Maria: Yes, except those inherited from my father, I have fifty albums of stamps.
Henry: Fifty! Great! And I think you must be a millionaire now.
Maria: Yes, but not a millionaire of money, but of spirit, say, from it I’ve learned a lot of knowledge, seen many beautiful places and made a great deal of friends and so on.
Henry: What you’ve said makes me itch to have a go. Is it too late for me to collect stamps now
Maria: No, not late at all. “The latecomers surpass the old-timers.” Have you ever heard the saying
Henry: Yes, I do hope so!
集邮
亨利:我听说你在集邮上花了许多时间和金钱。
玛丽亚:不,不算多。我只是利用业余时间,每月只花50元钱。
亨利:你什么时候开始集邮的?
玛丽亚:8岁。
亨利:噢,到现在你一定集了很多吧。
玛丽亚:是的,除了继承我爸爸的那些以外,我已经有50本邮册的邮票了。
亨利:50本!了不起!我想你现在一定是个百万富翁了。
玛丽亚:是的,但不是金钱上的百万富翁,而是精神上的百万富翁。比如说,我从中学到了许多知识,看到了许多美丽的地方,交了许多知心朋友等。
亨利:噢,你的话使我跃跃欲试。对我来说,现在开始集邮晚吗?
玛丽亚:不,一点都不晚。“后来者居上”,你没听说过吗?
亨利:听过,但愿如此!
Notes 注释
inherit [inherit] v. 继承
album [ 8lbm] n. 集邮簿
millionaire [miljn] n. 百万富翁
itch [it] v. 渴望
小叮咛
①When did you begin collecting stamps 你什么时候开始集邮的?begin: 开始。同样是表示“开始”,begin与start在用法上有很多不同:begin是普通用词,使用较广泛,后接动名词或动词不定式均可,多数情况下都可替代start,反义词为end。例如: They began learning/to learn English last year. 他们去年开始学英语。 而start较口语化,动作性较强,带有突然开始之意,其反义词为stop。start是及物动词,作“动身、发动”讲时,不可用begin替换。例如:He couldn’t start the car. 他发动不了那辆汽车。
Photography
摄影
Classic Sentences 经典句子
01|Do you like taking pictures
你喜欢拍照片吗?
02|He’s been taking photographs for many years.
他从事摄影许多年了。
03|She loves photography very much.
她非常喜欢摄影。
04|Photography is the one thing I really enjoy.
我对摄影真是乐此不疲。
05|It’s a good picture.
这张照片照得不错。
06|May I take pictures here
我能在这里照相吗?
07|Press the button.
button [btn] n. 按钮
按快门。
08|You are very photogenic.
photogenic [futudenik] a. 上相的,适合摄影的
你非常上相。
09|When did you take this picture
你什么时候照的这张相?
10|Where was this picture taken
这张相片在哪里拍的?
11|Is this really you in the picture
这张相片里的真是你吗?
12|How do you like your new digital camera
你喜欢你的新数码相机吗?
13|Why don’t you get this picture enlarged
enlarge [inlɑd] v. 放大(照片)
你为什么不放大这张照片?
14|Where did you get the picture frames
frame [freim] n. 框子
你在哪儿买的相框?
15|I came out really bad in the picture.
我这张照片照得不好。
Useful Dialogue 实用会话
Photography
Cathy: Congratulations, Green! You’ve won the Photographic Prize for this year.
Green: Wonderful! I’m really happy.
Cathy: Well, your pictures are very good. How long have you been a photographer
Green: Not very long…for about three years.
Cathy: You are really good at that.
Green: Yeah. That’s the one thing I really enjoy.
Cathy: What’s the most exciting photographic job you’ve ever worked on
Green: Oh, definitely the visit of Hawaii! I took hundreds of pictures.
Cathy: Really Could I see them
Green: Hold on a second. They are right here.
Cathy: Wow! These are gorgeous. They came out really well.
Green: Thanks.
摄影
凯西:格林,祝贺你获得了今年的摄影大奖!
格林:太好了,我真是开心极了。
凯西:你的照片拍得非常好。你做摄影师多长时间了?
格林:不长……三年吧。
凯西:你干这个确实得心应手。
格林:对。对摄影我真是乐此不疲。
凯西:最让你激动的摄影工作是哪一次?
格林:哦,毫无疑问是去夏威夷。我照了上百张照片。
凯西:真的吗?我能看看照片吗?
格林:请稍等一会儿。都在这里。
凯西:噢!真美。照片都照得很好。
格林:谢谢!
Notes 注释
photographer [ftɡrf] n. 摄影师
definitely [definitli] adv. 肯定地
gorgeous [ɡds] a. 极好的
小叮咛
①They came out really well. 照片都照得很好。
come out: 很上相。除了“很上相”以外,come out有很多意思。
(1)
太阳、星星可以升起可用come out,例如:The sun is coming out.
(2)
花儿绽放也可以用come out,例如:The flowers are coming out finally.
(3)
消息传出来可以用come out,例如:The news came out.
(4)
大白天下可以用come out,例如:The truth ever comes out.
(5) 出版可以用come out ,例如:Your new book came out。
Having the Film Developed
冲洗照片
Classic Sentences 经典句子
01|I’d like to develop them into black-and-white photos.
我想洗黑白照片。
02|I don’t want to have these pictures printed.
我不想打印这些照片。
03|Color prints are more beautiful.
彩色打印会更好看。
04|We print photos with the laser printer.
我们这里用激光打印机打印照片。
05|I’d like to have my photos in the U-disk developed.
我想把U盘里的照片洗出来。
06|I want these photos to be double prints.
double prints洗两份
请帮我把这些照片洗双份。
07|I’ll e-mail you my holiday photos.
我会用电子邮件发送给你假期照片。
08|When can I get my pictures
我什么时候来取照片?
09|How long will it take to develop these photos
洗这些照片需要多长时间?
10|Please take your pictures after nine tomorrow morning.
明天上午九点以后来取照片。
11|Your photos are ready.
你的照片洗好了。
12|Where did you take these photos
你们在哪里拍的这些照片?
13|You are very photogenic.
photogenic [futudenik] a. 上相的
你很上相。
14|Some people just don’t photograph well.
photograph well [futɡrɑf,futɡr 8f wel] 上相
有些人就是不上相。
15|The scenery in the picture is very nice.
照片上风景很美。
Useful Dialogue 实用会话
When Will My Photos Be Ready
Assistant: Can I help you
Grahame: Yes. I’d like to develop some photos in my digital camera. But I forgot to take the data line with me.
Assistant: Don’t worry. Could you take your memory card out of your camera
Grahame: OK. It’s easy. Here you are.
Assistant: Let me see. En, I can use my card reader to recognize it. Then I can copy these photos into our computer. What size do you want
Grahame: Thank you. I want them to be 4×6 inches, single print. When will my photos be ready
Assistant: Do you need them urgently
Grahame: No.
Assistant: Then you can get to take your photos tomorrow afternoon.
Grahame: OK. And look at this picture. I want to cut the stranger out of the picture.
Assistant: No problem.
我的照片什么时候洗出来?
服务生:需要帮忙吗?
格雷姆:
是的。我想冲洗数码相机里面的一些照片。但是我忘记了带数据线。
服务生:别着急。你能把存储卡从相机里面拿出来吗?
格雷姆:好。这个简单。给你。
服务生:我看看。嗯,我能用我的读卡器来识别它。然后我就能把照片复制到我的电脑里。你想要什么尺寸的?
格雷姆:谢谢。我想要4×6英寸的,只洗一份。我的照片什么时候洗出来?
服务生:你要加急吗?
格雷姆:不需要。
服务生:那么你明天下午来取照片吧。
格雷姆:好的。看一下这张照片。我想把这个陌生人从照片里切掉。
服务生:没问题。
Notes 注释
digital [diditl] a. 数字的
data line数据传输线
memory card存储卡
card reader读卡器
recognize [rekɡnaiz] v. 识别
single print只洗一份
小叮咛
①I’d like to develop some photos in my digital camera. 我想冲洗数码相机里面的一些照片。develop在例句中意为“使(胶卷)显影,冲印”的意思。例如:I had the film developed the day before yesterday, but they are not ready until now. 我前天把胶卷拿去冲印了,但是到现在照片还没洗出来。
Shopping Online
网购
Classic Sentences 经典句子
01|Can you show me how to order a book online
你能教我怎么上网订购书吗?