Environmental sustainability concept in art festival

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1In an industrial area close to Egypt's northern coast, colored lights and nine huge shining artworks made of factory waste materials by seven recycling artists brightened the night.

2The artworks, mostly made of wastes of iron,plastic and wood, were on display at the first edition of the Alamein Art Festival.The festival held at an industrial park owned by Industrial Development Group (IDG) in the Mediterranean resort city of New Alamein was organized by Art D'Egypte,an Egyptian platform for art and heritage.

3“The onemonth festival seeks to promote the concept of environmental sustainability(持续性)through art,”said Nadine AbdelGhaffar,founder of Art D'Egypte and chief organizer of the festival.“Through their ecofriendly artworks,Egyptian contemporary (当代的)artists call on people to be aware of protecting the environment and the climate.”

4One of the artworks on display features two large leaves standing side by side inside two opposing metal frames, looking like two pages of an open book.“It sends a message to factories that the materials they regard as wastes can be used for good purposes by artists in creating artworks, which can make a place more beautiful,”said experienced Egyptian sculptor Omar Tossoun and explained how he created his sculpture A Leaf.

5In the center of the openair exhibition area,visitors'attention was drawn to a colorful 6metertall shining object that looks like a jellyfish. It took two months for Marwa Magdy to finish the artwork called Jellyfish,which took half a ton of waste iron.

6Visitors were impressed by the concept of recycling waste materials into artworks.“If you look around, the artists have really done very nice works. It is such a brilliant idea to use something that otherwise would be discarded and make it into a beautiful piece of art,”said Yehia Hamad,one of the visitors.

Reading Check

1.What can be learned about the Alamein Art Festival?

A.It lasted about two months.

B.It wasn't popular with artists.

C.Its artworks were created by factory workers.

D.Its artworks were made of factory waste materials.

2.Who organized the festival according to the text?

A.Nadine AbdelGhaffar.

B.Omar Tossoun.

C.Marwa Magdy.

D.Yehia Hamad.

3.What does the underlined word“discarded”in paragraph 6 mean?

A.Reused.

B.Thrown away.

C.Sold.

D.Fixed up.

4.In which column of a newspaper can we read the text?

A.Economy.

B.Entertainment.

C.Culture.

D.Politics.

Language Study

高频词汇

1.feature v.以……为特色；由……主演

n.特色；特征；特点

e.g. It's a great movie and it features a Spanish actor who is going to be a world star within a year.这是一部精彩的影片，主演是一位西班牙演员，他不出一年就会成为国际巨星。

One of the artworks on display features two large leaves standing side by side inside two opposing metal frames,looking like two pages of an open book.有一个展出的艺术品以两个大叶子并排站在两个相对的金属框架内为特色，看起来像两页打开的书。

2.impress v.给……留下深刻的好印象；使钦佩

e.g.He impressed her with his sincerity.他的真诚打动了她。

It impressed me that she remembered my name.令我佩服的是她记得我的名字。