world.
5. As far as I know, they are working on a project in secret.
6. This town has a booming tourist industry and (a flourishing) real estate market. 7. In the last decade, the digital revolution has stimulated people’s creativity in an unprecedentedway.
8. At Xinchejian, China’s first formal makerspace, makers are tinkering with all types of materials,such as metals, plastics and electronic components.
Reading & Comprehending
Reading 1
1. Comprehension Check for Reading 1 1. T 2. F 3.F 4.T 5.T 6.T 7.T 8.T 9.F 10. F
2. Translation
1. 让柴火与众不同的是它既与广义的创客运动有关，又同全球制造业正在经历的转型相关。
2. 一张巨大的木头桌子占据了创客空间的大部分地方，它是可以用于从焊接到编程到社交等多用途的工作台。
3. 当中国开始失去相对于其它国家的成本优势时，它再也无法依赖制造业中传统的低利润、高产量的经济模式了。
4. 正如其名称所暗示，潘希望通过各方协力，能够让中国刚刚兴起的创客文化的小枝条点燃创意之火。
Reading 2
Comprehension Check for Reading 2
1. a full-sized orange robotic giraffe named Russell that chewed, swayed, walked and even talked
2. a giant red weather balloon in the Rose Garden 3. a paper-crafted dinosaur head in the hallway
4. a 3-D-printed sculpture of President Obama’s State of the Union Address 5. a 3-D-printed pancake
6. a microscope made out of folded paper 7. robots made by the Beatty sisters
Integrated Skills Practicing
I. Viewing & Listening
1. When I was very young, I was in love with animation. But I found myself flowing more intosculpture, because I realized from my own temperament, the effort and time involved tomake the thing actually move was about the same as the effort and time involved to make ananimation.
2. The stuff is all garbage. If it isn’t sorted in a way that makes sense to me, then I’m justwarehousing garbage. If things have their place and I know where they are, then this is a stockpile of valuable material. These things are treasures to me, but not if I can’t access them andremember where they are. 3. I found myself in an interesting sort of gap between the maker movement and the art world. Themajority of people are excited about it. But they want to know what’s it for. If you have to askwhat’s art for, then chances are you will never need art in your home.
III. Writing
Model paper for your reference
There are many benefits of/to bringing the maker movement into the classroom. First andforemost it calls for students to turn from being passive users into active discoverers by stimulatingtheir imagination and creativity. It also allows students to work on “real life” problems in a math orscience classroom. This helps students realize the practical aspects of education and can transformtheir motivation. Moreover, students can learn how to interact with each other effectively,
generatinga sense of engagement and mutual acceptance. Added to all this, the completion of each projectboosts the confidence of students in their capacity to build something useful. In short, the makermovement injects creativity, encouragement, the spirit of teamwork and a sense of achievement intothe classroom, opening up a vast and exciting new frontier in the world of education. (137 words)