地道美語聽力播客881：獨特的面部特征

Distinctive Facial Features

獨特的面部特征

Mona: How is the portrait coming along?

莫娜：畫像畫的怎么樣啦?

Leonardo: I’m done with the sketches and I’m ready to start on the painting.

李奧納多：草圖完成了，現(xiàn)在我準備開始畫畫了。

Mona: This commission is quite a godsend for a new artist. If you do a good job with this portrait, you may get other commissions.

莫娜：這個委員會對新的藝術家來說就是天賜良機。如果你這幅畫作很優(yōu)秀的話，你也許可以進入其他委員會。

Leonardo: It’s all the same to me. I paint them as I see them.

李奧納多：對我來說都一樣。我看見什么畫什么。

Mona: Well, I hope not exactly as you see them. A portrait has to be flattering, doesn’t it?

莫娜：我到希望你看不見。肖像應該是迎合奉承的，不是嗎?

Leonardo: You mean I should downplay bulging eyes, hooked noses, and double chins? No way. That’s what makes each face distinctive.

李奧納多：你的意思是我應該淡化淡褐色的眼睛，鉤鼻子，和雙下巴?不可能。這樣才能讓每張臉獨具特色。

Mona: Maybe that isn’t the best way to think about it. Everybody has an image of themselves in their mind’s eye. You would just be capturing that image.

莫娜：這么想可能不會是最好的方式。在一個人在他們的腦海里，都有自己的形象。你就應該去捕捉那個形象。

Leonardo: I’m an artist, not a psychologist. If they have squinty eyes, ears that stick out, a weak chin, or thin lips, that’s what I’m going to paint.

李奧納多：我是一個藝術家，不是一個心理學家。如果他們眼睛斜視、耳朵伸出、下巴疲軟薄薄的嘴唇。而我就要這么畫。

Mona: But this sketch shows a really prominent forehead and a receding hairline. Maybe you could just…

莫娜：但是這個草圖展示的真是大腦門，發(fā)際線往后?；蛟S你可以...

Leonardo: No! I have to be true to my art. I’m not compromising.

李奧納多：不!我必須忠實于藝術。我不會妥協(xié)。

Mona: [sigh] I was just hoping you could finally make enough money to move off of my couch!

莫娜：我就是希望能賺夠足夠的錢，離開我的沙發(fā)。