The best art critics

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

New words and expressions 生词和短语

art  n. 艺术                    critic  n. 评论家
paint  v. 画                    pretend  v. 假装
pattern  n. 图案               curtain  n. 窗帘，幕布
material  n. 材料              appreciate  v. 鉴赏
notice  v. 注意到              whether  conj. 是否
hang  v. 悬挂，吊             critically  adv. 批评地
upside down 上下颠倒地

课后练习答案
　　p128关键句型练习答案
　　A   These things always happen： I paint (1.1)； people pretend that they understand (11.1-2)；they…tell(1.2)；We like (1.4)；we like (1.5)； I think (1.5)； children… appreciate (11.5-6)；They notice(1.7)；she…tells(1.7)；Do you like (1.11)
　　(Note: Although the question Do you like it? <1.11> is asked at a particular moment, the meaning of like cannot be restricted to this moment.)
　　These things are happening now： What are you doing (1.10)；I'm hanging (1.11)
　　B   believe…are joking…don't know…know…believe…forget…looked…are you trying…believe…think…do you live…don't know
　　难点练习答案
　　‘Look!’ she said, ‘isn't that man drunk?’
　　‘I think we should cross the road,’ answered her husband.
　　‘It's too late now,’she replied.
　　‘Eh, you two. Look where you're going,’ called the drunk. ‘Can't you walk in a straight line?’
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