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Spring marks the start of China’s tea harvest. From late March to September, farmers across the country would be hard at work picking and harvesting tea leaves.Tea that sprouts in early April is considered to be of the highest quality. Xinyang has 400 square kilometers of tea farms and 300,000 farmers working in its tea industry with a production over 38,000 tons of tea in 2018. The full industry chain output was one billion U.S. dollars. |
When people preparing and drinking tea, the handmade purple clay teapot is one of the most popular items. But the craftsmanship of making that teapot is facing a challenge and even at risk of disappearing. Whereas in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, the birthplace of purple clay teapots, 29-year-old Wu Zhiqiang has attracted many fans to his store via the internet. Here they learn how to make purple clay teapots. Many younger masters use the internet to promote their craft arousing young people’s interests in the art in modern and customized ways. |
“People elsewhere say Sichuan people are so lazy, because everyone – young or old – hangs out in tea shops every day,” said Li Qiang, owner of Guanyinge, a teahouse. “But look what goes on in these teahouses – matchmaking, trading goods… A teahouse is a miniature society.”The social interaction is considered more important than just enjoying a good cup of tea. “You can joke around with anyone in a teahouse,” said Li. “It’s certainly impossible elsewhere. Even if you’re not from here, two sentences can bring strangers close.” |
1．From box 1 and 2, we can infer____.
A．China’s tea harvests only in Spring.
B．Xinyang has China’s largest tea farms.
C．Handmade purple teapot will never disappear.
D．Internet is more important than craft itself.
2．Box 3 is to introduce____.
A．how tea change people’ life.
B．how tea integrate into people’s life.
C．how tea improve people’s life.
D．how tea simplify people’s life.
3．What do the three boxes have in common? ____
A．They are all about tea in China.
B．They are all about tea economy.
C．They are all about tea art.
D．They are all about teapots.
Born after 1995, Lin Xi learned the Turkish language at the Beijing Foreign Studies University and went on to pursue graduate studies in journalism and communications at a university in the UK. After graduation, she had been a travel vlogger and worked for a TV station.
2022恢复线下教学通知河南During a visit to a museum in Japan in 2019, Lin was impressed by how beautifully the disassembled (拆分) parts of a lamp were arranged in a frame, and later thought she might try her luck at the craft- turning old objects into exquisite works of art that remind people of their past.
Lin perfected her skills by deconstructing her old items while following the instructions provided by teaching videos. She also designed all the layouts for her works.
To deconstruct an object, Lin first takes it apart, leaving out the parts that might affect the visual effect of the final work, while keeping those she thinks can add to its beauty.
She then washes the selected spare parts in an ultrasonic (超声波) cleaner, dries them, puts them on a piece of white paper on which she draws a layout, prints the final version of the layout, sticks the spare parts on the background surface and then frames the work.
Since 2019, Lin has so far disassembled hundreds of cellphones , as well as cameras, game consoles, and items that have special significance for their owners. To date, she has gained 2 million followers across various platforms through showcasing her skills on videos. Lin said her customers include tech fans who hope to use spare cellphone parts to show the evolution of technology and also those who want to preserve their past memories.
4．Linxi began to turn old objects into art works because ____
A．all the past is worth remembering.
B．she was impressed by a show in Japan.
C．she has the related job experience.
D．she majored in this field at university.
5．When Linxi is doing her job, ____.
A．all the former parts are kept for new works.
B．the selected parts are washed by running water.
C．every version of the layout needs to be printed.
D．the spare parts are stuck on the background surface.
6．We can infer from the last paragraph that____.
A．many people value their old things
B．Lin Xi’s customers are limited
C．Hi-Tech waste is a big problem
D．old things are always more significant
7．What contributed most to Linxi’s success? ____
A．market requirements
B．various platforms
C．her interest and determination
D．her parents’ expectation
The “Middle Ages” refers to a duration of 1,000 years, stretching from the fall of Rome in the 5th century to the Italian renaissance in the 15th. Traditionally, the term refers specifically to Europe. And there are many stories, which are more fiction than reality, about the Europe of that time.
One misunderstanding is that people in the Middle Ages were all ignorant and uneducated. For example, a 19th century biography of Christopher Columbus incorrectly claimed that the Europeans at that time thought the Earth was flat. Sure, many scholars of that period described the Earth as the center of the universe – but there wasn’t much debate as to its shape. A popular 13th century text was literally called “On the Sphere of the World.” And the number of people who had an access to books gradually increased alongside the establishment of universities. Ancient knowledge was also not “lost”; Greek and Roman texts continued to be studied.
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