OK,now the painting we are looking at now is by the French painter Toulouse-Lautrec.
The painting is called At The Moulin Rouge.As Ты probably know The Moulin Rouge is a nightclub in Paris.Maybe some of Ты remember the film Moulin Rouge?In the 19th century,the nightclub was very famous for its beautiful dancers and singers.
Toulouse-Lautrec did a lot of paintings and posters of the Moulin Rouge.He especially loved painting the dancers.And in these paintings he sometimes included his Друзья too.
In the middle of the picture there are 5 people who are sitting at a таблица having a drink.The woman who's wearing a hat is a dancer-her name is La Macarona-and the man sitting Далее to her on the left is a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec.He was a photographer.On the right,here,there's a woman with fair hair,blue eyes,and very red lips.Her face looks very white.That's another famous dancer called Jane Avril.At the back of the picture,on the right,there are 2 women who are standing together.One of them is touching her hair.That's la Goulue and she was one of the most famous singers at the Moulin Rouge at that time.
Now this is very interesting.If Ты look carefully to the left of the 2 women,there are 2 men walking out of the nightclub.One of them is very tall and the other one is very short.The very tall man is Toulouse-Lautrec's cousin Gabriel,and the other man is Toulouse-Lautrec himself.Toulouse-Lautrec was only 1 metre 50 centimetres tall.He had very short legs and couldn't walk very well.Some people think that this is why he loved painting the dancers of the Moulin Rouge...because they all had beautiful and long legs.
The painting is called At The Moulin Rouge.As Ты probably know The Moulin Rouge is a nightclub in Paris.Maybe some of Ты remember the film Moulin Rouge?In the 19th century,the nightclub was very famous for its beautiful dancers and singers.
Toulouse-Lautrec did a lot of paintings and posters of the Moulin Rouge.He especially loved painting the dancers.And in these paintings he sometimes included his Друзья too.
In the middle of the picture there are 5 people who are sitting at a таблица having a drink.The woman who's wearing a hat is a dancer-her name is La Macarona-and the man sitting Далее to her on the left is a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec.He was a photographer.On the right,here,there's a woman with fair hair,blue eyes,and very red lips.Her face looks very white.That's another famous dancer called Jane Avril.At the back of the picture,on the right,there are 2 women who are standing together.One of them is touching her hair.That's la Goulue and she was one of the most famous singers at the Moulin Rouge at that time.
Now this is very interesting.If Ты look carefully to the left of the 2 women,there are 2 men walking out of the nightclub.One of them is very tall and the other one is very short.The very tall man is Toulouse-Lautrec's cousin Gabriel,and the other man is Toulouse-Lautrec himself.Toulouse-Lautrec was only 1 metre 50 centimetres tall.He had very short legs and couldn't walk very well.Some people think that this is why he loved painting the dancers of the Moulin Rouge...because they all had beautiful and long legs.
If you've learnt British English and you're travelling in the States,or if you've learnt American English and you're travelling in Britain,you'll notice some differences.An obvious difference is the accent,but most travellers find that they don't have too many problems with this.There are some grammatical differences,but they shoudn't make it difficult to understand people,or to communicate.That leaves differences in vocabulary,which can cause misunderstandings.Sometimes the difference is only the spelling,for example,in British English 'center','colour',and 'travelled',and in American English 'centre','color',and 'traveled'.But sometimes the word is completely different in British and American English,and it's good idea to be prepared.
