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外刊精选|为奥运让路,巴黎要拆塞纳河书摊
法国巴黎市政厅近日表示,为保障2024年巴黎奥运会开幕式安全举办,他们计划拆除塞纳河沿岸近六成的书摊。此举引发当地旧书商极大不满。塞纳河沿岸的旧书摊,为许多人提供了精神食粮,甚至海明威等大文豪也曾经常光顾。这个书摊有着怎样的历史?对于巴黎来说有着怎样的意义?
Paris Bookstalls Are Told to Relocate During Next Year's Olympics
The open-air bookstalls that line the River Seine are as symbolic of Paris as the Louvre or the Arc de Triomphe.
But most of the boxy, dark green stalls must be dismantled and temporarily removed before the 2024 Summer Olympics for what officials say are security reasons. The booksellers, known as "les bouquinistes," have said they will not budge, calling the order issued by the Paris police chief last week an affront to the French capital's history and soul.
"Paris without the bouquinistes is like Venice without the gondolas," said Jean-Pierre Mathias, 76, who has had a stall along the Seine for about four decades.
Open every day from morning until dusk, the bouquinistes are both a fixture along the riverside and a symbol of Paris's literary culture, attracting curious tourists and locals looking for rare books. The tradition dates to at least the 17th century, when peddlers sold secondhand books along the Pont Neuf from wooden carts and tables.
Today, the roughly 230 open-air booksellers, stationed along the Seine for about two miles, make up the largest open-air book market in Europe.
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.relocate (v.) ________________________________________
2.open-air (adj.) ________________________________________
3.symbolic (adj.) ________________________________________
4.boxy (adj.) ________________________________________
5.budge (v.) ________________________________________
6.affront (n./v.)________________________________________
7.dusk (n.) ________________________________________
8.fixture (n.) ________________________________________
9.peddler (n.) ________________________________________
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1.________________________________________ 沿...驻扎
拓展练习阅读理解
Researchers at the University of Waterloo are developing new technology that would free people with diabetes (糖尿病) from painful finger sticks to monitor their blood sugar.
A team led by engineering professor George Shaker has combined radar and artificial intelligence(AI)to detect changes in glucose (葡萄糖) levels without the need to draw blood several times a day.
The system under development uses the radar device to send high-frequency radio waves into liquids containing various levels of glucose and receive radio waves that are reflected back to it. Information on the reflected waves is then changed into digital data for analysis by machine-learning AI, developed by the researchers. The software is capable of detecting glucose changes based on more than 500 wave features or characteristics including how long it takes for them to return to the device.
Initial tests with volunteers at the Research Institute for Aging in Waterloo achieved results that were 85 percent as accurate as traditional, invasive (穿刺式的) blood analysis.
“The result was actually amazing,” says Shaker. “We have shown it is possible to use radar to look into blood to detect changes.”
Next steps include enhancing the system to precisely quantify glucose levels and obtain results through the skin, which makes the process more challenging. The research team is also working with German hardware company Infineon to make the radar device smaller so that it is both low-cost and low-power.
The data analyzed by AI is now sent wirelessly to computers, but the final aim is self-contained technology similar to the smartwatches that monitor heart rate.
“I’m hoping we’ll see a wearable device on the market within the next five years,” Shaker says. “There are challenges, but the research has been going at a really good rate.”
1.What is paragraph 3 of the text mainly about?
A.The radar-reflected wave analysis process.
B.The technical principle underlying the system.
C.The machine-learning-powered glucose detection.
D.The high-frequency wave transmission technique.
2.What do Shaker’s words in paragraph 5 suggest?
A.The radar system’s practicality is proven
B.The radar technology’s limitations are noticed.
C.The volunteers’ test performance was highlighted.
D.The traditional blood analysis’s accuracy is emphasized.
3.What does the follow-up study focus on?
A.Developing smartwatches for AI analysis.
B.Exploring low-cost AI and radar technology.
C.Improving skin-based glucose quantification.
D.Sending analyzed data to computers wirelessly.
4.What is Shaker’s attitude toward the research?
A.Unclear. B.Critical. C.Doubtful. D.Approving.
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【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.relocate (v.) 重新安置,迁移
2.open-air (adj.) 露天的
3.symbolic (adj.) 象征性的
4.boxy (adj.) 方形的,像盒子的
5.budge (v.) 稍微移动,让步
6.affront (n./v.) 侮辱(名词/动词)
7.dusk (n.) 黄昏,薄暮
8.fixture (n.) 固定设备,固定装置
9.peddler (n.) 小贩,沿街叫卖者
【词块学习】
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1. stationed along 沿...驻扎
【全文翻译】
巴黎书摊被告知,要在明年奥运会期间搬离
塞纳河沿岸的露天书摊,和卢浮宫或凯旋门一样,都是巴黎的象征。
但是,根据官方说法,出于安全考虑,在2024年夏季奥运会开幕之前,这些深绿色方形书摊中的一大部分必须拆除并暂时搬离。旧书商在法语中称作“les bouquinistes”。这些人表示,他们是不会让步的,并称上周巴黎警察局局长发布的这一命令,简直就是对法国首都历史和灵魂的双重侮辱。
今年76岁的让-皮埃尔·蒂亚斯(Jean-Pierre Mathias)在塞纳河沿岸经营书摊已有大概40年。他说:“没有了旧书商的巴黎,就像没有了摇橹小船贡多拉的威尼斯。”
这些书摊每天从早到晚都会开放,不仅是塞纳河岸一道固定的风景,也是巴黎文学文化的象征,吸引着充满好奇的游客和寻找珍本的当地人。这一传统至少可以追溯到17世纪,当时,小贩们推着木车摆摊,沿着巴黎新桥卖二手书。
如今的塞纳河岸有大约230个露天书摊,绵延两英里,构成了欧洲最大的露天图书市场。
拓展练习阅读理解
1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D
【导语】本文为说明文。文章介绍了滑铁卢大学研究人员正在开发的一种新技术,用于帮助糖尿病患者摆脱每天多次采血监测血糖的痛苦。
1.主旨大意题。根据第三段的“The system under development uses the radar device to send high-frequency radio waves into liquids containing various levels of glucose and receive radio waves that are reflected back to it. Information on the reflected waves is then changed into digital data for analysis by machine-learning AI, developed by the researchers.(正在开发的系统使用雷达设备将高频无线电波发送到含有不同水平葡萄糖的液体中,并接收被反射回来的无线电波。然后,反射波的信息被转换成数字数据,供研究人员开发的机器学习人工智能进行分析。)”可知,这一段主要描述了系统的技术原理。故选B项。
2.推理判断题。根据第五段““The result was actually amazing,” says Shaker. “We have shown it is possible to use radar to look into blood to detect changes.”(“结果真的很惊人,”Shaker说。“我们已经证明,利用雷达观察血液来检测变化是可能的。”)”可知,Shaker的话表明了该雷达系统的可行性和实用性得到了证明。故选A项。
3.细节理解题。根据第六段“Next steps include enhancing the system to precisely quantify glucose levels and obtain results through the skin, which complicates the process.(接下来的步骤包括增强系统以精确量化葡萄糖水平,并通过皮肤获得结果,这使过程变得复杂。)”可知,后续研究的重点是改进通过皮肤获取精确的血糖水平。故选C项。
4.推理判断题。根据最后一段““I’m hoping we’ll see a wearable device on the market within the next five years,” Shaker says. “There are challenges, but the research has been going at a really good rate.”(Shaker说:“我希望在未来五年内,我们能在市场上看到可穿戴设备。”“虽然存在挑战,但研究一直在以非常好的速度进行。”)”可知,Shaker对研究持认可的态度。故选D项。
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