Raditsch said she could imagine what the original painting looked like when she touched the reproduction. "It's somehow round. You can feel it. It comes with it. And in many places it's so smooth. And then I think to myself — it probably shines, too!" Raditsch said.
The Belvedere is not the only museum to have 3-D versions of its artwork. Some of the pieces at the Prado, in Madrid, Spain, have reproductions that can be touched. But the piece in Vienna has one special part: it is made with widely available 3-D printing technology. That means one day, blind art fans anywhere in the world could download the source files and print the reproductions themselves.
Playing with apps on smart phones is very common among young people. Let's try some special apps and enjoy them.
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Butter Camera
In this app, there are many filters(滤镜)that can make your photos more beautiful. But the coolest thing is that it can help you add pretty and artistic characters. The characters can be anything you like. They can be your own words, famous sayings or even a poem. You can make a photo diary that shows your feelings. |
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TaoMix 2(自然之声2)
Once in a while, you may feel tired after a busy school day. Why not try this app? This is a music app. But the sounds in it all come from nature. There are over 100 sounds of nature, such as birdcalls, wind and rain. You can hear all these sounds. The best thing is that you can create your own music by recording other sounds you like, for example, the sound of your own laughter. |
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Beaker(烧杯)
Is chemistry your favorite subject? With this app, your smart phone turns into a beaker. You "pour" chemical materials by touching the upper right-hand corner of your smart phone. You "light" a match by swiping the screen quickly. You can shake the "beaker" to make chemical reactions go faster. There are 300 chemical reactions in all. |
The World Earth Day is on April 22nd. Here at Greenpeace, we know how much you want to make a positive(积极的) difference to our world! So, read on to find out how to protect our earth.
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Saveenergy and water! ◇Before leaving home, make sure to turn off the electricity. Take great effort to develop wind power and so on. ◇If you can, try bicycling, walking, or using public transportation to get out instead of using the car. ◇Don't let water run while brushing your teeth, and take short showers for four minutes or less! | Be a pioneer! ◇Share your knowledge with others, and help them become eco-heroes too! It needs lots of people to work together to make changes happen, so share, share, share! ◇Volunteer with more friends. Write to some companies to stop them working together with people who are harmful to the forest. |
Reduce, reuse, recycle! ◇Before you throw something away, stop and think about what else it could be used for! ◇ If you don't want to keep some things, try to find out who else needs them. Our goal is to keep usable things out of landfills（填埋场）. | Be friendly to wildlife! ◇Make your garden wildlife-friendly! You could build a bee hotel, provide some food or even create a pool. ◇If you own a cat that goes outdoors, put a bell around its neck so that little wildlife can hear it coming and run away quickly! |
What else can you do to make the world better? You can visit the website or scan the QR code to know more.
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