【英语趣味课堂】摄影-Photography

 Hi! my name's Theodore and I'd like to talk to you a little about photography. When I first started studying photography I bought myself a fairly good film camera but since then digital cameras have been getting better and cheaper and recently I bought a somewhat¹ expensive digital camera which I think can do just about as well as most film cameras for most things.

I'm particularly into photo-journalism² so digital is fast and it gives me all I need for photo-journalism. And some people say that it's starting to get better quality than films, so I think digital is the way forward in the future.

 

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first started

 

When I first started studying photography, I bought a film camera.

 

To 'first start' something is to begin it for the first time.  Notice the following:

 

Did you make a lot of mistakes when you first started?

Yoga was really difficult when I first started.

bought myself

 

I bought myself a fairly good film camera.

 

If you 'buy yourself' something it means that you use your own money to buy something for you to use.  Notice the following:

 

I bought myself this new purse a few weeks ago.

She buys herself all her shoes.

film camera or digital camera

 

I bought a digital camera which I think can do just about as well as a film camera for most things.

 

A 'film camera' is a camera that uses a standard roll of film.  A 'digital camera' doesn't use film, but stores the pictures digitally on a disk.  Notice the following:

 

I can't believe you still use a film camera.

How many pictures can your digital camera hold?

particularly into or photo-journalism

 

I'm particularly into photo-journalism.

 

If you are 'particularly into' something you really like it.  'Photo-journalism' is a type of journalism where the photographs dominate³ and are more notable⁴ than the written information.  Notice the following:

 

He is particularly into cars right now.

Do you enjoy photo journalism?

the way forward

 

I think digital is the way forward in the future.

 

'The way forward' is how something is progressing or changing now and will continue that way into the future.  Notice the following:

 

The way forward in transportation is hydro power.

Digital books kind of seem like the way forward.

 

 

1 somewhat   

pron.一些，某物；adv.多少，几分

参考例句：

• The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功。
• The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似。

2 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

3 dominate   

v.支配，统治，高出，俯视，在...中占首地位

参考例句：

• They had the ambition to dominate this small country.他们有控制这个小国的野心。
• The strong usually dominate over the weak.强者常常支配弱者。

4 notable   

adj.值得注意的，著名的；n.名人，要人

参考例句：

• His achievement is very notable.他的成就是非常显著的。
• He wrote and published the essay under notable's name.他假托名人写文章发表。