You know what?

你知道嗎？

I was, I just had a class with a student this morning, and he made a request, a student in our course, because I only teach them, but he made a request for a couple more vocabulary videos.

我今天早上剛上完一堂課，班上有個學生他要求了一件事—我只有教那個班—他要求多一點單字教學影片。

So, if you're watching, student, you know who you are.

如果你正在收看的話，這位學生，你知道我是在指你。

Thank you for the request.

感謝你的要求。

So, today, we're talking about vocabulary to describe a work of art.

今天我們要談的是描述一件藝術品的單字。

Now, guys, you know that you have to really broaden your horizons in your IELTS preparation, in order to be ready for anything.

大家應該知道，準備雅思得好好擴展視野，預備任何一種考試主題。

And I am certain that describing a work of art is difficult for a lot of you out there.

而我非常確定描述藝術品對很多人來說都不容易。

It's even difficult for a lot of native speakers, okay?

甚至這對一些母語人士來說也很難。

So, guys, include this in your study plan.

所以請大家記得寫進你的讀書計畫裡。

Choose a museum.

挑一間博物館。

It'd be cool if it was a museum in the city you wanted to live in or where you live now.

如果那博物館位在你想居住的城市裡，或者位於你目前的居住地都很棒。

Go to the museum's website.

去看看那間博物館的網站。

Choose one work of art.

挑選一件藝術品。

And then, look that up.

然後熟悉它，查閱相關資料。

Look up that specific painting, or sculpture, what have you.

查查那幅畫作、那座雕像，或其他類型的作品。

Look it up on Wikipedia, any resource.

用維基百科查，用什麼資源都行。

Just read a description of it, okay?

只要閱讀對作品的描述就可以了。

That's how you're going to get really comfortable in the language, the tone, the vocabulary we use to discuss this very specific topic.

這樣你就能熟悉這個主題的用法、語調、字彙。

Okay, so, let's get into my recommendations for some vocabulary, here.

好，現在我們來看看我推薦的主題單字。

Um, all right.

我看一下。

So, first of all, if you're describing a sculpture, some things you might say, "a marble bust."

好首先呢，如果你要形容一座雕像，你可以說「大理石半身像」。

So, marble is a material, like a stone material, um, and, very expensive, and heavy.

大理石是種石材，昂貴且沉重。

And, a bust is like from the hips to here.

半身像指的則是髖骨以上的範圍。

Okay?

懂嗎？

That is a bust.

這是半身像。

So, that is a marble bust.

所以你可以說「大理石半身像」。

I looked at one just an hour ago when I was preparing this.

一小時前我準備影片的時候就看了一座。

Um, and, the description for this piece was, "It is elegant."

至於對這件作品的形容則是「高雅的」。

Okay?

懂嗎？

This word, it, it's like a graceful, flowing appearance, okay?

也就是說作品外觀很優雅、具有流動感。

I like graceful, as well, as an adjective.

我也喜歡「優雅的」這個形容詞。

You can also describe a work of art as "restrained".

你也可以形容一件藝術品是「樸實無華的」。

Now, this, it's simple, right?

也就是說，這件作品很簡樸。

There's not a lot, there's not tons of, like, fancy detail or additional, decoration, okay?

沒有太多華麗的細節或額外的裝飾。

So, restrained.

你可以用樸實無華來形容。

Um, if you're describing works of art that are from a classical period, or either, or might mimic that style, you could say it has a "classical sensibility".

如果你要描述的是古典時期的藝術品，或者帶有古典風格，你可以說它具有「古典鑑賞力」。

So, that means it looks like a traditional work of art.

也就是指那件作品看起來很傳統。

That could, anything, guys, sculpture, film, paintings, okay?

可以用在很多類型，雕刻、電影、畫作都行。

I love that phrase.

我好喜歡那個詞。

Now, describing it more specifically, right?

那我們要怎麼更精確地描述它呢？

The materials, like marble; paintings are often oil on canvas.

有些素材像大理石；畫作通常是油彩畫在帆布上。

So, in your description of a work of art, knowing the material is very helpful, right?

所以當你在描述一件藝術品，知道它的素材是哪種會很有幫助。

It completes the details.

它會加入細節，讓描述變得完整。

Um, sometimes, you might see a "mural".

有時候你可能會看到一幅壁畫。

This is, uh, fantastic.

這字真的太棒了。

A mural is a huge piece.

壁畫是件規模很大的作品。

You can see them outside.

你從一段距離外就可以看到。

They cover whole walls.

壁畫覆蓋了整面牆。

Inside museums, as well, something that covers the whole wall.

在博物館也是，壁畫會蓋住整面牆壁。

I am thinking specifically of one of my favorites, the Guernica from Picasso.

我腦中浮現的是最愛的作品之一：畢卡索的〈格爾尼卡〉。

So, I looked that up on Wikipedia, and that gave me some ideas for vocab, today, so I encourage you guys to read that article, as well.

今天我在維基百科上查了一下，它給我不少單字靈感，所以我建議你們也去閱讀那篇文章。

Important historical piece.

具有重要歷史意義的畫作。

Guys, if you are wondering about any of my vocab, remember, look below the video.

如果你們沒聽清楚我提到的任何一個單字，請看影片下方欄位。

I type it all out for you guys.

我特別把它們都打出來了。

Okay, um, another phrase, which is nice, "It utilizes a palette of..."

好，另一個用法也很棒。「這件作品運用的色調風格為......」

So, palette is like the range of colors, right?

「色調」指的是用色範圍，對吧？

So utilizes a palette of grays and blacks.

舉例來說，運用了灰與黑的色調。

We normally colors aren't pluralized, but in this phrase, they are.

通常顏色不會以複數呈現，但在這個用法中要用複數。

Um, okay, another adjective, you could describe it, any piece, as "moving".

我們介紹另一個形容詞，可以用在任何作品上：「撼動人心的」。

If it made you feel something, okay, it is moving.

如果它讓你有所感觸，就可以形容它是「撼動人心的」。

And last one, I love this one.

最後一個我很喜歡。

If you're describing what you see in the painting, you could say, "Prominent in the composition is ..." is a woman and her child, whatever.

如果你想描述你在這幅畫裡看到了什麼，你可以說：「在此構圖中引人注目的是......」舉例來說，一個女人帶著她的小孩。

So, that's a great way to introduce what you actually see in the photo or painting.

這個用法非常適合介紹你在相片或畫作裡看到什麼。

Okay, guys. So, please, write down some of this vocab.

好啦大家，請記得寫下這些單字。

Practice using it, but most of all, I encourage you to start your own research into art.

練習怎麼運用，但更重要的是，我鼓勵你們自己開始了解藝術。

Guys, all these, all the famous museums have, like, virtual tours you can take.

所有著名的博物館都有提供虛擬導覽。

Just choose a couple pieces that strike you and research them.

選擇幾件打動你的作品，開始做研究。

Okay, guys. Thank you so much for watching, today.

感謝各位今天的觀賞。

And remember, you can become one of our students by going to allearsenglish.com/keys.

別忘了造訪網站 allearsenglish.com/keys 加入我們的課程。

All right, guys, thanks for watching.

好啦，感謝觀賞！

I'll see you next time.

我們下次見。