本期节目的问题
Would you please tell me the difference between painting, drawing, and picture?
I know they have the meaning of people’s creative and artistic work on paper by hands.
Regards,
Ben
本期节目内容简介
虽然听上去 painting、drawing 和 picture 三个词似乎都和绘画有关,但是它们都有其它含义,而且并不局限于艺术。比如 painting,除了指画作、绘画之外也可以指刷浆和喷漆。Picture 的含义就更广了。本期节目将通过大量例句进行比较和说明。重点放在每个词的主要用法和习惯用法上。
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Yang Li
大家好!欢迎收听 BBC 英语教学的《你问我答》,我是杨莉。这是一档为大家解答英语疑问的节目。我们最经常收到的问题是如何辨别、区分近义词和易混词。今天的问题是 Ben 发来的。我来读一下:
Question
Would you please tell me the difference between painting, drawing, and picture?
I know they have the meaning of people’s creative and artistic work on paper by hands.
Regards,
Ben
Yang Li
谢谢 Ben。他提出的三个词分别是 painting、drawing 和picture。Ben 在问题里说,他知道这几个词都和艺术创作有关,但是不太清楚这三个词的区别究竟是什么。他的理解对,但不完全对。因为painting、drawing 和 picture 虽然都可以是描述风景、人物或静物的一种艺术形式, 但是它们的含义并不完全局限于艺术创作这一范畴。比如,以第一个词 painting 为例,除了指画作,绘画之外它也可以指刷浆和喷漆。请听例句:
Examples
Look at this lovely Christmas present he bought me, a large oil painting of my hometown.
看他给我买的圣诞礼物多好:是一张描写我家乡的大幅油画。
My sister has taken up painting as her new hobby.
我姐姐把学习绘画当作她的新爱好了。
I like everything except the paint in this room, I think the colour is a bit too dark.
这个房间除了墙上刷的漆之外我都喜欢,我觉得颜色有点儿太深了。
Yang Li
此处 paint是名词,指墙上刷的粉或漆。不过这个词也可以作动词,比如,I’m painting my bedroom. 我正在粉刷我的卧室。
第二个词 drawing 可以作名词,一般指素描,或用铅笔、粉笔绘制的草图。不过大家一定要知道,这个词的动词是 to draw,出现的频率很高。比如,画张图就可以用 to draw a picture 来表达。请听例句。
Examples
A: You are pretty good at drawing, aren’t you?
你素描不错吧?
B: Not bad. Why?
还可以吧。怎么有事吗?
A: I need someone to draw a few logos that I can send to my publishers.
我需要有人帮我画几个商标,我可以发给我的出版商。
B: Ok, if you tell me your ideas I’ll give it a go.
好吧,如果你告诉我你的想法,我来试试看。
David loves drawing trains. This is his latest drawing of a steam engine.
大卫喜欢画火车。这是他最近画的一张蒸汽火车的素描。
George designs gadgets on his computer, but he always does a quick hand drawing first.
乔治一般都在他的电脑上设计小配件,不过他总要先随手画张草图出来。
Yang Li
最后我们来看第三个词 picture。这个词意思很广,远远超出了前面的两个词。可以表示用手绘的画、电脑绘制的图像、印刷出来的照片,以及拍摄出来的照片等等。请看例句。
Examples
Can you draw me a picture of the layout of your kitchen?
你能不能把你厨房的布局给我画张图?
I think you need a couple of bright pictures to liven up your lounge.
我觉得你的客厅需要两张色彩明亮的画儿,来增加一些活力。
Sorry, I don’t have any pictures of my two-year-old daughter, but I’ll bring some next week to show you.
对不起,我没带我两岁女儿的照片,不过下周我会带一些来给你看看。
Hang on, I just need to download a picture for my homework.
等一下,我的作业只需要下载一张图片就可以了。
Yang Li
另外有个和 picture 相关的常用短语,我想介绍给大家。请听以下两句话,看你能不能猜出句子的意思。
Examples
Please keep me in the picture. I want to know what wedding presents to buy them.
请什么进展都请告诉我一声,我好决定给他们买什么结婚礼物。
I haven’t been invited to the party: I guess I’m not in the picture anymore.
我没有被邀请去参加聚会,看来我已经不再是圈儿内人了。
Yang Li
刚才第一个例句里的 to keep someone in the picture 意思让一个人了解知悉情况。第二句里的 not in the picture any more 表示不再是圈儿内人了。
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