旧托福听力PartC原文(95-04)

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1、旧托福听力PartC2004年8月演讲1：I’dliketosharewithyoutodaymyexperiencewithanewapproachtobuildingahouse.It’scalledEnvelopBuilding.Essentially,whatitmeansisthatasyouarebuildingahouse,youtrytoleavethelandscapefeatureontheland,especiallythevegetationintheoriginalcondition.Sowhatyouarenotdoingistheusua

2、lpracticeoflandscraping.BywhichImeanliterallyscrapingorcleaningthelandofanyandalltheoriginalplants.WhyistheapproachcalledEnvelopBuilding?Becauseinsteadofclearingeverythingaway,youletyouroriginallandscapeelementsenveloporsurroundyourhouse.Letthevegetationphysicalfeaturessuchashillsandslo

3、pesorinterestingrockformations,constitutedasignificantpartofthecharacterofthebuildingsight.Thedesignofthehouseshouldtakethesefeaturesofthepropertyintoaccount.Actuallyintegratingyouroriginalwildlandscapewithahouseisnotthatnew.ThefamousAmericanarchitectWrightwasdoingitabout65yearsago.Sowe

4、areingoodcompany.EnvelopBuildingisnotaseasyasitsoundsthough.It’snotjustthatyoubuildyourhouseandleavethelandalone.Bybuilding,youarealreadydamagingtheoriginallandscape.Butasarchitects,weshouldtrytoworkwithenvironment,notagainstit.Acreativearchitectcanfindwaystoincorporatenaturallandscapei

5、ntotheoveralldesign.Forexample,whyusedthemassivebouldersonthesideofoneofthemostfamoushousesaspartofthehousefoundation?演讲2：Todaywearegoingtotalkaboutcopyrightingworksofart.Acopyrightisaproofofauthorship.Itprotectsartistsagainstsomeoneelseusingtheirworkwithouttheirpermission.It’simportant

6、torememberthatUnitedStatesCopyrightLawprotectsartisticexpressionssuchaspaintings,butdoesnotprotectanyideas,concept,procedureortechnique.InalltheUnitedStatesCopyrightLaw,Artistsneededtotakeseveralstepstoobtaincopyrightprotection.Thelawaschangedin1978andagain1989.Forartiststhecurrentlawme

7、anseverythingtheycreateisautomaticallyandimmediatelycopyrighted.Theydon’thavetofileanydocumentsandundertheprotectionoftheCopyrightLaw,anyrecreationoftheiroriginalworksuchasprintsarealsocoveredbytheartistscopyright.Furthermore,anychangesartistsmadetotheiroriginalworksarecovered.