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@ 30865 Signing up for Art Class
A: 你想學什麼？
nˇı xiaˇng xue´ she´nme?
What do you want to study?
B: 我也不知道。選擇太多了！國畫、油畫、水彩、
素描......
woˇ
yeˇ
bu`
zh¯ıda`o. xuaˇnze´
ta`i duo¯
le! guo´hua`, yo´uhua`, shuˇı-
caˇi, su`mia´o......
I don’t know. There is so much to choose from! Traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, watercolor, drawing...
A: 我們一點基礎都沒有，還是學個簡單的吧。
woˇmen y¯ıdiaˇn j¯ıchuˇ ba.
do¯ u me´iyoˇu, ha´ish`ı xue´
ge jiaˇnda¯ n de
We don’t even know the basics, we had better study some- thing simple.
B: 有道理。那，你說哪種好學？
yoˇu da`olˇı. na`, nˇı shuo¯
naˇ
zhoˇng haˇoxue´?
That makes sense. Tell me which one is easy to learn.
A: 國畫，因為我小時候學過書法。
guo´hua`, y¯ınwe`i woˇ
xiaˇo sh´ıhou xue´
guo shu¯ faˇ.
Chinese traditional painting, because when I was young I studied calligraphy.
B: 你沒搞錯吧？這有什麼關係？
nˇı me´i gaˇocuo`
ba? zhe`
yoˇu she´nme gua¯ nxi?
Are you sure about that? What does that have to do with anything?
A: 都是用毛筆啊。那，你想學什麼？
do¯ u sh`ı yo`ng ma´obˇı a. na`, nˇı xiaˇng xue´ she´nme?
They both use a writing brush. Now, what do you want to study?
B: 嗯......油畫。
ng......you2hua`.
Hmm... oil painting.
A: 很難的。而且顏料很臭。
heˇn na´n de. e´rqieˇ ya´nlia`o heˇn cho`u.
It’s difficult, plus the paints are smelly.
B: 沒關係，為藝術犧牲嘛！
me´igua¯ nxi, we`i y`ıshu` x¯ıshe¯ ng ma!
So what? I’ll suffer for art’s sake!
---Key Vocabulary---
選擇 xuaˇnze´ choice
國畫 guo´hua` traditional Chinese
painting
油畫 yo´uhua` oil painting
水彩 shuˇıcaˇi watercolor
素描 su`mia´o to sketch
基礎 j¯ıchuˇ foundation
簡單 jiaˇnda¯ n simple
道理 da`olˇı reason
種 zhoˇng type
書法 shu¯ faˇ calligraphy
搞錯 gaˇocuo` mistaken
毛筆 ma´obˇı writing brush
顏料 ya´nlia`o paint
臭 cho`u smelly
犧牲 x¯ıshe¯ ng to sacrifice
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
美術 meˇishu` painting; drawing
畫兒 hua`r picture
昂汁 mo`zh¯ı ink
畫筆 hua`bˇı paintbrush
複雜 fu`za´ complicated
香 xia¯ ng fragrant
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