Task 4

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Ⅰ.語法填空

It is a pity that deaf people,or those who have hearing problems,can't enjoy music.1.______now a vibrating(振動的)suit brings them hope—it can allow them to “feel” music through their skin,rather than hear it.

2.______(design)by the US technology company Not Impossible Labs,the suit 3. ______(consist)of a body harness(全身式安全帶)and ankle and wrist straps(帶子).Music is sent to the suit wirelessly.Then the suit is able to translate it into a range of vibrating pulses,4._____ _can be felt at a total of 24 contact points all over the body.The users can adjust the intensity(強度)of the vibrations.

Chase Burton,33,a deaf filmmaker from Texas,US,has been testing out the suit for four years.He understands that 5._____ _deaf person's experience with music is very different.“When I was a kid,I'd lie on the floor above our garage so I could feel the vibrations from my brother's band rocking out below my body,”Burton told CNN.When he wore the vibrating suit,he said the sound hit different parts of his body.

The designers have been working on extending the tactile(觸覺的)musical experience to a 6.______(large)deaf community than before.The suit was tested at a concert in Las Vegas in 2018.It 7._____ _(give)to 150 audience members at the concert,8. ______half the audience members were deaf and half could hear.

“We 9.______(true)think that anything that has an audio element can also have a vibrational experience associated 10._____ _it as well,”the company's talent and business development director,Jordan Richardson,told CNN.

Ⅱ.書面表達

假定你是李華，為響應學校開展的“班級文化節(jié)”活動，你班提出了設計班服的創(chuàng)意，請用英語給活動組委會寫一封信，內(nèi)容包括：

1.表明班服的意義；

2.說明班服標志的特色。

注意：

1.詞數(shù)80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3.開頭和結尾已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)。

參考詞匯：班服class uniform 標志logo

Dear committee,

I would appreciate it if you could take our idea into full consideration.

Yours,

Li Hua