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Making Kid’s Stuff of Great Art 绘画达人小玛拉

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Like other four-year-olds, Marla Olmstead is learning her numbers and letters, and still has trouble printing her name. She adores her little brother, flowers, the color yellow and pigs. ___1___

像其他四岁大的小孩一样，玛拉奥姆斯正在学算术和字母，连写自己名字都还有困难。她喜欢她弟弟、花、黄色和猪。她也是为名画家，作品销售已达两万四千美元之多。

Marla was just a toddler when her father gave her some paper and paint to amuse her while he was trying to paint. ___2___ It was better than his work! Marla’s parents encouraged her to continue painting.

当玛拉还是个学步的幼儿时，有一次她爸爸在作画时，给了她一些纸和颜料逗她开心。在看过她的创作之后，他很惊讶，该作品居然比他自己的要好!玛拉的父母于是鼓励她继续作画。

When Marla was three, a family friend hung some of her paintings in his coffeehouse. ___3___ Marla’s mother, sentimentally attached to her daughter’s work, asked US$250 for one painting, sure that no one would pay that much. But to everyone’s surprise, the painting sold.

玛拉三岁时，一位家族朋友把她的一些画挂在他的咖啡馆，里有些不知道那些作品是出自于一个小孩的顾客出价要买那些画。玛拉的妈妈很喜欢自己女儿的作品，所以开价一幅画250美元，因为她确定不会有人愿意付那么多钱来买，但是令众人惊讶的是，这幅画卖出去了。

Marla and her paintings soon became famous. ___4___ She has been interviewed on the TV news program 60 Minutes and featured in newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times and Time.

玛拉和她的画很快就成名了。她首次开画展那晚的开幕典礼，有两千人前来参观。她在电视新闻节目《六十分钟》中接受访问，报章杂志像《纽约时报》和《时代周刊》上也特载关于她的报导。

___5___ However, some skeptics believe her parents are helping her when she paints – an accusation that Marla’s mother and father strongly deny. In any case, her parents aren’t pushing her too hard to pursue her art. “Right now, painting is fun for her,” her mother says, and Marla’s parents both want to keep it that way.

有些画评家把玛拉的作品与现代艺术大师波拉克和康丁斯基的作品比较。然而有些持怀疑态度的人认为她的父母在她作画时会从旁协助，她的父母对这项指控是坚决否认。无论如何，她父母不会过分要求她追求艺术。她的妈妈说:「现在绘画对她来说只是好玩而已。」而她的父母也都希望她能继续保持这样。

－By Barbara Caplin

(A)After seeing the painting she created, he was surprised.
(B) Some art critics have compared Marla’s work to modern art masters like Pollock and Kandinsky.
(C) On the opening night of her premier exhibition, 2,000 people showed up.
(D) She is also a famous artist whose paintings have sold for up to US$24,000.
(E) Customers, not realizing the art was the work of a child, offered to buy the paintings.

Vocabulary

adore [əˋdor] v. 爱慕，热爱; 【口】极喜欢

sentimentally [sɛntəˋmɛntəlɪ] adv. 富情感地；深情地

skeptic [ˋskɛptɪk] n. 怀疑者

accusation [͵ækjəˋzeʃən] n. 指控

premier [ˋprimɪɚ] adj. 最早的，最先的

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toddler [ˋtɑdlɚ] n. 学步的小孩

amuse [əˋmjuz] v. 使欢乐；娱乐

attach [əˋtætʃ] v. 喜欢﹐依恋

to one’s surprise 令某人惊讶的是

feature [fitʃɚ] v.〔在电影﹑杂志﹑表演等中〕介绍﹐ 特载

in any case 无论如何

compare .. to (= compare ....with) 和....相比

show up  出席

Marla Olmstead 

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