Task 4

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Ⅰ.语法填空

It is a pity that deaf people,or those who have hearing problems,can't enjoy music.1.______now a vibrating(振动的)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(全身式安全带)and ankle and wrist straps(带子).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(强度)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(触觉的)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.书面表达

假定你是李华，为响应学校开展的“班级文化节”活动，你班提出了设计班服的创意，请用英语给活动组委会写一封信，内容包括：

1.表明班服的意义；

2.说明班服标志的特色。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：班服class uniform 标志logo

Dear committee,

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

Yours,

Li Hua