HANSChristianAndersenputDenmarkonthemapoftheworldliteraturewithhisstoriesTheEmperor'sNewClothesTheLittleMermaid(小美人鱼)andTheUglyDuckling.NowCopenhagenthecountry'scapitalhasbecomethecenteroftheworldpoliticalmapwith190worldleadersattendingtheclimatetalkstherenottomentionthousandsofreporters.
JusthowmuchdoyouknowabouttheScandinaviancountry?
Denmarkisfamousforitsdesignculture.Attheheartof“DanishDesign”istheideathataspoetanddesignerPietHeinputsit:“Thereisoneartnotmorenorless[andthatis]todoallthingswithartlessness(朴实)”.
Danishdesignplacesequalemphasisonpracticalityandquality.FromLegotoystofurnitureDanishproductsareknownfortheircleanlinessimplicityandfunctionality.“Removematerialwhereit'snotneeded.Keepthingssimpleandfunctionalandmakethemcarefully”explainedHansJ.WegnerthefirstDanishdesignertoachieveworldwidefame:“Theaimisnottocreateaworkofartbuttoproduceagoodchair.”
“TheDaneshavedoneabetterjobthanmostinpromotingartsinEuropeconsideringtheircountry'ssizeandpopulationinthefieldsofarchitecturesculptureanddesign”writesHelenaSmithreporterwithBritishnewspapertheGuardian.
ThesimplicityofDanishdesignmayextendtothequalityoflifethere.SomeevenclaimthattheDaneshavethehighestqualityoflifeofanynationintheworld.
KateViala55-year-oldAmericanwhohaslivedandworkedinDenmarkformorethan30yearsexplainingwhyshechoosestoliveinDenmarkratherthantheUStoldGermany'sbiggestnewsweeklyDerSpiegel:“IjustchoseasimplerlifestyleonewhereIcouldridemybikealloverandwhereIdon'thavetomakeagreatlivingtosurvive.”
1.What’sthewriter’spurposeofmentioningDenmark’sliterature?
A.ToshowthereadersthatDenmarkisbestknownforitsstories.
B.Toarousereaders’interestinDenmark.
C.Totellthereadersthatthispassageisrelatedtoliterature.
D.ToshowwhyDenmarkcanattractsomanypoliticalleaders.
2.WhatisDenmarkfamousforaccordingtothepassage?
A.Designculture B.Makingchairs
C.Writingpoems