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1.10.12 12  American Art Works Return to Nation's Capital ...
12 American Art Works Return to Nation's Capital 美国的艺术品重新回到首都

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More than 200art works by some of America's best artists have returned home to a museum in Washington,D.C.The paintings had been traveling to shows around the world for the last four years.Now they are on exhibit at the Phillips Collection again.Mario Ritter reports.

一批由美国最优秀的艺术家创作的200余件艺术品已经回归美国,陈列于华盛顿的一家博物馆。在过去的4年里,这些画作游历于世界各地的展览之间。如今,这些画作再次回到了菲利普斯收藏馆。马里奥里特报道。

听力破解:播音员重读returned强调的信息包括这批艺术品出国后又回到国内。

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The exhibit is called“Made in the USA:American Masters from The Phillips Collection.”It includes the work of more than 100American artists.All the paintings were created between 1850 and about1970.

此次展览的名称为“美国制造:来自菲利普斯收藏馆的美国大师”。其中包含了100多位美国艺术家的作品,这些画作全部创作于1850年和约1970年之间。

听力破解:exhibit[ig′zibit]第一个音标是元音音标,所以前面的the要读成浊化音[ði],而后面的单词 USA[′ju:es′ei]不是以元音音标开头,读作[ðə]。

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Museum founder Duncan Phillips collected the artwork from the end of World War I until his death in 1966.“This show is really an opportunity to bring out artists who are under-recognized.”That is exhibit organizer Susan Frank.She says Duncan Philips bought the works at a time when European artists were more in demand.

该博物馆的创始人邓肯·菲利普斯先生从一战末期开始收集这些画作,直至1966年去世。“这次展览是推介那些被埋没的艺术家的好机会。”此次展览的组织者苏珊·弗兰克表示,邓肯·菲利普斯先生收集这些艺术品时,更受欢迎的是欧洲的艺术家。

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听力破解:此处为连读[ænɔpə′tuniti]。此处重读European来强调在当时与美国艺术家相比,欧洲艺术家更受重视。

词汇宝典:in demand表示需要非常大的,受欢迎的;demand的复数demands 表示困难的、累人的要求,比如:the demands of work“工作中累人的事”。

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“He was determined that he would dedicate this museum to living A-merican artists and lift up American art out of obscurity and give it the same presence that European works were given by his con-temporary collectors and other museums.”

She says 80percent of the art in the Philips Collection is American.

“他下定决心要将这个博物馆献给那些在世的美国艺术家,鼓励美国艺术走出低谷,

给予美国艺术同等的关注度,就像和他同时代的收藏家以及其他博物馆给予欧洲艺术品的关注一样。”她表示,菲利普斯博物馆中80%的作品来自美国。

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听力破解:obscurity[əb′skjurəti]中的[k]浊化成了[g]。

词汇宝典:obscurity做不可数名词,表示“黑暗时期”,out of obscurity“走出黑暗时期”;其形容词obscure可以表示“费解的”,如:I found his words very obscure.我发现他的话难以理解。

学着说一说

1.show around四处参观

▶show sb.around/round表示“带领某人参观某地”,如:

He showed us around their wedding room.他带我们参观了他们的婚房。

▶口语中show的常用词组还有show sb./sth.off,表示“炫耀,卖弄”,如:

He likes to show off how well he speaks English.

他喜欢炫耀他英语讲得好。

2.collect收集

▶collect是“收集”的意思,“收集邮票/明信片”就可以说collect stamps/postcards。

▶此外 collect还可以表示“募捐,募集”,如:

We collected RMB 5000for the people in the disaster areas.

我们为灾区人民募捐了5000元钱。

▶collect 还可以表示“人聚集在一起”,如:

A crowd began to collect in front of the gate.人群开始聚集在大门前。

2.the end of……的末尾

▶新闻中用的就是“……的末尾”的意思,即:the end of World War I“一战末期”。

▶当你感到沮丧的时候,可以说There is no light at the end of the tunnel.这个句子的字面意思是“在隧道的尽头,看不到一丝光亮”,也就是“人生无望”。