One day, a rich man asked him to paint a portrait for him and promised to pay him 10,000 dollars.

一天，一个富人请他为他画一幅肖像画，并答应付给他一万美元。

youdao

One pulled his hat off, another tugged at his coat, a third tried to paint a mustache under his nose.

一个扯掉了他的帽子，另一个拉他的外套，还有一个试图在他鼻子下画胡子。

youdao

One kind was covered with a special paint and reflected 45 percent of the sun's rays - nearly twice as much as the other kind.

一种水泥屋瓦上刷有一种能反射走45%的阳光的特制涂料——几乎是另一种水泥屋瓦的反射率的两倍。

youdao

In one area was a blank canvas that had been waiting twenty-five years for the first line of paint.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Ultimately, says Ford, the system could power one-third of the plant's paint shop.

FORBES: Paint Power

All that reminds us of the cosmonaut in Klushino is the sagging road sign with peeling, discoloured paint, and an old one-storey house.

BBC: Yuri Gagarin's Klushino: Forgotten home of space legend

But engineers soon realized that one day they would be trying to paint a 1-inch line with a 2-inch paintbrush.

FORBES: Trick of the Light