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夏说英语新闻晨读 第366期:褪色的梵高向日葵

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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is reviewing how it displays the artist's Sunflowers painting after a pioneering new technique revealed the painting's petals2 and stems were withering4 to an olive-brown colour as a result of his use of a light-sensitive yellow paint.
A laborious5 x-ray scan of the painting's canvas has discovered that Vincent van Gogh used two different types of a chrome yellow paint, one of which is more liable to degrade under light.

review: vt. 评估；评论（business review）
display: vt. 展示
pioneering: adj. 尖端的（pioneering spirit）
technique: n. 技术；手段
petal1: n. 花瓣
stem: n.（花）茎（stem cell）
wither3: vi. 枯萎；衰老
sensitive: adj. 敏感的
paint: n. 颜料
laborious: adj. 耗时费力的；艰难的
chrome yellow: 铬黄色；亮黄色
be liable to: 很可能会发生的；可能性很大的


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1 petal IMIxX     
n.花瓣
参考例句：
  • Each white petal had a stripe of red.每一片白色的花瓣上都有一条红色的条纹。
  • A petal fluttered to the ground.一片花瓣飘落到地上。
2 petals f346ae24f5b5778ae3e2317a33cd8d9b     
n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣
  • The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3 wither dMVz1     
vt.使凋谢，使衰退，(用眼神气势等)使畏缩；vi.枯萎，衰退，消亡
参考例句：
  • She grows as a flower does-she will wither without sun.她象鲜花一样成长--没有太阳就会凋谢。
  • In autumn the leaves wither and fall off the trees.秋天，树叶枯萎并从树上落下来。
4 withering 8b1e725193ea9294ced015cd87181307     
使人畏缩的，使人害羞的，使人难堪的
参考例句：
  • She gave him a withering look. 她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。
  • The grass is gradually dried-up and withering and pallen leaves. 草渐渐干枯、枯萎并落叶。
5 laborious VxoyD     
adj.吃力的，努力的，不流畅
参考例句：
  • They had the laborious task of cutting down the huge tree.他们接受了伐大树的艰苦工作。
  • Ants and bees are laborious insects.蚂蚁与蜜蜂是勤劳的昆虫。

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