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You probably know what a mobile is, but the mobile I'm talking about is a delicate object of decoration hanging from the ceiling and moving gently with every breath. It delights both children and adults. Now, do you know who invented the mobile?
大家可能都知道mobile是手機，不過我說的這個mobile是掛在天花板上的精致裝飾物——風鈴，它會隨著氣息輕輕移動。風鈴讓孩子和大人都很高興。你知道風鈴是誰發明的嗎？
This lovely creation was the work of an American artist named Alexander Calder. Calder became interested in making things when he was a child. And even then he often used wire in his constructions. When he went to college, he studied engineering rather than art. But he quickly realized that art was his real passion. He also loved the circus, and many of his early artworks were small circus figures made with wire. In about 1930, Calder turned from realistic wire figures to abstract ones. He began constructing objects that have circles, squares and other geometric shapes. To get the shapes to move, he used small motors. Then he went one step beyond these early mobiles. He got the shapes in his constructions to move by themselves.
這個可愛的創作是美國藝術家亞歷山大·考爾德的作品。考爾德小時候就對制作東西很感興趣。后來他甚至經常在作品中使用金屬線。他大學學的是工程而不是藝術。不過他很快就意識到，藝術才是他真正喜歡的。他也喜歡馬戲表演，他早期的作品中有很多用金屬線做的小型馬戲團玩具。1930年左右，考爾德從現實的金屬線作品轉向抽象作品。他開始用圓形、方形和其他幾何圖形來創造作品。為了讓這些圖形移動，他用了小型電機。然后他向早期風鈴的制造邁進。他讓建筑中的圖形自己移動。
A mobile may look simple as it shifts in the wind, but it requires careful construction to work properly. Calder used his engineering knowledge to create his first mobiles. Often these consisted of small pieces of brightly printed metal strung by wire to a thicker base wire. Calder learnt how to find the precise point to connect each wire so that all the pieces will sway in harmony. In doing so, he created an art form for people all over the world to copy and enjoy.
風鈴隨風擺動，看上去可能很簡單，不過只有精心制造才能產生這種效果?？紶柕逻\用他的工程學知識創造出了首個風鈴。一般來說，風鈴由用金屬線串起來的小塊亮印花金屬組成，然后固定在一根較粗的基礎導線上?？紶柕聦W過如何將每根金屬線的精密點相連，這樣才能使所有金屬塊和諧地擺動。這樣，他就創造了一種全世界人們都可以模仿和享受的藝術形式。
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題9到問題11依據你剛剛聽到的短文進行提問。
Question 16. What does the speaker say about a mobile?
問題16. 說話者說了風鈴的什么情況？
Question 17. What do we learn about many of Alexander Calder's early artworks?
問題17. 我們對亞歷山大·考爾德的大部分早期藝術品有何了解？
Question 18. Where does Alexander Calder's real passion lie?
問題18. 亞歷山大·考爾德真正的興趣是什么？
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