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一个男孩坐在钢琴前，看着琴谱，露出一脸苦相。她身后的那位神情严肃的女人正目不转睛地盯着乐谱，摇动手指，状若击拍。男孩的手指按在琴键上，心却飞到了足球场上……
这幅画涉及的表达内容非常常见，无非是弹钢琴，心不在焉，踢足球，家长教育孩子等等，但要将话说活就不那么容易。所谓说话，是指除了运用最基本的词汇和短语，如to play the piano,absent-minded,to play football,to educate the boy之外，还要通过其他的手段，如扩展和联想，词与词、词组与词组和句子与句子之间的习惯组合等等，使所说的连贯、圆润、自然。
Description of the Little Boy
1.A little boy is playing the piano.
2.But his mind is a million miles away.
3.There is an unhappy expression on his face.
4.He is looking hard at the sheet music to try to play the music.
5.He doesn't seem to enjoy what he is doing.
6.There is little thought bubble above his head.
7.It indicates that he is thinking about playing football.
8.He would rather be out of the house playing football.
9.Now he will only do what is necessary to satisfy his mother and no more.
讲解：
第一句A little boy is playing the piano.是最简单、最概括、但又是最笼统的说法。画面上的男孩正看着钢琴上的乐谱(sheet music)，显然他是在一边读谱(read the music)，一边练习，因而我们可以将这句话说得更具体一点：
A little boy is playing the piano while he is reading the music.
一个小男孩正一边弹琴，一边读着乐谱。
A poor little boy is reading the sheet music while playing the piano.
一个可怜的小男孩正一边读谱，一边弹着钢琴。
The little boy in the picture is looking hard at the sheet music to try to play the music.
画中的小男孩正拼命盯着乐谱，试图弹出那首乐曲。
第二句But his mind is a million miles away.是一句夸张的说法，表示他心不在焉、心思全然不在弹钢琴上。要表示这个意思，我们还可以说：
His heart is not in it.
His mind is distracted.
His mind is not in playing the piano.
第五句He doesn't seem to enjoy what he is doing.表示他对弹钢琴没有兴趣。与这句意义相近的句子还有：
He is not pleased about what he is doing.
He doesn't get any pleasure out of it.
He doesn't derive any pleasure from playing the plano.
那么，他究竟在想什么呢？根据图示，我们可以说：
His mind is on the football game that he could be playing.
He is thinking about playing football while playing the piano.
Description of the Woman
1.A lady wearing an apron is standing behind the boy.
2.She is wearing an apron with a big pocket on the front of it.
3.Her apron has a ruffle on it and her pants are plaid.
4.She is concentrating very hard on what he is doing.
5.Her left hand is resting on her waist.
6.She is directing him and she is keeping the beat with her finger.
7.She is making sure that he keeps an even beat.
8.She looks very serious.
讲解：
第二句She is wearing an apron with a big pocket on the front of it.描绘其装束，再进一步地描绘得更细致一点，我们可以说：
The woman wears a short-sleeved top.
这个女人穿一件短袖上衣。
She wears a pair of white-checked slacks.
她穿一条白色的格子便裤。
描绘时亦可以加入一些联想：
I guess she must be his mother.
我猜想她一定是他的母亲。
She is not his piano instructor because she is wearing an apron.
她不是他的钢琴老师，因为她戴着围裙。
She must have been cooking in the kitchen.
她可能是在厨房里做饭。
But she is taking time from cooking to supervise him.
她现在从厨房里忙中偷闲，抽出时间来督促他。
She looks like she is supervising him very carefully,stopping him whem he makes a mistake.
她正在很认真地看着他弹琴，他要是弹错，她便会让他停下。
Comment on the Little Boy
1.The boy is obviously very unhappy.
2.He is being forced by his mother to practice playing the piano.
3.He is not at all interested in what he is doing.
4.His hands are following his mother,but his brain is not following too much.
5.His mind is not on his music.
6.He is distracted by the thought of what he would rather bedoing instead of concentrating on improving his piano skills.
7.If his desire were to improve his piano skills,then he would be more focused on doing it,and would do much better.
8.I think he should be let out to play football.
讲解：
兴趣是最好的老师。一个人做他不喜欢做的事情是很难做好的。从这个观点看，我们可以说：
The boy is not at all interested in what he is doing.
He'd rather be out of the house playing football.
If he is interested in playing the piano,he will automatically want to do it.
And he will have a driving force to try to do better and better.
If he doesn't care,then he will not concentrate.
And he will only do what is necessary to satisfy his motherand no more.
我们来对两个句型强化一下：
If he is interested in playing the piano,he will automatically want to do it.（自觉）
he will do it on his own without being prompted to do so.（不需要别人督促）
he will happily do so without being pressed by others.（勿需别人强迫）
If he does not care,then he will not concentrate.（思想不集中）
have his heart in it.（心思不在上面）
be interested in doing it.（不感兴趣）
put his mind to it.（心不在焉）
然而学非坦途，学习的过程是付出辛勤劳动的过程。这孩子时尚年幼，对于这个道理的认识恐怕还不够。因此，我们不妨从另一个角度来评论这个男孩：
The boy doesn't realize right now that there are many thingsthat he should be forced to do.
这孩子尚未懂得：有许多事情是要被逼着去做的。
Also,when you first begin to learn something,it is very difficult;it is always better to just stick to it.
再说，刚开始学一样东西总是很难的。这时，最好的方法是坚持不懈。
Perhaps as he tries to play the piano,he makes many,many mistakes.
也许是因为他在练琴时出了很多错误。
And these mistakes make him less motivated to do it.
这些错误误伤了他学琴的欲望。
They discourage him and make him think that he is a poor piano player.
这些错误使他沮丧，并使他觉得自己不是弹琴的料。
Comment on the Woman
1.The boy's mother must have been musically educated.
2.She must be a very strict mother and a responsible housewife.
3.She understands that children should be forced to do something sometimes.
4.Probably she believes that learning something difficult atan early age will be good for children.
5.But she must try to find a happy medium.
讲解：
第一句The boy's mother must have been musically educated.是说这位母亲颇有音乐修养。她之所以这样做，是因为她深知：学习钢琴对于孩子的好处不仅仅在于学习音乐本身，更重要的是让孩子在大量反复和枯燥的机械练习过程中，培养一种严肃认真的人生态度。
要表达这个意思，我们可以说：
She wants to expose him to music,teach him about music and try to interest him in music.
她希望他接触音乐，了解音乐，并努力让他对音乐产生兴趣。
Playing the piano will teach him coordination,and this is a very good training for children.
弹钢琴会使他具有协调感，这种训练对儿童很有好处。
Through playing the piano,the boy will learn discipline,and learn to continue at an activity,even if it is very difficult,until it gets easier.
通过弹钢琴，孩子会懂得守规矩，懂得即使在困难的情况下也要坚持不懈，不断进取。
第三句She understands that children should be forced to do something sometimes.的句意是：她知道，有时应该逼着孩子去做一些事情。
看得出来，这是一位严格的母亲。在她看来，孩子决不能一味听任，那样反而会害了孩子；足见其用心良苦。这层意思也多少可以从下面的句子中体现出来：
Parents often have a better understanding of what is best for their children.
父母更懂得什么东西对孩子最合适。
If a boy has a total control over everything he will do in his life,then he will probably not even go to school,and perhaps won't study anything.
如果一切都听任孩子的话，那么他可能不去上学，而且可能什么都不想学。
Maybe all he will do is play football all day long,and this would not be good for him.
他可能除了踢足球外，什么都不做。这对于孩子决无任何好处。
And therefore,it is important that his mother should instruct him and direct him towards things that he does not enjoy doing now,but that will be good for him in the long run.
所以，母亲应该教育和引导他，让他做一些眼下他并不喜欢，但从长远看对他有好处的事情。这一点很重要。
第五句But she must try to find a happy medium.的句意是：但她应该找到一种孩子乐于接受的方法。
母亲的出发点值得肯定，但采用不同的方法往往会导致不同的结果。做父母的应懂得孩子的心理。只有这样，他们对孩子所施行的教育才会更有效果。表达上述意思，我们可以说：
Parents should rather use persuasion than force to get a child interested in taking up a hobby.
父母应该劝说，而不该逼孩子对某事发生兴趣。
Well-meaning parents ought to know how to arouse their children's interest.
好心的父母应知道怎样去激发孩子的兴趣。
If they don't know how to go about it,the result will likely be the very opposite.
如果他们不懂得如何行事，结果很可能适得其反。
It's not easy for parents to know how to be kind and effective.
对于家长来说，要知道怎样爱孩子，怎样管好孩子并不是一件容易的事情。
实例：
Sample 1
Here we have a somewhat unusual situation:a young boy is being forced to practice piano by his mother.As he practices,his mind is not on the music but on the football game that he could be playing.It is very common for boys not to like takingpiano lessons;it is mostly girls who take piano lessons.Many times mothers will force their sons to take piano lessons because it has been shown that young students who take piano lessons usually do better in other aspects of their studies such as language,science,history,and so on.Even if students don't enjoy their piano lessons,learning to play the piano teaches them discipline,which helps them in other school subjects.
Sample 2
In this picthre,there is a boy playing the piano while a woman watches him closely.I think she is the boy's mother since she is wearing an apron,which indicates that she is alsodoing housework at the same time.The boy has a frown on his face and he looks quite unhappy.He is thinking about playing football,but has to play the piano because his mother is watching him.He doesn't enjoy practicing the piano,but his mother knows that he should learn to be more disciplined and practice every day at something so that he can become very skilled at it.The mother knows that if the boy only practices what he likes to do,he will never learn discipline.Since discipline and hard work are very important to succeeding in life.the boy should learn at this age how to be dedicated to something even if he doesn't like it.