2016年ESL之餐饮娱乐 02 Describing Video Quality

ESL Podcast 1174 – Describing Video Quality 

Amelia: I wish we had hired a professional videographer to film it instead of asking your friend Lenny to do it. 

Victor: This video isn’t so bad. The production quality isn’t the best, but he did a pretty good job. 

Amelia: It’s not bad if you like your video out-of- focus. There are no transitions¹ between scenes and the lighting² is terrible. At best, it looks like a rough cut. 

Victor: It is a little rough, I admit. 

Amelia: There are problems with the audio, too. There are sections of dead air when the audio cuts out. And when there is audio, the volume isn’t uniform. 

Victor: That’s true, too, I guess… 

Amelia: And the handheld camera footage is so shaky that I feel ill watching it. 

Victor: Lenny was just having a good time, getting into the spirit of it. 

Amelia: Is that why he got close-up shots of all of the pretty women and none of the other guests? 

Victor: Well, you know Lenny. He’ll do better next time. 

Amelia: Next time?! How many times do you plan to get married? 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 transitions   

过渡，转变，变迁( transition的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Before explaining a workflow, I'll explain a few simple pieces of terminology: states and transitions. 在解释什么是工作流之前，我先来解释几条简单的术语：状态(states)和过渡(transitions)。
• Both ionization and excitation lead to eletronic transitions that may be the emission of light. 电离和激发都将导致可能伴随有光发射的电子跃迁。

2 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。