地道美语听力播客881：独特的面部特征

Distinctive Facial Features

独特的面部特征

Mona: How is the portrait coming along?

莫娜：画像画的怎么样啦?

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

李奥纳多：草图完成了，现在我准备开始画画了。

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：这个委员会对新的艺术家来说就是天赐良机。如果你这幅画作很优秀的话，你也许可以进入其他委员会。

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

李奥纳多：对我来说都一样。我看见什么画什么。

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

莫娜：我到希望你看不见。肖像应该是迎合奉承的，不是吗?

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

李奥纳多：你的意思是我应该淡化淡褐色的眼睛，钩鼻子，和双下巴?不可能。这样才能让每张脸独具特色。

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：这么想可能不会是最好的方式。在一个人在他们的脑海里，都有自己的形象。你就应该去捕捉那个形象。

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.

李奥纳多：我是一个艺术家，不是一个心理学家。如果他们眼睛斜视、耳朵伸出、下巴疲软薄薄的嘴唇。而我就要这么画。

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

莫娜：但是这个草图展示的真是大脑门，发际线往后。或许你可以...

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

李奥纳多：不!我必须忠实于艺术。我不会妥协。

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

莫娜：我就是希望能赚够足够的钱，离开我的沙发。