VOA常速英语:Chalk Art

Im Olivia Snyder and I am 12 years old.
我叫奥利维亚·斯奈德，今年12岁。
My mom draws the sketch with the plan and then we tape out how we want it to look.
我妈妈会现在地上画个草图，然后我们胶带贴出来。
For todays project on our turtle,we took a style that I found online, which is from stain, like a fake stained art
今天我们准备画一个海龟，我们选了一个在网上看到的风格，是用颜料画出来的，像一个假的彩绘艺术，
but with chalk where you tape out what you want to paint and then it gives you nice, clean, crisp lines.
但我们用粉笔画出来，我们先用胶带贴出想要的形状，这样就可以画出整齐、清晰、漂亮的线条。
And then we like to color it in and make it look nice.
然后我们喜欢涂上颜色，让画看起来很好看。
We wanted to do something with the manhole to make it prettier
我们想用这个井盖做点什么，让它更漂亮，
and make our neighborhood look nicer and bring a smile to peoples faces.
让我们的社区也看起来更漂亮，让人们露出笑脸。
I first heard about the Stay-At-Home Chalk Art Festival by a neighbor
我的邻居第一次告诉我居家隔离粉笔艺术节这个活动，
who posted it on our HOA Facebook page.
他把这个消息发到了业主委员会的脸书页面上了。
But I actually didnt have any chalk, so I sort of dismissed it.Just by coincidence a neighbor had,
我当时也没有粉笔，所以我就没管它。但是很巧一个邻居有粉笔，
was cleaning out her house and found a bunch of extra chalk and asked if we would like it.
她当时正在打扫屋子然后找出来了一把粉笔，问我要不要试试。
She was so generous to offer us the chalk.So, we were grateful for that.
她非常慷慨地把粉笔给了我们。所以，我们很感激。
Because it started right when the lockdown was pretty serious and, you know, we didnt go anywhere.
我们开始这个活动的时候，封锁非常严重，所以我们哪也没去。
Every week the Stay-At-Home Chalk Fest had a different theme.
每周的居家隔离粉笔艺术节都有不同的主题。
So, a week ahead, we were looking to ideas about what we would like to do.
所以，一周前，我们在寻找我们做的主题。
Ellen Chow and her daughter submitted drawings every week.
周爱伦和她的女儿每周都会画画。
And they were very creative and had quite a range of drawings.
他们很有创意，画了很多画。
So, we receive drawings that really range from kids or, you know,
所以我们收到的画有来自孩子的，
parents and kids teaming up to create drawings,as well as professional artists who also submitted stunning drawings.
父母和孩子们也会一起创作图画，当然也有专业的画家给我们一些非常惊艳的画。
We had participants also from California and from Mexico, in addition to artists from this area.
除了本地区的画家，我们还有来自加州和墨西哥的参与者。
So, you know, it really was an event that was, went beyond, you know, the territory of Reston.
所以，你知道，这是一件走出了雷斯顿的活动。
A happy turtle.
一只快乐的乌龟。
As you can guess, my daughter is 12 and really into her video games like most girls her age.
我的女儿今年12岁，你也知道，跟同龄人一样都喜欢电脑游戏。
And so, this is a nice, the chalk art was a nice break from the video games or screen time.
这以粉笔艺术是个非常好的机会，让她从电脑游戏和屏幕里休息一下。
And I did like collaborating with her
我也很喜欢跟她一起合作，
and everything from starting to research and brainstorming ideas,
从一开始做研究，头脑风暴，
all the way to the finished product.
到最后完成产品。
We had a lot of positive response from friends,one even saying that they saw something and said, "Thank you. I really needed that today."
我们从朋友那里得到了很多积极的回应，有人甚至说说，他们看到了这些话然后说：“谢谢你们，我今天真的需要看到这个。”
So, that made us really happy that we can spread some joy during this time.
所以，这让我们非常高兴，因为我们可以在这段时间里传播一些快乐。