15岁时,美国小伙子惠斯勒来到西点军校学习。一年下来,他除了绘画勉强及格之外,其他课程全都垫底,被开除了。惠斯勒无处可去,经熟人介绍才在测绘局谋得一份差事,整天跟地图打交道。不久,上司查尔斯指派惠斯勒去芝加哥绘制一座桥梁的图纸。惠斯勒欣然受命,半个月后交上图稿,竟然是一幅布满苔藓的石桥图,还有几个小孩在上面嬉戏。查尔斯呆住了,严厉 At the age of 15, the American boy Whistler came to West Point to study. A year later, except for his barely passing drawings, all other courses were completed and dismissed. Whistler has nowhere to go, introduced by an acquaintance before seeking a job in the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, deal with the map all day. Shortly afterwards, Boss Charles assigned Whistler to go to Chicago to draw a blueprint of the bridge. Whistler was gladly ordered to hand over the artwork two weeks later, turned out to be a moss-covered stone bridge figure with several children playing on it. Charles stared, stern