When was it that something made you stop, take a good look and get lost in thought? For me, it was last Sunday. My friend invited me to a European art exhibition in Shanghai.
是什么时候让你停下来，仔细欣赏，陷入沉思的？对我来说，那是上周日。我的朋友邀请我去上海参加一个欧洲艺术展。
To be honest, I’m not interested in art paintings at all. I know very little about European art. So, at first, I refused to go to the exhibition. But finally I became excited to see the artworks of the famous artists like Monet and Van Gogh. The exhibition included 52 artworks. It was really a different experience to see them face to face.
说实话，我对艺术画一点也不感兴趣。我对欧洲艺术知之甚少。所以，起初，我拒绝去看展览。但最后，我很高兴看到莫奈和梵高等著名艺术家的作品。展览包括52件艺术品，面对面欣赏真的是一种不同的体验。
My friend was happy to see so many different painting styles in one place. The visit made her remember the trip to Paris several years ago. She told me that art could be found in every corner of the city.
我的朋友很高兴在一个地方看到这么多不同的绘画风格。这次访问让她想起了几年前的巴黎之旅。她告诉我，巴黎的每个角落都能找到艺术。
Most of the visitors, I thought, had limited knowledge about art, too. They were just busy taking pictures, and then showed everyone on WeChat that they had been there. Under the influence of my friend, who is an art lover, I began to look at the paintings carefully. One painting that moved me most was Van Gogh’s Long Grass With Butterflies. Those things such as grass, butterflies were quite common in my life. However, I had never thought they were worth attention. I had usually followed the crowd to see what was “special”. Actually, we should pay more attention to the “common” things around us.
我想，大多数游客对艺术的了解也有限。他们只是忙着拍照，然后在微信上向大家展示他们去过那里。在我的一位艺术爱好者朋友的影响下，我开始仔细地看这些画。最让我感动的一幅画是梵高的《长草与蝴蝶》。草、蝴蝶等东西在我的生活中很常见。然而，我从未想过它们值得关注。我通常会跟着人群看什么是“特别的”。事实上，我们应该更加关注我们周围的“共同”事物。
Sometimes we are supposed to have a careful look, think for a while, then we will find the beauty in our life.
有时候我们应该仔细看看，想一想，然后我们就会发现生活中的美丽。
