托福独立口语入门段真题训练 Discuss your favorite painting

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Discuss your favorite painting.

谈论一幅给你印象最深刻的画。

Of all the works by Vincent Van Gogh, the Sunflower painting is my favorite.

The colors are vibrant and they express emotions typically associated with the life of sunflowers: bright yellows of the full bloom turn to arid browns of wilting and death. Perhaps this very technique is what draws one into the painting; the fulfillment of seeing all angles of the spectrum of life and, in turn, reaching a deeper understanding of how all living things are tied together.

Also, Van Gogh's painting of sunflowers has altered mankind's perspective of art and life. The painting captivates the mind and leaves you astounded by its simplistic beauty. The flowing wilted stems and the burst of lovely yellow draw one's attention to the painting, without disrupting the balance of the piece. The piece has been frequently duplicated, but they never reach the pure power of Van Gogh’s original.

文森特所有的作品，那幅向日葵是我最喜欢的，是充满活力的颜色和表达的情绪通常与生活相关：明亮的黄色向日葵的盛开干旱褐色枯萎和死亡;所有的阶段，通过这些对立的两极编织了。也许，这是一种将绘画吸引到绘画中的技巧，它使人看到生命的各个角度，从而更深刻地理解所有生物是如何结合在一起的，梵高的向日葵画也改变了人类对艺术和生活的看法。这幅画被头脑和你留下了简单的美。

Notes：

1. Outline

最喜欢梵高的向日葵 R1：the colours in the paintings give meaning to life 画作中的色彩运用与生命息息相关 R2: it is a simple painting that alters people’s life and perspective 这幅画改变人们生活和视角

2. Vocabulary

vibrant 振动的 arid 干旱的 荒芜的 polar opposites 截然相反的两端 very 这里表强调用 来强调这个技巧技术 spectrum of life 生活万象 生命形式 captivates the mind 这里理解为 迷人心窍