Lesson 26 The best art critics 佳藝術(shù)評(píng)論家
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Who is the student's best critic?
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is ‘a(chǎn)bout’. Of course, many pictures are not ‘a(chǎn)bout’ anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘I'm hanging this picture on the wall, ’ I answered. ‘It's a new one. Do you like it?’She looked at it critically for a moment. ‘It's all right, ’ she said, ‘but isn't it upside down?’ I looked at it again. She was right! It was!
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
art n．藝術(shù)
appreciate v．鑒賞
critic n．評(píng)論家
notice v．注意到
paint v．畫
whether conj．是否
pretend v．假裝
hang v．懸掛，吊
pattern n．圖案
critically adv．批評(píng)地
curtain n．窗簾，幕布
upside down 上下顛倒地
material n．材料
Notes on the text 課文注釋
1 art student，學(xué)美術(shù)的學(xué)生。
2 They always tell you what a picture is‘a(chǎn)bout’. 他們總是告訴你一張畫的“意思”是什么。很明顯，作者認(rèn)為那些自以為懂得現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)的人的評(píng)論根本不著邊際。因此，把a(bǔ)bout(“對(duì)畫的分析”)這個(gè)詞放在引號(hào)里，以示一種諷刺的口吻。
3 It's a new one. 這是一幅新畫。句中的one用來代替前一句中的名詞 picture，以免重復(fù)。
參考譯文
我是個(gè)學(xué)藝術(shù)的學(xué)生，畫了很多畫。有很多人裝成很懂現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)的樣子，總是告訴你一幅畫的“意思”是什么。當(dāng)然，有很多畫是什么“意思”也沒有的。它們就是些好看的圖案，我們喜愛它們就像我們喜歡漂亮的窗簾布一樣。我覺得小孩子們往往比任何人都更能欣賞現(xiàn)代繪畫，他們觀察到的東西更多。我的妹妹只有7歲，但她總能說出我的畫是好還是環(huán)。昨天她到我房里來了。
“你在干什么呢？”她問。
“我正把這幅畫掛到墻上去?！蔽一卮鹫f，“這是幅新畫，你喜歡嗎？”
她用挑剔的目光看了一會(huì)兒?！斑€可以吧?！彼f，“不過，是不是掛倒了？”
我再次看了看畫。她說對(duì)了！是掛倒了！
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Who is the student's best critic?
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is ‘a(chǎn)bout’. Of course, many pictures are not ‘a(chǎn)bout’ anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘I'm hanging this picture on the wall, ’ I answered. ‘It's a new one. Do you like it?’She looked at it critically for a moment. ‘It's all right, ’ she said, ‘but isn't it upside down?’ I looked at it again. She was right! It was!
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
art n．藝術(shù)
appreciate v．鑒賞
critic n．評(píng)論家
notice v．注意到
paint v．畫
whether conj．是否
pretend v．假裝
hang v．懸掛，吊
pattern n．圖案
critically adv．批評(píng)地
curtain n．窗簾，幕布
upside down 上下顛倒地
material n．材料
Notes on the text 課文注釋
1 art student，學(xué)美術(shù)的學(xué)生。
2 They always tell you what a picture is‘a(chǎn)bout’. 他們總是告訴你一張畫的“意思”是什么。很明顯，作者認(rèn)為那些自以為懂得現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)的人的評(píng)論根本不著邊際。因此，把a(bǔ)bout(“對(duì)畫的分析”)這個(gè)詞放在引號(hào)里，以示一種諷刺的口吻。
3 It's a new one. 這是一幅新畫。句中的one用來代替前一句中的名詞 picture，以免重復(fù)。
參考譯文
我是個(gè)學(xué)藝術(shù)的學(xué)生，畫了很多畫。有很多人裝成很懂現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)的樣子，總是告訴你一幅畫的“意思”是什么。當(dāng)然，有很多畫是什么“意思”也沒有的。它們就是些好看的圖案，我們喜愛它們就像我們喜歡漂亮的窗簾布一樣。我覺得小孩子們往往比任何人都更能欣賞現(xiàn)代繪畫，他們觀察到的東西更多。我的妹妹只有7歲，但她總能說出我的畫是好還是環(huán)。昨天她到我房里來了。
“你在干什么呢？”她問。
“我正把這幅畫掛到墻上去?！蔽一卮鹫f，“這是幅新畫，你喜歡嗎？”
她用挑剔的目光看了一會(huì)兒?！斑€可以吧?！彼f，“不過，是不是掛倒了？”
我再次看了看畫。她說對(duì)了！是掛倒了！