(单词翻译:单击)
The Crazy Artist
疯狂的艺术家
Frenhofer was the best artist in the world.
弗伦霍费尔是世界上最好的艺术家。
Everyone loved him.
每个人都喜欢他。
The quality of his paintings was very high.
他的画质量很高。
He always used the best materials.
他总是使用最好的材料。
He made a big profit from his paintings.
他从绘画中赚了一大笔钱。
He had delicious meals with his rich neighbors.
他和富有的邻居们一起吃了美味的饭菜。
He taught art classes.
他上的是美术课。
Life was good.
生活很美好。
Then his attitude changed.
然后他的态度变了。
He stopped selling paintings and teaching.
停止了卖画和教书。
He tried a new method of painting.
他尝试了一种新的绘画方法。
He stayed alone in his apartment all day.
整天一个人呆在公寓里。
He worked all day and all night, rarely eating.
他整天整夜地工作，很少吃饭。
Soon Frenhofer became very thin.
不久，弗伦霍费尔变得非常瘦。
But he kept working on the same painting for many years.
但他多年来一直在画同一幅画。
He worked as hard as he could.
他尽他所能努力工作。
Finally, he finished the painting.
最后，他完成了这幅画。
He was very happy and invited other artists to see it.
他很高兴，并邀请其他艺术家去看。
"I want your professional opinion,"he said.
“我需要你们的专业意见，”他说。
He wanted them to judge it and compare it to other paintings.
他想让他们评判这幅画，并将其与其他画作进行比较。
Everyone was very excited as they went up the stairs to his apartment.
当他们上楼去他的公寓时，每个人都非常兴奋。
Frenhofer was excited to show his painting, and the artists were excited to see it.
弗伦霍费尔很兴奋地展示他的画，艺术家们也很兴奋地看着它。
"They'll love it," he thought.
“他们会喜欢的，”他想。
But they did not.
但他们没有。
They were surprised by his painting.
他们对他的画感到惊讶。
There was no white anywhere.
到处都没有白色。
Frenhofer filled the whole painting with lines and colors.
弗伦霍费尔用线条和色彩填满了整幅画。
There was no space for a normal picture.
没有余地画正常的图像。
It was full of strange shapes.
它充满了奇怪的形状。
It looked bad to the other artists.
这在其他艺术家看来很糟糕。
He used symbols, and they didn't understand them.
他用了一些符号，但他们不懂这些。
They thought it was terrible.
他们认为这很可怕。
"Why did you paint this strange picture?" someone asked.
有人问:“你为什么画这幅奇怪的画?”
They didn't understand its beauty.
他们不理解它的美丽。
But after some time, many people began to like his painting.
但一段时间后，许多人开始喜欢他的画。
People wrote articles about it in magazines.
人们在杂志上写了关于它的文章。
They said it was his best work.
他们说这是他最好的作品。
They loved his strange symbols.
他们喜欢他奇怪的符号。
They loved his strange colors.
他们喜欢他奇怪的颜色。
Frenhofer's painting reminded everyone that just because something was new didn't mean that it was bad.
弗伦霍费尔的画提醒大家，新事物并不意味着不好。
He also helped them to realize that sometimes it takes people a little time to understand great things.
他还帮助他们认识到，有时人们需要一点时间才能理解伟大的事情。
