考研英语作文赏析：苦涩艺术 考研英语复习

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Manythingsmakepeoplethinkartistsareweird.Buttheweirdestmaybethis:artists’onlyjobistoexploreemotions,andyettheychoosetofocusontheonesthatfeelbad.

很多事，让人们觉得艺术家是奇怪的一群人。但是————奇葩的事可能是：艺术家要做的**的工作是去探索人的情感，但他们选择的却是那些负面情感。

Thiswasn’talwaysso.Theearliestformsofart,likepaintingandmusic,arethosebestsuitedforexpressingjoy.Butsomewherefromthe19thcenturyonward,moreartistsbeganseeinghappinessasmeaningless,phonyor,worstofall,boring,aswewentfromWordsworth’sdaffodilstoBaudelaire’sflowersofevil.

onward:continuingormovingforward.

phony:notrealortrue,false,andtryingtotrickpeople

但并不总是这样，————早的艺术形式，比如绘画和音乐，是————适合表达快乐的。但是从19世纪某个时期开始，更多的艺术家把快乐看作是无意义的、虚假的、————坏的、无聊的。我们从威廉·华兹华斯的咏水仙和波德莱尔的邪恶之花就可以看出来。

Youcouldarguethat/artbecamemoreskepticalofhappinessbecausemoderntimeshaveseensomuchmisery.Butit’snot/asifearliertimesdidn’tknowperpetualwar,disasterandthemassacreofinnocents.Thereason,infact,maybejusttheopposite:thereistoomuchdamnhappinessintheworldtoday.

asif:好像...似的

perpetual:continuingforalongperiodoftimewithoutinterruption.

你可以认为艺术变得开始怀疑快乐，是因为现在的我们经历了太多的痛苦。但这不表明我们之前没有经历频繁的战争、毁灭和无辜所带来的痛苦一样。事实上，原因可能正好相反，如今我们生活的这个世界有着太多的快乐。

Afterall,whatistheonemodernformofexpressionalmostcompletelydedicatedtodepictinghappiness?Advertising.Theriseofanti-happyartalmostexactlytrackstheemergenceofmassmedia,andwithit,acommercialculture/inwhichhappinessisnotjustanidealbutanideology.

depict:toshowanimageofsb/sthinapicture,todescribesthinwords.

emergency:asuddenseriousanddangerouseventorsituationwhichneedsimmediateactiontodealwithit.

emergence:thefactofsb/sthcomingoutfromadark,confinedorhiddenplace.

总之，有哪一种现代的表现形式是完全致力于表达快乐的？答案是广告。反快乐艺术的兴起完全可以追溯到大众媒体的出现，和随之而来的商业文化。在那儿，快乐不仅是一种理想，也是一种意识形态（空想）。

People(inearliereras)weresurroundedbyremindersofmisery.Theyworkeduntilexhausted,livedwithfewprotectionsanddiedyoung.IntheWest,beforemasscommunicationandliteracy,themostpowerfulmassmediumwasthechurch,whichremindedworshippersthattheirsoulswereindangerandthattheywouldsomedaybemeatforworms.Givenallthis,theydidnotexactlyneedtheirarttobeabummertoo.

era:aperiodoftime,usuallyinhistory,thatisdifferentfromotherperiodsbecauseofparticularcharacteriticsorevents.

reminder:sththatmakesyouthinkaboutorremembersb/sth.

worshipper:朝拜者崇拜者

worm:alongthincreaturewithnobonesorlegs,thatlivesinsoil.

bummer:adisappointingorunpleasantsituation.

在以前，人们被痛苦记忆缠绕着。他们工作到精疲力尽，生活没有保障，早早就死去。而在西方拥有大众传播和教育普及之前，————有影响力的大众媒介是教堂。在那里，不断提醒朝拜的人们---灵魂在危险当中，某天他们成为虫子的食物。鉴于此，他们完全不需要让他们的艺术变得也如此糟糕。

Todaythemessages(theaverageWesternerissurroundedwith)arenotreligiousbutcommercial,andforeverhappy.Fast-foodeaters,newsanchors,textmessengers,allsmiling,smiling,smiling.Ourmagazinesfeaturebeamingcelebritiesandhappyfamiliesinperfecthomes.Andsincethesemessageshaveanagenda—tolureustoopenourwallets—theymaketheveryideaofhappinessseemunreliable.Celebrate!"commanded(theadsforthearthritisdrugCelebrex,)beforewefoundoutitcouldincreasetheriskofheartattacks.

feature:toincludeaparticularpersonorthingasaspecialfeature.

agenda:aplanofthingstobedone,orproblemstobeaddressed.

lure:topersuadeortricksbtogosomewhereortodosthbypromisingthemareward.

commanded:totellsbtodosth.

arthritis:关节炎

very名次:表强调，正是、恰好、甚至。

今天围绕在普通西方大众周围的事物不是信仰，而是商业和永远的快乐。吃快餐的人，新闻主持人、短信服务商，所有都作出微笑的表情。我们的杂志会刊登光鲜艳丽的名流和幸福快乐的家庭。因为这些信息有一个任务---去引诱我们花钱---这样的信息会让快乐的理念看上去不可靠。在我们能发现它会增加心脏病的风险之前，治疗关节炎的C药广告还宣传到‘庆祝吧’！

Butwhatweforget—whatoureconomydependsonusforgetting—isthathappinessismorethanpleasurewithoutpain.Thethings(thatbringthegreatestjoy)carrythegreatestpotentialforlossanddisappointment.Today,surroundedbypromisesofeasyhappiness,weneedarttotellus,asreligiononcedid,Mementomori:rememberthatyouwilldie,thateverythingends,andthathappinesscomesnotindenyingthisbutinlivingwithit.It’samessageevenmorebitterthanaclovecigarette,yet,somehow,abreathoffreshair.

但是，我们忘了的是开心不仅仅是没有痛苦的快乐---我们的经济是依赖和需要我们的遗忘。那些能带来很多快乐的事儿，同时也伴随着————大可能的失去和失望。在今天，那些十分容易就得到快乐的许诺包围着我们，这就需要艺术来告诉我们，就像曾经信仰所告诉的一样，记住自己终有一死，所有都会结束，而快乐的到来也不会否认这些，而是伴随这些一起到来。这样的寓意，比C烟还苦涩，但不管怎么样，它仍是一股新鲜空气。

Congratulations.

Itisnotyouraptitudebutyourattitudethatdecidesyouraltitude.