Sofia 上周末发生了一件事,现在正在和 Bob 分享……
Sofia: So last weekend I finally met the guy I told you about.
Sofia:上周末我跟之前和你提过的那个男生见面了。
Bob: You mean Steve from the online dating website? How is he?
Bob:你是说交友网站的 Steve 吗?他人如何?
Sofia: He’s really a nice person, we chatted a lot and had a lot in common, but …
Sofia:他人真的很好,我们聊了很多而且有很多共同点,不过…
Bob: Yeah?
Bob:不过怎样?
Sofia: It’s just that… his photo on the dating website was a fake!
Sofia:就是…他在交友网站上方的照片完全是假的!
Bob: Oh my God, he’s obviously studied how to take a flattering photo!
Bob:哦天啊,很明显他有研究怎么拍「照骗」!
Sofia: Exactly! I mean, a little bit of retouching is okay, but in his case … it looks nothing like him!
Sofia:没错!我觉得一点点修图是可以,但这个情况是… 这根本不是他!
看来 Sofia 受到了不少震惊!我们先来复习以下单字学学「修图」的英文怎么说吧!
fake (adj.) 假的
假的!一切都是假的! fake 这个形容词的中文意思就是「假的」,也可以用来形容人「虚伪」。 fake 也可以用来当名词,意思是「赝品」。
I’ve bought some fake flowers from the store.
我从店里买来了一些假花。
Get lost with your fake sympathy!
带着你虚伪的同情滚开!
I thought I was going to be rich when I found what I thought was an antique coin in my deceased grandfather’s cabin, but it turned out to be a fake.
当我在我已逝祖父的橱柜里找到一枚古老硬币,我还以为自己要发了,结果原来只是赝品。
flattering photo (n.) 照骗
flattering 意指「奉承的;拍马屁的;令人更显漂亮的」,flattering photo 直翻就是「令人更显漂亮的照片」,指的其实就是「照骗」。
She posted flattering photos to get more followers.
她发「照骗」来吸引更多人追踪。
retouch (v.) 修图
retouch 意指「修图」,re- 这个字首有「再一次」的意味,touch 则是「碰触」,retouch 字面意思即是「再碰一次」,是不是很有「修图」的感觉呢?
She retouched her photo before she posted it online.
她先修了图才把照片发上网。
现今网路上的照片真的不太能相信,Bob 的看法又是如何?
Bob: Haha you must have been shocked.
Bob:哈哈哈你一定很震惊。
Sofia: Totally. But I suppose nowadays there’s not many “real” photos on the Internet either.
Sofia:真的。但我想现在网路上也没多少真实照片。
Bob: I agree. What with all the filters and the such even the food doesn’t seem real anymore.
Bob:我同意,有了滤镜连食物看起来都不真实了。
Sofia: Especially when it comes to people’s selfies.
Sofia:尤其是人的自拍照。
Bob: That reminds me of some photos I saw on Instagram. Some people retouched their photos so much that they no longer looked like humans.
Bob:你让我想到我在 Instagram 看到的一些照片。有些人修图修到看起来都不像人了。
Sofia: I really can’t understand why anyone would do that.
Sofia:我真的不懂为什么有人会要那么做。
Bob: Yeah… they looked really phoney to me.
Bob:是啊…那样看起来很做作。
看来 Bob 也见过很假的照片,只能说现在的社会,要看到完全真实的事物很难。
不过以下这些单字都是真的哦!一起来学学「滤镜」的英文怎么说吧!
filter (n.) 滤镜
filter 原指「过滤器」,但在摄影界则用来指「滤镜」。
The weather in that photo looks so bad. Let’s put a filter on it!
照片里的天气看起来好差。套个滤镜吧!
selfie (n.) 自拍照
selfie 的中文意思为「自拍照」,开头的 self 指的其实就是「自己」。 take a selfie 意指「拍自拍照」。
He took a selfie in front of the garden.
他在花园前拍了一张自拍照。
phoney (adj.) 做作的
phoney 为形容词,用来形容人「做作的,虚伪的」,亦可拼写为 phony。
I find phoney people distasteful. They’re always pretending to be something they’re not.
我觉得做作的人都很讨厌,他们总是很爱装模作样。