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HansChristianAndersenwasDenmark’smostfamousnativeson.Yetevenafterhisfairytaleswonhimfameandfortune,hefearedhewouldbeforgotten.Heneednothaveworried.Thisweekend,Denmarkbeganeightmonthsofcelebrationstocoincidewiththebicentenaryofhisbirth,andDenmarkiseagerthattheworldtakenoteasitsetsouttodefinethepigeon-holedwriterinitsownway.
ThefestivitiesbeganinCopenhagenonSaturday,Andersen’sactualbirthday,withalivelyshowofmusic,dance,lightsandcomedyinspiredbyhisfairytalesbeforeacrowdof40,000people—includingQueenMargretheIIandherfamily—attheParkenNationalStadium.Theopening,calledOnceUponaTime,willbefollowedbyaslewofconcerts,musicals,ballets,exhibitions,paradesandeducationprogramscostingoverUS$40million.
Somorethaninrecentmemory,Danes—and,theyhope,foreigners—willberelivingthehumor,painandlessonstobefoundinevergreenstorieslikeTheLittleMermaid,TheEmperor’sNewClothes,TheUglyDuckling,TheLittleMatch-Seller,TheSteadfastTinSoldier,TheShadow,ThePrincessandthePeaandothersofAndersen’s150orsofairytales.
Inorganizingthisextravaganza,ofcourse,Denmarkisalsocelebratingitself.Afterall,Andersenisstillthiscountry’smostfamousnativeson.TrumpetinghisnameandachievementsnotonlydrawsattentiontoDenmark’scontributiontoworldculture,butcouldalsowoomoreforeigntouriststovisithisbirthplaceinthetownofOdenseandtobephotographedbesidethefamousbronzestatueoftheLittleMermaidinCopenhagen’sharbor.
AndDenmarkhasevenmoreinmind.LocalguardiansoftheAndersenlegacyevidentlyfeelhisstorieshavelostgroundinrecentyearstothelikesofJ.R.R.Tolkien’sLordoftheRingsandJ.K.Rowling’sHarryPotter.Andersen’sfairytalesmayremaincentraltotheDanishidentity,servingashomespunguidestothevagariesofhumanbehavior,butwhatabouttherestoftheworld?
“WhatwereallyneedisarebirthofAndersen,”notedLarsSeeberg,secretarygeneraloftheHansChristianAndersen2005Foundation.“Twocenturiesafterhisbirth,hestillfailstobeuniversallyacknowledgedastheworld-classauthorhenodoubtwas.”
HansChristianAndersenwasDenmark’smostfamousnativeson.Yetevenafterhisfairytaleswonhimfameandfortune,hefearedhewouldbeforgotten.Heneednothaveworried.Thisweekend,Denmarkbeganeightmonthsofcelebrationstocoincidewiththebicentenaryofhisbirth,andDenmarkiseagerthattheworldtakenoteasitsetsouttodefinethepigeon-holedwriterinitsownway.
ThefestivitiesbeganinCopenhagenonSaturday,Andersen’sactualbirthday,withalivelyshowofmusic,dance,lightsandcomedyinspiredbyhisfairytalesbeforeacrowdof40,000people—includingQueenMargretheIIandherfamily—attheParkenNationalStadium.Theopening,calledOnceUponaTime,willbefollowedbyaslewofconcerts,musicals,ballets,exhibitions,paradesandeducationprogramscostingoverUS$40million.
Somorethaninrecentmemory,Danes—and,theyhope,foreigners—willberelivingthehumor,painandlessonstobefoundinevergreenstorieslikeTheLittleMermaid,TheEmperor’sNewClothes,TheUglyDuckling,TheLittleMatch-Seller,TheSteadfastTinSoldier,TheShadow,ThePrincessandthePeaandothersofAndersen’s150orsofairytales.
Inorganizingthisextravaganza,ofcourse,Denmarkisalsocelebratingitself.Afterall,Andersenisstillthiscountry’smostfamousnativeson.TrumpetinghisnameandachievementsnotonlydrawsattentiontoDenmark’scontributiontoworldculture,butcouldalsowoomoreforeigntouriststovisithisbirthplaceinthetownofOdenseandtobephotographedbesidethefamousbronzestatueoftheLittleMermaidinCopenhagen’sharbor.
AndDenmarkhasevenmoreinmind.LocalguardiansoftheAndersenlegacyevidentlyfeelhisstorieshavelostgroundinrecentyearstothelikesofJ.R.R.Tolkien’sLordoftheRingsandJ.K.Rowling’sHarryPotter.Andersen’sfairytalesmayremaincentraltotheDanishidentity,servingashomespunguidestothevagariesofhumanbehavior,butwhatabouttherestoftheworld?
“WhatwereallyneedisarebirthofAndersen,”notedLarsSeeberg,secretarygeneraloftheHansChristianAndersen2005Foundation.“Twocenturiesafterhisbirth,hestillfailstobeuniversallyacknowledgedastheworld-classauthorhenodoubtwas.”
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- Whichofthefollowingchoicescouldbeequaltoset<em>Z</em>if<br/><em>X</em>={2,5,6,7,9}and<em>Y</em>={2,5,7}<br/><em>X</em>∪<em>Y</em>∪<em>Z</em>={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}<br/><em>X</em>∩<em>Z</em>={2,6}<br/><em>Y</em>∩<em>Z</em>={2} A: <em>Z</em>={1,4,8} B: <em>Z</em>={1,3,8} C: <em>Z</em>={1,3,4,8} D: <em>Z</em>={1,2,3,4,6,8} E: <em>Z</em>={1,2,3,5,6,8}
- Howmanyprimefactorsof<em>x</em>arealsoprimefactorsof<em>y</em>?<br/>(1)<em>x</em>=30<br/>(2)<em>y</em>isamultipleof<em>x</em>.
- <em>y</em>=<em>mx</em><sup>2</sup><br/>Intheequationabove,<em>m</em>isaconstant.If<em>y</em>=32when<em>x</em>=4,thenwhen<em>y</em>=18,whichofthefollowingcouldbethevalueof<em>x</em>?<br/>____
- Ifthesquarerootof<em>t</em>isarealnumber,isthesquarerootof<em>t</em>positive?<br/>(1)<em>t</em>><em>0</em><br/>(2)<em>t<sup>2</sup></em>><em>0</em>
- <em>Questions1-2</em><em>：</em><em>Choosethebestansweraccordingtothepassage</em><em>.</em><br/><br/>Whydidtheauthorvisithismotheroccasionally? A: Becausehiswifedidn’tallowhimtodoit. B: Becausehismotherwassobusy. C: Becausehismotherthoughtthathisson’sinvitationwasasignofbadnews. D: Becauseofhisworkandchildren,hehadlittletimetovisithismother.