Painting at Night夜间作画

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　　Bernard is an artist, but his style is a little different from those of most other artists.He paints on the subway wall, and only works at night.The substance of his paintings expresses a self in different moods.Sometimes he works a succession of nights on one piece, but last night he completed three successive paintings.Bernard thinks that his works help to improve the look of cities and suburbs, as they substitute blank concrete cityscape with color, interest and variety.They also provide a bridge between imagination and the substantial world.His talent is submerged by the form of art that he insists upon, because people think his paintings are just substitutes for art.Bernard submits himself to criticism and never argues back, but to him, it is art. He only cares when he is doing them, and has no interest in any subsequent results.Bernard said that even though a painting might decay or get damaged, that wouldn't subtract from its value.He sucked deeply on a cigarette and admitted that he only wanted to style his work for its own sake, not for any other rewards, particularly from anyone who might try to suck up to him with praise.

　　记单词

　　style n.1.风格，文体2.式样，类型3.流行式样，时尚vt.(根据新款式)设计

　　submerge vi.潜入水中vt.浸没，淹没

　　submit vi.(to)屈服，听从

　　vt.1.呈送，提交2.主张，建议

　　subsequent a.随后的，后来的

　　substance n.1.物质2.实质3.大意，要旨4.根据，理由

　　substantial a.1.可观的，大量的2.牢固的，结实的3.实质的，真实的

　　substitute n.代用品，代替者vt.代替，代以vi.(for)代替，替代

　　subtract v.减(去)

　　suburb n.市郊，郊区

　　subway n.1.地铁2.地下过道，地道

　　succession n.1.连续，接续

　　2.一连串，一系列3.接替，继任

　　successive a.接连的，连续的

　　suck v.吸，吮

　　suck up奉承，拍马屁

　　伯纳德是个艺术家，不过他的风格与大多数其他艺术家不同。他在地铁的墙上作画，而且只在晚上工作。画的大意表达了不同情绪下的自我。有时他连续几个夜晚画同一幅画，可昨晚他接连完成了三幅画。伯纳德认为他的画有助于改善城市与郊区的面貌，因为它们用色彩、趣味和变化代替了毫无表情的混凝土构成的城市风景。这些画还在想像和真实的世界之间搭起了一座桥梁。他的才华被他坚持的艺术形式淹没了，因为人们认为他的画只是艺术的替代品。伯纳德听从别人的批评，从不反驳。但对他而言，这就是艺术。他只关心创作的过程，对随后的结果不感兴趣。伯纳德说，即使一幅画可能会腐烂或者被破坏，这并不能减少它的价值。他狠狠地吸了一口香烟承认道，他只想为了画本身而画，而不是为了得到其他的报偿，尤其是那些想用表扬来奉承他的人的报偿。