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课件网) 新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第三册 镜头背后的人生 *lens n. (照相机、摄像机的)镜头 14 pose v. (使)摆好姿势 14 grocery n. 食品杂货店 15 grocery store 超级市场 15 *fascination n. 着迷,迷恋 15 fashion n. 时尚 15 uncomplicated adj. 不复杂的,简单的;单纯的 15 *faraway adj. 遥远的 15 celebrity n. 名人, 明星 15 *craft n. (某一行业所需的)技能 15 *anthropologist n. 人类学家 15 Words and expressions A white-haired old man riding an ordinary bicycle around the streets of New York, always wearing the same blue worker's jacket and simple black running shoes. If you saw him, you'd never think there was anything remarkable about him. And yet every member of New York's wealthy high society wanted nothing more than to pose for this man. This ordinary-looking man was Bill Cunningham, one of the most important American photographers of the last 50 years. Para. 1 & 2 一位白发老人总是穿着一件蓝色工装夹克和样式简单的黑色跑鞋,骑着一辆普通的自行车在纽约街头穿梭。如果你看到他,你不会觉得他有任何引人注目的地方。然而,纽约富裕的上流社会中每一个人都想着对他摆姿势、请他拍照。 这位看起来普普通通的人就是比尔 坎宁安,美国近五十年来最重要的摄影师之一。 Life Behind the Lens 1. lens /lenz/ n. (照相机、摄像机的)镜头;透镜;镜片;(眼球的)晶状体 (复数:lenses) a camera lens 一个照相机镜头 contact lenses 隐形眼镜 2. pose v. (使)摆好姿势;假装; 炫耀; 引起; 提问 n. 姿势; 装腔作势 pose a threat/ challenge/ danger/ risk 构成威胁/挑战/危险/风险 pose a question 提出问题 pose for...为(画像、摄影等)摆好姿势 pose as sb.佯装某人,冒充某人,假扮某人 high society 上流社会 nothing more than 仅仅,只不过=only / merely ordinary-looking adj.相貌平平的 What made Cunningham so great It certainly wasn‘t the use of expensive, technologically-advanced equipment. Cunningham always used simple, relatively cheap cameras and took all his pictures on the streets of New York, not in a studio. Nor was it a wide range of contacts and connections. Although he always knew where fashionable parties and events were happening, Cunningham liked to photograph ordinary people in the poor Bronx as much as VIPs in rich Manhattan. Para. 3 是什么使得坎宁安享有如此声誉?当然不是因为他用了昂贵、先进的设备。坎宁安总是使用简单、相对便宜的相机,他所有照片的拍摄地都是纽约的街道,而不是摄影棚。也不是因为他交友广泛,识人无数。虽然他总是知道时尚聚会和大型活动举办的地点,但无论是对于在贫穷的布朗克斯拍摄普通人,还是在富裕的曼哈顿拍摄贵宾,他都同样喜欢。 Life Behind the Lens 镜头背后的人生 He found inspiration where others could not, in simple, everyday scenes, such as a man buying oranges at the local grocery store, or a woman riding home on the graffiti-covered subway. These things were real, and it was within their reality that Cunningham saw both beauty and potential. Through his fascination with what people were wearing, and not who they were, he opened the doors of fashion to everyone -- fashion as he saw it belonged to the people, not just to high ... ...