Unit 2 Improving yourself 外刊撷英-【优学精讲】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第二册教用课件(外研版)

Hong Kong Arts Hub① Opens Summit② with Global Agreements Adapted from The Art Newspaper 202403 West Kowloon (九龙) Cultural District (WKCD)—the burgeoning (迅速发展的) arts district on the southern tip③ of Hong Kong's Kowloon peninsula (半岛) on the Victoria Harbour (维多利亚港) waterfront—is making its mark on the world cultural stage. This week, WKCD is hosting a major summit bringing together more than 20 directors and curators (馆长) from 12 countries along with 1，000 delegates④. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Numerous memoranda of understanding (谅解备忘录) were signed in a bid to⑤ foster relationships with other culture hubs, covering⑥ collection sharing, partnerships on conservation， and scientific research as well as education and exchange programmes. “The memorandum is a statement of intent around exhibition collaboration⑦ and exchanges with the Hong Kong Palace Museum，” Tim Reeve, the deputy director⑧ of the V&A museum, tells The Art Newspaper. “We're in close contact with the team there; the focus is around exhibitions.” 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Reeve outlined the challenges and benefits of developing the East Bank, a new art and education hub based in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. “I've been looking at West Kowloon for ten years and am interested in its component⑨ parts. You always learn a lot from these sort of forums⑩，” Reeve added. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 He added: “East Bank is an entirely new type of Olympics legacy⑪ project. It is a unique cultural district because it brings together sport, culture and education. The network for collaborative synergies (协同作用) are off the scale⑫.” Crucially, how can districts help each other on the sustainability⑬ front? “With sustainability, we can definitely share intelligence and ideas relating to transport infrastructure⑭ and how sustainable buildings are，” he added. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Thomas Campbell, the director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, raised key points about the development of technology in museums, discussing the early digitisation⑮ of collections in the early 2000s to “where AI is taking us with the next level of audience engagement”. In the next year, he added, handheld devices will be able to “draw on⑯ decades of art history research” through AI which is both “frightening and extraordinarily exciting”． 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Sessions due to be held 26 March at the HK International Summit will cover subjects such as “new ways of collaborating and sharing in the new era” and “rethinking museum interpretation⑰ in a global context”. According to John KC Lee, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said: “Under the auspices (支持) of the unique ‘one country, two systems’ principle⑱， Hong Kong is the only city in the world that enjoys both the China advantage and the global advantage.” 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ①hub n.　　　　 中心 ②summit n. 峰会 ③tip n. 尖端 ④delegate n. 代表 ⑤in a bid to 为了 ⑥cover v. 包含 ⑦collaboration n. 合作 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ⑧deputy director 副馆长 ⑨component n. 组成部分 ⑩forum n. 论坛 ⑪legacy n. 遗产 ⑫off the scale 规模过大 ⑬sustainability n.　 持续性；耐久性 ⑭infrastructure n. 基础设施，基础建设 ⑮digitisation n. 数字化 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ⑯draw on 凭借；利用 ⑰interpretation n. 解释；诠释 ⑱principle n. 原则　 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 is hosting delegates covering in a based entirely sustainability frightening　 that 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 1．host v.　　　　　A．to give a description of the main facts or points involved in sth. 2．numerous adj. B．to organise an event 3．foster v. C．the act of preventing sth. from being lost, or damaged 4．conservation n. D．existing in large numbers 5．outline v. E．being involved with sb./sth. in an attempt to understand them/it 6．engagement n. F．to encourage sth. to develop 答案：1～5.BDFCA　6.E 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 In an era of globalization, as senior high students, what should we do? One possible version： First of all, we should spare no efforts to get quality education to change ourselves for the better. Besides, we should stick to life-long learning to improve our general competence. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Most importantly, we should develop a global perspective and act as cultural envoys promoting friendship and cultural exchanges between nations. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 $