英语听力精选进阶版 7022

(Finn is visiting Feifei)

Feifei: Hi Finn. 谢谢你来我家给我这位特殊朋友拍照。

Finn: My pleasure, Feifei. I take pride in being a great photographer. I brought some of my best pictures.

Feifei: 是吗？我知道你拍照技术超好，快让我看看你带的照片…

Finn: Ok. Well, this one I took during a trip to Paris.

Feifei: 就是去年夏天你和你女朋友 Ann 去巴黎那次拍的吧？

Finn: Ann… Yes. Ann is out of the picture now. Ah, but look at the Eiffel Tower!

Feifei: Oh… Ann is out of the picture 在照片外面？

Finn: And this one I took at a dinner party in my flat.

Feifei: Yes, 这张是你和你合住的房友 Johnny 一起照的。

Finn: Yes, my ex-flatmate “Dirty Socks” Johnny. He is out of the picture now too.

Feifei: Johnny, out of the picture 在照片外？ Finn, 他不是在照片里吗？你为什么总说他们 out of the picture?

Finn: No, no, no. Ann and Johnny appear in some of my snaps¹. But I broke up with Ann. She ran away with a Frenchman².

Feifei: 哦，Ann 已经不是你女朋友了。那 Johnny 呢？

Finn: “Dirty Socks” Johnny moved out. He used to leave his socks everywhere!

Feifei: Oh, Johnny 搬走了。

Finn: Exactly. In English, when we say someone is “out of the picture” we mean they are not involved in a particular situation anymore.

Feifei: 短语 out of the picture 的意思是时过境迁，指一个人不再处于其中了，换句话说就是不再相干了。

Finn: Let’s hear some examples.

Divorce³ was good for Mrs Jones. She looks very happy with her husband out of the picture.

My team is bound⁴ to lose this weekend now our best player is out of the picture. He broke his leg yesterday.

Finn: Right! Now let’s meet your special someone in the garden, Feifei. I’ll take a great picture!

(Outdoors)

Feifei: Here we are! 这就是我的院子，我特殊的小朋友呢就在这儿。

Finn: Feifei, this is a hamster!

Feifei: Yes! 我的仓鼠叫 Cutie Pie. 我的 Cutie Pie! 你不觉的它很可爱吗 Finn?

Finn: He is not very photogenic, I’m afraid, Feifei.

Feifei: 什么意思它不上相？我的小宠物可漂亮着呢！(to the hamster) Sweetie yummy come to mummy. 你一定要在照片里！

Finn: I have no choice and Cutie Pie will be in the picture. Oh dear! I can kiss goodbye to my career as a serious photographer.

Feifei: Bye.

Finn: Bye bye.

1 snaps   

v.猛地咬住( snap的第三人称单数 )；（使某物）发出尖厉声音地突然断裂[打开，关闭]；厉声地说；拍照

参考例句：

• The cloth flower snaps on with a special binder. 这布花是用一种特殊的粘合剂固定住的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• As the fish snaps at the bait, it gets caught on the hook. 鱼咬饵时，就被钓在钩上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 Frenchman   

n.法国人（男） (复 Frenchmen)

参考例句：

• John's house was sold to a Frenchman.约翰的房子卖给了一个法国人。
• He speaks French well enough to pass for a Frenchman.他说法语很流利，很容易被当作法国人。

3 divorce   

n.离婚；分离；vi.离婚；vt.离婚；脱离

参考例句：

• Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
• None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。

4 bound   

adj.一定的，必然的；受约束的，有义务的

参考例句：

• I feel honor bound to repay the money I borrowed.我觉得有责任归还我借的钱。
• If he signs that paper,he will be bound hand and foot.如果他签署那份文件，他就会受到束缚。