中英文本

At Rembrandt's House

林布兰博物馆

Kathy and Evan visit Rembrandt's house, a national museum.

凯西和艾凡参观国立林布兰博物馆。

E:Here we are! That didn't take so long. Everything's so close here.

艾凡:到了！并没有花很久时间嘛。这里每个地方都很近。

City Hall is just down the street, and the zoo is only a kilometer away.

市政厅就在这条路不远的地方，而动物园离这里只有一公里远。

K:Maybe we can visit the zoo tomorrow. Now, let's go inside Rembrandt's House and take a look.

凯西:也许明天我们可以去参观动物园。现在咱们到林布兰博物馆里看看吧。

E:I didn't know you were into art.

艾凡:我不知道你对艺术有兴趣。

K:Oh, yes. I love painting. I took a couple of courses in art appreciation in high school and college.

凯西:哦，没错。我喜爱绘画。在中学和大学时我修过几堂艺术欣赏的课程。

E:That's nice. Do you paint?

艾凡:那很好啊。你会画画吗？

K:No, but I'd love to. Maybe later.

凯西:不会，但我很想画。或许以后吧。

But I'm crazy about Rembrandt and the other 17th century Dutch painters.

我非常喜欢林布兰和其它十七世纪荷兰画家。

They and the Italians were among the first to master color, lighting, and portrait painting.

他们和当时的意大利画家一样都是最早一批专精色彩、明暗和肖像画的画家。

E:Wow! You really know your art, don't you?

艾凡:哇！你真的很懂艺术，不是吗？

K:Just a little. But I really love Rembrandt.

凯西:只懂一点皮毛。但我真的很喜欢林布兰。

His paintings speak to us as clearly today as they did 350 years ago.

他的画作历经三百五十年而不衰。

He was a real genius, in my opinion.

依我之见，他是个真正的天才。

E:When it comes to art, you're the boss. Now let's go inside.

艾凡:说到艺术，一切由你作主。现在，咱们进去吧。

精讲部分

1. be into sth.对某事物有兴趣，热衷某事物=be interested in sth.

例:My brother gave up painting and now he is into photography

我弟弟放弃绘画，他现在对摄影很热衷。

2. be crazy about… 对……很热衷/狂热

例:My sister is crazy about llndy Lau.

我妹妹很迷刘德华。

3. lighting 作ICI或摄影的)光线明暗

4. portrait painting 人像绘画，肖像画

5. speak to...(艺术品)吸引……;引起……的兴趣

=be attractive to...

例:Rodin's sculptunes speak to us through bodv language;anyone can appre ciate the beauty of the human body.

罗丹的雕刻品透过身体语言吸引我们，任何人都可以欣赏人体之美。

6. genius 天才

7. in one's opinion以某人之见

例:}ccot-cling to Mr. I3r<nvn，we should sell our house，but in my opinion，wecan save a lot of money if we keel, it.

根据布朗先生的说法，我们应该卖掉房子，但是，依我之见，如 我们不卖掉它的话，川一以省许多钱。