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Kites: More than Just Entertainment
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by Jonathan McDougall
承載人類文明演變的風箏
hen you think of kites, you might think of people in the park, 27
flying kites for fun.
1 A, throughout their history, kites
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have been used for much more than amusement'. They
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have evolved over time and brought about' numerous³ benefits to civilization*.
The earliest record of a kite is from Mozi, a philosophers during China's
朝代
Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC-221 BC). His kite was a bird made of wood with a
string 2 to it. During the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD-220 AD), paper kites
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測量
emerged, and kites were formally named. They originally helped soldiers measure
distances and wind direction.
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As kites spread to other parts of Asia, each country developed a(n)
宗教的 儀式
of using them. In Japan, kites became part of religious ceremonies. They were
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used to bring good luck to harvests. In Korea, kites were flown to symbolize the
放下
letting go of bad luck and welcoming of good fortune.
Kites were first 4 by Marco Polo, who supposedly first saw a kite in
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hote 據說
1282. In the 16th and 17th centuries, other sailors also brought kites back from
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abesubsW, no exterio 101 bersiaran 1. (1)
expeditions to the East. They were used in science experiments, such as Benjamin
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up of
Franklin's 1752 experiment with electricity that led to the invention of the lightning
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rod. Experimentation with kites also caused a(n) 5 that led to the invention of
1. (A) In fact
2. (A) attached
3. (A) adolescent
4. (A) given a name
5. (A) illusion
ince World War II, though, kites have been mainly used as a source
the airplane. Since World ash
of entertainment. Nevertheless, it's interesting to know that this simple toy has more
than 2,000 years of history behind it.
翻譯請見 P. 85
ED
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(B) brought to the Western world (C) used in ward
(B) disaster
(C) breakthrough
(D) In particular
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(D) distinctive
(D) shown to China
(D) impression
答案請見 PP. 68-69
