My sister started a new hobby a few months ago.
Cindy: My sister started a new hobby a few months ago.
Heather: Really? Tell me more.
Cindy: She's been learning to paint watercolors.
Heather: How interesting. What are her favorite subjects?
Cindy: She likes painting landscapes best, but she also enjoys doing still lifes.
Heather: I envy her. I've tried to paint in the past, but I'm no good - I have no artistic talent.
辛迪：我姐姐月前開始有新的嗜好。
希瑟：是嗎？我愿聞其詳。
辛迪：她在學(xué)習水彩畫。
希瑟：那真有趣。她喜歡什么主題？
辛迪：她最愛畫風景畫，但也喜歡畫靜物。
希瑟：我羨慕她。我從前也試過學(xué)畫畫，但我不行 - 我沒有藝術(shù)才華。
辛迪說姐姐月前開始有新的嗜好：She started a new hobby a few months ago.有新嗜好，也可以說是to take up a hobby，例如：He has taken up philately （=stamp collecting） as a new hobby（他最近開始嗜好集郵）。Hobby古英語解作'小馬'.現(xiàn)在小孩子騎的馬頭桿或搖動木馬（rocking horse）叫hobbyhorse，就是取'小馬'的意思。從事某種嗜好，好比孩子之騎玩具馬，所以hobby的意思后來就變成'嗜好'.辛迪的姐姐在學(xué)畫水彩畫：she's been learning to paint watercolors.畫水彩畫或油畫，英文叫做to paint，不用draw字；而水彩畫或油畫就叫oil painting或watercolor painting.She painted this oil （=oil painting） when she was nineteen即'這幅油畫是她十九歲時畫的'.素描叫做draw，I did a drawing of the windmill即'我畫了一幅風車的素描畫'.當然，無論是素描畫、水彩畫還是油畫，都叫做picture.你可以paint a picture或draw a picture.希瑟說自己沒有藝術(shù)才華: I have no artistic talent.這和I do not have any artistic talent有什么分別？No 和 not相比，是no的語氣較強。強調(diào)的no一般用在名詞或比較級形容詞之前，例如：（1） We have no water（我們沒有水）。（2） He is no richer than you are（他一點都不比你富有）。這兩句，意思其實和We don't have any water 和He is not richer than you are 相同，只是語氣重一點。希瑟用no而不用not，就是要強調(diào)自己一點藝術(shù)才華都沒有。
Cindy: My sister started a new hobby a few months ago.
Heather: Really? Tell me more.
Cindy: She's been learning to paint watercolors.
Heather: How interesting. What are her favorite subjects?
Cindy: She likes painting landscapes best, but she also enjoys doing still lifes.
Heather: I envy her. I've tried to paint in the past, but I'm no good - I have no artistic talent.
辛迪：我姐姐月前開始有新的嗜好。
希瑟：是嗎？我愿聞其詳。
辛迪：她在學(xué)習水彩畫。
希瑟：那真有趣。她喜歡什么主題？
辛迪：她最愛畫風景畫，但也喜歡畫靜物。
希瑟：我羨慕她。我從前也試過學(xué)畫畫，但我不行 - 我沒有藝術(shù)才華。
辛迪說姐姐月前開始有新的嗜好：She started a new hobby a few months ago.有新嗜好，也可以說是to take up a hobby，例如：He has taken up philately （=stamp collecting） as a new hobby（他最近開始嗜好集郵）。Hobby古英語解作'小馬'.現(xiàn)在小孩子騎的馬頭桿或搖動木馬（rocking horse）叫hobbyhorse，就是取'小馬'的意思。從事某種嗜好，好比孩子之騎玩具馬，所以hobby的意思后來就變成'嗜好'.辛迪的姐姐在學(xué)畫水彩畫：she's been learning to paint watercolors.畫水彩畫或油畫，英文叫做to paint，不用draw字；而水彩畫或油畫就叫oil painting或watercolor painting.She painted this oil （=oil painting） when she was nineteen即'這幅油畫是她十九歲時畫的'.素描叫做draw，I did a drawing of the windmill即'我畫了一幅風車的素描畫'.當然，無論是素描畫、水彩畫還是油畫，都叫做picture.你可以paint a picture或draw a picture.希瑟說自己沒有藝術(shù)才華: I have no artistic talent.這和I do not have any artistic talent有什么分別？No 和 not相比，是no的語氣較強。強調(diào)的no一般用在名詞或比較級形容詞之前，例如：（1） We have no water（我們沒有水）。（2） He is no richer than you are（他一點都不比你富有）。這兩句，意思其實和We don't have any water 和He is not richer than you are 相同，只是語氣重一點。希瑟用no而不用not，就是要強調(diào)自己一點藝術(shù)才華都沒有。