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1 .How are you getting on with your art project, Tom?
汤姆，你的艺术项目进展如何？
2 .OK. Like, they gave us the theme of birds to base our project on, and I’m not really all that interested in wildlife.
好的。比如，他们给了我们一个鸟类的主题来作为我们项目的基础，我其实对野生动物并不是很感兴趣。
3 .But I’m starting to get into it. I’ve pretty well finished the introductory stage.
我已经很好地完成了介绍阶段。但我开始进入状态了。
4 .So have I. When they gave us all those handouts with details of books and websites to look at, I was really put off, but the more I read, the more interested I got.
我也是。当他们给我们发那些有书籍和网站细节的讲义时，我真的很反感，但是我读得越多，就越感兴趣。
5 .Me too. I found I could research so many different aspects of birds in art – colour, movement, texture. So I was looking forward to the Bird Park visit.
我也是。我发现我可以在艺术中研究鸟类的很多不同方面——颜色、动作、质地。所以我很期待鸟公园的参观。
6 .What a letdown! It poured with rain and we hardly saw a single bird.Much less use than the trip to the Natural History Museum.
真令人失望！大雨倾盆，我们几乎看不到一只鸟。比起去自然历史博物馆的旅行，（鸟公园的参观）没那么有用。
7 .Yeah. I liked all the stuff about evolution there.The workshop sessions with Dr Fletcher were good too, especially the brainstorming sessions.
对。我喜欢那里所有关于进化的东西。与弗莱彻博士的研讨会也很好，尤其是头脑风暴会议。
8 .I missed those because I was ill. I wish we could’ve seen the projects last year’s students did.
我错过了那些，因为我病了。我希望我们能看到去年学生做的项目。
9 .Mm. I suppose they want us to do our own thing, not copy.
嗯。我想他们希望我们做自己的事情，而不是抄袭。
10 .Have you drafted your proposal yet?
你的提案起草好了吗？
11 .Yes, but I haven’t handed it in. I need to amend some parts.
是的，但是我还没有交。我需要修改一些部分。
12 .I’ve realised the notes from my research are almost all just descriptions, I haven’t actually evaluated anything. So I’ll have to fix that.
我意识到我的研究笔记几乎都只是描述，我实际上没有评估任何东西。所以我必须解决这个问题。
13 .Oh, I didn’t know we had to do that.I’ll have to look at that too. Did you do a timeline for the project?
哦，我不知道我们必须这么做。这个我也要看看。你为这个项目做了时间表吗？
14 .Yes, and a mind map.
是的，还有一张思维导图。
15 .Yeah, so did I. I quite enjoyed that. But it was hard having to explain the basis for my decisions in my action plan.
对，我也是。我很喜欢。但很难在我的行动计划中解释我的决定依据。
16 .What?
什么？
17 .You know, give a rationale.
你知道，给出一个理由。
18 .I didn’t realise we had to do that.OK, I can add it now.
我没有意识到我们必须这么做。好的，我现在可以添加了。
19 .And I’ve done the video diary presentation, and worked out what I want my outcome to be in the project.
我已经完成了视频日记的演示，并且制定了我想在这个项目中得到的结果。
20 .Someone told me it’s best not to be too precise about your actual outcome at this stage, so you have more scope to explore your ideas later on.
有人告诉我，现阶段最好不要对你的实际结果过于精确，这样你以后就有更多的空间探索你的想法。
21 .So I’m going to go back to my proposal to make it a bit more vague.
所以我要回到我的提议上来，让它变得更模糊一点。
22 .Really? OK, I’ll change that too then.
真的吗？好的，那我也改一下。
23 .One part of the project I’m unsure about is where we choose some paintings of birds and say what they mean to us.
这个项目中我不确定的一部分是我们在哪里选择一些鸟类的绘画，并说出它们对我们的意义。
24 .Like, I chose a painting of a falcon by Landseer. I like it because the bird’s standing there with his head turned to one side, but he seems to be staring straight at you.
比如，我选择了兰西尔的一幅猎鹰的画。我喜欢它，因为这只鸟站在那里，头转向一边，但他似乎一直盯着你。
25 .But I can’t just say it’s a bit scary, can I?
但我不能说这有点可怕，不是吗？
26 .You could talk about the possible danger suggested by the bird’s look.
你可以谈谈鸟的样子可能带来的危险。
27 .Oh, OK.
哦，好的。
28 .There’s a picture of a fish hawk by Audubon I like.
有一张我喜欢的奥杜邦的鱼鹰照片。
29 .It’s swooping over the water with a fish in its talons, and with great black wings which take up most of the picture.
它在水面上俯冲，爪子里抓着一条鱼，巨大的黑色翅膀占据了大部分画面。
30 .So you could discuss it in relation to predators and food chains?
所以你可以从捕食者和食物链的角度来讨论它？
31 .Well actually I think I’ll concentrate on the impression of rapid motion it gives.
嗯，实际上我想我会专注于它给人的快速运动的印象。
32 .Right.
对。
33 .Do you know that picture of a kingfisher by van Gogh – it’s perching on a reed growing near a stream.
你知道梵高的那张翠鸟照片吗——它栖息在小溪边生长的芦苇上。
34 .Yes it’s got these beautiful blue and red and black shades.
是的，它有这些漂亮的蓝色、红色和黑色的阴影。
35 .Mm hm. I’ve actually chosen it because I saw a real kingfisher once when I was little, I was out walking with my grandfather, and I’ve never forgotten it.
嗯。我之所以选择它，其实是因为我小的时候见过一次真正的翠鸟，我和爷爷出去散步，我永远不会忘记它。
36 .So we can use a personal link?
所以我们可以使用个人（与项目）的联系（做为决定的依据）。
37 .Sure.
当然。
38 .OK. There’s a portrait called William Wells, I can’t remember the artist but it’s a middle-aged man who’s just shot a bird.
好的。有一幅肖像叫威廉威尔斯，我不记得画家了，但它(画中）是恰好射了一只鸟的中年人。
39 .And his expression, and the way he’s holding the bird in his hand suggests he’s not sure about what he’s done.
还有他的表情，还有他手里拿着鸟的样子都表明他不确定自己做了什么。
40 .To me it’s about how ambiguous people are in the way they exploit the natural world.
对我来说，这是关于人们利用自然世界的方式是多么模棱两可。
41 .Interesting. There’s Gauguin’s picture Vairumati.He did it in Tahiti.
有意思。这是高更的照片Vairumati。他在塔希提岛做的。
42 .It’s a woman with a white bird behind her that is eating a lizard, and what I’m interested in is what idea this bird refers to. Apparently, it’s a reference to the never-ending cycle of existence.
是一个身后有一只白色小鸟的女人在吃蜥蜴，我感兴趣的是这只鸟指的是什么想法。很明显，它是指永无止境的存在循环。
43 .Wow. I chose a portrait of a little boy, Giovanni de Medici. He’s holding a tiny bird in one fist.I like the way he’s holding it carefully so he doesn’t hurt it.
哇。我选择了一个小男孩的画像，乔瓦尼·德·美第奇。他一只手里抱着一只小鸟。我喜欢他小心地拿着它，这样他就不会伤到它。
44 .Ah right.
对。