【外刊专题】2023届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案 艺术节话题.docxVIP

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高三英语培优外刊阅读

班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

外刊精选｜英国人炸了！一场看不懂的艺术节竟花了纳税人9个亿？

近日，整个英国都在关注Unboxed艺术节的资金问题。这场艺术节原本是在2018年英国脱欧之际，由前首相特蕾莎·梅发起的一场盛大的艺术庆典，预计花费1.2亿英镑的公共资金。而在今年艺术节开幕后，不仅效果远未达到预期，人们也开始质疑这1.2亿英镑究竟花在了哪儿。英国人究竟是如何看待这场活动的？用如此高昂的成本来举办一场艺术节是否值得？

Unboxedfestival:Watchdogurgedtoinvestigate￡120mwasteofmoney

Thechairofaninfluentialparliamentarycommitteehascalledforaninvestigationintoanartsfestivalthathascosttaxpayers￡120m.UnboxedchiefMartinGreensaiditwasabsolutelyvalueformoney.

Unboxedisanongoingprojectthatdescribesitselfasaonce-in-a-lifetimecelebrationofcreativityacrosstheUK.

AheadoftheopeningofSeeMonster,thelatestUnboxedventurethathasseenanoldNorthSeagasplatforminstalledinaformerlido,MrGreentoldtheBBCitwasabigandboldandambitiousprogramme.

At￡120m,UnboxedcostfourtimeswhatthetaxpayerspentonthePlatinumJubilee.Evenbeforeitopened,areportdeemeditanirresponsibleuseofpublicmoneyandarecipeforfailure.

Unboxedorganisershavenotyetreleasedofficialvisitornumbers.AreportinAugustclaimed238,000peoplehadvisited,afractionoftheambitiousstretchtargetof66millionthefestivalhadsuggestedmightgetinvolved.

Thecommitteereporthassoundedthealarmaboutaprojectwithsuchavaguevisionandnebulousnamewhichseemeddoomedtofailure.Thelackofinterestfromthepublicisadamningindictment,itsaid.

CriticssayitwouldhavebeenbetterifUnboxedhadbeenleftinitsbox.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

watchdog[?w?t?d?ɡ]n.___________________________

2.absolutely[??bs??lu?tli]adv.___________________________

3.ongoing[????ɡ????]adj.___________________________

4.venture[?vent??]n.___________________________

5.nebulous[?nebj?l?s]adj.___________________________

【词块学习】

请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。

1.失败的原因___________________________

2.伸张指标;伸张性目标___________________________

3.