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男子为10岁儿子签学校回执单,字迹稚嫩被老师怀疑是孩子代签,妈妈:真是爸爸签的,字确实得练

10月17日,“男子因字体稚嫩差点失去家长身份”相关话题引发热议。
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据先锋新闻报道,近日,四川成都。父亲王俊为儿子签学校回执单,结果因为字迹稚嫩,与10岁儿子的字迹高度相似,被老师怀疑是孩子代签。

A father in Chengdu, Sichuan province, was suspected by a teacher of having his 10-year-old son sign a school acknowledgment slip after the signature looked remarkably similar to the boy's childish handwriting.

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妈妈孙女士仔细核对后才和老师确认:“真是孩子爸爸签的,觉得不好意思,父子俩这字确实得练练了。”

The mother checked and confirmed that it was indeed her husband's handwriting. She said she felt embarrassed and that both father and son clearly needed to practice their handwriting.

网友表示,字迹稚嫩也就算了,关键爸爸甚至连自己的名字都写错了……

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也有不少网友晒出了自己的同款经历:

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字迹相关的英语表达

既然都聊到“看字认人”了,就顺便来学几个字迹相关的英语表达吧!以后夸人“字真漂亮”,或者吐槽“这写的啥玩意儿”,就不只会说good和bad啦!

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形容字写得好看、工整时,我们可以说:

▌write a good hand / have neat handwriting
Have neat handwriting / write neatly适合日常使用,强调字迹工整、清晰;write a good hand是英式英语里地道的表达,等于“写一手好字”。

She writes a good hand — every letter is perfectly formed and evenly spaced.

她写得一手好字,每个字母都工整匀称。

▌a fine Italian hand
字面意思是“一手漂亮的意大利体”,Italian hand原本指17世纪起在欧洲部分地区取代哥特体的那种优雅、清晰的历史书写字体。后来也引申为“在某件事上手法漂亮、有技巧”,类似a masterful / deft touch。

The deal was completed with a fine Italian hand, leaving both sides satisfied while securing the company's long-term interests.

这笔交易处理得十分漂亮,既让双方都满意,又确保了公司的长远利益。

▌flourish /ˈflɜːrɪʃ/
指书写中的装饰性笔画,例如字母末尾延伸出的卷曲线条,可用于介绍漂亮签名的特点。

His signature looks like something out of a 19th-century letter, with elegant flourishes.

他的签名仿佛出自一封19世纪的旧信,带着优雅华丽的装饰性笔画。

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形容字写得潦草、难认,可以这样说:
▌chicken scratch
美式英语中常见的口语化表达,字面意思是“鸡刨食”,形容字迹乱到像鸡爪在地上划出来的痕迹,几乎认不出来。类似中文所说的“狗爬字”。

I can't read a single word of this note — it's absolute chicken scratch.

这张便条我一个字都认不出来,完全是鸡爪字。

▌crabbed writing / spidery writing
两个非常有画面感的形容词。Crabbed形容字迹细小、挤在一起、难以辨认,带有一种“别扭”的感觉;spidery字面是“蜘蛛一样的”,形容笔画又细又长、四处伸展,像蜘蛛腿。

Her grandfather's letters are written in a crabbed hand that takes patience to decode.

她祖父的信字迹细小拥挤,读起来需要耐心。

▌doctor's handwriting
看到这个形容,你是不是很有同感?在英语国家中,医生的字也普遍被认为极其潦草,所以doctor's handwriting本身就可以直接代指“难以辨认的鬼画符”。

The father's handwriting was so bad that the teacher said it made "doctor's handwriting look like calligraphy".

爸爸的字太丑了,老师说:“跟他比,医生的字都算书法。”

你的字可以用以上哪些词来形容?欢迎评论区分享!

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来源:中国日报双语新闻 先锋新闻

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