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sketching pencil/ 素描铅笔/ (sùmiáo qiānbǐ)

A: The weather this weekend is great, let's go sketch something.

周末天气很好,我们一起出去写生吧？

(zhōumò tiānqì hěnhǎo, wǒmén yīqǐ chūqù xiěshēnɡ bā?)

B: Okay. I'll bring my sketch book and a box of sketching pencils.  

好啊,那我带上我的素描本,还有一盒素描铅笔。

(hǎoā, nà wǒ dàishànɡ wǒde sùmiáo běn, háiyǒu yīhé sùmiáo qiānbǐ.)

A: Just one is enough, you don't need to bring a whole box.

带一只就足够了,你不用带一盒铅笔。

(dài yīzhī jiù zúɡòu le, nǐ bùyònɡ dài yīhé qiānbǐ.)

B: Haha, you don't know, but the tips of sketching pencils are different from each other and the different tips of the sketching pencils have different functions.  

哈哈,这你就不知道了,素描铅笔的笔芯是不同的,而且不同笔芯的素描铅笔作用也不同呢。

(hāhā, zhè nǐ jiù bùzhīdào le, sùmiáo qiānbǐ de bǐxīn shì  bùtónɡ de, érqiě bùtónɡ bǐxīn de sùmiáo qiānbǐ zuòyònɡ yě bùtónɡ ne.)

A: Really? Tell me about them. 

是吗？你说说看呢。

(shìma? nǐ shuōshuō kàn ne.)

B: The B series of sketching pencils are the most commonly used for sketches, 4B, and 6B are for darker parts, 2B is for the lighter parts and details.  

B系列型号的铅笔是画素描最常用的,4B、6B用来画暗面,2B用来画亮面和细节。

(B xìliè xínɡhào de qiānbǐ shì huà sùmiáo zuì chánɡyònɡ de, 4B,6B yònɡlái huà ànmiàn, 2B yònɡlái huà liànɡmiàn hé xìjié.)

A: That sounds very detailed. I really didn't know that.

这听起来很详细。我的确不知道。

(zhè tīnɡqǐlái hěn xiánɡxì.wǒ diquè bù zhīdào.)

Illustration:Liu Xidan/GT