Art Around Us
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Introduction Having art all around us, in so many varieties, makes our world brighter and more interesting.
拥有如此多种类的艺术 使我们的世界更加光明和有趣
Art isn’t mysterious.
艺术并不神秘。
It can be anything that an artist creates: a curvy glass vase, a painting, or a custom-built motorcycle!
它可以是艺术家创造的任何东西: 卷曲玻璃花瓶,一幅画,或者定制的摩托车!
First, an artist has an idea, then plans the size and shape, and then chooses the materials to use.
首先,艺术家有一个想法,然后规划出大小和形状,然后选择使用的材料.
A work of art can make us smile or think, or it can simply be beautiful to look at.
一部艺术作品可以让我们微笑或思考,也可以简单地看一看.
Art can make us want to learn how to make something ourselves!
艺术可以让我们想学习 如何创造自己的东西!
Painters Do you know what an Impressionist is?
油漆机 你知道印象派是什么吗?
Or a Cubist, or a Surrealist, or a Primitive?
或小熊,或超现实主义者,或原始主义者?
They are all painters, and painters are often labeled by their painting style.
他们都是画家,画家经常被他们的绘画风格所标注.
Painters may have their own particular brush technique or prefer to smear on colors with a thin, metal blade called a palette knife.
画家可能拥有自己特有的刷子技术,或者更喜欢用被称作调色刀的薄而金属的刀片来涂抹颜色.
Others splash, spray, or drip their paint, and some even use mud!
其他的喷出,喷出,或滴出他们的颜料,甚至有人用泥!
They may use different materials or techniques—but they are all painters.
他们可能使用不同的材料或技术,但他们都是画家。
Alfred Quiroz painted this picture of himself.
阿尔弗雷德·克罗斯画了这幅自己的照片.
It is a self-portrait.
这是一个自相残杀。
A painter may choose an unusual surface as a canvas for his or her work, perhaps because of its shape, texture, or size.
画家可以选择一个不寻常的地表来做他(她)的作品的画布,可能是因为其形状,纹理,或尺寸.
A painter might paint on a sheet of glass, on dishes, or paint a design on a piece of furniture.
画家可能在玻璃板上作画,在盘子上作画,或者在家具上作一幅设计.
Many painters think big, so they create wall-sized murals that are painted directly onto walls.
许多画家认为自己是大人物,因此他们创作出壁画大小的壁画,被直接画入墙上.
Outside, they paint murals on the sides of buildings using waterproof colors so they will last.
外面,它们用防水的颜色画出建筑物两侧的壁画,以便能持续.
Sculptors Sculptors create art that has form and depth.
雕塑家创造出有形态和深度的艺术.
It can be small, like a little carving that fits in your hand, or majestic, like the Statue of Liberty.
它可以是小的, 就像一个小雕刻 适合在你的手, 或majestic, 像自由女神像。
Sculptors can use a chisel or a small axe to carve solid materials such as wood, stone, ice, or wax, or they might use a blowtorch to weld pieces of metal together.
雕塑家可以使用凿子或小斧来雕刻固体材料,如木,石,冰,或蜡等,或者他们可以使用喷管将金属碎片一起焊接.
They might make soft sculptures—shapes created by piecing together strips of fabric, leather, or colorful yarns.
它们可能制作软雕塑——由将布料、皮革或多彩的线条拼接而成的形状。
Whether it’s an oversized statue or a tiny frog, casting a metal sculpture takes several steps.
无论是雕像还是小青蛙,
The sculptor needs soft clay, wet plaster, and a hot, melted metal, such as bronze.
雕花需要柔软的粘土,湿的石膏,以及热而被熔化的金属,如青铜.
First, the sculptor makes a clay model of the shape, and then covers the model with a paste of wet plaster.
首先由浮雕制作出外形的粘土模型,再用湿石膏的粘贴来覆盖模型.
The thick plaster dries into a hard mold of the original shape.
厚厚的石膏干燥成原始形状的硬模具.
When the mold is ready, the sculptor pours hot metal into it and waits until it cools.
模具就绪后,雕塑家会将热金属倒入其中并等待冷却.
When the sculpture is cool enough to touch, the sculptor carefully checks it for cracks, and then polishes it for everyone to see!
当雕塑酷到可以触摸时,雕塑家会仔细地检查它是否有裂缝,再将它打磨给大家看!
Potters Bowls, vases, and plates that we call pottery are made by artists known as potters.
波特斯碗,花瓶,以及我们称之为陶器的花板由被称为陶器的艺术家所制作.
Potters make their art out of different types of soft, heavy, wet clay.
波特用不同种类的软,重,湿的粘土来制作艺术.
They put a lump of clay on a pottery wheel, which looks like a small, round spinning table.
他们把一整块粘土放入陶器轮上,这看起来像一个小而圆的旋转桌.
While the wheel is spinning, the potter pushes, pinches, and pulls the lump of clay into a shape.
当轮子旋转时,锅炉会推倒,捏住并拉出一团粘土成形.
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The potter bakes the clay object in a very hot oven called a kiln, which dries all of the water out of the clay.
锅炉将粘土物体烤入一个非常热的炉子中,叫作"窑",将粘土中的所有出水都干涸了.
Once it’s baked dry, the clay material is called ceramic.
一旦被烤干,粘土材料被称为陶瓷.
To make the ceramic colorful, and often waterproof as well, the potter uses a special paint called a glaze, which gives it a smooth, shiny surface.
为了让陶瓷具有多彩性,而且常常也防水,陶器使用一种叫"花花"(glaze)的特有涂料,使其表面平滑而闪亮.
Glassblowers Glass art seems to glow.
吹风者 玻璃艺术似乎发光了。
Light flows through it and makes the colors extra bright.
光会流过它 使颜色更加明亮
Glassblowers make their art out of a blob of soft, melted glass.
玻璃吹风者用一束被熔化的软玻璃来制作他们的艺术.
They scoop up the hot, soft glass with the end of a long, hollow metal tube called a blowpipe, and then blow air through the pipe.
他们挖出热而柔软的玻璃,用一个叫"吹管"的长而空心的金属管末端,再从管子上吹出空气来.
The air creates a bubble in the glass blob, and the bubble can become almost any shape the artist wants.
空气在玻璃块中产生出一泡,而气泡几乎可以成为艺术家想要的任何形状.
Glassblowers keep the glass soft and workable by frequently returning it to the fire.
玻璃吹风者通过经常将玻璃还给起火来保持玻璃的柔软和可操作性.
While it’s hot, they can twist, pull, and stretch it into the shape they imagined.
当它很热的时候,它们可以扭动、拉动和拉伸到它们想象的形状。
A glassblower shapes a ball of glass.
一个玻璃吹风机塑造出一球玻璃.
Glassblowers work very quickly, but they must also be careful.
玻璃吹哨人的工作速度很快,但他们也必须小心.
Glass breaks easily.
玻璃很容易破碎的。
While the glass is soft, it’s easy to work with and to shape.
玻璃是软的,
Swirling lines, brightly colored dots, or bits of metal can be added, or a handle can be put on the side.
摇摆行道,有明亮的彩色圆点,或者可以添加金属的位子,或者可以将一个手柄放入侧面.
But once the piece cools, it is no longer workable and can shatter into pieces.
但是,一旦碎片冷却,它就不再可行了,并且可以被打碎。
Fiber Artists Thread, yarns, and pieces of fabric are used to make fiber art.
纤维艺术家的线条,纱线,和布料被用来制作纤维艺术.
A work of fiber art may be as tall as a room and hung from the ceiling, or may be the size of a delicate placemat on a table.
纤维艺术的作品可能和房间一样高并被吊在天花板上,或者可能是桌上一个微妙的胎盘的大小.
Fiber artists love to create patterns of soft texture and color.
纤细的艺术家喜欢创造出柔软的纹理和颜色的图案.
One fiber artist, called a weaver, loops yarns over and under each other on a weaving machine called a loom.
一个叫做织物的纤维艺术家 在织物机上互相绕来绕去
The loom keeps the work threads even and the design organized.
闭路布置使工作线保持平整,设计也组织有序.
Weavers create colorful rugs, blankets, mats, clothing, and wall hangings.
织物会创造出多彩的地毯,毯子,垫子,衣物和挂墙.
A glass sculpture Hot glass is soft and can be shaped in many ways.
一个玻璃雕塑 热玻璃是柔软的,可以有很多的形状.
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Quilting began as a practical solution to a need many years ago, when buying new fabric was very expensive.
查尔廷开始作为很多年前一种需求的实际解决办法,当时购买新织物非常昂贵.
People saved money by using fabric scraps from old clothes to make their bed covers.
人们用从旧衣服上取出织物来做被子来节省钱.
Those first quilts were simple patchwork designs.
第一批被子是简单的补丁设计
Over time, bed covers became beautiful works of art, created by talented quilters who combined colors and cut fabric pieces into rich designs.
随着时间的推移,被床被也成为了美丽的艺术品,由有才华的被子所创造,将颜色和被子切成丰富的设计.
Unusual Art Some imaginative artists make found object art.
不寻常的艺术 一些富有想象力的艺术家制造出发现的物品艺术.
They use rusty junk, old car parts, wheels from toys, discarded wire, and other everyday materials that they find.
他们使用生锈的垃圾,老旧的汽车零件,玩具的轮子,被丢弃的电线,以及他们找到的其他日常材料.
Other artists may place a familiar object, such as a water fountain, in a museum display, to prompt us to look at it differently.
其他艺术家可能将一个熟悉的物品,如水喷泉,放入博物馆展出,以促使我们以不同方式看待.
They want us to see it as a design —as art—instead of only seeing its function as a commonplace water fountain.
他们希望我们把它看作是一种设计——作为艺术——而不是仅仅看它作为一个平凡的水泉的作用。
Patterned quilts and dolls are popular forms of fiber art.
图案被子和娃娃是通俗的纤维艺术形式.
An artist made this funny face using a wooden cutting board, a circuit board, telephone bells, a telephone keypad, industrial springs, and wire.
一位艺术家用木板、电路板、电话铃声、电话键盘、工业泉水和电线制作这张滑稽相貌。
While their work may only last until the next tide takes it away, sand artists create elaborate sculptures on the beach using rocks and sand.
虽然他们的作品可能只能持续到下个潮来潮夺走它,但沙子艺术家在海滩上利用岩石和沙子创作了精心设计的雕塑.
Environmental artists often create artwork that becomes part of a park or garden.
环境艺术家经常创作成为公园或花园一部分的艺术品.
They may incorporate rocks, graceful tree branches, grasses, and other plants into their artwork.
它们可能把岩石、优雅的树枝、草地和其他植物纳入其艺术作品。
Take a walk inside a work of art!
走进艺术品里去!
An art installation is very large.
艺术装置很大
It is often an entire room or even a whole building that has been made into one big piece of artwork.
常常是整个房间,甚至整个建筑 被制作成一幅巨大的艺术品。
Installation artists create environments that reflect the ideas they want you to experience.
安装艺术家创造环境,反映他们想要你体验的想法.
The spaces may be filled with objects, colors, shapes, sounds, and lights to create a special atmosphere.
空间可能充满物体,颜色,形状,声音,和灯光来营造出一种特殊的氛围.
Walk on in!
进来!
Many sand castles are true works of art.
许多沙地城堡都是真正的艺术品.
An installation uses a whole room to make art.
安装使用整个房间来制作艺术.
Where Art Is Found Long before we had written language, humans spoke through art.
人类通过艺术说话
Simple drawings over 40,000 years old have been found scratched into rocks.
4万多年前的简单画被划入了岩石。
Caves in France and Spain have primitive drawings of animals that were made over 13,000 years ago.
法国和西班牙的洞穴有出自一万三千多年前所出土的原始动物图画.
In the ruins of ancient cities, scientists find pottery, wall murals, mosaics, and small carvings of animals and people.
在古代城市的废墟中,科学家会发现陶器,壁壁画,镶嵌花纹等动物和人的小雕刻.
Artists want you to see what they have created.
艺术家希望你看看他们创造了什么。
Explore and discover.
探索和发现。
Visit an art museum or an art gallery, or walk through an art fair.
参观艺术博物馆或美术馆,或走过艺术会展.
An ancient cave drawing (left) Pueblo pot (right) Public art comes in many shapes and sizes.
出自古来一出洞穴绘画(左) 普多宝盆(右) 公共艺术来历多出相貌相去相去相去相去.
Look around you.
看看你周围
Somewhere in your own town, you’ll find a tall outdoor sculpture, or a large mural on a wall.
或墙上大幅壁画。
Many towns have set aside special areas for artists to display their work.
许多城镇为艺术家们留出了展示作品的特殊区域.
Your town might even have a sculpture park where you can see several styles of art at one time.
你的小镇甚至可能有一个雕塑公园 在那里你可以看到几种艺术风格 一次。
Why not make your own art?
为什么不做你自己的艺术?
You can create any type of art that you like.
你可以创造任何你喜欢的艺术。
Use soft, colored chalk to draw on a sidewalk.
使用柔软,有色粉笔来画人行道.
Paint a picture of your pet and make a frame for it.
画出你宠物的相片 做个框架
Use clay, snow, or sand to make a sculpture.
用粘土,雪地,或沙地来做雕塑.
Tie little bunches of sticks together to make an animal shape and spray it with color.
将一串小棍子绑在一起,使动物成形并用颜色喷出.
Glue pieces of shells, stones, and wood onto a picture frame for a photo of your family.
把贝壳、石头和木头 粘上一张你家人的照片
It’s all art!
这都是艺术!
Elephant sculptures add fun to a park.
大象雕塑为公园增添了乐趣.
A mural of a lighthouse creates an interesting illusion.
一个灯塔的壁画创造了一个有趣的幻觉.
Artists use their artwork to tell a story or to express how they feel about something.
艺术家利用自己的艺术来讲述一个故事,或者表达他们对某事的感受.
But art doesn’t have to be serious or hard to do.
但艺术不必认真或难做。
Artwork can be interesting, or colorful, or funny, or simply beautiful to look at.
艺术作品可以有趣,或者多彩,或者有趣,或者只是看一看。
The ability to see and enjoy art makes our lives more fun.
视觉和享受艺术的能力使我们的生活更加有趣.
Look for art around you.
寻找艺术在你身边。
It’s everywhere!
到处都是!