VOA慢速英语--雅典娜哲:画油画、生活和呼吸

Athena Zhe: Painting a Canvas¹ That Lives and Breathes 雅典娜哲:画油画、生活和呼吸

Athena Zhe grew up in Ukraine wanting to paint for the rest of her life.

Her parents, however, wanted her to become a lawyer or a doctor.

When she was 14, Athena moved to the United States. Working at a health food store, Athena painted on the menu boards. A customer notice her artistic² talents and asked if she would help paint faces at street fairs.

From that day on, Athena never looked back. She went from painting faces to painting human bodies.

“I love to create. I’m very visual person and I love to paint. I love to express myself in doing makeup³, special effects, body paintings. I feel like I haven’t worked a day in my life.”

The world of body painting is a fine art. As we watched Athena paint, she transformed a human into a work of art. While face-painting takes about 15 to 20 minutes, body-painting can take as long as 10 hours.

So we stayed.

And we watched.

And we hope you are as mesmerized⁴ as we were.

1 canvas   

n.粗帆布，一块油画布

参考例句：

• The times that people used canvas boat have become history.人们用帆船的时代已成为历史。
• Smith painted an oil painting on the canvas.史密斯在画布上画了一幅油画。

2 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

3 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

4 mesmerized   

v.使入迷( mesmerize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The country girl stood by the road, mesmerized at the speed of cars racing past. 村姑站在路旁被疾驶而过的一辆辆车迷住了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• My 14-year-old daughter was mesmerized by the movie Titanic. 我14岁的女儿完全被电影《泰坦尼克号》迷住了。 来自互联网