地道美语听力练习:独一无二的面部特征

Mona:How is the portrait coming along?

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

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.

Leonardo:It's all the same to me.

I paint them as I see them.

Mona:Well, I hope not exactly as you see them.

A portrait has to be flattering, doesn't it?

Leonardo:You mean I should downplay bulging eyes, hooked noses, and double chins?

No way. That's what makes each face distinctive.

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.

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.

Mona:But this sketch shows a really prominent forehead and a receding hairline.

Maybe you could just…

Leonardo:No! I have to be true to my art.

I'm not compromising.

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