七年级阅读版-第27期

IN FOCUS

Six Arts Museum

In Suzhou, Jiangsu, an American called Mitch Dudek built a museum. He named the museum Six Arts Museum because it’s about the six senses. Visitors to this museum can get close to the art pieces to touch and smell them. Dudek wants people to fully enjoy their beauty.

Dudek, born in Ohio, lives in Chinanow. He has a great interest in Chinese antiques. Over the past years, he has collected over 100,000 antiques. These antiques date back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China.

Six Arts Museum opened in 2018. It houses more than 40,000 antiques. Most of them are things of daily use in Chinese families before the 1990s. The antiques include wooden beds, folding screens, and sedan chairs. They not only help revisit old times but also give a sense of beauty.

Dudek has never seen or used such things in his own country. He is really into them. “I think they are just beautiful, and I should collect them,” said Dudek.

Thanks to Dudek, these Chines eantiques have a new life in the museum.

THEME READING

They Are Together

Charles Nassau is an 88-year-old American. He has a love for riding motorcycles, and so does his son. However, for some time, they couldn’t ride together.

Charles became paralyzed in 2016 because of an accident. He had to spend months in the hospital. He was very sad.

“I’ve ridden motorcycles all my life,” said Charles. “I didn’t want to give up. So as soon as I got out of the hospital, I started looking online to find a motorcycle I could ride.” Unluckily, he couldn’t find one.

However, Charles’ son thought his father could still ride. With a lot of time and hardwork, he found ways to get his father back on the road again. And the son didn’t just stop there. He went on to help others like his father with his own business — Chariot Mototrikes. It sells adaptive riding equipment and things like that. His father is always the first one to help try the equipment.

Now Charles and his son like to ride every Sunday. They enjoy being together along the way.