One semester (1) when my brother, Peter, attended (2) the University of Minnesota, an art-student friend of his asked if he could paint Peter’s portrait for a class assignment .Peter agreed, and the art-student painted and submitted (3) the portrait. Only receive a C minus.

The art-student approached (4) the professor to ask why the grade was so poor .The professor told him that proportions (5) in the painting were incorrect. “The head is too big,” The professor explained, “the shoulders are too wide, and the feet are enormous (6).”

The next day, the art-student brought Peter to see the professor. He took one look at my brother. “Okay, A minus,” he said.

我的兄弟彼得就讀于明尼蘇達大學。有一學期，彼得的一個就讀于美術系的朋友問他是否可以畫一幅他的肖像作為作業。彼得同意了，于是那個美術系的學生畫了他的肖像并交了上去，結果得了一個C減。

那個學生找到教授問他的成績為什么這么差。教授告訴他說肖像畫得比例不對。“頭太大，”教授解釋道，“肩部太寬，而且雙腳過大。
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第二天，那個美術系的學生帶著彼得去見教授。教授看了一眼我兄弟，說：“好吧，A減”

注釋：
1： semester （美）學期
2： attend 出席會議：上大學，上課
3： submit 提交，呈遞
4： approach 接近，靠近：找（某人）商量
5： proportion 比例
6： enormous 巨大的，龐大的