Houses in the country only have a row of wooden windows in front. On a warm sunny day, the wooden window sash is straight, with light and air.
When it is windy and rainy, or when the north wind howls in winter, the wooden window has to be closed, and the room is as black as a hole in the ground.
So the countryman opened a small square hole in the roof and installed a piece of glass called a skylight.
When summer showers come, children like to run and jump in the rain and look up at lightning, but adults are not allowed to say, "Come in!" " "The wooden window is closed and the children are locked in a house like a hole. At this time, the small skylight is the only comfort.
From that small glass, you will see the feet of rain jumping there, and you will see a glimpse of lightning. Imagine how rain, wind, thunder and electricity swept the world violently. Imagine that their power is ten times and one hundred times greater than what you feel outdoors. A small skylight will sharpen your imagination!
At night, when you are forced to go to bed to "rest", maybe you can't forget the grass and beach in the moonlight. You slip out of the tent and look up. At this time, the small skylight is your only comfort!
You can imagine countless shining and lovely stars, countless mountains, horses, giants and fantastic clouds from a star and a cloud on that small glass; You can imagine that it might be a gray bat, a singing nightingale or a bully owl from a black shadow passing through a small glass-in short, the world of beautiful and magical night will unfold in your imagination at once.
This little blank space is amazing! It will show you the secrets of the universe that you can't remember without it; It will remind you of something you would never associate without it.
Adults who invented this "skylight" should be grateful. Because a lively child will know how to see "existence" from "nothing" and "reality" from "emptiness", which is more real, richer and more complicated than what he sees!
2. According to the text of "New Glass", write a short essay of about 150 words. Laminated glass is also called shatterproof glass or steel wire glass. It is produced by calendering method, that is, in the molten state of glass, the preheated steel wire or steel wire mesh is pressed into the middle of glass, and then annealed and cut. The surface of laminated glass can be embossed or polished. Colors can be made colorless, transparent or colored. Glass lining is characterized by good safety and fire resistance. Due to the skeleton function of steel wire mesh, glass lining not only improves the strength of glass, but also does not scatter when it is damaged by impact or sudden temperature change, thus avoiding the damage of fragments to people. In case of fire, when the flame is delayed, the glass-lined glass is cracked by heat. Due to the role of wire mesh, the glass can still remain fixed and isolated from the flame. So it is also called fireproof glass. At present, the glass-lined glass produced in China can be divided into embossed glass and polished glass. Glass lining can be used in doors and windows, skylights, lighting roofs, balconies and other building parts.