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portrait / 肖像画 / (xiāoxiànɡhuà)

A: Do you want to come to my art studio this weekend?

这个周末你想来我的艺术工作室看看吗？

(zhèɡè zhōumò nǐ xiǎnɡlái wǒde yìshù ɡōnɡzuòshì kànkàn ma?)

B: Of course. What have you created recently?

当然好啊。你最近都创作了什么作品呢？

(dānɡrán hǎo ā.nǐ zuìjìn dōu chuànɡzuò le shenme zuòpǐn ne?)

A: I recently made statues of different people and painted portraits of some people. 

我最近做了不同的人物雕塑,并且还画了一些人物的肖像画。

(wǒ zuìjìn zuòle bùtónɡ de rénwù diāosù, bìnɡqiě hái huàle yīxiē rénwù de xiāoxiànɡ huà.)

B: That sounds great. Speaking of portraits, did you know that an artist painted a portrait on a piece of sea ice in the southern part of Finland? 

听起来很棒。说到肖像画,你知道有一位艺术家在芬兰南部的一小块浮冰上创作肖像吗？

(tīnɡqǐlái hěnbànɡ. shuōdào xiāoxiànɡhuà, nǐ zhīdào yǒu yīwèi yìshùjiā zài fēnlán nánbù de yīxiǎokuài fúbīnɡ shànɡ chuànɡzuò xiāoxiànɡma?)

A: Really? That sounds incredible and very creative. What did the artist use to paint it? 

是吗？这听起来很不可思议却非常有创意。这位艺术家用什么画的呢？

(shìma?zhè tīnɡqǐlái hěn bùkěsīyì què fēichánɡ yǒu chuànɡyì.zhèwèi yìshùjiā yònɡ shenme huàde ne?)

B: He experimented with charcoal a lot of times. From the air, this portrait looks like a woman's face. 

他用木炭作为工具做了很多次实验,从航拍角度看,这幅肖像画是一张女人的脸。

(tā yònɡ mùtàn zuòwéi ɡōnɡjù zuòle hěnduōcì shíyàn, cónɡ hánɡpāi jiǎodù kàn, zhèfú xiāoxiànɡhuà shì yīzhānɡ nǚrén de liǎn.)

A: I really want to see it for myself.

我真想能亲眼看看。

(wǒ zhēnxiǎnɡ nénɡ qīnyǎn kànkàn.)

Illustrations:Liu Xidan/GT