美語情景對話 第717期:The Musuem 博物館

Todd: OK, Shona, you're an artist and you like art so you must have a special routine when you go to a gallery or a museum. Do you have any recommendations how to appreciate art when you go?

託德：夏娜，你是藝術家，你喜歡藝術，你去美術館或博物館參觀的時候一定與衆不同。對於如何欣賞藝術你有沒有什麼建議？

Shona: Yeah, sure. I think people tend to follow a specific ritual when they go into an art gallery, which I think is a bit odd in my opinion. I don't know, like, they might kind of, they'll be talking to their friends outside the gallery or museum but as soon as they go in they start speaking really quietly.

夏娜：好。我認爲人們在美術館參觀時經常會遵循特定的禮節，可是我認爲這有點奇怪。在美術館外面的時候人們會互相聊天，可是進入美術館以後他們就開始非常小聲地說話。

Todd: Right. Right.

託德：對，沒錯。

Shona: And like hushed tones as if it's like, you know, what you do when you go into church or chapel or temple or whatever. You kind of speak a bit more quietly because you are in a sacred place. People treat the art gallery and the museum as a sacred place, so their voice will go down. They might start to kind of be a bit unsure of where they are standing, like, "Oh, am I in someone's way?" or I think in an art gallery or museum, to fully appreciate what you are like looking at, you've got to be a tiny bit selfish. You shouldn't worry to much about people around you, you know, because if you're a bit self-conscious or whatever, you're not going to be really appreciating what's around you.

夏娜：他們就像在教堂、禮拜堂或是寺廟裏一樣輕聲說話。小聲說話是因爲在神聖的地方。人們通常會把美術館和博物館也看作神聖的地方，所以他們會降低音量。而且他們還會不太確定他們是不是站錯了地方，比如他們會想：哦，我是不是擋到別人了？可是我認爲，在美術館和博物館要想充分欣賞那些作品，你就要稍微自私點。你不應該擔心周圍的人，因爲如果你對此太顧慮，你就不能真正去欣賞那些作品。

Todd: Well, you know, that's really interesting but I thought you were supposed to be quiet. Like, I thought if you talk, then they'll ask you to leave, or you'll be breaking the rules.

託德：這個觀點很有趣，但是我認爲是應該保持安靜。如果有人說話的話，會有人讓你離開，或者說這樣做是違反了規定。

Shona: No, not at all. Not at all. Maybe like in a library or something, like at university where people are studying and you're not allowed to speak but in an art gallery or museum it supposed to be quiet interactive. It doesn't matter which one you are in. You know, it doesn't matter how grumpy looking the attendants are, who are like there, or you know, what the clientele is. You should be able to openly speak about what you are seeing around you, and like, honestly, I feel so passionately about it. Like I think you should be able to talk, and it's not a rule. It's not a rule. Like, have you ever like saw someone talking loudly and they've been chucked out of an art gallery or museum for doing so.

夏娜：不是，完全不是這樣。完全不是。如果在大學圖書館這種學生學習的地方，那你要保持安靜，可是在美術館和博物館，應該進行安靜的互動。無論在哪個藝術館都可以這樣。無論工作人員看起來有多生氣，無論那裏的人們怎麼樣，無論參觀者是誰，都沒關係。你應該說出你對作品的看法，說實話我非常喜歡這樣。我認爲可以說話，這並不是規定。你有看到有人因爲大聲說話而被趕出美術館或博物館嗎？

Todd: You know what, I can't remember, but I can't even remember anybody talking.

託德：我不記得了，其實我甚至不記得有人在美術館裏說話。

Shona: Exactly. Well the next time you're in an art gallery or museum you should talk and be lively and see what happens.

夏娜：沒錯。下次你去美術館和博物館參觀時應該說說話，表現的活躍些，看看會發生什麼事。

Todd: OK, but if I get thrown out.

託德：好，如果我被趕出去呢？

Shona: It's my fault.

夏娜：那就是我的錯了。

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重點講解：
1. in one's opinion 在…看來；據…的意見；
例句：Well he's not making a very good job of itin my opinion.
然而，在我看來，這件事他做得不盡如人意。
2. as soon as 一…就…；
例句：He leftas soon ashe heard the news.
他一聽到這事兒就走了。
3. be supposed to do sth. 應當，應該；
例句：Youare supposed tohave finished by now.
此刻你應已完成。
4. it doesn't matter 都行；無所謂；隨便；
例句：It doesn't matterabout the price.
價格沒關係。
5. chuck out 解僱；把…趕走；
例句：I waschucked outof my London flat in 1960.
1960年，我被從倫敦公寓裏趕了出去。
6. throw out 攆走；趕走；
例句：The drunken man wasthrown outfrom the bar.
那醉漢被趕出了酒吧。