新鲜英语早知道 第19期:一起吹空调聊点儿艺术呗

 　　This wine is good stuff.

　　这酒真是个好东西，

　　or where’s all my stuff?

　　该死我的东西到底去哪儿了！

　　They needed to find certain stones coming from Afghanistan which were incredibly expensive.

　　首先，你得去买一些阿富汗产的有色石头，价格都非常高昂。

　　Incredibly

　　就是extremely 及其

　　They first crack it，and crunch¹ and grind it until it turns to the paint.

　　他们要敲打，接着不断的研磨，直到石头变成颜料。

　　when all is done， you put it into pig’s bladders to carry around the paint.

　　画家们把颜料装进猪膀胱里，随身携带。

　　And this tiny paint tube changed everything. It freed art.

　　可以说这个小小的颜料管改变了一切，解放了艺术。

　　To get into the art world, you must show your work at the infamous² paris Salon³.

　　要是你想要混进艺术届，就必须再著名的巴黎沙龙展出自己的作品。

1 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

2 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

3 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。