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1. What forms of visual art are popular in your country?

The visual arts: ceramics 陶艺, drawing 素描, painting, sculpture 雕塑, printmaking 版画, design, crafts 手工, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture.

我个人觉得，在我们*，比较流行的还是painting，这个比较常见，也比较好说，因为绘画的类型很多，几乎可以满足不同人的不同品味和需求。

除了绘画之外，像一些摄影艺术，也算是比较流行，一些公司内部常常也会有摄影的比赛。或者，在生活里，及时不是为了比赛，相信大家也常常带着自己的单反去记录生活中的很多的美好瞬间。

我以绘画为例，看看这个题目可以怎么扩展：

I think the most popular form of visual art is painting.接下来，我们要给很多的原因，比如：

[1] 绘画的种类很多，主题也很多。可以满足不同人对艺术的追求：there are a variety of different forms and themes of painting, so painting can satisfy the artistic pursuit/ taste of different people.

[2] 近几年，随着经济的发展，生活水平的提高，艺术得到的极大的发展，艺术画廊随处可见。With the economy development and the increase in people’s living standard, art industry has been developed greatly. Art galleries can be seen everywhere, and the most of the works are paintings.

[3] Painting 除了当做艺术品之外，还可以装饰家庭，不想很多的大型的雕塑之类的，很多时候并不适合放在家里，但是，绘画在日常生活中非常的常见。Unlike many other forms of art, such as sculptures, which are sometimes too big to fit into a small room, painting can be easily used to decorate a room. 不论是高级的还是简单的，传统的还是现在的，能欣赏的不能欣赏的，很多人都愿意买一些画作来装饰自己的家庭。 No matter whether they can appreciate art of not, most people would like to buy some paintings to make their room more beautiful.

2. Are there any difference between the art in your country and the art in Western countries?

如果以我们中国来讲，一定是有区别的。比如以绘画来讲，我们有一种非常特有的绘画形式，叫做国画：traditional Chinese painting. 在国画里面，我们追求写意，用一些相对简单的线条，完成对风景的一些意境的传达。In traditional Chinese painting, painter will use some simple sketches to depict beautiful and artistic c atmosphere.

其次一个我们*特有的艺术形式是Calligraphy 书法。中文里面的汉字每一个都不一样，所以，通过书法的丰富程度和美感，我觉得是比西方*要多得多，美得多的。

Another significant form of art is calligraphy. Compared with western countries, where the letters are rather restricted, each Chinese character has its special spelling and strokes. So in my view, its more beautiful when you write a Chinese word than a English word. 题目中说art，其实并没有特指是艺术形式，所以，我们也可以说说艺术的其他方面的不同。比如，art在东西方文化中的受欢迎程度，或者说在生活中的融入程度。相对而言，希望*，特别是欧洲，art几乎是人们生活中非常重要的一部分，而在中国，由于平均的生活水平还比较有限，大多数人并没有和art有很多的接触。

For western nations, especially those European countries, art is regarded as almost an attitude toward life, penetrating into every aspect of their life. However, in china, the average living standard is still low, most residents have not accessed to art.

3. Are there many art exhibitions in your country?

你可以说有， well, yes, I think so. 然后我们就开始说原因了。可以有以下的一些原因：

[1] 经济的发展 the rapid growth of Chinese economy

[2] 对于艺术的关注度越来越高 more attention has been paid to the art-related fields, because people have more disposable income, so they shift their focus from physical need to artistic pursuit

[3] 懂得艺术，愿意创作艺术的人越来越多了。The number of people who can appreciate art and create art work is increasing. 你也可以说比较少。因为：

[1] 成本较高。需要很多的人力物力。最后如果不是以拍卖为目的的画展，其实没有很多的收入。因为毕竟只是看一下的话，也不能收很高的门票费。The cost of hosting an exhibition is too high, if it is not intended to sell the works, it cannot make its ends meet, because even if they charge for entrance, people may not pay a lot of money just to see these works.

[2] 艺术的氛围还不够，大家还是更加关注物质生活而不是精神追求。The whole atmosphere for ordinary people to participate in any activity relating art is still not strong. Most residents still concern more about the pursuit of material comforts instead of spiritual needs.

4. Do you think people should be able to see these exhibitions for free?

应该：

[1] 增加人们的关注度By making these exhibitions free can attract more people’s attention on art projects. Sometimes, people are willing to go to these places, but they are only reluctant to go because of the high admission fee.

[2] 普及艺术知识: spread the basic knowledge of art and provide people with a visual and direct chance to appreciate these works closely, instead of reading them on the book. 不应该：

[1] 入不敷出if the exhibitions are free, the host cannot make its end meet. It seems to be the only way that they can make some money to cover the expense of the show.

[2] 没又收入来源，特别是古代的 in some modern art shows, the works can be sold to sponsor the expenditure of the exhibition. But if the theme of the show is about the ancient art, most of the works belongs to the nation, so they cannot be sold. In this case, certain fee should be charged.

[3] 即使免费也不会吸引很多人，不如通过收费，提高展览的水平: the truth is that even if the show is free, it can hardly attract many visitors. So in order to make the show better, in terms of the quality of the works and the display of the show, admission tickets are needed.