英语口语大赢家Topic175:民间艺术 Folk Arts

民间艺术 Folk Arts

在阿美和丹尼尔逛夜市的同时，我们一起来看看他们的爸爸本杰明到哪里去了吧！

 

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Assistant: There are many art craft items in this shop. I suggest you take your time, and you might find something you like.

Benjamin: That's what I am going to do.

Assistant: If you have any problem, please come to me.

Benjamin: I surely will. How much is this wood carving¹?

Assistant: You are an expert on it. That wood carving is very rare. But I'm so sorry; that is not for sell.

Benjamin: That's OK. Is anything else recommended?

Assistant: Do you have any special request?

Benjamin: I'd like to see some traditional arts.

Assistant: So that means you are shopping for presents?

Benjamin: Yes, I'm just here to pick out some special presents for my foreign friends.

Assistant: Actually, I think the paper-cuts is OK, because it is easy to carry and foreign friends are also interested in it. They think that is a miracle.

Benjamin: Sounds good. I'll take paper-cut.

Assistant: I have collected different kinds of paper-cuts all over the country; you can pick the one you like best.

Benjamin: You collect them yourself? I think that you are just doing the wholesale².

Assistant: As a matter of fact, I open the shop because I'm interested in the arts. I spent lots of time doing research on the folk art of our country.

Benjamin: Wow, you are the expert on it.

听看学

店员：本店有很多工艺品，我建议您慢慢看，也许会看到喜欢的东西。

本杰明：我正想慢慢看呢。

店员：如果您有任何问题就请问我。

本杰明：我会的。这个木雕多少钱？

店员：您真是个行家。那个木雕非常珍贵。但是非常抱歉，它是非卖品。

本杰明：没关系。有其他可以推荐的吗？

店员：您有什么特殊的要求吗？

本杰明：我想看一些比较传统的艺术品。

店员：您的意思是您在挑选送人的礼物？

本杰明：是的。我就是想在这儿挑选一些可以送给外国朋友的礼物。

店员：事实上，我觉得剪纸就不错，因为剪纸便于携带，而且外国朋友对此也非常感兴趣。他们认为剪纸非常奇妙。

本杰明：听起来不错。我就买剪纸。

店员：我收集了全国不同的剪纸。您可以挑选您最喜欢的。

本杰明：是你自己收集的吗？我还以为你只做批发生意。

店员：事实上，我开这个店完全是出于对工艺品的兴趣。我花了很多时间研究我们国家的民间艺术。

本杰明：哇，你才是真正的行家呢。

Recitation 经典背诵

Benjamin: The wood carving in the shop is very beautiful, but that is not for sale. The attendant³ suggests me to buy some paper-cuts for my foreign friends, because they are very easy to carry and foreign friends are also interested in them. She is an expert on it; she has collected different kinds of paper-cuts all over the country by herself.

生词小结

folk adj. 民间的

craft n. 工艺

miracle n. 奇迹

wholesale n. 批发

情景练习 Scene practice

仔细阅读下面五个场景，两人一组，使用选择句型，用一用，练一练。

1.If you were Daniel's friend, you want to ask him which apple he will prefer. What would you say?

2.If you were May, you want to ask Gucci which vehicle she wants to take. What would you say?

3.If you were Benjamin, you want to ask Daniel which room he likes best. What would you say?

4.If you were Shirley, you want to ask your friend Jane where she wants to go for shopping. What would you say?

5.Benjamin wants to know the vocation⁴ of the man beside him. If you were Benjamin, what would you say to the man?

 

1 carving   

n.雕刻品，雕花

参考例句：

• All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
• He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。

2 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

3 attendant   

n.随从，跟班，出席者，服务员；adj.伴随的，出席的，注意的，在场的

参考例句：

• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.服务员进来，打断了她的话。
• We met the officer attendant on the general.我们见到了随从将军的副官。

4 vocation   

n.职业，行业

参考例句：

• She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
• She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。