重点单词和短语
antique /æn'tik/ 古董；古代的 n./adj.
variety/və'raɪəti/ 品种, 种类 n.
landscape /'lændskep/ 风景 n.
figure/'fɪɡjɚ/ 体形；人物；画像 n.
crane/kren/ 鹤；吊车 n.
pine/paɪn/ 松树；松木 n.
traditional /trə'dɪʃənl/ 传统的；惯例的 adj.
symbolize /'sɪmbəlaɪz/ 象征 v.
longevity /lɔn'dʒɛvəti/ 长寿 n.
实战对话
Shopkeeper: Anything you like?
有什么喜欢的吗？
Ben: I'm interested in Chinese antiques.
我对中国古董感兴趣。
Shopkeeper: We have a great variety of Chinese antiques. We have landscape paintings, figure paintings and flower-and-bird paintings.
我们有各种各样的中国古董。我们有山水画、人物画和花鸟画。
Ben: I'd like a flower-and-bird painting.
我想要一幅花鸟画。
Shopkeeper: How about this picture of cranes with pine trees? It was painted by a famous Chinese painter in the Qing Dynasty. And what’s more, in traditional Chinese thinking, cranes and pine trees symbolize longevity.
您看这幅松鹤画如何？这是中国清代的一位著名画家画的。还有，按照中国的传统观念，仙鹤与松树都是长寿的象征。
Ben: Oh, they look just like live cranes. How much is it?
哦，这些仙鹤看上去就像真的一样。多少钱？
Shopkeeper: It's 5,000 yuan.
5000元。
Ben: I'll think about it.
我再考虑考虑。
作业精选
1. We have a great variety of Chinese antiques.
我们有各种各样的中国古董。
2. And what’s more, in traditional Chinese thinking, cranes and pine trees symbolize longevity.
还有，按照中国的传统观念，仙鹤与松树都是长寿的象征。
3. They look just like live cranes. How much is it?
这些仙鹤看上去就像真的一样。多少钱？
