听力练习

精听建议：

先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

（参考文本，欢迎指正^^）

Lesson55 An Amateur Artist

When Sebastian was at school, his favourite lesson was art, and he won several prizes because he was so good at 1 .

Once he left school, he got a position as a clerk in a bank, but 2 he went to evening classes in art, and whenever he had time at the weekends, he painted.

　　After a few months he thought, "Perhaps I can sell some of my pictures and get enough money to leave the bank and become a real artist because I don"t like life at the bank. I only enjoy painting."

　　In the bank, Sebastian sometimes had to 3 a man who owned a picture shop. Sebastian invited him to his home one evening to see some of his work. Sebastian took the man to his studio and started to show him some of his pictures, with some 4 .

　　The man looked at them one after another while Sebastian watched his face, but to Sebastian＇s disappointment the man did not say anything, and his expression did not change at any of them either.

　　Then, when he had finished, he looked around, and his 5 fell on something else. A happy look came over his face for the first time, and he said, "Now I like this one very much! It's so full of deep feeling! I"m sure I could sell this one for you!"

　"That," said Sebastian "is the place where I clean the paint off my brushes."

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中文翻译

业余艺术家

塞巴斯蒂安在中学时，他最喜欢的课是艺术课，而且因为画的画相当不错，得过几次奖。一毕业，他就得到一个银行职员的工作，但仍然一周三次去夜校上艺术课，而且只要周末有时间就绘画。

过了几个月，他想：“或许我可以卖掉一些画，挣到足够的钱就离开银行，做一个真正的艺术家，因为我不喜欢银行的工作，只喜爱绘画。”

在银行，塞巴斯蒂安有时处理一个画铺老板的业务，有天晚上，他邀请这个老板到家里看看自己的一些作品。塞巴斯蒂安把老板带到画室，带着自豪和希望向他展示几幅画。
老板一幅接一幅的看画，塞巴斯蒂安则观察着他的脸，但令人失望的是，老板什么也没说，他的表情也没因哪一幅画而改变。

看完后，他四处望望，目光落在了其他地方。脸上第一次有了满意的神情，然后他说：“现在我很喜欢这幅作品！它饱含如此强烈的情感！我保证给你卖出去！”

“那个，”塞巴斯蒂安说：“是我清洁画笔颜料的地方。”

词汇讲解

1.own 有,拥有

Who owns this house?
谁拥有这座房子？

It was up to the girls' mother to decide whcih girl would own the new doll.
姑娘们的母亲决定她们中的一位拥有这个新布娃娃。

2.disappointment 失望

To my disappointment, my father doesn't agree to buy me a new bike.
我父亲不同意给我买新脚踏车, 我很失望。

She gestured her disappointment by laying her hand on her forehead.
她把手放在额头上，以表示失望。

3. amateur 业余的

Amateur actors often overact.
业余演员往往表演过火.

The tournament is open to amateurs as well as professionals.
这次比赛不仅职业运动员可以参加，而且业余运动员也可以参加。