每天一篇英文新闻学习英语第十四天

Artist(艺术家) Stephen Wiltshire is famous (著名) for his ability to create(创造) entire(全部的) cityscapes (城市景观) from memory(记忆). He has drawn many cities such as(例如) Paris and London, to name just a few, and now he is undertaking (承诺) one of his biggest challenges(挑战) yet(迄今为止) – Mexico City.

艺术家斯蒂芬·威尔特郡（StephenWiltshire）以其利用记忆创造整个城市景观的能力而闻名。他画过许多城市，比如巴黎和伦敦，仅举几个例子，现在他正面临着迄今为止最大的挑战之一——墨西哥城。

He has a perfect (完美的) photographic (摄影的) memory and he was able to start sketching (速写) the city based merely (仅仅) on a 30-minute helicopter (直升机) flight (飞行) the day before. That is simply(简直) something as much unbelievable (难以置信) as how amazing (惊奇) his drawings are.

他有着完美的摄影记忆，他能够在前一天仅凭30分钟的直升机飞行就开始勾画这座城市。这简直是难以置信的事情，就像他的画是多么神奇一样。

Stephen was diagnosed (诊断) with autism (自闭症) at just three years old and he says that drawing is one of few things that calm (平静) him down. Furthermore (此外) , thanks to his great drawings, people awarded (授予) him an MBE 10 years ago for services to art.

斯蒂芬在三岁时被诊断出患有孤独症，他说绘画是少数能让他平静下来的事情之一。此外，由于他的伟大画作，人们在10年前授予他MBE，表彰他对艺术的贡献。

Difficult words:

cityscape (城市风貌) (the visual (视觉) appearance (外观) of a city)

merely (仅仅) (only)

word:

Artist(艺术家)

famous (著名)

create(创造)

entire(全部的

memory(记忆)

such as(例如)

undertaking (承诺)

challenges(挑战)

yet(迄今为止)

perfect (完美的)

photographic (摄影的)

sketching (速写)

helicopter (直升机)

flight (飞行)

simply(简直)

nbelievable (难以置信)

amazing (惊奇)

diagnosed (诊断)

autism (自闭症)

calm (平静)

Furthermore (此外)

awarded (授予)

visual (视觉)

appearance (外观)

cityscapes (城市景观)

merely (仅仅)