A painting you like
IELTS SPEAKING PART 2
各位小伙伴好！今天我们一起来看看这个季度轮换进来的Part 2新题A painting you like。拿到这个题目，不少小伙伴第一时间可能是想描述某幅世界名画，比如梵高的《星空》、达芬奇的《蒙娜丽莎》或是扬·维米尔的《带珍珠耳环的少女》，但开始描述时会发现，自己又很欠缺艺术这方面的储备，然后百科一下，最后描述的东西就变成了百科介绍了……
其实针对这个题目，并不是一定要选择描述闻名遐迩的画作。我们可以选择与自己生活经历更有关联性的一幅画。它可以是自己儿时的第一幅彩色画、某次特殊节日/场合某人赠送的亲笔画、某次旅行在当地夜市有偿支付街头艺术家为自己画的一幅肖像画、某次参加展览看到的一幅令自己颇有感触的一幅画等等。因为与自己的生活经历有密切的关联性，在简要带过这幅画的信息后，大家可以灵活将事件经历中的一些要素融合进来，减少了描述的难度，同时也增加了整个内容的趣味性和独特性。
简单交代画上的内容或画的风格：
It’s a landscape painting, roughly the size of a magazine. You can see a peaceful blue lake surrounded by lush green forests. In the distance, snow-capped mountains look sacred and mysterious. The water is so clear that you can see the shadows of the mountains, the trees and the sky in it.
基础版：It’s an oil painting. In this beautiful painting, you can see a blue lake. It’s surrounded by green forests. High mountains are in the background. Also, you can see the shadows of the trees, the mountains and the sky in the clean and clear water.
a landscape painting 风景画
roughly the size of a magazine 差不多杂志大小
a peaceful lake 平静的湖
(be) surrounded by 被……围绕
lush green forests 葱郁的森林
snow-capped mountains 白雪皑皑的山
sacred 神圣的
mysterious 神秘的
an oil painting 油画
It’s a caricature of myself. This painting always makes my friends laugh out loud. It's because I look hilarious in the painting. My smile is broad, and I have two buck teeth. The cheeks on my face appear extremely chubby, but my face is actually relatively thin. My mouth, nose, and eyes are also distorted and exaggerated. I bet you will be amused if you see the painting.
基础版：It’s a painting of myself, but I look rather funny in this painting. I have a big smile with two huge teeth. While my nose is large, my eyes are quite small. I bet you will be amused if you see the painting.
a caricature 漫画，讽刺画
laugh out loud 开怀大笑
look hilarious 看上去很滑稽
a broad smile 灿烂的微笑
buck tooth 龅牙
cheek 脸颊，脸蛋儿
chubby 胖嘟嘟的
distorted and exaggerated 扭曲变形、夸张的
It’s a decorative painting. It’s abstract, which makes it hard for me to interpret what it’s really about. Anyway, it’s beautiful. It’s drawn with rich colours and basic shapes, like squares, ovals, rectangles, triangles, and such. Sometimes, you may notice a young lady sitting in a chair, but when you observe it from a different angle, you may find a tree-eyed monster staring at you.
基础版：
It’s a decorative painting. It’s a bit difficult to say what it’s really about. Anyway, it’s beautiful. This painting consists of rich colours and some basic shapes, but strangely, such a combination creates unexpected results. For example, you may notice a young lady in the middle, but then, when you look at it again, you may see a monster with three large eyes.
a decorative painting 装饰画
oval 椭圆形
rectangle 四边形
triangle 三角形
observe 观察v.
monster 怪兽，怪物
stare at 盯着……
combination 组合n.
除了最开始对这幅画的风格和画上的内容进行描述外，之后就可以根据自己的经历来添加时间、地点、人物、事件、情感等要素了。比如：
I first saw this painting at a local gallery. In fact, I was barely keen on art, but two months ago, my bestie, a big fan of contemporary art, invited me to an exhibition at a newly opened art gallery in our town. So, I went with her. When we arrived, quite a few people were queuing up to get in. “I didn’t expect this exhibition to be that popular,” I said casually. Then, as we got in, we ambled around the exhibition hall while happily chattering away. But honestly speaking, at first, I wasn’t very attracted to these paintings coz I found them hard to understand. However, as we stepped into a large exhibition room on the second floor, I was suddenly drawn to a painting.
be barely interested in art 几乎对艺术不感兴趣
contemporary art 现代艺术
newly opened 新开的
queue up to get in 排队进入
casually 漫不经心地，随意地
amble around 闲逛
happily chatter away 开心地闲聊
be drawn to 被……吸引
As I strolled along the street, I was drawn to a booth surrounded by a gaggle of tourists. I managed to get to the front and found it was a street artist who was drawing a caricature for a little boy. Behind the man hung dozens of his paintings. He seemed undisturbed by onlookers, totally immersed in his work. When he finished, everyone marvelled with “Wow.” Indeed, the painting he had just finished was incredible. So, when the little boy left, I approached him and asked him how much he would charge for a caricature like that. Luckily, it wasn’t pricey, so I paid him to draw one for me.
stroll along 沿着……溜达
booth 摊位
a gaggle of tourists 一群游客
caricature 漫画，讽刺画
dozens of 许多
onlooker 围观者
be immersed in 沉浸在……
marvel 赞叹 v.
incredible 特别棒的
charge 收费
pricey 昂贵的
It’s a gift from my best friend Yoyo. Last year, some days before my birthday, she invited me for dinner. When we finished, she whipped out a small package from her canvas bag and handed it to me. By the time I unpacked it, I was too surprised for words. It’s a drawing of my favourite idol.
whip out 掏出，拿出
canvas bag 帆布包
unpack 打开，拆开包装
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