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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def open_netcdf_reader(self, flatten=False, isolate=False, timeaxis=1):
 """Prepare a new |NetCDFInterface| object for reading data."""

        self._netcdf_reader = netcdftools.NetCDFInterface(
            flatten=bool(flatten),
            isolate=bool(isolate),
            timeaxis=int(timeaxis))