The Crazy Artist

瘋狂的藝術家

Frenhofer was the best artist in the world. Everyone loved him. The quality of his paintings was very high. He always used the best materials. He made a big profit from his paintings. He had delicious meals with his rich neighbors. He taught art classes. Life was good.

霍夫是世界上最好的藝術家，人人都喜歡他。他的畫作質量非常好，他總是用最好的材料，因此從中賺了不少錢。他住在富人區，是一名藝術老師，生活幸福美滿。

Then his attitude changed. He stopped selling paintings and teaching. He tried a new method of painting. He stayed alone in his apartment all day. He worked all day and all night, rarely eating. Soon Frenhofer became very thin. But he kept working on the same painting for many years. He worked as hard as he could.

后來他的態度發生了變化，他不再賣畫，也不再教書，而是嘗試一種新的作畫方式。他一整天一個人待在家里日以繼夜的工作，連吃飯都顧不上，因此日漸消瘦。多年來，他都在畫同一幅畫，并為此嘔心瀝血。

Finally, he finished the painting. He was very happy and invited other artists to see it. “I want your professional opinion,” he said. He wanted them to judge it and compare it to other paintings. Everyone was very excited as they went up the stairs to his apartment. Frenhofer was excited to show his painting, and the artists were excited to see it. “They’ll love it.”he thought. But they did not.

終于有一天，他完成了這幅大作。他欣喜異常，邀請其他同行前來參觀?！拔蚁肼犅牳魑坏膶I意見，”他說道。他想要將這幅畫與他自己其他的作品相比較。當他們上樓去他的公寓時，每個人都很興奮?；舴蛞财炔患按南胍故咀约旱拇笞?。他心想：“他們肯定會喜歡的。”但最后卻事與愿違。

They were surprised by his painting. There was no white anywhere. Frenhofer filled the whole painting with lines and colors. There was no space for a normal picture. It was full of strange shapes. It looked bad to the other artists. He used symbols, and they didn’t understand them. They thought it was terrible. “Why did you paint this strange picture?” someone asked. They didn’t understand its beauty.

大家都很詫異為什么霍夫或做出這樣的畫作。畫上沒有一絲絲的白色，全是各種線條和各種各種顏色。這根本不是一幅正常的畫作，上面鋪滿了奇怪的圖形。他的同行們覺得這非常糟糕?；舴蛳胪ㄟ^比喻解釋自己的畫，但同行們無人能聽懂。有人問他：“你怎么會畫這種奇形怪狀的畫？”他們無法理解這幅畫的美妙。

But after some time, many people began to like his painting. People wrote articles about it in magazines. They said it was his best work. They loved his strange symbols. They loved his strange colors. Frenhofer’s painting reminded everyone that just because something was new didn’t mean that it was bad. He also helped them to realize that sometimes it takes people a little time to understand great things.

但過了一段時間，大家都開始喜歡上這幅畫，而且還在雜志上刊登了這幅畫。人們都說這是霍夫最好的作品，他們喜歡這幅奇奇怪怪的符號和顏色?；舴虻倪@幅畫告訴了人們一個道理，那就是新穎的事物并不意味著是不好的。同時，人們通常需要花些時間去理解那些偉大的東西。

單詞

alone adj.獨自的

apartment n.公寓，房間

article n.文章

artist n.藝術家

attitude n.態度

compare v.比較

judge v.判斷

magazine n.雜志

material n.材料

meal n.一餐，一頓飯

method n.方式，方法

neighbor n.鄰居

professional adj.專業的

profit n.利益

quality n.質量

shape n.形狀

space n.空間

stair n.樓梯，階梯

symbol n.象征

thin adj.瘦弱的