Mural
壁畫
Have you seen any murals?
你見過壁畫么?
A mural is a picture painted on a wall or ceiling.
壁畫是繪在墻壁上或天花板上的圖案。
Do you know the famous work of Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam?
你知道米開朗基羅的著名作品《創造亞當》嗎?
It is a mural, because it is painted on the ceiling of a chapel.
它就是壁畫,因為它畫在小教堂的天花板上。

Long, long ago, people lived in caves.
很久、很久以前,人們生活在洞穴里。
They sometimes drew pictures on the walls of caves.
他們有時會在洞穴的墻壁上畫畫。
Those drawings were the earliest murals in history.
那些畫是歷史上最早的壁畫。
Art historians are very interested in murals, because murals are the earliest form of art.
藝術歷史學家對壁畫非常感興趣,因為壁畫是最早的藝術形式。
In addition, murals and prehistoric time help us understand our ancestors.
此外,壁畫和史前時期有助于我們了解我們的祖先。