VOA慢速英语2021 阿根廷艺术家变医疗垃圾为艺术

Argentine artist Marcelo Toledo usually creates his works out of metal. But now Toledo is working with new materials: used masks and syringes from the COVID-19 pandemic. His aim is to create a show that explores the painful effects of the virus.

阿根廷艺术家马塞洛·托莱多(Marcelo Toledo)通常使用金属创作作品。但现在托莱多正在使用新材料：新冠肺炎大流行使用过的口罩和注射器。他的目的是打造一个展览，展示新冠病毒带来的痛苦影响。

Toledo has made jewelry¹ for the musical "Evita" on Broadway in New York. He has created special pieces for people like former U.S. President Barack Obama and singer Madonna.

托莱多曾为纽约百老汇的音乐剧《埃维塔》(Evita)制作珠宝。他为美国前总统奥巴马和歌手麦当娜等名人创作过特别的作品。

Toledo was among the first in Argentina to become infected with COVID-19 a year ago. He was hospitalized for eight days. The experience affected² him deeply. It led him to begin creating new kinds of artwork, such as a 14-meter mask with the Argentine flag, which he placed on the famous Obelisk³ in Buenos Aires.

一年前，托莱多是阿根廷首批感染新冠肺炎的患者之一。他在医院住了八天。这次经历对他产生了深刻的影响。这促使他开始创作新的艺术作品，比如一个14米高的阿根廷国旗样式的口罩，他把作品放在布宜诺斯艾利斯著名的方尖碑上。

His new show is called the "Museum of the After." Toledo has been collecting coronavirus waste sent by hospitals, laboratories and other people. The waste materials include old vaccines⁴ and newspaper stories about the pandemic.

他的新展览被称为“后疫情博物馆”。托莱多一直在收集医院、实验室和其他人送来的疫情产生的废弃材料。这些材料包括过期疫苗和关于流感大流行的报纸报道。

"I am excited to be able to transform pain into beauty and this exhibition is just that, capturing everything that is happening to us as a society," Toledo told Reuters reporters.

托莱多告诉路透社记者:“我很高兴能够将痛苦转化为艺术，这就是本次展览的内容，捕捉了我们这个社会正在发生的一切。”

His latest works of art will go on show in September in a public area in Buenos Aires. They will all be made from materials that people have sent him.

他的最新艺术作品将于9月在布宜诺斯艾利斯的一个公共区域展出。展品都将由民众送来的材料制成。

"It is the first time that I do an exhibition in which I do not have to buy any of the elements," he said.

“这是我第一次举办无需购买任何元素的展览，”他说道。

Part of the exhibition includes a ship that crosses a "storm," as well as recycling islands.

展览的一部分包括一艘穿越“风暴”的船只，以及回收利用的岛屿。

"The exhibition will tell the story of this ship that went sailing and was stranded⁵ after the storm, which is a great metaphor⁶ for what is happening to us," Toledo said.

托莱多指出：“这次展览将讲述这艘船的故事，这艘船在航行后被困在风暴中，这很恰当地隐喻了人类正在经历的遭遇。”

The idea of the ‘Museum of the After' is to represent the world during COVID-19 and to recreate it in other places, Toledo explained.

托莱多解释说，成立“后疫情博物馆”的初衷是描绘新冠疫情期间的世界，并在其他地方重现这个场景。

He added that he hoped to "get a physical museum to leave the work for posterity⁷."

他还说，他希望“打造一间实体博物馆，把作品留给后人。”

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mask – n. a face covering

syringe – n. a device made of a hollow tube and a needle that is used to force fluids into or take fluids out of the body

transform – v. to change something completely in a good way

exhibition - n. an event at which objects (such as works of art) are put out in a public space for people to look at

society – n. people in general thought of as living together in organized communities with shared laws, traditions, and values

metaphor – n. a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

posterity – n. people in the future

1 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 obelisk   

n.方尖塔

参考例句：

• The obelisk was built in memory of those who died for their country.这座方尖塔是为了纪念那些为祖国献身的人而建造的。
• Far away on the last spur,there was a glittering obelisk.远处，在最后一个山峦上闪烁着一个方尖塔。

4 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

5 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

6 metaphor   

n.隐喻，暗喻

参考例句：

• Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
• In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

7 posterity   

n.后裔，子孙，后代

参考例句：

• Few of his works will go down to posterity.他的作品没有几件会流传到后世。
• The names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a tablet at the back of the church.死者姓名都刻在教堂后面的一块石匾上以便后人铭记。