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Germany’s New Bauhaus Museum Set for Interactive Opening
[1] The new Bauhaus museum opens its doors to the public for the first time in the east German city of Weimar on Saturday after three years of construction, giving admirers of the world-famous “form follows function” aesthetic a new place of pilgrimage.
[2] An inauguration weekend, with free entry and various concerts and spectacles, will mark the peak of a year during which hundreds of events across Germany are commemorating the 100th birthday of the Bauhaus movement, associated with clean and functional design.
[3] “Bauhaus has influenced design all over the world,” said Ulrike Bestgen, the museum’s director,adding that Bauhaus pioneers dealt with urgent issues of their times, like housing shortages which are still relevant today.
[4] Three light and sound installations are set to interact with the new building, which, designed in white and grey by Berlin architect and long-time Bauhaus teacher Heike Hanada, itself recalls the minimalist sobriety of the original style.
New Words and Expressions
construction /kən
strʌkʃn/ n. 建造；建筑；建造物
pilgrimage /
pɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ/ n. 朝圣之旅；参拜之行
inauguration /ɪ
nɔːɡjə
reɪʃn/ n. 落成典礼；就职典礼；开始
spectacle /
spektəkl/ n. 盛大的表演；壮观的场面
peak /piːk/ n. 顶峰；顶点；高峰
commemorate /kə
meməreɪt/ vt. 纪念；庆祝；成为……的纪念
pioneer /
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nɪə(r)/ n. 先驱；带头人；开发者
installation /
ɪnstə
leɪʃn/ n. 安装；装置
sobriety /sə
braɪəti/ n. 节制；清醒；严肃
for the first time 第一次
hundreds of 好几百；数以百计