最佳藝術評論家
【課文】
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!
【課文翻譯】
我是個學藝術的學生，畫了很多畫。有很多人裝成很懂現(xiàn)代藝術的樣子，總是告訴你一幅畫的“意思”是什么。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，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壞。昨天她到我房里來了。
她問我：“你在干什么?”
我回答道：“我正往墻上貼畫呢，這是一張全新的畫，你喜歡它嗎?”
她評論性地看了一會，說：“還不錯，是不是畫被掛反了呢?”
我又看了看，畫確實是掛反了，她說對了。
【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
【知識點講解】
1We 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。
In a way 以某種方式
The son walked in the same way that his father walked.
小男孩的走路姿勢和他的父親是一模一樣的。
2 I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.
我覺得小孩子們往往比任何人都更能欣賞現(xiàn)代繪畫。
better than anyone else 表示最高級的含義，形容詞比較級與anyone，anything這類不定代詞使用表示最高級別。
The teacher is the tallest.=The teacher is taller than anyone else.
The book is more expensive than anyone else.
這本書是所有書里最貴的。
3 My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.
我的妹妹只有7歲，但她總能說出我的畫是好還是壞。
本句中Whether ...or not= if，表示選擇，是……還是……
I don't know whether he is willing to come.
我不知道他是否愿意來。
I don't care whether I get it or not.
我不在乎我是否可以得到它。
4 She looked at it critically for a moment.
她評論性地看了一會兒這幅畫。
相關短語：of the moment 現(xiàn)時的 at the moment 此刻, 現(xiàn)在
at any moment 隨時，在任何時候 the moment 一 ... 就 ...,...
moment of truth 斗牛中的最后一劍 for the moment 暫時，目前
I'll be back in a moment.
我一會兒就回來。
This is a matter of great moment.
這是一件非常重要的事。
5 Isn't it upside down?
畫是不是掛反了呢?
這是一個否定疑問句，起肯定語氣的作用。
Isn't it bad weather?=It's bad weather 天氣確實很不好。
Aren't you lucky? =You are lucky. 你真幸運
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