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      合： 快乐学汉语，轻松又好记。

　　Learn Chinese the fun way.

　　It’s much easier to remember.

　　韩佳：哎，大牛，

　　Hey, Daniel,

　　你今天打扮得可够有民族风味儿的啊。

　　today you are dressed with a

　　strong national flavor.

　　大牛：那是。我这一身可是正宗的关中皮影。

　　Sure. I am dressed like a typical character

　　in the Guanzhong area’s shadow play.

　　我还会唱宛宛腔呢。

　　Besides, I can also sing the local

　　Wanwan Tune.

　　韩佳：哎呀，太棒了。

　　Wow, that’s fantastic.

　　大牛，你快教教我。

　　Daniel, teach me how to sing it, please.

　　大牛，又做梦呢吧。

　　Daniel is daydreaming once again.

　　看把你美的。

　　Look how proud he is.

　　你看得那么投入。

　　You watched the shadow play

　　so attentively.

　　是不是喜欢上皮影戏了呀。

　　I guess you’ve got enchanted by

　　shadow play.

　　大牛：是啊，是啊。

　　Exactly.

　　你看这皮影戏，既生动又有趣。

　　Shadow play is vivid and also

　　very interesting.

　　再加上宛宛腔就更有韵味了。

　　The Wanwan singing style makes

　　it more appealing.

　　韩佳：看来这大牛对皮影戏还真挺感兴趣的。

　　It seems Daniel has a surely great

　　interest in shadow play.

　　大牛：那当然。

　　Of course.

　　我对民间艺术非常感兴趣。

　　I am interested in all folk arts.

　　Wǒ duì mínjiān yìshù fēicháng gǎn xìngqù.

　　我 对 民间 艺术 非常 感 兴趣。

　　I am very interested in folk arts.

　　韩佳：西安的民间艺术可以说是丰富多彩。

　　There are various forms of

　　folk arts in Xin’an.

　　大牛：都有一些什么呢？

　　What are they?

　　韩佳：你看，有剪纸啊、

　　Such as paper cutting,

　　秦腔啊、皮影戏啊。

　　Shaanxi Opera and shadow play.

　　大牛：这不是秦腔嘛。

　　Yes, this is Shaanxi Opera.

　　韩佳：对。今年春节的时候，

　　Right. During this year’s Spring Festival,

　　你不是还学过两句嘛。

　　I remember you learned a few sentences,

　　sung in Shaanxi Opera.

　　大牛：对，我记得。

　　Yes, I did.

　　什么祖籍陕西。

　　The lyrics sound like: “My hometown

　　is Shaanxi …”

　　韩佳：吼得还不错。

　　You roared pretty well.

　　大牛，你看。

　　Daniel, look.

　　这些就是西安户县农民画。

　　These are pictures drawn by farmers

　　of Huxian County of Xi’an.

　　大牛：真是五彩缤纷。

　　They are so colorful.

　　你看，画里的人看上去都是喜气洋洋的，

　　You see all characters in the pictures

　　are happy and cheerful,

　　热闹非凡。

　　showing a lively and exciting atmosphere.

　　韩佳：对啊，这些农民画色彩非常鲜艳，

　　Yeah, these farmer paintings are

　　very colorful

　　看上去呢很活泼。

　　and lively in style.

　　Nóngmín huàr sècǎi fēicháng xiānyàn, kàn shangqu hěn huópo.

　　农民 画儿 色彩 非常 鲜艳， 看 上去 很 活泼。

　　Peasant paintings are quite colorful

　　and very vivid.

　　画的都是田园风光和农村生活。

　　They all feature rural landscape

　　or country life.

　　这可都是农民画家画的。

　　These are all works by farmer painters.

　　大牛：那你倒是给我们介绍一位啊？

　　Why don’t you introduce one

　　of them to us?

　　韩佳：没问题。

　　No problem.

　　有请潘晓玲女士。

　　Now I have the honor to present

　　Ms. Pan Xiaoling.

　　潘女士您好。

　　Good to see you, Ms. Pan.

　　嘉宾：您好。

　　Good to see you.

　　大牛：看了您的画我真是特别喜欢。

　　Seeing your paintings, I extremely

　　like them.

　　您能不能也教教我？

　　Could you teach me how to pain?

　　嘉宾：可以。我看你很有灵气，

　　Sure. I can see you are quite smart,

　　我可以收下你这个徒弟。

　　so I accept you as my apprentice.

　　大牛：太好了！韩佳，你就看我的吧。

　　Great! Han Jia, you just wait and see.

　　韩佳：我们去看看大牛能画出什么来？

　　Let’s see what Daniel has

　　painted so far?

　　嘉宾：可以了。画得真不错！

　　Not bad. A nice picture!

　　大牛：谢谢，谢谢。

　　Thanks, thanks.

　　嘉宾：这个鸡画得真有气质。

　　This rooster you are drawing is quite vivid.

　　韩佳：大牛，画得怎么样啊？

　　Daniel, how’s your painting class going?

　　大牛：你看呢？

　　What do you think?

　　韩佳：第一次画就能画成这样啊。

　　You could do so well in your first

　　painting class.

　　真挺不错的。

　　Nice job indeed.

　　大牛：这叫名师出高徒。谢谢潘老师。

　　An accomplished teacher has skilled

　　students. Thank you, Ms. Pan.

　　嘉宾：不客气。

　　You are welcome.

　　大牛：韩佳，刚才潘老师告诉我

　　Han Jian, Ms. Pan said to me

　　just now that

　　这农民画里有不少绘画技法呢。

　　there are many kinds of farmers pictures.

　　韩佳：哦，都有哪些啊？

　　Oh, what kinds of pictures?

　　大牛：有水彩、油画、版画、剪纸。

　　Watercolors, oils, block prints

　　and paper-cuts.

　　要想画得好，那得花不少时间呢。

　　If you want to paint really well,

　　you have to give a lot of time

　　韩佳：那你就要花时间好好练习。

　　to practice.

　　厚积薄发。

　　”hou ji bo fa” (Practice makes perfection).

　　大牛：什么叫厚积薄发呀？

　　What is “hou ji bo fa”?

　　韩佳：厚积薄发中的厚是指注重。

　　”hou” in “hou ji bo fa” means to emphasize.

　　薄是指不注重。

　　”bo” means to ignore or overlook.

　　厚积薄发这个成语是指要注重多积累，

　　The idiom “hou ji bo fa” means to

　　pay attention to learning and practice

　　不要急于出成绩。

　　and not to be too anxious about achievement.

　　大牛：厚积薄发这个成语是指要注重多积累，

　　”hou ji bo fa” is a Chinese idiom which

　　means you should be patient

　　不要急于出成绩。

　　in accumulating skills and you shouldn’t

　　be to eager to achieve results.

　　厚积薄发。

　　”hou ji bo fa”.

　　可是韩佳，有没有什么更快点儿的办法？

　　But, Han Jia, is there a method to

　　acquire the skills faster?

　　韩佳：如果想把画画好啊，

　　If you want to paint really well,

　　你就得花时间去练习。

　　you have to give it time and practice.

　　Rúguǒ xiǎng bǎ huàr huàhǎo, nǐ jiù děi huā shíjiān qù liànxí.

　　如果 想 把 画儿 画好， 你 就 得 花 时间 去 练习。

　　If you want to paint great pictures,

　　you need to take time to practice.

　　你看，潘女士不也那么做嘛。

　　Ms. Pan learned her skills also this way.

　　大牛：等我练好了，头发都白了。

　　When I am perfect, my hair

　　would’ve gone white.

　　韩佳：大牛，亏你还说喜欢民间艺术呢。

　　Daniel, as a folk art lover, you have

　　the nerve to say so!

　　大牛：我喜欢欣赏嘛。

　　I love appreciating arts.

　　你看，这儿有这么多艺术品，

　　You see, with so many works of art here,

　　没人欣赏多可惜啊。

　　it would be a shame if there were

　　no one to appreciate them.

　　韩佳：这就不用你操心了。

　　There is no need to worry about that.

　　西安户县的农民画非常有名，

　　Huxian farmer pictures are well known

　　欣赏它的人非常多。

　　and there are lots of people who

　　appreciate them.

　　你啊，就不要再找借口了。

　　You’d better seek no excuse.

　　赶紧练画去。

　　Go practice your painting skills.

　　大牛：又该看看我们今天的赏心悦目了。

　　It’s time again for today’s Feast

　　for the Eyes.

　　赏心悦目：

　　陕西民间艺术种类繁多 影响广泛

　　Folk arts are varied and popular in Shaanxi.

　　在民间艺人灵巧的双手下

　　In the dexterous hands of artisans,

　　普通的材料能成为精美的艺术品

　　a plain-looking material can turn into

　　an exquisite object of art.

　　色彩艳丽的农民画被誉为民间的现代派艺术

　　The colorful farmer pictures are acclaimed

　　as contemporary folk arts.

　　作品想象力丰富 主题鲜明

　　These works of art, brimming with

　　imagination, all show a distinct subject.

　　粗犷中有细腻 浓艳中有淡雅

　　Rustic and flashy, but never short

　　of elegance,

　　形成了独具地方特色的淳朴画风

　　these farmer pictures exude strong

　　local flavors.

　　怎么样？

　　How do you think?

　　西安的民间艺术很精彩吧？

　　Are Xi’an’s folk arts fantastic?

　　韩佳：我说大牛，你可真能打岔。

　　Hey, Daniel, you are so good

　　at interrupting others.

　　刚才啊刚刚说到这个练画的事儿。

　　Just now we talked about learning painting.

　　大牛：等等，你该出题了。

　　Wait, wait. It’s time you told

　　the question.

　　本期问题：

　　词语“厚积薄发”中的“厚”是什么意思呢？

　　What does “hou” in the idiom “hou ji bo fa” mean?

　　Hěn zhòng

　　A.很 重 Heavy

　　Hěn hòu

　　B.很 厚 Very thick

　　Zhù zhòng

　　C.注 重 Pay attention to

　　奖品等您拿。

　　A prize is awaiting you.

　　好，记住我们的联系方式。

　　Well, please contact us using

　　the method given here.

　　今天的节目就到这里了。

　　That’s all for today’s program.

　　我是大牛，她是韩佳，

　　Han Jia and I, Daniel,

　　我们明天再见吧。

　　hope to see you tomorrow.

　　韩佳：哎，他怎么把我的词儿都给说了。

　　Hey, he also said my line.

(Source: cctv.com)