●The Shape1 of the World

○《世界之形》

A little boy who loves to find shapes in nature grows up to be one of Americas greatest architects2 in this biography3 of Frank Lloyd Wright.

When Frank Lloyd Wright was a baby， his mother dreamed that he would become a great architect. She gave him blocks4 to play with and he learned that shapes are made up of many other shapes. As he grew up， he loved finding shapes in nature. Wright went on to study architecture and create buildings that were one with the natural world around them.

這本弗蘭克·勞埃德·賴特的傳記，講述了一個喜歡在大自然中尋找物體形狀的小男孩成長為美國最偉大的建筑師之一的故事。

當(dāng)弗蘭克·勞埃德·賴特還是個嬰兒的時候，他母親就夢想他能成為一名偉大的建筑師。她給他積木玩，他知道了形狀是由許多其他形狀組成的。長大后，他喜歡在大自然中尋找形狀。賴特繼續(xù)研究建筑學(xué)，并創(chuàng)造出與周圍自然世界融為一體的建筑。

●Beijing Music Festival Holds Concerts to Celebrate5 Beethoven

○北京音樂節(jié)舉行音樂會紀(jì)念貝多芬

A series of concerts are being on at the Poly Theater to mark the 250th anniversary of Beethovens birth during the Beijing Music Festival （BMF）.

According to Zou Shuang， the artistic6 director of BMF， she staged all three concerts with 10 young musicians born after 1990， the youngest， 15 years old， at a time when most music festivals have been put off or canceled7 due to the COVID-19. It? adds8 to the meaning of the music festival. “It is time to allow the world to see Chinas new music power9，” she said.

保利劇院在北京音樂節(jié)（BMF）期間舉行了一系列音樂會，紀(jì)念貝多芬誕辰250周年。

據(jù)BMF藝術(shù)總監(jiān)鄒爽（音）介紹，在新冠疫情導(dǎo)致大部分音樂節(jié)延期或取消的時候，她與1990年后出生的十位年輕音樂家共同舉辦了三場音樂會，年齡最小的15歲，這也讓音樂節(jié)更有意義。她說：“現(xiàn)在是時候讓世界見證中國的音樂新生力量了?！?/p>

【Notes】

1. shape n. 形狀;模型

2. architect ?n. 建筑師architecturen. 建筑學(xué);建筑風(fēng)格;建筑式樣

3. biography? n. 傳記

4. block n. 積木

5. celebrate vt. 慶祝;舉行

6. artistic adj. 藝術(shù)的;風(fēng)雅的;有美感的

7. cancelvt. 取消;刪去

8. add vt. 增加，添加

9. power? n. 力量，能力;勢力