美语情景对话 第327期:Painting 绘画

Todd: OK. Richard, do you like art?

托德：好，理查德，你喜欢艺术吗？

Richard: I do. Very much. Yes.

理查德：我喜欢。非常喜欢。

Todd: OK. Um, what kind of art do you like?

托德：好。嗯，你喜欢哪种艺术？

Richard: OK. Well, I like All kinds of art.

理查德：我喜欢各种类型的艺术。

Todd: OK.

托德：好。

Richard: When I was young I used to enjoy painting.

理查德：我年轻的时候非常喜欢画画。

Todd: OK. What did you paint?

托德：那你都画了些什么？

Richard: OK. When I was a kid, I was in art class, so it was all fairly sort of basic standard stuff like country scenes.

理查德：我还是个孩子的时候，我上过艺术课，那个课程教授各种基础标准的事情，比如乡村风景画。

Todd: Country scenes! So in a country scene, what can you see?

托德：乡村风景画！那乡村风景画中都有什么？

Richard: OK, I can see a red house, with a chimney, billowing n fields , luscious green grass in England.

理查德：我可以看到一间有烟囱的红色房子，烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟，还有绿色的田野，还有英国柔软的青草。

Todd: Wow, so is your home like that in England?

托德：哇，那你在英国的家就是那个样子的吗？

Richard: Actually, no! No, It's not in 're in the suburbs of London, we're not really in the country.

理查德：实际上不是！它不是在……我们住在伦敦郊区，实际上我们并不住在乡村。

Todd: Oh!

托德：哦！

Richard: And I used to paint sort of idyllic countryside scenes.

理查德：我以前会画田园般的乡村风景。

Todd: OK. Which do you prefer, the country of the city?

托德：好。那乡村和城市你更喜欢哪个？

Richard: To paint or to live in?

理查德：是指绘画还是生活？

Todd: paint.

托德：嗯，绘画。

Richard: To paint! To paint I prefer the country.

理查德：绘画！绘画来说，我更喜欢乡村。

Todd: OK. Great.

托德：好。很好。

Richard: To live in, I think it is more convenient being, being near a big city.

理查德：要是生活的话，我认为住在大城市附近更方便。

Todd: OK. Great. Thanks.

托德：好。很好。谢谢。

重点讲解：
1. all kinds of
各种类型的；五花八门的；
eg. onations came from all kinds of people.
捐赠来自于各界人士。
eg. All kinds of remarkable things began to happen.
开始发生各种不寻常的事。
2. used to do sth.
过去常常；过去曾做某事；
eg. Things ain't what they used to be.
现在情况不比从前了。
eg. I used to live in London.
我曾经在伦敦居住过。
3. enjoy doing sth.
享受；喜爱做某事；
eg. I enjoyed playing cricket.
我喜欢打板球。
eg. Children enjoy playing on the sands.
孩子们喜欢在沙滩上玩耍。