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lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美术评论家

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!

• pretend that 假装
• modern art 现在艺术
• in the same way 就像什么一样
  • My parents love me in the same way that I love my children.
• curtain material 窗帘布
  • 布料;衣料;织物 Material is cloth.
• appreciate 欣赏
• anyone else 其他人
• notice 觉察;注意 If you notice something or someone, you become aware of them.
• critically 带着挑剔地
• upside-down 上下颠倒的

From His Sister's View:

My brother is an art student and he paints a great many pictures. I love pictures just because they are pretty but the grown-ups always love to tell me what the the pictures are about. I love them in the same way that I love pretty curtain material and beautiful carpets. I understand little significance of the pictures. But my brother said I appreciate modern arts than anyone else because I alway can tell him whether his picture good or not. Yesterday, he was hanging a picture on the wall when I went into his room. He told me that it was new and asked how I do like it. I found it is pretty nice but it was upside-down.

Knowledges

• significance/significant(ly)
  • 别有含义的;意味深远的 A significant action or gesture is intended to have a special meaning.
  • 有重要意义的 a very significant piece of legislation

From His Teacher's View:

I am an art teacher. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture means. Meanwhile[=> Similarly], many students think that they understand modern art. They believe many pictures are just pretty patterns and are about nothing. They even compare art pictures with curtain material. I think every picture should have its soul. The real significance of a picture could not be easily understood by a person without any professional knowledge. One of my students tell me that his seven-year-old sister can appreciate the modern art than anyone else. It is simply a joke because she is just able to tell whether a picture is beautiful or not rather than good or not.

Knowledges

• 简单地 easily 不能用simply来表达
• simply
  • 纯粹地, 只不过, 仅仅, 同: just

  eg. I don't like my job - I simply do it for the money.我不喜欢自己的工作——我纯粹是为了钱才做的。
  - (用于强调)简直, 根本
  > This work is simply not good enough.这工作做得实在不够好。

• Meanwhile不表达同样的类似的之意. 这里用similarly感觉会好
  • in the meanwhile = meanwhile

  The flight will be announced soon. Meanwhile, please remain seated.航班很快就要广播通知登机，在此期间请继续坐在座位上。
  - meanwhile (引出某一情形的另一方面，尤指与前面提到的完全相反时)与之相比，然而
  > eg. The incomes of male professionals went up by almost 80%. Meanwhile, part-time women workers saw their earnings fall.

Remembers

• Meanwhile不表达同样的类似的之意. 这里用similarly感觉会好
  • in the meanwhile = meanwhile

  The flight will be announced soon. Meanwhile, please remain seated.航班很快就要广播通知登机，在此期间请继续坐在座位上。
  - meanwhile (引出某一情形的另一方面，尤指与前面提到的完全相反时)与之相比，然而
  > eg. The incomes of male professionals went up by almost 80%. Meanwhile, part-time women workers saw their earnings fall.

(作文时间: 2017-01-08, 耗时: 80 分钟)

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