On Art and Artists（十一）_经典赏析

On Art and Artists（十一）

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English Encouragement of Art：

Cromek's opinions put into rhyme

If you mean to please everybody you will

Set to work both ignorance and skill.

For a great multitude are ignorant，

And skill to them seems raving² and rant¹.

Like putting oil and water in a lamp，

'Twill make a great splutter with smoke and damp.

For there is no use as it seems to me

Of lighting³ a lamp， when you don't wish to see.

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1 rant
v.咆哮；怒吼；n.大话；粗野的话
参考例句：
You can rant and rave at the fine,but you'll still have to pay it.你闹也好，骂也好，罚金还是得交。 If we rant on the net,the world is our audience.如果我们在网络上大声嚷嚷，全世界都是我们的听众。

2 raving
adj.说胡话的；疯狂的，怒吼的；非常漂亮的；令人醉心[痴心]的v.胡言乱语(rave的现在分词)n.胡话；疯话adv.胡言乱语地；疯狂地
参考例句：
The man's a raving lunatic. 那个男子是个语无伦次的疯子。 When I told her I'd crashed her car, she went stark raving bonkers. 我告诉她我把她的车撞坏了时，她暴跳如雷。

3 lighting
n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光
参考例句：
The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。 The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。