139. Starving Artists 饥饿的艺术家

"I'm not coming to this art fair again," said Molly. "Why aren't you coming to this art fair again?" asked Teri. "There aren't enough visitors," Molly said. "That's for sure," said Teri. "There aren't enough visitors spending money." "That's for sure," said Molly. Visitors stopped and looked at Molly's paintings. Visitors stopped and looked at Teri's paintings. Visitors said Molly's paintings were very nice. Visitors said Teri's paintings were very nice. But no one bought anything. "No one buys anything," said Molly. "They stop. They look. They say, 'Oh, how pretty.' Then they walk on." Molly and Teri had not sold one painting. They lowered their prices. They put "Sale! 50% Off!" tags on all their paintings. But no one bought a single painting.

“我再也不来这个艺术博览会了，”莫莉说。“你为什么不再来这个艺术博览会？”泰瑞问道。“没有足够的游客，”莫莉说。“那是肯定的，”泰瑞说。“没有足够的游客花钱。”“这是肯定的，”莫莉说。游客们停下来看莫莉的画。游客们停下来看泰瑞的画。游客们说莫莉的画很好。游客们说泰瑞的画非常漂亮。但是没有人买任何东西。“没人买任何东西，”莫莉说。“他们停下来。他们看着。他们说，‘哦，多漂亮啊！’然后他们继续走。”莫莉和泰瑞一幅画也没卖过。他们降低了价格。他们推出“减价！五折！”他们所有画上的标签。但没有人买过一幅画。