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This AR app brings natural phenomena into your living room
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Pre-reading
Task I
What do you know about augmented reality (AR) art?
Have you ever seen Olafur Eliasson’s virtual reality works? What do you think of them?
Task II
Exploring the text
I. Background information.
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Olafur Eliasson: 奥拉维尔·埃利亚松于1967年出生于丹麦首都哥本哈根,后来移居冰岛生活。那里的星辰、极光和无尽漫长的黑夜,都成为他创作灵感的底色,同时,与自然的亲近也为埃利亚松今后的艺术创作提供了诸多灵感。风、光、水、雾、冰、气等一系列现象,都成为他创作的材料。气象学、物理学、光学和建筑学也成为他艺术表现的基石。1989到1995年,他曾在丹麦皇家美术学院学习。1995年,他移居柏林,创立工作室。他喜欢跨界合作,是一位涉猎广泛的视觉艺术家,他擅长运用装置、绘画、雕塑、摄影和电影等媒介创作。从1997年至今,他在世界各地的重要博物馆举办个展。
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Exploring the text
II. Sentence analysis.
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1. Users can explore the objects, titled the Wunderkammer collection, through the Acute Art app, which features virtual, mixed and AR experiences. (para. 2)
①本句是主从复合句。
②主句是Users can explore the objects。
③titled the Wunderkammer collection为动词-ed形式作后置定语,修饰objects。
④which features virtual, mixed and AR experiences为非限制性定语从句,修饰the Acute Art app。
Exploring the text
II. Sentence analysis.
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2. Wunderkammer isn’t the artist’s first attempt at AR: In 2017, he cooperated with Acute Art to produce Rainbow, a virtual reality work which shows a curtain of fine rain falling onto the viewer. (para. 5)
①本句是主从复合句。
②主句是Wunderkammer isn’t the artist’s first attempt at AR。
③冒号后是主从复合句,是对前面内容的补充说明;主句是he cooperated with Acute Art to produce Rainbow。
④a virtual reality work作Rainbow的同位语;which shows a curtain of fine rain falling onto the viewer是限制性定语从句,修饰virtual reality work。
Testing yourself
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I. Match the words to their meanings.
to look carefully or with difficulty
a feeling of comfort that makes you feel less sad
a piece of modern art which can include objects, light, sound etc.
to increase the amount, value, size, etc. of sth.
augment
peer
installation
solace
Testing yourself
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1. The Brookings Institution has built up a collection _____ essays from foreign affairs experts.
2. Aside _____ hanging a