世界节假日博览 第17期:激发艺术灵感日

 　　January the 31st is Inspire Your Heart With Art Day. On this day, you can give your heart a special treat.You can create your very own work of art or go and visit art galleries and museums. People should take thetime to search out art and make it a bigger part of their lives. Art is full of inspiration¹ and can changeour way of looking at the world. It has changed people’s hearts for centuries. Maybe looking at a masterpiece painting or a superb² piece of sculpture will inspire you to be creative. We all have creative juices in us. Unfortunately, many of us stop being creative when we move from childhood to adulthood³. Inspire Your Heart With Art Day may get your creative juices flowing again.

　　1月31日是激发艺术灵感日。在这天里，你可以让心灵接受一次特殊的盛宴。你可以创造自己的艺术作品，或是去参观美术馆或是博物馆。人们应该在这天中去搜寻艺术，并让它成为你生命中的一部分。艺术是充满灵感的，它可以改变人们看待世界的角度。数百年来，艺术改变了人们的心灵。或许，观看大师画作或是一件伟大的雕塑品能够让你更具创造力。我们将能够充满想象力，创新力。不幸的是，当人们从童年步入成年以后，人们的创造力停止了。激发艺术灵感日或许将再次让你创造力蓬发。

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　　There is so much art around us but many people take little notice of it. There is art in the architecture we work, live and play in. There are gardens full of statues and floral displays. We walk past graffiti onwalls and fail to see the art in it. We also see thousands of advertisements every day that have an artistic⁴ side to them. We don’t even have to step into a gallery. It’s everywhere. One of the best ways of exploring art is on the Internet. There are thousands of sites showing art and artists over thousands of years. There is little excuse for us not to find art. What we need to is to stop, look and think for a short time. If we do that, then we just might inspire our heart with art.

　　我们周围到处是艺术，但是人们却很少能够观察到。我们工作，居住或是娱乐的建筑大楼就是一件艺术作品。花园中到处是雕像，花坛。我们路过充满涂鸦的墙面，但是却没有意识到这就是艺术。每天的上千种广告当中都有艺术的元素。我们甚至不需要去美术馆。因为艺术无处不在。其中欣赏艺术的最佳办法之一就是互联网。网络中有许多展现艺术和艺术家的网站，这些作品都有上前年的历史。我们没有理由不去发现艺术。我们需要做的就是用短暂的时间去驻足，观看，思考。如果这样做，那么我们就拥有了艺术灵感。

　　1.masterpiece painting 艺术杰作

　　例句：As we went from one magnificent⁵ masterpiece of painting, sculpture, or architecture to another, Ibegan tofeel that I was looking at something very familiar.

　　当我们从一个个华丽宏伟的艺术杰作，比如绘画、雕塑、建筑之间走过的时候，我发觉我所看到的都是似曾相识的东西。

　　2.search out 寻找到

　　例句：To excel⁶ at sales, you first must know your product, and then search out the perfect customers forthat product.

　　要想在销售行业做到最好，你必须了解你的产品，然后为你的产品找出最佳的客户。

　　3.take notice of 留意

　　例句：Nature has certain characteristics, and we would do well to take notice of them as we seek to turnour dreams into reality.

　　大自然具有这样的特性，而我们在寻求将自己的梦想转变为现实的时候也要注意到这些特性。

　　4.be full of 充满

　　例句：He packed the boxes full of books.

　　他把箱子装满了书。

1 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！

2 superb   

adj.高贵的，壮丽的，极好的

参考例句：

• The large bay has a superb backdrop of mountains.大海湾背靠着庄严的山脉。
• The hotel has a large dining room serving superb local cuisine.饭店有一个大餐厅供应上好的当地菜肴。

3 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。

4 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

5 magnificent   

adj.壮丽的，宏伟的；华丽的；极好的

参考例句：

• The museum that we visited is very magnificent.我们参观的博物馆是很宏伟的。
• That's a magnificent task.这是一项宏伟的任务。

6 excel   

v.胜过，优于，杰出，善于，擅长于

参考例句：

• If your talent combines with diligence,you can excel in your pursuit.如果你把天赋与勤奋结合起来，你所追求的事业便会出类拔萃。
• He is working hard to excel his predecessors.他正努力超越他的前任。