VOA标准英语2012--Photographers, Employees Await Fallout From Kodak Bankruptcy

Photographers, Employees Await Fallout From Kodak Bankruptcy¹

Jim Megargee compares himself and others like him to dinosaurs³ on the brink⁴ of extinction⁵. He is a traditional photographer confronted by the threat that digital technology poses to the developing and printing of images in a darkroom.
“There’s a physical difference between a silver print and a digital print," he said. "There’s just a physical difference to them. It’s something not many people think of. With a silver print, that’s actually an etching on paper into a silver layer that’s embedded⁶ in the paper. With the digital print it’s ink on paper.”
Megargee says the Kodak bankruptcy is not the end of the world for darkroom photographers - at least not yet. He says plenty of supplies are available, although some products have been discontinued.
“What happens to the photographer when you lose a material, like your favorite film gets taken off the market and the company stops making it, there are other companies,." he said. "They’re not going to replace that film, but it may be a similar product.”
But discontinuing any given material means a loss of jobs for the people who produced it.
“Personally, [I am] very concerned," said Ray Rock, one of the employees at Kodak headquarters in Rochester, New York facing possible unemployment. "I still need a few more years before I can get retirement⁷ benefits, we’ll see what happens.”
Observers say Kodak is likely to continue as a corporation by capitalizing on some of the digital imaging technology that it pioneered.
“My hunch⁸ is they will be mostly an intellectual property company, meaning it will just be collecting revenue from licensing⁹ its patents and technology,” said Bruce Upbin, managing editor of Forbes magazine.
Jim Megarkee says he can create a fine art print in less than an hour. He jokes that photographers who trade traditional photography for digital go over to what he calls “the dark side” [ie. the enemy]. He cautions that doing it right is not as easy as pressing a button.
“It’s not unusual to see someone sitting at a computer station and trying to do the same thing and taking two, or three or four hours," he said.
Megarkee says that comparing traditional chemical photography with digital is like comparing water colors and oil paintings - they are very different. This dinosaur² is hoping for a continued supply of traditional products to prevent his extinction.

1 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

2 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

3 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

5 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

6 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

7 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

8 hunch   

n.预感，直觉

参考例句：

• I have a hunch that he didn't really want to go.我有这么一种感觉，他并不真正想去。
• I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.我有预感和苏珊共事会很融洽。

9 licensing   

v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句