原版英语对话1000个:356 Painting

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Todd: OK. Richard, do you like art?

Richard: I do. Very much. Yes.

Todd: OK. Um, what kind of art do you like?

Richard: OK. Well, I like all kinds of art.

Todd: OK.

Richard: When I was young I used to enjoy painting.

Todd: OK. What did you paint?

Richard: OK. When I was a kid, I was in art class, so it was all fairly sort of basic standard stuff like country scenes.

Todd: Country scenes! So in a country scene, what can you see?

Richard: OK, I can see a red house, with a chimney, billowing smoke..um..green fields , luscious¹ green grass in England.

Todd: Wow, so is your..is your home like that in England?

Richard: Actually, no! No, It's not in the....we're in the suburbs of London, we're not really in the country.

Todd: Oh!

Richard: And I used to paint sort of idyllic² countryside scenes.

Todd: OK. Which do you prefer, the country of the city?

Richard: To paint or to live in?

Todd: Uh..to paint.

Richard: To paint! To paint I prefer the country.

Todd: OK. Great.

Richard: To live in, I think it is more convenient being, being near a big city.

Todd: OK. Great. Thanks.