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托福阅读tpo37R-3原文+译文+题目+答案+背景知识
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ModernArchitectureInTheUnitedStates
①Attheendofthenineteenthcentury,therewerebasicallytwokindsofbuildings
intheUnitedStates.Ononehandwerethebuildingsproducedforthewealthyor
forcivicpurposes,whichtendedtoechothearchitectureofthepastandtouse
traditionalstylesofornamentation.Ontheotherhandwerepurelyutilitarian
structures,suchasfactoriesandgrainelevators,whichemployedmodern
materialssuchassteelgirdersandplateglassinanundisguisedandunadorned
manner.Suchbuildings,however,wereviewedinacategoryseparatefromfine
architecture,andinfactwereoftendesignedbyengineersandbuildersratherthan
architects.Thedevelopmentofmodernarchitecturemightinlargepartbeseenas
anadaptationofthissortoffunctionalbuildinganditspervasiveapplicationfor
dailyuse.Indeed,inthisinfluentialbookTowardaNewArchitecture,theSwiss
architectLeCorbusierillustratedhistextwithphotographsofAmericanfactories
andgrainstoragesilos,aswellasships,airplanes,andotherindustrialobjects.
Nonetheless,modernarchitectsdidnotsimplyemploythesenewmaterialsina
strictlypracticalfashion—theyconsciouslyexploitedtheiraestheticpossibilities.
Forexample,glasscouldbeusedtoopenupwallsandeliminatetheirstoneand
brickmasonrybecauselargespacescouldnowbespannedwithsteelbeams.
②Thefundamentalpremiseofmodernarchitecturewasthattheappearanceof
thebuildingshouldexhibitthenatureofitsmaterialsandformsofphysical
support.Thisoftenledtoeffectsthatlookedoddfromatraditionalstandpointbut
thatbecamehallmarksofmodernarchitectureforpreciselythisreason.For
example,intraditionalarchitecture,stoneorbrickwallsservedastructuralrole,
butinasteel-beambuildingthewallswereessentiallyhungfromtheinternal
skeletonofsteelbea
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