【外研社Unipus】新探索（基础级）读写U2课文.pptxVIP

Reading 1 Academic exploration 1 Beautifully broken 1 Oh, no! You dropped the cup, and it smashed! Time to throw it away and buy a new one.   2 Unless, perhaps, you are a fan of the Japanese art of kintsugi or kintsukuroi – roughly translated, “to mend with gold.” This is the practice among certain craftsmen of mending the broken pieces of pottery, such as a plate, a cup, or a bowl, with gold (or similar) lacquer. The gold is used to glue the pieces back together. If small pieces are missing, they can be created out of gold, or a piece from a different bowl or plate can be used instead. The repaired product’s value is not reduced, though – it is actually enhanced. It is believed to become more beautiful because it was broken. Pieces of kintsugi pottery can be enormously expensive and are featured in museum exhibits in Japan and overseas. Reading 1 Academic exploration 1 3 These days you can even see machine-made ceramics with gold designs on them that look as if they are kintsugi, even though the original was actually never broken. But the mended patterns have become so trendy that people want to imitate them. Reading 1 Academic exploration 1  4 There’s a story or legend behind the practice – which may or may not be historically accurate, but beautifully illustrates the concept. More than five hundred years ago, there lived a military ruler in Japan, who owned a bowl he especially loved. One day while he was entertaining some guests, his servant dropped the bowl, and it broke into five pieces. Knowing the leader’s bad temper, his guests worried that he would punish the servant. However, one of the guests made up an amusing poem about the incident. Everybody laughed, including the ruler. When he relaxed, he was able to see that the bowl’s beauty had not been destroyed by the accident. Instead, because the vessel could be repaired, the ruler now had a new appreciation for its strength and ability to survive. In fact, according to the story, the true life of the bow