Lesson 26 The best art critics
Lesson 26 The best art critics
中文
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。
"你在干什么呢" 她问。
"我正在把这幅画挂到墙上去。" 我回答说。 "这是幅新画，你喜欢吗?"
她用挑剔的目光看了一会。
"还可以吧"她说，"不过，是不是挂倒了？"
我再次看了看画。 她说对了! 是挂到了!
英文
I am an art student and I paint [peɪnt] 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 [ˈprɪti] patterns [ˈpætənz]. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material [məˈtɪəriəl].
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 [ˈweðə(r)] 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 [wɔːl]" 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!
分析
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.
- compound sentence:
- I am an art student
- I
[subject] - am
[be verb] - an art student
[predicative]
- I
- and
- I paint a lot of pictures
- I
[subject] - paint
[predicate verb phrase] - a lot of pictures
[object]
- I
- I am an art student
Many people pretend that they understand modern art.
- simple sentence:
- many people
[subject] - pretend
[predicate verb phrase] - that they understand modern art
[object clause]- they
[subject] - understand
[predicate verb phrase] - modern art
[object]
- they
- many people
They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. (A picture is about what)、
- simple sentence:
- They
[subject] - always
[frequently adverbial] - tell
[predicate verb phrase] - you
[indirect object] - what a picture is 'about'
[direct object]- what + clause
[noun clause] - a picture
[subject] - is
[predicate verb phrase] - about
[object]
- what + clause
- They
Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything.
- simple sentence:
- many pictures
[subject] - are not
[be verb] - anything
[predicative][noun phrase]
- many pictures
They are just pretty patterns.
- simple sentence:
- They
[subject] - are
[be verb] - just
[adverbial] - pretty patterns
[predicative][noun phrase]
- They
We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.
- complex sentence:
- We like them in the same way:
- We
[subject] - like
[predicate verb phrase] - them
[object] - in the same way
[adverbial]
- We
- that we like pretty curtain material
[attributive clause]- we
[subject] - like
[predicate verb phrase] - pretty curtain material
[object]
- we
- We like them in the same way:
I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.
- complex sentence:
- I think that
- I
[subject] - think
[predicate verb phrase] - that
[object clause]
- I
- that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else
- young children
[subject] - often
[frequently adverbial] - appreciate
[predicate verb phrase] - modern pictures better than anyone else
[object]- be. better than sth.
- v. 比...好, 相比...更好; 胜过...; 优于...
- anyone + adj. 名词短语
- be. better than sth.
- young children
- I think that
They notice more.
My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.
- compound sentence:
- My sister is only seven
- my sister
[subject] - is
[be verb] - only
[adverbial] - seven
[object]
- my sister
- but
- she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not
- she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not
- she
[subject] - always
[frequently adverbial] - tells
[predicate verb phrase] - me
[indirect object] - whether my pictures are good or not
[direct object]- whether + clause
[noun clause] - my pictures are good or not
- whether + clause
- she
- she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not
- My sister is only seven
- knowledge:
- tell + sth. + whether 引导的宾语从句
She came into my room yesterday.
- simple sentence:
- she
[subject] - came into
[predicate verb phrase] - my root
[object] - yesterday
[adverbial of time]
- she
'What are you doing?' She asked.
'I'm hanging this picture on the wall, ' I answered.
- I
[subject] - am hanging
[predicate verb phrase][present continuous tense] - this pictures
[object] - on the wall
[adverbial of place]
'It's a new one. Do you like it?'
She looked at it critically for a moment.
- simple sentence:
- she
[subject] - looked at
[predicate verb phrase] - it
[object] - critically
[adverbial of manner] - for a moment
[adverbial of time]
- she
'It's all right' she said.
- simple sentence:
- It
[subject] - is
[be verb] - all right
[predicative][adjective]- all + right adj. 好, 顺利, 良好的, 正确的
- It
'but isn't it upside down?'
- simple sentence:
- upside down adj. adj. 颠倒着, 混乱
I looked at it again. She was right! It was!
- simple sentence:
- I
[subject] - looked at
[predicate verb phrase] - it
[object] - again
[adverbial of manner]
- I