英语讲中国成语故事07 画龙点睛 Painting the Dragons to Life.pdf

G2成语_PaintingtheDragonstoLife画龙点睛

作者：JennyLamandSheilaHigginson

朗读者：AaronSmith

Lexile:510L

难度：相当于美国小学二年级

梁朝时期，有一位著名的画家名叫张僧繇，他受邀在寺庙的墙壁上画了

四条龙，画得栩栩如生，惟妙惟肖，但美中不足的是四条龙都没有眼

睛。张僧繇解释道：“点上了眼睛这些龙会破壁飞走的。”人们纷纷不信，

张僧繇为了服众便给其中的两条龙点上了眼睛。接下来会发生什么呢？

WelcometoALO7sPowertoLearn!TodaysstoryisPaintingthe

DragonstoLife?retoldbyJennyLamandSheilaHigginson,and

narratedbyAaronSmith.

Inthesixthcentury,SouthChinawasaplaceofpeaceandhappiness.

EmperorWuDiruledduringtheLiangDynastyfrom502to549AD.It

wasatimeofgreatlearningandart.BothwereveryimportanttoWuDi.

AgeneralnamedZhangSengYouservedunderEmperorWuDi.Zhang

wasalsoafamouspainter.

Oneday,theAnLeMonasteryinJinLing(nowNanjing)invitedZhangto

paintamural.Hispaintingwoulddecoratethewalloutsidethetemple.

Thevillagersgatherednearthewall.TheywereeagertowatchZhang

SengYoucreateamasterpiece.

WhenZhangarrived,hestoodatthewallforalongtime.Thevillagers

wonderedwhyhedidn’tstarttopaint.

“Issomethingwrong?”askedanoldman.

“Iwonderwhathe’swaitingfor,”saidawoman.

Thecrowdbecameanxious.Butstilltheywaitedandwaited.Theyall

wantedtoseeamasteratwork.

Finally,Zhangbegantowavehispaintbrush.Hepaintedfourlarge,

detaileddragonsonthewall.Eachwasbeautifulinitsownway.Red,

yellow,blue,andblack!Eachdragonwasadifferentcolor.Thedragons

hadmuscularbodiesandlarge,powerfulwings.Theyhad

long,curvytails.Theylookedsoreal,theyalmostseemedtobreathe.

Theyhadregalnosesandeyes,butnoneoftheeyeshadpupils.

WhenZhangfinished,hesteppedbacksoeveryonecouldgetabetter

look.

“Magnificent!”exclaimedoneman.

“Beautiful!”saidanother.

“Lookatthecolors,”saidawomanstandingintheback.

“Suchtalent,”saidthemanstandingnexttoher.

“Impressive,”saidamaninfront.Thenhenervouslyadded,“Butwhy

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