每日听写12.10高级

We can witness a milkmaid serenely pouring a bowl of milk, but that milk isn't for us.
我们看到一个女仆往罐子里倒牛奶，但是知道牛奶不是倒给我们。
We're only onlookers. The studied composition in Vermeer's paintings invokes a balancedharmony.
我们只是旁观者。画中精密的构图制造出一种平衡的和谐。
With the checkered floor in many of his works, Vermeer demonstrates his command ofperspective and foreshortening.
他的画中经常出现方格地板，画家强调了自己对视角、透视法和缩短法的掌控。
That's a technique that uses distortion to give the illusion of an object receding into thedistance.
这是一种利用扭曲制造出一个物体缓缓退到远方的幻象。
Other elements, like sight lines, mirrors, and light sources describe the moment through spaceand position.
其他元素，比如视线、镜子和光源，描述了当时的空间和位置。
The woman reading a letter by an open window is precisely placed so the window can reflecther image back to the viewer.
一个女人在打开的窗前读着信，描绘地如此精确，窗户上可以看到她的倒影。
Vermeer would even hide the leg of an easel for the sake of composition.
弗米尔甚至会藏起画架的一条腿只为达到构图目的。
The absence of these very elements brings the 'Girl with the Pearl Earring' to life.
《戴珍珠耳环的少女》弃用了上述元素，反而显得亲近生动。
Vermeer's treatment of light and shadow, or chiaroscuro,
弗米尔对光影和明暗对比的运用，
uses a dark, flat background to further spotlight her three-dimensionality.
深色、平面的背景突出了人物的立体。