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高考英语复习备考：主题阅读-文化遗产的保护与传承

文化遗产是历史留给人们的珍贵财富，是人类智慧的结晶，它直观地反映了人类社会的开展，也反映了历史、社会、科技、经济和审美价值，是社会开展不可或缺的物证。传统意义上的“文化遗产”包括历史文物、历史建筑、人类文化遗址。保护文化遗产就是保护人类文化的传承，培植社会文化的根基维护文化的多样性和创造性，推勤社会不断向前开展。

意大利克雷莫纳小提琴之谜

ThesecretsofCremonaviolins

难词探意

varnish/van/n.清漆;罩光漆;指甲油

shiny/ani/adj.光亮的隹亮的;有光泽的

MostmusiciansagreethatthebestviolinsweremadeinCremona,Italy,about200yearsagobecausetheysoundbetterthanviolinsmadetoday.ViolinmakersandscientiststrytomakeinstrumentsliketheoldItalianviolins.Buttheyarena?thesame.WhyaretheseoldItalianviolinssospecial?

Somepeoplethinkitistheageoftheviolins.Butthereisaproblemhere.Notalloldviolinssoundwonderful.OnlythosefromCremonaarespecial.Soagecannotbetheanswer.

Otherpeoplethinkthesecretofthoseviolinsisthewood.Itmustbefromcertainkindsoftrees.Itmustnotbetooyoungortooold.PerhapstheviolinmakersofCremonaknewsomethingspecialaboutthewoodforviolins.

Butthekindofwoodmaynotbesoimportant.Itmaybemoreimportanttocutthewoodinaspecialway.Woodforaviolinmustbecutintotherightsizeandshape.Thesmallestdifferencewillchangethesoundoftheviolin.MusicianssometimesthinkthatthisisthesecretoftheItalians.

Sizeandshapemaynotbetheanswereither.Scientistsmakenewviolinsthatareexactlythesamesizeandshape.Butthenewonesstilldonotsoundasgoodastheoldones.Somescientiststhinkthesecretmaybethevarnish,whichcoversthewoodoftheviolinandmakesitlookshiny.Italsohelpsthesoundoftheinstrument.SincenooneknowswhattheItalianviolinmakersusedintheirvarnish,noonecanmakethesamevarnishtoday.

TheremayneverbeotherviolinsliketheviolinsofCremona.Andtherearenotmanyoftheoldviolinsleft.Sotheseoldviolinsarebecomingmoreandmoreprecious.

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