新标准大学英语三unit3AR2.ppt

We know his work includes paintings of religious and mythological themes, domestic interiors and landscapes. Domestic interiors are the inside of households with　the rooms, furniture and decorations. Landscapes are paintings of an area of land, showing　the scenery sometimes with people but the focus　mostly on nature. 我们知道他的画作包括宗教及神话题材的画，室内家 居画以及风景画。 Language Points 翻译： Language Points While Griet goes about her duties, she attracts the attention not only of a butcher’s boy, Pieter, but also of the painter himself. To go about her duties means to do the work that she is supposed to do. Being on duty means to be working at the moment. Being off duty means to be not working at the moment. 在他家干活的时候，格里特不仅被一个屠夫的儿子彼得看上了，也引起了画家本人的注意。 翻译： Language Points Despite their different backgrounds and class, he invites her into his studio and engages her in his world. To engage her in his world means to help her to take an interest, understand or take part in what he does. 尽管他们有着不同的背景，隶属于不同的阶级，但维梅尔还是邀她进画室，并让她走入自己的世界。 翻译： Language Points Vermeer recognizes Griet as having visual talent and artistic promise, and takes her on as his studio assistant. The expression she has artistic promise means she shows the sign that she is likely to be successful as an artist in the future. 维梅尔发现了格里特的视觉才能和艺术潜质，开始让她做画室助手。 翻译： Language Points Her role is to grind paints and develop the colours which Vermeer will use for his paintings ... To grind paints means to break something into very small pieces or powder by crushing it between two surfaces or using a machine. In Vermeer’s time, artists made their own paints by grinding up different colours and mixing the powder with water or other substances. This task was often done by an apprentice or assistant. 她的工作是帮维梅尔磨颜料、调颜色…… 翻译： Language Points Catharina has long been forbidden to enter the studio, so the apprenticeship takes place in secre