CRI听力:US Expert Gives Art Collection to Chinese University

短语讲解：

1. After the talk I caught up with Professor Stone in the exhibition.

catch up with追上, 赶上
例句：You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
你往前走吧, 我一会儿就赶上你了。

2. But these paintings we can look at them and say, how beautiful. When you look at a Chinese scroll painting it's full of things.

look at看, 注视(某人或某物)
例句：He looked at me with scorn.
他轻蔑地看了看我。
full of充满
例句：The hall was full of people.
大厅里挤满了人。

3. Every single corner of it is filled with life.

fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
例句：The hall was filled with persons welcoming him.
大厅里挤满了欢迎他的人。

4. It belongs to them.

belong to属于
例句：Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于最有毅力的人。

5. The exhibition consists of 67 pictures.

consist of由…组成，由...构成
例句：The atmosphere consist of more than 70% of nitrogen.
大气中含有 70% 以上的氮气。

6. And I wanted there to be a permanent collection so that the students – in Japan, most countries in the world have collections of Western art and of Eastern art but in China because of the economics very few people were in a position to collect even Chinese art, let alone non-Chinese art.

let alone更不用说, 还不算
例句：We can't afford a bicycle, let alone a car.
我们连自行车也买不起, 更不用说汽车了。

7. I'm very impressed how the man saved every penny to buy paintings and give them to another country not related to him.

relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句：He showed me all the correspondence relating to the matter.
他把与这件事有关的全部信件都给我看了。

8. We common Chinese people usually take everything for granted, especially Chinese paintings.

take for granted认为…理所当然, 想当然
例句：I take it for granted that they have arrived there already.
我还以为他们已经到那儿了。