与美国小学生一起学英文第12册 第28期:油画

 　　Oil¹ Paint 油画

　　Oil painting is very interesting and easy. 油画很有趣也很简单.

　　If you make some mistakes during painting, you don't have to worry, it's very easy to fix mistakes. 如果你在绘画时犯了一些错误，不必担心，修正错误很容易。

　　When painting with oil, you can just wait until it dries, and cover the mistakes with a new color. 涂油彩的时候，你可以等它干了，用一种新的颜色来掩盖错误。

　　So what is the main difference between oil painting and water painting? 那么油画和水彩画的主要区别是什么呢？

　　You need water to melt² pigments³ for water painting. 你需要水来调和水彩画的颜料。

　　But you melt pigments with oil for oil painting. 但是你要用油来调和油画的颜料。

　　Water painting dries quickly but oil painting dries very slowly. 水彩画干得快，但油画干得很慢。

　　So you shouldn't touch oil paintings for a few days. 所以你几天内不应该碰油画。

1 oil   

n.油，油画颜料；v.涂油，溶化，加油

参考例句：

• China is rich in oil resources.中国的石油资源丰富。
• It might need some oil.它大概需要一些油。

2 melt   

v.（使）融化，（使）熔化，使软化，使感动

参考例句：

• If you warm ice,it will melt into water.如果你给冰加热它会融化成水。
• It is easy to melt ice.融化冰很容易。

3 pigments   

n.（粉状）颜料( pigment的名词复数 )；天然色素

参考例句：

• The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls. 古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。 来自辞典例句
• The original white lead pigments have oxidized and turned black. 最初的白色铅质颜料氧化后变成了黑色。 来自辞典例句