Lesson 26  The best art critics

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.

   'What are you doing?' she asked.

   'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'

   She looked at it critically for a moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'

   I looked at it again. She was right! It was!

我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画。有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子，总是告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。当然，有很多画是什么“意思”也没有的。它们就是些好看的图案，我们喜爱它们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画，他们观察到的东西更多。我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。昨天她到我房里来了。

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Grammar

1. 复习和补充一般现在时的用法。

在时间状语从句和条件状语从句中，常用一般现在时代替将来时，最常见的是真是条件下的if从句，以及when从句。

Exercises.

1. Jenny __________ me if her parents __________in Shanghai tomorrow.

A. calls; will arrive            B. will call; will arrive  

C. will call; arrive             D. calls; arrive

2. Wang Mei __________ music and often __________ music.

A. like; listen to              B. likes; listens to  

C. like; are listening to        D. liking ; listen to

1. 解析：本题考查的是真实条件下的if从句，从句用一般现在时表示将来, 结构为：主将从现，所以答案为C。

2. 解析：本题考查一般现在时的用法，第一空：Wang Mei是第三人称，故用likes；第二空提示词是often，故用listens to music，所以答案为B.