Lesson 26 The best art critics

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I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Manay 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 partterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appriciate 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!

Notes

1. art student 艺术系的学生

   English studeng 学英语的学生

   Student of England 英国的学生

2. artist 艺术家

   artiste 艺人

   art gallery 艺术画廊

   black art 巫术

3. critic: n. 评论家

   criticise: v. 批评，批判

   criticism: n. 批评；考证；苛求

   crital: adj. 挑剔的

   critally: adv. 爱挑剔的

   He criticised my paintings.

4. paint:

   paint a picture: 强调油画

   draw:

   draw a picture: 用线条画

   painting -> oil painting 油画

   Chinese painting: 国画

   Beijing Opera: 京剧

5. When his mother came in, the baby pretended to go to sleep.

6. pattern dirlls 模式典范

7. appreciate: v. 鉴赏

   engjoy: 欣赏

   I like poems.

   I love poems.

   I enjoy poems.

   I appreciate poems.

   ##### Usage

   appreciate sth

   appreciate doing sth

   eg: I am appreciate your help. 我很感激你的帮助。

8. notice: 看，注意到（别人没有注意到的）

   pay attention to 思想上注意

9. whether

   If在表示“是否”的时候可以被whether取代，if在表示“如果”的时候就不可以。

   whether...or not = if

   If it will rain ...(不是条件状语从句，故可以用将来时)

   = Whether it will rain ...

   = Whether it will rain or (not) ...

   I wonder whether/if it will rain.

10. hang -> huang 悬挂

    A pretty curtain hangs over the window.

    hang -> hanged 绞死

    The robber was hanged.

11. in a way 以某种方式，正如

    The son walked in the same way that his father walked.

12. make an appointment

    When will you be convenient for you?

13. I like sth.

    I like sth. very much.

    I like sth. better.

    I like sth. best.

    I like sth. better than anyone else. 表示最高级

14. 否定疑问句，表示肯定的意思。

    Isn't it upside down?

    Aren't you luck?

15. call 称之为

    name 取名

16. 陈述句的间接引语以that引导

    特殊疑问句的间接引语以特殊疑问词引导

    eg:

    • What time is it? -> He asked me what time it was.

    • How old are you? -> He asked me how old I was.

    注意事项：

    1)时态。主句的谓语动词是过去式时，从句的谓语动词应该变为相同的时态。

    2)疑问句变为间接引语时，要变成陈述句语序。

    3)人称的变化。

    Is it nine o'clock? -> He asked me if/whether it was nine o'clock.