Lesson 26 The best art critics佳藝術評論家
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.
我是個學藝術的學生，畫了很多畫
Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'.
有很多人裝成很懂現代藝術的樣子，總是告訴你一幅畫的“意思”是什么
Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns.
當然，有很多畫是什么“意思”也沒有的。它們就是些好看的圖案
We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.
我們喜愛它們就像我們喜歡漂亮的窗簾布一樣
I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more.
我覺得小孩子們往往比任何人都更能欣賞現代繪畫，他們觀察到的東西更多
My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.
我的妹妹只有7歲，但她總能說出我的畫是好還是壞。昨天她到我房里來了
'What are you doing?' she asked.
"你在干什么"她問道
'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'
"我正在把這幅圖貼墻上"我回答道."這是一張新的,你喜歡嗎？"
She looked at it critically for a moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
她嚴謹的看了一會"還可以"她說,"但是不是顛倒了"
I looked at it again. She was right! It was!
我再看了看,她說的沒錯，確實顛倒了!
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
art
n. 藝術
critic
n. 評論家
paint
v. 畫
pretend
v. 假裝
pattern
n. 圖案
curtain
n. 窗簾，幕布
material
n. 材料
appreciate
v. 鑒賞
notice
v. 注意到
whether
conj. 是否
hang
v. 懸掛，吊
critically
adv. 批評地
upside down
上下顛倒地
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 art student,學美術的學生。
2 They always tell you what a picture is ‘about'.他們總是告訴你一張畫的“意思”是什么。很明顯，作者認為那些自以為懂得現代藝術的人的評論根本不著邊際。因此，把about(“對畫的分析”)這個詞放在引號里，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。