Lesson 26 The best art critics最佳艺术评论家
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
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!
New words and expressions 生词和短语
art n. 艺术
critic n. 评论家
paint v. 画
pretend v. 假装
pattern n. 图案
curtain n. 窗帘，幕布
material n. 材料
appreciate v. 鉴赏
notice v. 注意到
whether conj. 是否
hang v. 悬挂，吊
critically adv. 批评地
upside down 上下颠倒地
参考译文
256. I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.
我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画。
257. Many people pretend that they understand modern art
有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子，.
258. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'.
总是告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。
259. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything.
当然，有很多画是什么“意思”也没有的。
260. They are just pretty patterns.
它们就是些好看的图案，
261. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.
我们喜爱它们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。
262. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more.
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。
263. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.
我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。
264. She came into my room yesterday.
昨天她到我房里来了。
265. 'What are you doing?' she asked.
"你在干什么?"她问.
266. 'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'
我正在把画挂到墙上,我回答.这是新的,你喜欢吗?
267. She looked at it critically for a moment.
她挑剔地看了一会.
268. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
不错,她说,但是是不是挂反了?
269. I looked at it again.
我又看了看.
270. She was right! It was!
她是对的.