裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记_第26课

Lesson 26 The best art critics最佳艺术评论家

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 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not

'about' 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!

参考译文

我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画。有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子，总是告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。当然，有很多画是什么“意思”也没有的。它们就是些好看的图案，我们喜爱它们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画，他们观察到的东西更多。我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。昨天她到我房里来了。

【New words and expressions】（13）

art

1) [U] 艺术，美术

an art student 一个学艺术的学生

an art gallery ['ɡæləri] 画廊

an art critic 艺术评论家

an art lover 艺术爱好者

eg. Art is long; Life is short. （谚）艺术长久，人生短暂。

arts pl. 文科

languages, literature, history

Bachelor ['bætʃələ] of Arts 文学学士学位

Bachelor of Science 理科学士学位

bachelor’s degree 学士学位

master’s degree 硕士学位

doctor’s degree 博士学位

B. A. in English for trade 外贸英语专业的文学学士学位

2) 技术，技巧，窍门

eg. He is good at the art of making friends. 他擅长交朋友。

arts and crafts [krɑ:ft] 工艺

artist n. 艺术家，画家

eg. He is a great critic and artist. 他是著名的评论家兼画家。

critic n. 评论家，批评家

eg. I’m my own critic. 我是一个严于律己的人。

a music critic 音乐评论家

a theatre critic 戏剧评论家

a literary ['litərəri] critic 文学评论家

eg. He is famous as an art critic. 他是位著名的艺术评论家。

critical adj. 批评的，评论的，苛刻的，岌岌可危的，（疾病）危急的

a critical remark 批评性的评论

eg. Why are you always so critical? 你怎么老是吹毛求疵？

eg. That teacher is too critical of his students. 那个老师对学生太苛刻了。

a critical situation 危急的情况

eg. He is now in a critical condition. 他现在病况危急。

critically adv. 苛刻的，非难的

eg. She looked at my picture critically. 她用挑剔的目光看我的画。

criticize ['kritisaiz] v. 批评，评论，对…挑剔

eg. He criticized the American film favorably. 他对那部美国影片给予好评。

eg. She’s always criticizing her friends for being selfish. 她总是批评朋友们自私。类似的词汇、短语：

attack (with words) 抨击，辱骂

blame 责备

condemn [kən'dem] 严责

criticize 批评

paint

1) n. [U] 油漆

a pot of paint 一桶油漆

/ a pail of paint

give the door two coats of paint 给那扇门刷两层油漆

eg. Wet Paint! 油漆未干！

2) n. [C] 绘画颜料

oil paints 油画颜料

3) v. 刷涂，油漆，涂

paint the house blue 把房子涂成蓝色

4) v. 画；化妆；把（药等）涂于…

paint a picture 画一幅画

paint flowers 画鲜花

paint a girl 画一个小女孩

paint a still life 画静物

eg. She spends several hours painting her face. 她花了几个小时化妆。

paint a wound with iodine ['aɪə,daɪn, -dɪn, -,di:n] 在伤口处涂碘酒

eg. Paint the town red. 到酒吧、夜总会寻欢作乐。

painter n. 画家，油漆工

a portrait painter 肖像画家

pretend [pri'tend] v. 假装

1) pretend to do sth 假装做

pretend to be doing 假装正在做

eg. She pretended to know the answer. 她假装知道答案。

eg. The students pretended to be reading books when the teacher came in.

当老师进来时，学生们假装在读书。

2) pretend + that

eg. When we rang the bell, she pretended that she was not at home.

当我们按响门铃时，她假装她不在家。