与美国小学生一起学英文第8册 第27期:粉彩

 　　Pastels 粉彩

　　How often do you use pastels for painting your pictures? 你多久用粉彩画一次画？

　　Pastels are one of the most popular things for painting pictures. 粉彩是最受欢迎的绘画工具之一。

　　When did people use pastels for the first time in art? 人们在美术上第一次用粉彩是什么时候

　　People say that Leonardo Da Vinci used pastels in about 1495. 人们说列奥纳多·达·芬奇在1495年左右使用过粉彩。

　　Also, pastels we used a lot in the 17th, 18th centuries. 人们在17、18世纪经常使用粉彩。

　　At that time, a lot of artists started using pastels to color their sketches¹. 在那时，许多艺术家开始用粉彩为草图填色。

　　Do you know where the word pastel comes from? 你知道“pastel”一词出自哪里吗？

　　It comes from the Italian word pastello, it means² a little bread roll. 它来源于意大利单词“pastello”，意思是小面包卷。

1 sketches   

n.草图( sketch的名词复数 )；素描；速写；梗概

参考例句：

• The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
• You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。