CRI英语听力2012年11月合辑（文本＋翻译）：HIGHLIFE-AND-LOWLIFE.doc

Anexoticparadiseofsmiles.That'showsomeWesternartistssawChinainthe18thCentury.NowanewexhibitionofprintsfromthistimeisondisplayatPekingUniversity'sSacklerMuseum.ThecollectionoffersaglimpseintoEuropeanhistoryanditsobsessionwithChina.DominicSwirehasmore."Inthe18thcentury,itwasthoughtbyEuropeansthatChinawasahappyplacewhereeverybodywaswelloff,theysang,theydanced..."DonaldStoneisaprofessorofarthistoryatPekingUniversity.HetalksaboutacoupleofprintsbyFrenchartistJeanPillement.Oneshowsabuddhaonapedestalinadreamlikegarden.IntheotheraChinesemanwithapointedmustacheapproachesaEuropeanlady."SoChinawas,fortheEuropeans,akindoffantasy,adreamwhereeverythingisnotonlyhappyandbeautiful,butitallowedtheartist-youseethesePillements-tolettheirimaginationsrunwild."Theexhibitionconsistsofover60printsallmadejustbeforethestartoftheFrenchRevolutionin1789."So,ifyoulookcarefullyattheseprints,ofcourse,they'remadeupoflotsandlotsoflinesandtheselineswouldhavebeendrawnorscratchedorengravedbyhandon....""Absolutely,absolutely.Youknow,nowadaysthereproductionsaremadebycameras.Inthosedaystheyhadtohireetcherstodraweverysinglelinebyhandonapieceofcopper.Itmusthavebeenanenormouslabour."Theexhibition'stitled'HighLifeandLowLife'.ThenamecamefromarowdystreetscenebyEnglishartistWilliamHogarthcalledSouthwarkFair."Inthisprintyouhavethehighlifeandlowlifetogetherinoneprint.Youhavehightheatreandlowtheatre,highbornpeopleandlowbornpeople.AndinconnectionwithHogarthyoureallyhavetheextremesoftheEnglishclasses,theupperclassesandlowerclasses.So,itwasjustthetitlethatpoppedintomyhead."ThisispartofalongcollaborationbetweenProfessorStoneandPekingUniversity.Theworksondisplaybelongtotheprofessor,butmostwillstayinChinaashe'spledgedtodonateallhisprintstotheuniversity.ForCRI,I'mDominicSwire.