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in its mould he will then remove tapes placed over each crack inside the vase
and fish out the pieces, numbering and recording the positions.
e) The Portland Vase made of blue and white glass by the sculptor Dioscourides
was smashed into 200 pieces by a drop-out from Trinity College, Dublin,
while it was on show in the British Museum in 1845. It was pieced together
by the museum’s restorer John Doubleday, but a century later the glue began
to weaken and in 1949 the vase was re-assembled by the conservator James
Axtell.
f) He will then replace the pieces after painting each edge with a glue that will
not become fast until he is satisfied each is in exactly the right position, held
by sticky tape. The tiny extra fragments will be positioned using tweezers,
which hold each piece with compressed air. When the vase is complete it will
be “shot” with ultraviolet light to activate the glue.
I believe you have accomplished the previous task and understood the work of a
restorer. The more you know about it, the easier the task ahead seems.
Task: supply the proper words, which you came across in the text; while doing
it, avoid looking back into the text.
Mr. Williams will begin by encasing the vase in a paper mould and placing it in
an atmosphere of solvent, which …… the joints. With the vase still in its mould
he then …… tapes placed over each crack inside the vase and …… out the
pieces, numbering and recording their …… . He then …… the pieces after
painting each edge with a glue that will not become fast until he ……each is in
exactly the right position, held by …… tape. The …… extra fragments will be
positioned using …… which hold each piece with …… air. When the vase is
…… it is “shot” with …… light.
From the text above you can see how the up-to-date technologies work to go
back in the past or to restore the items from the past. Equipped with such
technologies researchers can do unbelievable things now. What else can these
technologies do?
Task: read the following text and then make summary of it.
ORWELL GOT IT WRONG
George Orwell’s famous novel 1984 (written in 1948) opens with its hero,
Winston Smith, returning to his squalid apartment. Attached to a wall is a
“telescreen,” described as “an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror.” It is in
essence a two-way television, which watches Smith’s every movement while
barking government propaganda at him. ” Big Brother Is Watching You” is the
state’s slogan.
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