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Lesson 26 The best art critics最佳艺术评论家
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 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!
参考译文
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。
你在做什么呢？她问。
我把这幅画挂在墙上。这是一幅新画。你喜欢吗？
她挑剔地看了一会儿，说：还好。但是好像上下颠倒了。
我又看了一遍，她是对的！确实颠倒了！
词汇和短语
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
whether conj.是否
If 在表示是否的时候可以被whether 所替代
If 在表示如果的时候不可以用whether 替代
If it will rain..
Whether it will rain..
Whether it will rain or not..
I wondered if it will rain..
Whether he is mad or not.
upside down上下颠倒
inside out衣服穿反了
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Lesson 26 The best art critics最佳艺术评论家
练习
利用新概念英语学习口语，最好的方法就是复述，具体方法请查看：新概念英语口语练习方法:反述式练习
本课课文复述提纲：
1.Do I paint a lot of pictures?
2.Do many people really understand what a picture means?
3.Hwo do we like them?
4.Who do I think often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else?
5.How old is my sister?
6.Could she tell me whether my pictures are good or not?
