Paper folding artist折纸艺术家

河北 胡金莹

Folding a paper plane is what most people are familiar with.However,some special paper folding artworks have broken Guinness World Records and even been regarded as national gifts.1

While studying in Germany,Liu saw a man giving a girl a rose made of a piece of paper on the bus.2“What a magic trick!”thought Liu.After he got back to the dorm,he started searching for relevant courses online.

Back in 2012,Liu folded golden chocolate wrappers into a set of angels,which soon became popular on Chinese social media and promoted the sales of the chocolate brand.3His work Blue and White Vase was sent to Gabon as a gift in celebration of the 40th anniversary of China-Gabon ties in 2014.After that,Liu also made a paper crane with a tiny piece of paper of 16 square millimeters.

4In 2016,Liu learned that the world's last northern white rhino was being guarded by armed police day and night,and that the species could go extinct at any second.He wanted to do something as an artist.After observing some rhinos in the zoo,he managed to design a 1∶1 paper white rhino.Through months of hard work,a 3.75-meter-long and 1.6-meter-high paper rhino was born.To raise public awareness of wildlife protection,Liu was invited to hold exhibition tours at the embassies of EU countries.

In Liu's eyes,paper folding is one of the many ways he communicates with this world.5Now,his works are less complicated than before,because he is digging the stories behind,trying to fit this craft into our daily life as the inspiration.

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Complete the text with the sentences given below.

A.It looked so ordinary but interesting.

B.It can express his ideas in a visual way.

C.Great paper folding work requires more than art.

D.It wasn't long before Liu concentrated on meaningful projects.

E.The artist behind these works is Liu Tong,a paper folding master.

F.From then on,Liu became famous for his amazing paper folding craft.

G.She looked thrilled,and the two strangers should get off together happily.

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Ⅰ.Text-centered chunks

be familiar with熟悉

be regarded as被……视为

search for relevant courses搜索相关的课程

in celebration of庆祝

concentrate on集中精力于

day and night夜以继日

go extinct灭绝

manage to do设法做

raise public awareness of增强公众……的意识

hold exhibition tours举办巡回展览

communicate with与……交流

be less complicated than before没有以前那么复杂

Ⅱ.Theme-centered writing

假定你是李华，你校正在组织英语演讲比赛，让同学们介绍一下自己最尊敬的科学家。内容包括：

1.人物简介；

2.尊敬的原因及评价。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。