40 Painting Birds：The Life of John James Audubon

Painting Birds The Life of John James Audubon by Steven Otfinoski Table of Contents Introduction page 2 Chapter 1 The Artist page 4 Chapter 2 Success page 8 Chapter 3 From Birds to Other Animals page 11 Conclusion page 14 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

《画鸟:约翰·詹姆斯·奥杜邦的一生》史蒂文·奥特芬诺斯基目录简介第二页第一章艺术家第四页第二章成功第八页第三章从鸟类到其他动物第十一页结论第十四页词汇/索引第十五页理解检查第十六页

Introduction John James Audubon loved all kinds Of birds. He studied birds. He used what he learned to paint all the birds of North America. John made the birds in his paintings look real. He was the first artist to show birds in their real size. He painted every detail of the birds. This is a painting by John James Audubon. His paintings are in museums all over the United States. John James Audubon as a young man.

约翰·詹姆斯·奥杜邦喜欢各种各样的鸟。 他研究鸟类。他用他学到的东西画了北美所有的鸟。 约翰把画中的鸟画得很逼真。 他是第一个以鸟的真实尺寸来展示鸟的艺术家。 他画了鸟的每一个细节。 这是约翰·詹姆斯·奥杜邦的一幅画。 他的画在美国各地的博物馆展出。 年轻时的约翰·詹姆斯·奥杜邦。

Chapter 1 The Artist John was born in Haiti in 1785. When he was a young boy, he moved to France with his family. His father owned a farm in America. When John was 18, his father sent him to the United States. He wanted John to take care of the farm. But John didn't want to do that. He wanted to hunt, fish, and draw birds. John lived in Haiti, then France, and then the United States. John drew lots of pictures of birds. He was very careful to make the birds look real. John painted birds eating. He painted birds nesting. He painted them looking for food. The more he painted, the more lifelike the birds looked. In 1808 John married Lucy Bakewell and they moved to Kentucky. John and a friend opened a store. But John didn't like working in the store. He liked to walk through the woods to hunt and draw. Soon the business failed. Lucy Audubon, John's wife John Audubon's drawings made each bird look real.

约翰1785年出生于海地。 当他还是个小男孩的时候，他随家人搬到了法国。 他父亲在美国拥有一个农场。 约翰18岁时，他父亲把他送到了美国。 他想让约翰照看农场。 但约翰不想这么做。 他想打猎、钓鱼、画鸟。 约翰先后在海地、法国和美国生活过。 约翰画了许多鸟的画。 他非常小心地使这些鸟看起来很真实。 约翰画鸟儿吃东西。 他画鸟窝。他画的是寻找食物的动物。 他画得越多，这些鸟看起来就越逼真。 1808年，约翰与露西·贝克韦尔结婚，他们搬到了肯塔基州。 约翰和一个朋友开了一家商店。 但是约翰不喜欢在店里工作。 他喜欢穿过树林去打猎和画画。 不久，生意就失败了。约翰的妻子露西·奥杜邦约翰·奥杜邦的画让每只鸟看起来都很真实。

John wanted to paint full-time. Lucy helped. She got a teaching job to support the family. They had two young sons. John went to New Orleans. He arrived in a pitiful condition. He earned some money by painting portraits. But he also painted birds. Audubon painted portraits to earn money. Language DETECTIVE Clue: The word pitiful has the suffix —ful, which means "full of." It is added to the end of the base word pity. Can you find another word with a suffix on page 5? John wanted to make his bird paintings into a book, but he couldn't find a publisher. He thought he'd find one in England. So he taught art to make money for the trip. In two years he had enough money. John found someone to publish his book. It cost a lot of money to make it.

约翰想全职画画。 露西帮助。她找了一份教书的工作来养家。 他们有两个年幼的儿子。约翰去了新奥尔良。 他到达时情况很糟糕。 他画肖像画赚了些钱。 但他也画鸟。 奥杜邦画肖像画赚钱。 语言侦探线索:pity这个词有后缀-ful，意思是“充满的”。 它被加在词根pity的末尾。 你能在第五页找到另一个带后缀的单词吗? 约翰想把他的鸟画编成一本书，但他找不到出版商。 他以为能在英国找到一个。 所以他教艺术，为旅行赚钱。 两年之内他就有了足够的钱。 约翰找到了出版他的书的人。 制作它花了很多钱。

Chapter 2 Success Many people wanted John Audubon's book. He was now a success. But John wanted to do more. He wanted to show every kind of bird in the United States. In 1829 he left England. He went home to his family. Then he went to find more birds. John James Audubon John went to many different places to find birds. band John walked through the woods, swamps, and tall grasses. Often he'd crouch and wait for hours to see a new bird. John wanted to learn as much as he could about birds. He watched everything they did. Sometimes John put bands, or small pieces of material, on young birds. This helped him know if the birds returned to the same place the next spring. Some birds did return. crouch: to sit near the ground with your knees bent close to your body

许多人想要约翰·奥杜邦的书。 他现在成功了。但约翰想做得更多。 他想展示美国的每一种鸟。 1829年，他离开了英国。他回到了家人身边。 然后他去找更多的鸟。 约翰詹姆斯奥杜邦约翰去了很多不同的地方寻找鸟类。 约翰穿过树林、沼泽和高高的草丛。 他常常蹲着等上几个小时，就为了看到一只新的鸟。 约翰想尽可能多地了解鸟类。 他注视着他们的一举一动。 有时约翰会把带子或小块材料绑在幼鸟身上。 这有助于他了解这些鸟是否会在第二年春天回到同一个地方。 有些鸟确实回来了。蹲伏:靠近地面坐着，膝盖弯曲，靠近身体