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lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美术评论家
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 arc 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!
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】 生词和短语
两个同样的音连在一起时, 前面的音声去不读. 如 : upside down.
★art n. 艺术
art student 艺术系的学生
English student 学英语的学生
student of England : 英国学生
artist [5B:tist] 艺术家
artiste [B:5tist] 艺人 注意读音的不同
art gallery 艺术画廊 (gallery [5^AlErI] n.长廊, 游廊; 画廊)
black art 巫术 ([blAkB:t] 注意连读)
★critic n. 评论家
criticise v. 批评, 批判(主要指批判, 但不完全是责备的意思)
criticism [5kritisiz(E)m] n.批评, 批判
critical adj. 挑剔的
critically adv. 爱挑剔的
He criticised my painting.
You are critical.
★paint v. 画
draw a picture 用线条画
paint a picture 强调油画
painting
oil painting 油画
Chinese painting 中国国画
Beijing opera 国戏, 京剧
★pretend v. 假装
pretend to do something
When his mother came in,the baby pretended to go to sleep.
pretend that…
★pattern n. 图案
pattern drills
pattern 模式, 典范
★curtain n. 窗帘, 幕布
★material n. 材料
listening material 听力材料
★appreciate v. 鉴赏 ＝ understand and enjoy
enjoy 欣赏
enjoy the music
I like poems.
I love…
I enjoy…得到乐趣
I appreciate… 程度一个比一个深
appreciate something
appreciate doing sth 我很喜欢做某事
I appreciate your help. 我很感激你的帮助
★notice v. 注意到
pay attention to 思想上的注意
notice : 细节上的注意, 往往是别人没注意的东西, 你注意到了, 细节上的东西
I notice the boy.
I notice the beauty spot.(美人痣)
