03 话题 | 我的自拍

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各位朋友们大家好，欢迎来到《走遍美国》！前面两节课我们聊到了“自拍”和“社交媒体”相关的词汇。今天的课我们有两个环节。第一个环节，作为对于前两节课所学语言的回顾，我们一起来聊一个话题：My Favorite Photo，我最喜欢的一张照片。之后的第二个环节里面，我们会一起聊聊“像”。

现在进入第一个环节：My Favorite Photo.说到自己最爱的那张照片，朋友们你们脑中浮现出的是哪一幅图片呢？照片里是跟家人、朋友在一起的温馨画面，还是以名山大川为背景的旅游留念？杨芮老师碰巧去过纽约港New York Harbour，在那边留下过一张自拍，背景是the statue of liberty，像，the statue of liberty。我现在就跟大家说说这张照片，大家仔细听，我会用上前两节课教过大家的一些表达，也会有一些没有讲过的表达要补充。

首先，说说我拍那张照片时的背景：

My favorite photo is a selfie, I took that selfie in New York Harbour. I had heard much about the Statue of Liberty, and had been expecting to see it. So when I finally saw that statue from New York Harbour, I was really exited! I took out my Selfie stick, and pressed the shutter !

相机的“快门”是shutter，s-h-u-t-t-e-r，shutter。按下快门，我们用p-r-e-s-s，press这个词：press the shutter。我在纽约港远远看到“像”特别激动，于是就拿出selfie stick自拍杆，按下了快门。

接着，说说照片里有些什么：In that photo, I was showing a victory sign and the Statue of Liberty�was right at my back. It happened that a bird was flying over my head when I pressed the shutter, and that bird was in my photo as well.

我在照片里面比划着剪刀手，背景就是像。victory sign，就是“剪刀手”。Victory，v-i-c-t-o-r-y，是“胜利”的意思。发明“剪刀手”的是前英国首相丘吉尔，他一开始做这个姿势就是想表达“胜利”的意思，所以“剪刀手”在英文里面被称为victory sign.

注意一下我刚才描述照片时用到的时态，I was showing a victory sign in that photo. was 加上动词show的-ing形式，这是什么时态？对了，这是“过去进行时”。“过去进行时”通常用来表示过去的某一个时刻正在做的事情，用这个时态来描述照片中的动作再合适不过了。因为我们描述照片，可不就是描述按下快门的那一刻正在发生的事情吗。所以后面那句话我用的也是过去进行时：a bird was flying over my head when I pressed the shutter. 在我按下快门的那一刻，碰巧有只鸟飞过。

刚才我们描述了照片里面的情境：我比划了个“剪刀手”，背景里有一只碰巧飞过的鸟和更远处的像。拍下这张自拍后，我立刻就发到微信朋友圈了。After taking that selfie, I immediately posted it to my Wechat. Many of my friends gave their “likes” to that photo. They could tell where I was because they saw that famous statue at my back.

我们在之前的课上讲过，在网上发图片，用post这个动词，post a photo；点赞，英文是give likes。我的朋友们看到我的自拍都给我点赞，他们还都猜到了我当时在哪里，因为“像”实在是太有名啦！表示“猜到我在哪里”，我刚才用了动词tell。这个词除了有“告诉”的意思，还有“辨别，辨认”的意思。My friends could tell where I was.

好了，刚才跟大家描述了我的一张自拍，我们完整地回顾一下。

My favorite photo is a selfie, I took that selfie in New York Harbour. I had heard much about the Statue of Liberty, and had been expecting to see it. So when I finally saw that statue from New York Harbour, I was really exited! I took out my Selfie stick, and pressed the shutter!

In that photo, I was showing a victory sign and the Statue of Liberty was right at my back. It happened that a bird was flying over my head when I pressed the shutter, and that bird was in my photo as well.

After taking that selfie, I immediately posted it to my Wechat. Many of my friends gave their “likes” to that photo. They could tell where I was because they saw that famous statue at my back.

【文化】

聊完了My favorite photo，让我们进入今天的第二个环节，一起来了解一点背景知识。刚才的日记里面，我自拍的背景是The Statue of Liberty，就是著名的“像”。statue 是“雕像”，liberty的意思是“自由”。The statue of liberty位于纽约曼哈顿外海的岛上，游客想去岛上参观的话需要在纽约港搭乘渡船。

像早已成为美国的象征。我们在很多电影里面都会看到这样的场景：抱着梦想渡海而来的人们，远远看到像，大喊一声“America!”于是全船沸腾，知道他们可以开始自己的美国梦了。

虽然 the statue of liberty 是美国的象征，但它其实是法国人的作品。一百三十多年前，法国雕塑家历时十年完成这尊雕像，作为礼物送给美国。直到现在呀，像一直都是到纽约的游客一定会打卡报到的景点。大家去纽约旅行的时候也不要忘了和我一样，跟合个影哦！

今天的节目就到这里。大家课后不妨试着用今天学到的语言试着描述自己最喜欢的一张照片。下次课再见啦！