4. Art of the Future

4 Art of the Future It was Professor Armpit! "Bonjour!" he announced as he glided into the room. "I was just in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd stop by to say bonjour." "Bonjour!" we all said. "You're always welcome in my art room, Professor," said Ms. Hannah. "The

未来的艺术是腋窝教授！“你好！”他溜进房间时大声说。 “我正好在附近，所以我想我应该过来打声招呼。” “你好！”我们都说。“我随时欢迎你来我的美术室，教授。” 汉娜。“

children were really inspired by our visit to the museum. Would you like to take a look at the art our talented students are creating?" "Certainly!" "Uh-oh," Ryan whispered to me. "You're in trouble, dude." Professor Armpit walked around the room, stopping at each desk to look at what each kid made. He went to Andrea's desk first, of course. "Hmmmmm," he said as he looked at Andrea's dumb picture of flowers. Grown-ups always say "hmmmmm" when they don't know what to say. "Very interesting," Professor Armpit finally said to Andrea. Then he went to Emily's desk. "Very interesting," he said. Then he went to Michael's desk. "Very interesting," he said. Then he went to Neil's desk. "Very interesting," he said.

孩子们因我们参观博物馆而深受启发。 你想看看我们才华横溢的学生们正在创作的艺术作品吗？”“当然!”“哦哦，”瑞恩低声对我说。 “你有麻烦了，伙计。” 腋窝教授在教室里走来走去，在每张课桌前停下来，看看每个孩子都做了些什么。 当然，他先去了安德里亚的办公桌。 “嗯，”他看着安德烈那张愚蠢的花画说。 大人们不知道该说什么的时候总是说“嗯嗯”。 “很有趣。”腋窝教授终于对安德烈说。 然后他走到艾米丽的桌前。 “非常有趣，”他说。 然后他走到迈克尔的桌前。 “非常有趣，”他说。 然后他走到尼尔的办公桌前。 “非常有趣，”他说。

Professor Armpit said everybody's art was very interesting.* Finally, he came over to me. He looked at my desk. "No art, young man?" he asked. I pointed up at the wall next to me. Professor Armpit looked at my tube of paint taped to the wall. Then he walked back and forth so he could look at it from different angles. He stared at it for like a million hundred minutes. "Hmmmmm..." he said.

腋窝教授说每个人的艺术都很有趣。最后，他向我走来。 他看着我的桌子。“没有艺术吗，年轻人？”他问。 我指着我旁边的墙。 腋窝教授看了看我那根粘在墙上的油漆管。 然后他走来走去，这样他就可以从不同的角度看它。 他盯着它看了足足一百万分钟。 “嗯……”他说。

You never know what "hmmmmm" means. "Hmmmmm" could be good or "hmmmmm" could be bad. "What do you call this, young man?" Professor Armpit finally asked. Call it? How should I know? I didn't even know that art had names. Everybody was looking at me. Nobody

你永远不知道“嗯嗯”是什么意思。 “嗯嗯”可能是好的，也可能是坏的。 “你管这叫什么，年轻人？”腋窝教授最后问道。 叫它什么?我怎么知道？ 我甚至不知道艺术品有名字。 每个人都看着我。 没有人

said anything. You could have heard a pin drop. That is, if anybody brought pins with them to school. But that would make no sense at all. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast. "Uh... I call it Future Art," I finally said. "Hmmmmm..." said Professor Armpit. "Future Art?" "Yeah," I told him. "It's not art yet, because the paint is still in the tube. But it could be art someday... in the future." Professor Armpit stuck his face really close to the tube of paint I taped to the wall. He stared at it for a long time. "Art of the future?" he finally said. And then he shouted, "IT'S GENIUS!"

说任何事。连针落地的声音都能听见。 也就是说，如果有人带着别针去学校。 但这根本说不通。 我不知道该说什么。 我不知道该怎么办。我必须快速思考。 “嗯…我把它叫做未来艺术，”我最后说。 “嗯……”腋窝教授说。 “未来艺术吗?”“是的，”我告诉他。 “这还不是艺术，因为颜料还在管子里。 但有一天它可能会成为艺术…… 在未来。”腋窝教授把脸贴得离我贴在墙上的油漆管很近。 他盯着它看了很长时间。 “未来的艺术？”他最后说。 然后他喊道：“真是天才！”