2021年高考(山东卷)英语听力真题 长对话(4)

W: Good evening. This is Meeting Artisits. Our guest today is James Patric Commb, the happy artist. Mr. Commb is famous for his colorful murals that is pictures painted on the world, Welcome Happy. Our audience is curious about how you got your name.

晚上好，这里是“艺术家见面会”。我们今天的嘉宾是詹姆斯·帕特里·康姆，快乐的艺术家。康姆先生以他画在世界上的丰富多彩的壁画而闻名，欢迎快乐。我们的观众很好奇你的名字是怎么来的。

M: My initials are JP. In Spanish, they're pronounced "jota pe". And my Mexican friends called me so when we were in Mexico.

我名字的首字母是JP。在西班牙语里它的发音是“jota pe”。我在墨西哥的时候我的墨西哥朋友会这么叫我。

W: What inspired you to become an artist?

是什么激发了你成为了一名艺术家？

M: My father was an oil painting artisit. He used to work in the living room. One day when I was six, I put some paint and wanna his painting when he was out. First, he was mad. Then he left. That was all it took to make me an artist.

我父亲是一位油画艺术家。他以前在客厅工作。我六岁时的一天，我放了些颜料想趁他出去的时候给他画。首先，他疯了。然后他离开了。这就是让我成为一名艺术家所需要的一切。

W: How do you describe your work?

你会怎么描述你的工作？

M: My work speaks to the five-year olds in all of us that we become experienced when we grow up. We're always five years old at heart. We all want to have fun.

我的作品告诉了我们所有人的5岁，我们长大后就变得有经验了，我们心里一直都是5岁的孩子，我们都想开开心心地玩儿。

W: That's a unique idea, which is why your art is so special. Thank you very much for coming Happy and for bringing us so much happinness.

这是一个独特的想法，这就是为什么你的艺术如此特别。非常感谢你的到来，快乐，你给我们带来了很多快乐。