Peter decides the grade
彼得的長相決定了分?jǐn)?shù)
One semester when my brother, Peter,attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis,an art-student friend of his asked if he could paint Peter's portait for a class.assignment. Peter agreed,and the art student painted and submitted the portrait, only to receive a C minus.
我兄弟彼得在明尼阿波利斯的明尼索達(dá)大學(xué)上學(xué)時(shí),有一個(gè)學(xué)期,他的一位學(xué)藝術(shù)的朋友問他是否可以用他做素描的模特作為課堂作業(yè)。彼得同意了。那位藝術(shù)生畫完了,就把肖像交給了老師。他只得了一個(gè)C-.
The art student approached the professor to ask why the grade was so poor. The teacher told him that the proportions in the painting were incorrect.”The head is too big,”the professor explained.”The shoulders are too wide, and the feet are enormous."
那位藝術(shù)生找到教授問為什么他的分?jǐn)?shù)這么低。教授告訴他肖像中的比例失調(diào),教授說:“腦袋太大,肩太寬,腳也過于大了。”
The next day,the art student brought Peter to see the professor. He took one Look at my brother."Okay, A minus. "he said.
第二天,那位藝術(shù)生帶彼得見教授,教授看了我兄弟一眼,并說:“好,可以得A-。”