In his book, Stick Figures: Drawing as a Human Practice, Professor D.B. Dowd argues that we have misfiled the significance of drawing because we see it as a professional skill instead of a personal capacity.

教授多德在他的书《人物线条画：绘画——人类必备技能》中讲到，我了绘画的重要性，因为我认为绘画是专业技能而不是个人能力。

The question that most fascinates him, however, isn't how the Egyptians who designed and built the pyramid got it wrong 4,500 years ago, but how they got it so close to perfect.

然而，最令他感兴趣的问题不是 4500 年前设计和建造金字塔的埃及人是如何的，而是他如何做到如此接近完美。

It can be immensely hard not to think that those who offer us love are in some ways weak, mistaken, needy, craven or just defective.

我容易认为给予我爱的人是软弱的、黏人的、怯懦的、状或纯粹感情过度丰沛。

I am wrong about the reason for something or possibly the way to get something.

我了事情的原因，也可能是w为了得到某些东西用了方法。

The builders may have gotten the name wrong, but visitors loved the motels anyway.

建这个旅馆的人可能把房子的名字了，但是不影响人喜欢它。

She was the one who stuffed up the roster.

是她把花名册的。

Ah, then he has been at fault too, exclaimed Jones with evident satisfaction.

啊，这么说来他也有的。

I think they made a mistake at the hospital.

我觉得医院把我的孩子了。

Well, we actually have just about everything wrong with the Thanksgiving myth.

这个嘛，我其实几乎完全了感恩节的传说。

Was the writer thinking people were getting them in the wrong order?

这些听起来很基础。作者是否认为人把它的顺序了？

I'm sorry I'm late, I must have mixed up the time for our meeting.

对不起，我迟到了，我一定是把我见面的间了。

" I see, " he finally said. " You've got it wrong, my friend" —chiding condescension in his voice. " If it makes you feel any better, I have to hold back. It's time you learned too."

“我懂了。你了，我的朋友，”他终于开口，声音里带着责怪的傲慢，“如果你因此觉得好过一些，我必须有所保留。你也到该学乖的候了。”

And never would they make a mistake in the order of their entry upon the stage. It would be magnificent.

他从来也不会他上场的次序。真了不起。

Sophie sat for a long time thinking about what connection there could possibly be between Hilde and herself.

不过席德的父亲却把她两人的地址了，这实在是令人难以理解的事。

And never would they make a mistake in the order of their entry upon the stage.

再就是北美的。他从来也不会他上场的次序。

Then you're asking the wrong question.

那么你就把问题的方向了。

Well, sure! Not by smart people like us!

——当然，肯定不会！ 像我这样的聪明人是不会的！

2018, I put 2018 and 2020 in the wrong places.

2018年，我把2018年和2020年的位置了。

One thing that Indy gets wrong is Harrison Ford calls these ships triremes.

印第安纳·琼斯的一点是，哈里森·福特称这些船为三层桨战船。

And that's the third thing most people don't get right.

而这正是大多数人的第三点。