感觉城市
刘元举
①都市最好的建筑大都是留在广场上。越老的广场越有味道，特别是那种椭圆形队列，极有耐心地组合成建筑博览系列，其风格的和谐与典雅令岁月粘稠。然而，到了今天，这些苍老的面孔对于周围的疾速变化却呈现一副凄哀的无奈状。高楼大厦争先恐后，顶天立地，倏忽间，竟形成了一个巨人家族，控制着广场的领空，从中透出一种现代城市的霸气。
②城市的现代锋芒是无法收敛的。不管你喜欢不喜欢愿意不愿意，你就得接受就得适应。城市的表情在过去如果说是因含蓄而充满魅力的话，那么说城市的现在，则全然抛开了这份传统的服饰，变得简单而直露。不是吗，玻璃幕墙体通体透亮，还有什么含蓄可言?钢架交错，似裸露闪亮的筋骨，没有任何羞涩需要多余的遮掩。远去了，哥特式建筑；远去了，巴洛克的繁绮奢华；远去了，爱奥尼与陶立克柱子，就连我们古典的影壁墙、歇山顶、鸱吻、雕梁画栋也无法取悦都市的目光。大工业与现代化正在不可阻挡地改变着我们城市的面孔，犹如一双粗暴的手，把城市陈旧的服饰一件件剥光。
③有一位作家到日本后写了一本书，题为《裸体的日本》，这个题目一针见血地道出了现代化的日本城市的流向，是否越接近现代文明就越远离了掩饰和含蓄?
④由城市及人，由城市的服饰演进说到人的装束变化，这是很有意思的。古罗马的著名建筑师威特鲁威早就给建筑下过这样的定义，他说，建筑就是组织人们的生活。城市建筑对于人们的生活的影响无论过去还是现在都是有目共睹的。城市在告别繁冗，在失去含蓄，城市中的人，势必也要适应这种流向。城市人生活状态的变化首先要从服装上表现出来。比如，过去的女人以包裹严实为尊为美，连衣裙是小翻领口，还是长袖的，腰间还有个捆扎的带子，不扎不端庄，不淑女，现在还有人穿这种连衣裙吗?不仅不穿长袖的，甚至连袖子都是多余的。由长袖而半袖，再由半袖而变成无袖；裙身过去长至膝下，甚至垂到脚面，走起路来风摆杨柳，婀婀娜娜，不乏古典韵致。从什么时候起时兴了超短?再看上衣，马甲、一些两件套装、三件套装，一些原本属于辅助性的衣服倒变成了正宗服饰，几乎取代了西服上衣西服裙，而且，这种取代没商量，马甲也好，上衣也好，越来越短，短到了可以露出肚脐眼。阳光下，上下衣之间因脱节而断层，透出的那一条子皮肤的白皙度犹如一道灿然的光带照亮行人的眼目时，城市建筑的玻璃幕墙体肯定会更加刺眼，更加热烈，城市的热情与城市的温度都会随之升高。那些阳光照不到的阴郁的古典柱廊以及浮雕的阴暗凹处，也会被这道肤线的光芒洞穿吧?城市不会再有含蓄了，而更加易变的人们还能存留几多含蓄?
⑤睡衣式的服饰可以堂皇出现在闹市，男人忘记的背心，却以一种新的面料成为了女性的抢眼时装。还有人愿穿翻领衣裙吗?越短越好，越露越好，越透越薄越性感越好。为什么牛仔裤被体形裤取代?又被裤袜特别是那种裤子式的裤袜代替?还有短裤，更具超越优势。
⑥泳装更说明问题。比基尼正在成为一道风景线，尤其是海滨的城市。
⑦由此，我想到了南方的园林建筑。那种奇妙的造园手笔可以用几个字概括：漏、透、瘦、皱。这四个字体现了造园艺术的精髓，体现出一种千古不变的神韵。按照这四个字造出的园林，无论到了什么时候，都不会是直白的，单调的，其中的含蓄是可以让游人驻足且流连忘返的。而流行时装的这几个字则正与园林艺术达到的效果恰恰相反。
⑧或许我不该进行这种比较，时装与园林原本就不是一回事，一种追求的是艺术的永恒，一种要的只是闪烁迷人的一瞬，多一点，长久一点，那都是犯大忌的。现代人的生活观念不恰恰是改变永恒吗?谁还讲白头到老?哪还有什么举案齐眉、相濡以沫?哪来的永恒爱情?有那么一个瞬间就不得了。所以，风靡的爱情歌曲只能是“让我一次爱个够”“不求一生相守，但求一朝拥有”“瞬间就是永恒”之类。
⑨瞬间，只能是瞬间，再难忘的瞬间也还是瞬间，不可能代替永恒。而我，一个有着古典情 结的中年北方男人更看重那种永恒。我曾冒着大雨赶到同里小镇．为的是去一睹那里的古建筑风采。那真是一批国宝：一处藻井就是一座展馆，被灰尘遮盖的彩绘极耐人寻味；一扇有着木雕的门扇就是一件艺术精品，如同屏风般的组合门扇叙述了一部《西厢记》，有莺莺，还有张生，张生与莺莺的约会是永恒的，令我感动。可惜这几道门扇朽了。燕翼楼造型奇特，特别是屋脊有着宁静的动感，有云流动时，更是神奇，跃跃欲飞，令我难过的是它已经折断了翅膀，塌了腰身。
⑩我们的城市正在日新月异，我们新的楼房都是从外部世界抄来的，很少有我们自己民族的底蕴，正像我们的服装，一茬茬虽然炫目，却也是从西方世界拿来的。“拿来主义”构成了我们城市的时尚。我们的城市正在洋化，我们的服装也正在洋化。洋化不是不好，却也不能说就是绝对的好。还应该有一点我们民族自己的东西，比如旗袍，比如蜡染的民族服饰，我都挺喜欢。
阅读上文，回答下列问题：
[问题1][简答题]
文章第①段说：“这些苍老的面孔对于周围的疾速变化却呈现出一副凄哀的无奈状。”请解释这句话的含意。
[问题2][简答题]
在第②段，作者说：“大工业与现代化正在不可阻挡地改变着我们城市的面孔，犹如一双 粗暴的手，把城市陈旧的服饰一件一件剥光。”从全文看，被剥光的有哪些“服饰’’?请分条简要概括。
[问题3][简答题]
在第⑧段，作者说“或许我不该进行这种比较”，可是在行文中，作者还是将服装与园林作了比较，这是为什么?
[问题4][简答题]
请结合全文，说说作者对“城市”总的“感觉”是什么?并简要陈述你对作者感觉的看法?
1、随着大工业与现代化的飞速发展，具有民族特色的含蓄典雅的传统式建筑，被简单、直露的现代化的高楼大厦无情地取代，而这种趋势是难以阻挡的。
2、①具有民族特色的传统式建筑；
②“以包裹严实为尊为美”的服饰观念和保守的服装；
③人们追求的古典情结、永恒的情愫；
④中华民族优秀的传统的审美观、价值观。
3、这是因为：二者都能反映出人们的审美观和生活观。作者想通过比较来唤醒人们：在现代化进程中，在接受外来事物的同时，要好好继承和发扬我们民族的具有优良传统的东西。(答出大意即可)
4、第1问：①城市在变化(洋化)，城市的变化引起了人们生存状态、思想观念的变化；②传统的优良的事物正在消逝。
第2问：此为开放题，回答扣住文意，言之成理，表述清晰、完整即可。
根据提供的信息和语言素材设计教学方案，用英文作答。
设计任务：请阅读下面学生信息和语言素材，设计20分钟的英语阅读教学设计，该方案没有固定的格式．但须包含下列要点：
·teaching objectives
·teaching contents
·key and difficult points
·major steps and time allocation
·activities and justifications
教学时间：20分钟
学生情况：某城镇普通中学初中二年级(八年级)学生，班级人数40人，多数学生已经达到
《义务教育英语课程标准(2011年版)》三级水平。学生课堂积极性一般。
语言素材：
If you go to a fast food restaurant or a snake bar, you will probably see a lot of teenagers.Today, many teenagers are overweight, and some of this is because of their bad eating habits.Most teenagers love food with a lot of fat, oil, and sugar. People often call this type of food "junk food".
But food eating habits go beyond fast food. Many teenagers find it difficult to eat healthy.
Some don′t have breakfast before they go to school. During the day, some don′t have a propermeal for lunch. In a recent survey at one school, scientists found that over two-thirds of thestudents didn′t follow a healthy diet. Nearly half of the students didn′t like vegetables, andmany of them don′ t like to eat fruits. They preferred to eat food with a lot of salt, sugar, or fat.
Parents today also worry about their children′s diet. Some doctors give the followingadvice:
· Teenagers shouldn′t eat too much junk food.
· Teenagers shouldn′t eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high blood pressure in the future.
· Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil, and sugar.
· Teenagers need to eat some fruit and vegetables every day. Fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamins and have little fat.
· Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help their bones grow.
· Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for their body and mind.
根据题目要求完成下列任务。用中文作答。
下面是某初中课堂教学片段。
T: (referring to a picture) where is John, Li Lei
S 1: He has gone to Shanghai.
T: How many times has he been to Shanghai
S 1: He has been to Shanghai for only once.
T: (referring to another picture) where is Mary, Wang Wei
S2: She has gone to the library.
T: How many times has she been to the library a week
S2: She has been to the librarytwice a week.
根据上面所提供的信息，从下面四个方面作答：
(1)此教学片段的教学目标是什么
(2)教师采用了何种教学方法
(3)该教学方法有何优缺点
(4)提出两条主要建议，解决该教学方法可能带来的问题。
根据题目要求完成下列任务，用中文作答。
反馈是教学中的重要环节之一。简述外语教学中反馈的两种主要类型，列举教师了解学生学习情况的三种途径，以便及时给予反馈。
Passage 2
The Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras is best known today for his mathematical theorem,which haunts the dreams of many geometry students, but for centuries he was also celebrated as thefather of vegetarianism. A meatless diet was referred to as a "Pythagorean diet" for years, up untilthe modem vegetarian movement began in the mid-1800s.
While Pythagoras was an early proponent of a meatless diet, humans have been vegetarianssince well before recorded history．Most anthropologists agree that early humans would have eaten apredominantly plant-based diet；after all，plants can ’t run away．Additionally，our digestive systemsresemble those of herbivores closer than camivorous animals．Prehistoric man ate meat，of course，but plants formed the basis of his diet．
Pythagoras and his many followers practiced vegetarianism for several reasons，mainly due toreligious and ethical objections．Pythagoras believed all living beings had souls．Animals were noexception，SO meat and fish were banished from his table．Strangely enough，he also banished avegetable that has a place of honor on most vegetarian menus today，the humble bean．His followerswere forbidden to eat or even touch beans，because he thought beans and humans were created fromthe same material．Fava beans were especially bad，as they have hollow steams that could allow thesouls of the dead to travel up from the soil into the growing beans．
While the edict against beans was lifted not long after Pythagoras’death，his followerscontinued to eat a meatless diet．His principles influenced generations of academics and religiousthinkers，and it was a group of these like-minded individuals who founded the Vegetarian Society inEnglish in the mid-1800s．The virtues of temperance，abstinence and self．control were all tied tovegetarian Ideals，while lust，drunkenness and general hooliganism all resulted from a diet too rich inmeat products．Notable early vegetarians included Leo Tolstoy，George Bernard Shaw，MahatmaGandhi and American Bronson Alcott，a Transcendentalist teacher，reformer and the father of“LialeWomen”author Louisa May Alcott．
It wasn’t until the 1960s that vegetarianism moved into mainstream American life and themovement’sgrowth picked up speed in the l 970s when a young graduate student named FrancisMoore Lappe wrote a book called Diet for a Small Planet．In it，she advocated a meatless diet not forethical or moral reasons，but because plant-based foods have much less impact on the environmentthan meat does．Today，many vegetarians refuse meat because of animal rights issues，or concernsover animal treatment，a principle first espoused in Peter Singer’s 1975 work A nimal Liberation．
Which of the following might be the best title for the passage
Passage 2
The Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras is best known today for his mathematical theorem,which haunts the dreams of many geometry students, but for centuries he was also celebrated as thefather of vegetarianism. A meatless diet was referred to as a "Pythagorean diet" for years, up untilthe modem vegetarian movement began in the mid-1800s.
While Pythagoras was an early proponent of a meatless diet, humans have been vegetarianssince well before recorded history．Most anthropologists agree that early humans would have eaten apredominantly plant-based diet；after all，plants can ’t run away．Additionally，our digestive systemsresemble those of herbivores closer than camivorous animals．Prehistoric man ate meat，of course，but plants formed the basis of his diet．
Pythagoras and his many followers practiced vegetarianism for several reasons，mainly due toreligious and ethical objections．Pythagoras believed all living beings had souls．Animals were noexception，SO meat and fish were banished from his table．Strangely enough，he also banished avegetable that has a place of honor on most vegetarian menus today，the humble bean．His followerswere forbidden to eat or even touch beans，because he thought beans and humans were created fromthe same material．Fava beans were especially bad，as they have hollow steams that could allow thesouls of the dead to travel up from the soil into the growing beans．
While the edict against beans was lifted not long after Pythagoras’death，his followerscontinued to eat a meatless diet．His principles influenced generations of academics and religiousthinkers，and it was a group of these like-minded individuals who founded the Vegetarian Society inEnglish in the mid-1800s．The virtues of temperance，abstinence and self．control were all tied tovegetarian Ideals，while lust，drunkenness and general hooliganism all resulted from a diet too rich inmeat products．Notable early vegetarians included Leo Tolstoy，George Bernard Shaw，MahatmaGandhi and American Bronson Alcott，a Transcendentalist teacher，reformer and the father of“LialeWomen”author Louisa May Alcott．
It wasn’t until the 1960s that vegetarianism moved into mainstream American life and themovement’sgrowth picked up speed in the l 970s when a young graduate student named FrancisMoore Lappe wrote a book called Diet for a Small Planet．In it，she advocated a meatless diet not forethical or moral reasons，but because plant-based foods have much less impact on the environmentthan meat does．Today，many vegetarians refuse meat because of animal rights issues，or concernsover animal treatment，a principle first espoused in Peter Singer’s 1975 work A nimal Liberation．
Which of the following is true according to the passage
Passage 2
The Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras is best known today for his mathematical theorem,which haunts the dreams of many geometry students, but for centuries he was also celebrated as thefather of vegetarianism. A meatless diet was referred to as a "Pythagorean diet" for years, up untilthe modem vegetarian movement began in the mid-1800s.
While Pythagoras was an early proponent of a meatless diet, humans have been vegetarianssince well before recorded history．Most anthropologists agree that early humans would have eaten apredominantly plant-based diet；after all，plants can ’t run away．Additionally，our digestive systemsresemble those of herbivores closer than camivorous animals．Prehistoric man ate meat，of course，but plants formed the basis of his diet．
Pythagoras and his many followers practiced vegetarianism for several reasons，mainly due toreligious and ethical objections．Pythagoras believed all living beings had souls．Animals were noexception，SO meat and fish were banished from his table．Strangely enough，he also banished avegetable that has a place of honor on most vegetarian menus today，the humble bean．His followerswere forbidden to eat or even touch beans，because he thought beans and humans were created fromthe same material．Fava beans were especially bad，as they have hollow steams that could allow thesouls of the dead to travel up from the soil into the growing beans．
While the edict against beans was lifted not long after Pythagoras’death，his followerscontinued to eat a meatless diet．His principles influenced generations of academics and religiousthinkers，and it was a group of these like-minded individuals who founded the Vegetarian Society inEnglish in the mid-1800s．The virtues of temperance，abstinence and self．control were all tied tovegetarian Ideals，while lust，drunkenness and general hooliganism all resulted from a diet too rich inmeat products．Notable early vegetarians included Leo Tolstoy，George Bernard Shaw，MahatmaGandhi and American Bronson Alcott，a Transcendentalist teacher，reformer and the father of“LialeWomen”author Louisa May Alcott．
It wasn’t until the 1960s that vegetarianism moved into mainstream American life and themovement’sgrowth picked up speed in the l 970s when a young graduate student named FrancisMoore Lappe wrote a book called Diet for a Small Planet．In it，she advocated a meatless diet not forethical or moral reasons，but because plant-based foods have much less impact on the environmentthan meat does．Today，many vegetarians refuse meat because of animal rights issues，or concernsover animal treatment，a principle first espoused in Peter Singer’s 1975 work A nimal Liberation．
What issue were vegetarians in the mid-1800s in England primary reason with whenrefusing to eat meat
Passage 2
The Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras is best known today for his mathematical theorem,which haunts the dreams of many geometry students, but for centuries he was also celebrated as thefather of vegetarianism. A meatless diet was referred to as a "Pythagorean diet" for years, up untilthe modem vegetarian movement began in the mid-1800s.
While Pythagoras was an early proponent of a meatless diet, humans have been vegetarianssince well before recorded history．Most anthropologists agree that early humans would have eaten apredominantly plant-based diet；after all，plants can ’t run away．Additionally，our digestive systemsresemble those of herbivores closer than camivorous animals．Prehistoric man ate meat，of course，but plants formed the basis of his diet．
Pythagoras and his many followers practiced vegetarianism for several reasons，mainly due toreligious and ethical objections．Pythagoras believed all living beings had souls．Animals were noexception，SO meat and fish were banished from his table．Strangely enough，he also banished avegetable that has a place of honor on most vegetarian menus today，the humble bean．His followerswere forbidden to eat or even touch beans，because he thought beans and humans were created fromthe same material．Fava beans were especially bad，as they have hollow steams that could allow thesouls of the dead to travel up from the soil into the growing beans．
While the edict against beans was lifted not long after Pythagoras’death，his followerscontinued to eat a meatless diet．His principles influenced generations of academics and religiousthinkers，and it was a group of these like-minded individuals who founded the Vegetarian Society inEnglish in the mid-1800s．The virtues of temperance，abstinence and self．control were all tied tovegetarian Ideals，while lust，drunkenness and general hooliganism all resulted from a diet too rich inmeat products．Notable early vegetarians included Leo Tolstoy，George Bernard Shaw，MahatmaGandhi and American Bronson Alcott，a Transcendentalist teacher，reformer and the father of“LialeWomen”author Louisa May Alcott．
It wasn’t until the 1960s that vegetarianism moved into mainstream American life and themovement’sgrowth picked up speed in the l 970s when a young graduate student named FrancisMoore Lappe wrote a book called Diet for a Small Planet．In it，she advocated a meatless diet not forethical or moral reasons，but because plant-based foods have much less impact on the environmentthan meat does．Today，many vegetarians refuse meat because of animal rights issues，or concernsover animal treatment，a principle first espoused in Peter Singer’s 1975 work A nimal Liberation．
Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word in PARAGRAPHTHREE
Passage 2
The Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras is best known today for his mathematical theorem,which haunts the dreams of many geometry students, but for centuries he was also celebrated as thefather of vegetarianism. A meatless diet was referred to as a "Pythagorean diet" for years, up untilthe modem vegetarian movement began in the mid-1800s.
While Pythagoras was an early proponent of a meatless diet, humans have been vegetarianssince well before recorded history．Most anthropologists agree that early humans would have eaten apredominantly plant-based diet；after all，plants can ’t run away．Additionally，our digestive systemsresemble those of herbivores closer than camivorous animals．Prehistoric man ate meat，of course，but plants formed the basis of his diet．
Pythagoras and his many followers practiced vegetarianism for several reasons，mainly due toreligious and ethical objections．Pythagoras believed all living beings had souls．Animals were noexception，SO meat and fish were banished from his table．Strangely enough，he also banished avegetable that has a place of honor on most vegetarian menus today，the humble bean．His followerswere forbidden to eat or even touch beans，because he thought beans and humans were created fromthe same material．Fava beans were especially bad，as they have hollow steams that could allow thesouls of the dead to travel up from the soil into the growing beans．
While the edict against beans was lifted not long after Pythagoras’death，his followerscontinued to eat a meatless diet．His principles influenced generations of academics and religiousthinkers，and it was a group of these like-minded individuals who founded the Vegetarian Society inEnglish in the mid-1800s．The virtues of temperance，abstinence and self．control were all tied tovegetarian Ideals，while lust，drunkenness and general hooliganism all resulted from a diet too rich inmeat products．Notable early vegetarians included Leo Tolstoy，George Bernard Shaw，MahatmaGandhi and American Bronson Alcott，a Transcendentalist teacher，reformer and the father of“LialeWomen”author Louisa May Alcott．
It wasn’t until the 1960s that vegetarianism moved into mainstream American life and themovement’sgrowth picked up speed in the l 970s when a young graduate student named FrancisMoore Lappe wrote a book called Diet for a Small Planet．In it，she advocated a meatless diet not forethical or moral reasons，but because plant-based foods have much less impact on the environmentthan meat does．Today，many vegetarians refuse meat because of animal rights issues，or concernsover animal treatment，a principle first espoused in Peter Singer’s 1975 work A nimal Liberation．
Which of the following statements fails to be inferred from the passage
Passage 1
Sante re, New Mexico multimillionaire Fortest Fenn has always loved a good adventure. As asmall child before eight, he and his brother, Skippy spent summer vacations making exploration inYellowstone National Park.
As a teen, Fenn idolized the decorated World War II fighter pilot, called Robin Olds and latteremulated his hero during The Vietnam War as an Air fighter pilot to go to New Mexico and settledthere as an arts and antiques dealer, hunting down valuable paintings, rugs, war memorabilia, andother antique to sell.
In 1998, Fenn was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. As he had always been doing, heconceived a grand adventured that he assumed would be his last one. "I wanted to create someexcitement, some hope, before I died," says Fenn,82, adding that he also wanted to "get kids out ofthe game room and offthe couch." With those ideas in his mind, he started to devise a treasure hunt.
Little by little, Fenn began stocking a small bronze chest with gold coins, prehistoric braceletsand other valuable things. When his cancer went into remission in 1993, he decided he would carryout his plan anyway.
In 2010, Fenn topped offthe chest with jewels and valuable stones and hid it somewhere deepin the Rocky Mountains, north of Sante Fe. Later that year, he wrote a poem for his self-publishedmemoir, The Thrill of the Chase. It contained nine clues about the treasure box′ s whereabouts. Onestanza reads like this: Begin it where warm waters halt/And take it in the canyon down/Not far, buttoo far to walk/Put in below the home of Brown.
A few months later, a story about the treasure appeared in a magazine. Since then, Fenn hasreceived thousands of e-mails from treasure hunters. Some request more clues to the box. But mostly "people thanked me for bringing their family together," he says with a self-comforting smile on hisface.
In April, Fenn told a crowd at an Albuquerque bookstore that two groups of treasure huntershad gotten within 500 feet of the chest. "They walked right by it," he said.
Fenn is confident that the treasure will be unearthed eventually and says i_t will take the rightcombination of cunning and perseverance. "It will be discovered by someone who has read the cluescarefully and successfully. But nobody is going to happen upon it," he predicts.
He hopes that whoever finds the loot will relish the riches and the adventure of finding them.
What does the underlined word "it" in the last but two paragraph refer to
Passage 1
Sante re, New Mexico multimillionaire Fortest Fenn has always loved a good adventure. As asmall child before eight, he and his brother, Skippy spent summer vacations making exploration inYellowstone National Park.
As a teen, Fenn idolized the decorated World War II fighter pilot, called Robin Olds and latteremulated his hero during The Vietnam War as an Air fighter pilot to go to New Mexico and settledthere as an arts and antiques dealer, hunting down valuable paintings, rugs, war memorabilia, andother antique to sell.
In 1998, Fenn was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. As he had always been doing, heconceived a grand adventured that he assumed would be his last one. "I wanted to create someexcitement, some hope, before I died," says Fenn,82, adding that he also wanted to "get kids out ofthe game room and offthe couch." With those ideas in his mind, he started to devise a treasure hunt.
Little by little, Fenn began stocking a small bronze chest with gold coins, prehistoric braceletsand other valuable things. When his cancer went into remission in 1993, he decided he would carryout his plan anyway.
In 2010, Fenn topped offthe chest with jewels and valuable stones and hid it somewhere deepin the Rocky Mountains, north of Sante Fe. Later that year, he wrote a poem for his self-publishedmemoir, The Thrill of the Chase. It contained nine clues about the treasure box′ s whereabouts. Onestanza reads like this: Begin it where warm waters halt/And take it in the canyon down/Not far, buttoo far to walk/Put in below the home of Brown.
A few months later, a story about the treasure appeared in a magazine. Since then, Fenn hasreceived thousands of e-mails from treasure hunters. Some request more clues to the box. But mostly "people thanked me for bringing their family together," he says with a self-comforting smile on hisface.
In April, Fenn told a crowd at an Albuquerque bookstore that two groups of treasure huntershad gotten within 500 feet of the chest. "They walked right by it," he said.
Fenn is confident that the treasure will be unearthed eventually and says i_t will take the rightcombination of cunning and perseverance. "It will be discovered by someone who has read the cluescarefully and successfully. But nobody is going to happen upon it," he predicts.
He hopes that whoever finds the loot will relish the riches and the adventure of finding them.
What did Fenn enjoy most from treasure hunters according to the passage
