【跟着英剧练发音】The Queens Palaces E01-17
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：跟着英剧练发音
英语课
文本：
George III's artistic 1 envoys 2 knew where to look. The Palazzo Mangilli Valmarana was home to the British consul 3, Joseph Smith. He was one of the greatest art collectors, the Charles Saatchi of his day.
When Joseph Smith lived here, these walls were crammed 4 with paintings that he'd commissioned from up-and-coming Venetian artists. It became the in thing for visiting British aristocrats 5 to pull every string and use every family connection to try and get an invite here so they could admire the collection and then maybe buy a little something to take home.
模仿部分：
But Joseph Smith fell on hard times and needed cash, so he sold the lot to George III. Along with an impressive hoard 6 of books, antiques and coins were paintings by great masters like Vermeer. Best of all were the paintings by Venice's greatest living artist, Canaletto.
翻译：
威尼斯的大主顾们急需要钱，对英国收藏家来说这是个绝佳的时机，可以用低廉的价格收购艺术品。乔治三世的艺术使者知道该去哪里淘这些艺术品。曼吉利·瓦马拉那宫是英国驻威尼斯领事约瑟夫·史密斯的家。他是最伟大的艺术品收藏家之一是那个时代的查尔斯·萨奇（查尔斯·萨奇是当代著名收藏家）
约瑟夫住在这里的时候，这些墙上挂满了画作都是他从才华横溢的威尼斯画家手里收集的。英国贵族很时兴来这里参观，为此会使用各种方式和家人的关系，只为了得到一份邀请，来观赏这些收藏。也许他们可以买些绘画作品带回家去。
后来约瑟夫穷困潦倒，急需用钱，因而把很多东西都卖给了乔治三世，连同大量的书籍，古董，古钱币，还有绘画大家维米尔的作品。其中最好的作品当属威尼斯艺术家卡纳莱托的。
1 artistic
adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的
- The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
- These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。
2 envoys
使节( envoy的名词复数 )； 公使； 谈判代表； 使节身份
- the routine tit for tat when countries expel each other's envoys 国家相互驱逐对方使节这种惯常的报复行动
- Marco Polo's travelogue mentions that Kublai Khan sent envoys to Malgache. 马可波罗游记中提到忽必烈曾派使节到马尔加什。
3 consul
n.领事；执政官
- A consul's duty is to help his own nationals.领事的职责是帮助自己的同胞。
- He'll hold the post of consul general for the United States at Shanghai.他将就任美国驻上海总领事(的职务)。
4 crammed
adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)
- He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
- All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。
5 aristocrats
n.贵族( aristocrat的名词复数 )
- Many aristocrats were killed in the French Revolution. 许多贵族在法国大革命中被处死。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- To the Guillotine all aristocrats! 把全部贵族都送上断头台！ 来自英汉文学 - 双城记