胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯 第173期:多邊形肖像 The polygonal portrait

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胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯 第173期:多邊形肖像 The polygonal portrait

中英對(duì)照

173 The polygonal portrait

173 多邊形肖像

There was a politician who wanted to have a portrait painted in the shape of a polygon.

有一位政治家想要請(qǐng)人畫(huà)一幅多邊形的畫(huà)像。

He contacted a particular portraitist whose portraiture was purportedly perfect and made a few inquiries:

他與一位獨(dú)樹(shù)一幟的肖像畫(huà)家取得了聯(lián)系，據(jù)稱這位畫(huà)家的肖像畫(huà)法已經(jīng)到了近乎完美的地步。他向畫(huà)家咨詢了幾個(gè)問(wèn)題。

I would like the portrait to portray a ponderous demeanor, said the politician.

我希望這副畫(huà)能描繪出我笨重的樣子。政治家說(shuō)。

The portraitist replied, If you possess a positive posture and pose a persuasive pose, your portrayal will portend the affection of the populous portion of your constituents.

畫(huà)家回答道：如果你能擁有一副積極的姿態(tài)，擺出令人信服的樣子，那么你的肖像將預(yù)示著您的選區(qū)人口中大部分選民的情感意向。

What material will it be made of? he asked.

那這幅畫(huà)是用什么材料繪制的呢？

It will be made of porcelain, a non-porous material.

畫(huà)家回答說(shuō)：用瓷，一種非滲透性的材料。

It will also be portable and suitable as a poster if you wish, and, of course, it will be polygonal as you requested, said the portraitist.

如果你愿意的話，還可以做得非常輕便，像一張招貼畫(huà)一樣。當(dāng)然，肯定會(huì)如你所要求的那樣是多邊形的。

The man asked, I have another concern. I have very large pores on my nose.

政治家又問(wèn)：我還有另一個(gè)擔(dān)心。我鼻子上的毛孔太大，

Will they appear? We can hide them if you wish, answered the artist.

畫(huà)上看得出來(lái)嗎？…如果你愿意的話，我們可以把毛孔隱藏起來(lái)。

Good. My appearance is important to me as I am a politician.

好的。由于我是搞政治的，外表對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)非常重要。

One last question, said the prospective customer,

還有最后一個(gè)問(wèn)題，這個(gè)即將成交的主顧說(shuō)道，

How long will it take me to receive it after it's done?

畫(huà)好以后多久我才能拿到畫(huà)像？

If we send it by post, the postal system can have it in your possession a few days after the postmark if the postage is correct, that is, he said.

如果用郵件的方式傳遞，郵局將在所蓋郵戳的幾天以后將畫(huà)送到，畫(huà)就為您所擁有了—當(dāng)然如果郵資沒(méi)有問(wèn)題的話。畫(huà)家回答道。

And what if it gets lost in the mail? Who will be responsible? inquired the politician. The postmaster, of course. He replied.

那如果投遞過(guò)程中畫(huà)丟失了呢？誰(shuí)來(lái)負(fù)責(zé)任？政治家又問(wèn)道。當(dāng)然是郵政局長(zhǎng)。畫(huà)家回答。

Since the portrait was portable, there was no need to send it after all the politician picked it up himself.

實(shí)際上，那畫(huà)非常輕便，根本就沒(méi)有必要郵寄—政治家自己就可以隨身攜帶。

When he finally received the polygonal portrait, he was quite pleased.

當(dāng)他最終拿到那幅多邊形畫(huà)像以后，他感到非常滿意。

重點(diǎn)詞匯

n. 肖像畫(huà)，肖像繪制法

adj. 特殊的，特別的，特定的，挑剔的
n.

n. 外表，外貌，出現(xiàn)，出場(chǎng)，露面

n. 慈愛(ài)，喜愛(ài)，感情，影響

n. 肖像，畫(huà)像
adj. (文件頁(yè)面)

n. 描繪，肖像，畫(huà)像

adj. 合適的，適宜的
adv. 合適

vt. 描寫(xiě)，描繪，飾演

vt. 持有，支配

adj. 笨重的，笨拙的，乏味的