小故事背诵达人 社区艺术

Art in the Community

社区艺术

Tanya's school held an art competition.

谭雅的学校举办一场美术比赛，

The competition was to design an art project using the theme “community”.

比赛是以“社区”为主题设计一个艺术专案，

The person that won would receive funding to make their art piece.

获胜者可以获得一笔资金来创作该艺术作品。

Tanya left school and walked home with her mind deep in thought about the project.

谭雅放学回家时，心想着参展的事，

On the way home, she saw an elderly¹ man in torn old clothes removing some things from the garbage.

她在路上看到一个衣衫褴褛的拾荒老人，

Tanya saw the man's cart² was full of treasures that he had found in the garbage.

他的推车满载着他从垃圾堆找到的宝物。

She knew the man was homeless.

谭雅知道这个人无家可归，

Tanya's mind went back to her school project. Suddenly, she had an idea.

她回头想参展的事，突然灵光一现，

She ran the rest of the way home, excited to get on the computer and start typing out her idea.

她跑回家，兴奋地打开电脑，开始把想法键入电脑，

The following morning she walked up to the teacher and handed in her proposal³.

隔天早上她把提案交给老师。

The teacher read the heading⁴: Community Mural.

老师看了看标题：社区壁画。

An invitation for the homeless, youth at risk and minority to bring color to the neighborhood.

欢迎游民、高危青少年和弱势族群，为街坊邻居带来色彩。

By Tanya Livingstone.

提案者：谭雅·李文斯顿。

1 elderly   

adj.年老的；年龄相当大的

参考例句：

• He is getting elderly.他逐渐变老了。
• The elderly man is quite energetic.这位上了年纪的老人仍精力充沛。

2 cart   

n.（二轮或四轮）运货马车，手推车；vt.用马车装载，用手提（笨重物品），强行带走

参考例句：

• We use this to cart the goods.我们用这个来拉运货物。
• Let's go over and help them pull the cart.咱们过去帮他们拉车。

3 proposal   

n.提议，建议；求婚

参考例句：

• I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
• They could not gain over anyone to support their proposal.他们无法争取到支持他们建议的人。

4 heading   

n.上标题，标题，起始字，方向

参考例句：

• The heading was in large letters.标题是用大号字母印刷的。
• He realized that he was heading in the wrong direction.他意识到走错了方向。