Larry和李華一起去參觀藝術博物館。他們會用到一個常用語：write something/someone off，意思是“小瞧，不看好；認為……不重要”。
LH: Larry, 你喜歡什么流派的藝術啊？現實主義還是抽象主義？
L: I definitely prefer the realistic kind. Anybody can make abstract art!
LH: 人人都能創作抽象派藝術作品？那好，你創作一個給我看看！
L: Er ... I guess you're right. I shouldn't write off abstract artists so quickly.
LH: Write them off? 這是什么意思？
L: When you write something off, that means you decide that it isn't important.
LH: 哦，就是小看，不看好的意思。你是說，你不該小瞧抽象派藝術家。
L: Right! Here is another example. In high school most people had written Jack off as an actor, so they were really surprised when he became a movie star years later.
LH: 我明白了。高中時大家都覺得Jack肯定當不了演員，可后來他成了電影明星，所以大家都很吃驚。
L: That's right!
LH: 對了Larry, 你說這些藝術品的創作者一定都很有錢吧？他們的作品都賣得好貴哦！
L: Actually I don't think so. Many great artists were written off in their own time, and people only started to appreciate them many years later.
LH: 也是，好多藝術家在世的時候不被世人重視，總是死了之后才得到人們的認可，真可惜！哎， Larry, 你喜不喜歡畫畫？
L: I thought of being an artist when I was a little kid, but I wrote that dream off a long time ago when I realized I was bad at drawing.
LH: 哦，你發現自己畫畫不行，就放棄了當畫家的夢想。
L: Yeah, but I still like to draw as a hobby. Even though I can't be a professional artist, giving it up even as a hobby would have been overkill.
LH: 要不這樣吧，Larry, 把你最近畫的大作拿來，跟我五歲時畫的兒童簡筆畫比比，看看你有沒有達到我五歲時的水平？
L: Very funny, Lihua. I'll write that off as a joke!
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