Mark Twain and WhistlerWhistler,the famous artist,once invited Mark Twain to visit hisstudio(艺术家的工作室)to see a new painting he was just finishing.The humorist(幽默作家,这里指马克·吐温)examined the canvas(画布,油画)for some time in silence,then said,“I’d do away with(去掉)the cloud if I were you,”and extended(伸出)his hand care-lessly toward one corner of the picture as though about to smudge out(涂 Mark Twain and Whistler Whistler, the famous artist, once invited Mark Twain to visit hisstudio (see the artist’s studio) to see a new painting he was just finishing. The humorist examined the canvas (Canvas For some time in silence, then said, “I’d do away with (remove) the cloud if I were you, ” and extended (his) extended his hand care-lessly toward one corner of the picture as though about to to smudge out