【大家说英语】 第217期:喜欢拍照吗?(2)

 July 24 7月24日

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Alex is getting into photography¹. 亚力克斯迷上了摄影。

He took a great action shot² of a jumping basketball player. 他拍了一张很棒的动态照片，画面中是一位跃起的篮球员。

Taylor doesn't take many pictures. 泰乐拍的照片不多，

Photography is not her hobby. 摄影不是她的嗜好。

Susie and Abby went for a walk. 苏希和雅碧出外散步，

They saw an eagle³ in the distance. 她们看见远方有一只老鹰，

Susie tried to take a picture. 苏希想把那只老鹰拍下来，

But it wasn't very good. 可是拍起来的效果不太好。

Conversation A 会话A

Do you want to see some pictures, Abby? 雅碧，妳想看一些照片吗？

Sure, Alex. Did you take them yourself? 好啊，亚力克斯，这些照片是你自己拍的吗？

Yes. I went to the park yesterday after work and took them. 是啊，我昨天下班后到公园拍的。

Let me see them. 让我看看。

Oh, this is a great action shot. 哇，这张动态照片拍得真好。

Thank you. I watched those two basketball players play for a long time. 谢谢妳。我看着那两个人打篮球打了很久，

But I did get a good picture of one guy jumping into the air. 不过我确实为其中一人高高跃起的模样拍了一张不错的照片。

You really did. 确实如此。

Conversation B 会话B

Hey, Taylor. Do you like to take pictures? 嘿，泰乐，妳喜欢拍照吗？

I do sometimes. But it's not really my hobby. 有时候， 可是拍照不算我的嗜好。

Why do you ask? 你为什么这么问？

Alex is getting into photography. 亚力克斯迷上了摄影，

So I've been thinking⁴ about it. 所以我在想这件事。

Do you like to take pictures? 你喜欢拍照吗？

Are you interested in photography? 你对摄影有兴趣吗？

No, not really. I don't take too many pictures. 没有，不算很有兴趣。我拍的照片不多。

Yeah, I only take pictures when I'm on vacation. 是啊，我只有度假的时候才会拍照。

Conversation C 会话C

I'm glad we went for a walk, Susie. 苏希，我很高兴我们出来散步。

Me, too. 我也是。

Hey, what's that over there in the distance? 嘿，那边远方是什么？

It looks like ... an eagle! 看起来像是只…老鹰！

I'm going to try to take a picture of it with my phone. 我要用我的手机把牠拍下来。

It's pretty far away. 距离很远喔。

I can try to take one. 我可以试着拍拍看。

Well, that's not a very good picture. 嗯，这张照片不太好。

Oh, well, we both have a picture of it in our minds! 没关系，我们两人的心中都有那只老鹰的影像！

1 photography   

n.摄影，摄影术

参考例句：

• He goes in for photography.他酷爱摄影。
• Photography is not taught in our school.我们学校不教摄影术。

2 shot   

n.炮弹，射击，射手；v.射击，发出，发芽；vbl.射击，发出，发芽

参考例句：

• He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
• All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。

3 eagle   

n.鹰

参考例句：

• The eagle held a mouse in its claws.鹰用爪抓住了老鼠。
• The eagle spread its wings and flew away.鹰展开翅膀飞走了。

4 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。