课文对话 · The best art critics 最佳艺术评论家(课本 Lesson 26,印刷页 126-129)
1I am an art /ɑːt/ n. 艺术 student and I paint /peɪnt/ v. 画 a lot of pictures.
我是个学艺术的学生,画了很多画。
2Many people pretend /prɪˈtend/ v. 假装 that they understand modern art.
有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子。
3They always tell you what a picture is 'about'.
他们总是告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。
4Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything.
当然,有很多画是什么“意思”也没有的。
5They are just pretty patterns /ˈpætnz/ n. 图案.
它们就是些好看的图案。
6We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain /ˈkɜːtn/ n. 窗帘,幕布 material /məˈtɪəriəl/ n. 材料.
我们喜爱它们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。
7I think that young children often appreciate /əˈpriːʃieɪt/ v. 鉴赏 modern pictures better than anyone else.
我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画。
8They notice /ˈnəʊtɪs/ v. 注意到 more.
他们观察到的东西更多。
9My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether /ˈweðə/ conj. 是否 my pictures are good or not.
我的妹妹只有 7 岁,但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。
10She came into my room yesterday.
昨天她到我房间里来了。
11'What are you doing?' she asked.
“你在干什么呢?”她问。
12'I'm hanging /ˈhæŋɪŋ/ v. 悬挂,吊 this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'
“我正要把这幅画挂到墙上去,”我回答说,“这是一幅新画。你喜欢吗?”
13She looked at it critically /ˈkrɪtɪkli/ adv. 批评地 for a moment.
她仔细地看了它一会儿。
14'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/ 上下颠倒地?'
“画得不错,”她说,“不过是不是挂倒了?”
15I looked at it again.
我又看了一遍。
16She was right! It was!
她说得对!确实是挂倒了!
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