【正文】 alistes. His earliest sculptures were posed of cans and bottles, many of which were wrapped in paper, plastic, or fabric. He eventually expanded his projects to include buildings and landscapes. In 1964 he moved to New York City. Christo is noted for such monumental outdoor projects as Valley Curtain (1972) in Rifle Gap, Colo., and Running Fence (1976) in Marin and Sonoma counties, Calif. In 1995 he wrapped the Berlin Reichstag in metallic silver fabric. The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979– 2021 (2021) featured 7,503 steel gates stretched across 23 miles (37 km) of walkway in Central Park. The gates stood 16 feet (5 metres) high and were decorated with saffroncoloured cloth panels. Though his displays, which are temporary and involve hundreds of workers, are controversial among environmentalists, they have been critically well received. Since 1961 most have been collaborative efforts with his wife, JeanneClaude (b. 1935). Step III Language Awareness 7 Wrapped Up Ask students to read the text first. Then ask them to try to answer the questions in Ex1. If students have the class in a room with Inter access, ask students to find the information about the two projects. If students don’t have access to Inter, Teacher may print the following out as handout. Pink woven polypropylene fabric floating around eleven islands: 585,000 square meters ( million square feet). Duration: 14 days. Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, 198083 Christo and JeanneClaude On May 7, 1983 the installation of Surrounded Islands was pleted. In Biscayne Bay, between the city of Miami, North Miami, the Village of Miami Shores and Miami Beach, 11 of the islands situated in the area of Bakers Haulover Cut, Broad Causeway, 79th Street Causeway, Julia Tuttle Causeway, and Veian Causeway were surrounded with 585,000 square meters ( million square feet) of pink woven polypropylene fabric covering the surface of the water, floating and extending out 61 meters (200 feet) from each island into the Bay. The fabric was sewn into 79 patterns to follow the contours of the 11 islands. For 2 weeks Surrounded Islands spreading over kilometers (7 miles) was seen, approached and enjoyed by the public, from the causeways (堤道 ) the land, the water and the air. The luminous (發(fā)光的 ,發(fā)亮的 ) pink color of the shiny fabric was in harmony with the tropical vegetation of the uninhabited verdant island, the light of the Miami sky and the colors of the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay