英语闲谈-Leisure Activities(2)

A: What kinds of things do you like to do?
B: I've always liked to draw and paint.
A: I didn't know you knew how to draw and paint.
B: I do it every once in a while.
A: How long have you known¹ how to do that?
B: I first learned² how to do it in high school.
A: Did you take some sort of art class or something?
B: That was my favorite class.
A: You have got to be talented.
B: Thanks.
A: If only I was talented.
B: You have a talent. You just don't know what it is yet.
 

1 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。