TEST YOURSELF (期中測(cè)試)

1、TEST YOURSELF (期中測(cè)試)（報(bào)紙16期第2版評(píng)講課評(píng)講課）the Praying Hands. 祈禱之手祈禱之手The true story behind a well-known piece of art: 德國(guó)藝術(shù)大師Albrecht Durer有一幅名畫“祈禱之手”，這幅畫的背后有一則愛與犧牲的故事。 Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! Could you tell me where it is? Ho

2、w many children are there in the family?Back in the 15th centuryin a tiny village tiny Germany family with eighteen children. 15世紀(jì)后期在一個(gè)小村子里微小的；極小的 德國(guó) 家庭18 個(gè)孩子 In order to raise the children, the father worked day and night.raise 養(yǎng)育養(yǎng)育 Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of the eldest chil

3、dren had a dream. despiteseemingly hopeless conditiontwo of eldest children have a dream. 盡管表面上看來(lái)無(wú)希望的條件其中兩個(gè)最小的孩子有夢(mèng)想They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, 39 they knew well that their father would never be able to 40 either of them to study at the Academy. pursue their talent for art financ

4、iallybe able to send either of them study at the Academy.追趕；繼續(xù)進(jìn)行藝術(shù)天賦財(cái)政上能送他們的任何一個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)；研究在學(xué)院 Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order 36 to keep food on file table, the father, a goldsmith（金匠）by 37 , worked almost eighteen hours a

5、day at his trade. Despite their seemingly 38 condition, two of the eldest children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, 39 they knew well that their father would never be able to 40 either of them to study at the Academy. After many long 4 ， the two boys finally worked out a

6、n agreement. They would toss（擲）a coin. The loser would work in the nearby 5 mines to support his brother while he attended the Academy. Then, when the winner completed his studies ,he would support the other . worked out an agreement 達(dá)成協(xié)議第三段第二行：Albert went down Albert went down into the dangerous in

7、to the dangerous minesmines support the other 贍養(yǎng)、 支持另一個(gè) They tossed a coin as they had 6 . Albert Duurer won the toss and went off the Nuremberg ,Albert went to wok in the 7 dangerous mines and financed his brother, Albert s works were far better than those of most of his professors,and by the time

8、he 8 graduated, he was beginning to earn lots of money for his works.When the young artist returned to his village , he thanked his beloved 9 brother for the years of sacrifice skrfas (犧牲犧牲; 供奉供奉 ) that had enable him to realize his ambition, and said, it is your turn to go to the Nuremberg to pursu

9、e your dream, and I will 10 support you. ”繼續(xù)你的夢(mèng)想繼續(xù)你的夢(mèng)想However, Albert refused Albert and said 11 disappoinedly “No, my brother,I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too late for me. The bones in the fingers have been broken . I cannot hold a 12 glass to return your toast, much less hold a pen or a brush.”

10、toast 烤面包 One day ,to show 13 thankfulness to Albert, Albrecht drew his brothers abused 14 hands and called his powerful drawing simply “Hands” but the entired world and renamed his gift of 15 the Praying Hands. 美文中文欣賞美文中文欣賞十五世紀(jì)時(shí)，在德國(guó)的一個(gè)小村莊里，住了一個(gè)有十八個(gè)孩子的家庭。父親是一名冶金匠，為了維持一家生計(jì)，他每天工作十八個(gè)小時(shí)。 生活盡管窘迫逼人，然而這個(gè)家庭

11、其中兩個(gè)孩子卻有一個(gè)同樣的夢(mèng)想。他們兩人都希望可以發(fā)展自己在藝術(shù)方面的天份。不過(guò)他們也了解，父親無(wú)法在經(jīng)濟(jì)上供他們倆到紐倫堡藝術(shù)學(xué)院讀書。 晚上，兩兄弟在床上經(jīng)過(guò)多次討論后，得出結(jié)論：以擲銅板決定勝者到藝術(shù)學(xué)院讀書，敗者則到附近的礦場(chǎng)工作賺錢；四年后，在礦場(chǎng)工作的那一個(gè)再到藝術(shù)學(xué)院讀書，由學(xué)成畢業(yè)那一個(gè)賺錢支持。如果需要，可能也要到礦場(chǎng)工作。 星期日早上做完禮拜，他們擲了銅板，結(jié)果，弟弟Albrecht Durer勝出，去了紐倫堡藝術(shù)學(xué)院。哥哥Albert則去了危險(xiǎn)的礦場(chǎng)工作，四年來(lái)一直為弟弟提供經(jīng)濟(jì)支持。Albrecht在藝術(shù)學(xué)院表現(xiàn)很突出，他的油畫簡(jiǎn)直比教授的還要好。到畢業(yè)時(shí)，他的作品已經(jīng)

12、能賺不少錢了。 在這位年輕的藝術(shù)家返回家鄉(xiāng)的那一天，家人為他準(zhǔn)備了盛宴，慶祝他學(xué)成歸來(lái)。當(dāng)漫長(zhǎng)而難忘的宴席快要結(jié)束時(shí)，伴隨著音樂(lè)和笑聲，亞爾伯起 身答謝敬愛的哥哥幾年來(lái)對(duì)他的支持，他說(shuō)：“現(xiàn)在輪到你了，親愛的哥哥，我會(huì)全力支持你到紐倫堡藝術(shù)學(xué)院攻讀，實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢(mèng)想！” 所有的目光都急切地轉(zhuǎn)移到桌子的另一端，坐在那里的Albert雙淚直流，只見他垂下頭，邊搖頭邊重復(fù)說(shuō)著：“不不” 終于，Albert站了起來(lái)他，擦干臉頰上的淚水，看了看長(zhǎng)桌兩邊他所愛的親友們的臉，把雙手移近右臉頰，說(shuō)：“不，弟弟，我上不了紐倫 堡藝術(shù)學(xué)院了。太遲了。看看我的雙手四年來(lái)在礦場(chǎng)工作，毀了我的手，關(guān)節(jié)動(dòng)彈不得，現(xiàn)在我的手連舉杯為你慶賀也不可能，何況是揮動(dòng)畫筆或雕刻刀呢？ 不，弟弟已經(jīng)太遲了” 為了補(bǔ)償哥哥所做的犧牲，表達(dá)對(duì)哥哥的敬意，一天，Albrecht Durer下了很大的工夫把哥哥合起的粗糙的雙手刻了下來(lái)。他把這幅偉大的作品簡(jiǎn)單地稱為“雙手”，然而，全世界的人都立刻敞開心扉，瞻仰這幅杰作