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--- Lesson 26 The best art critics |
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--- First listen and then answer the question. |
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--- Who is the student's best critic? |
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I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. |
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Many people pretend that they understand modern art |
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They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. |
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Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. |
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They are just pretty patterns. |
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We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. |
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I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. |
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My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. |
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She came into my room yesterday. |
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'What are you doing?' she asked. |
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'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'^“ |
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She looked at it critically for a moment. |
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'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?' |
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I looked at it again. |
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She was right! It was! |
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