PART 1

BREDA: Hello, Wayside Camera Club, Breda speaking.

布兰达：您好。路旁摄影俱乐部，我是布兰达。

DAN: Oh, hello, um, my name's Dan and I'd like to join your club.

丹：您好。我是丹。我想要加入你们的俱乐部。

BREDA: That's great, Dan.

布兰达：太好了，丹。

We have an application form – would you like to complete it over the phone, then you can ask any questions you might have?

我们有一份申请表。咱们现在边通话边填写，然后有任何问题您可以问，这样可以吗？

DAN: Oh, yes, thanks.

丹：可以的。谢谢。

BREDA: OK, so what's your family name?

布兰达：好的。您的姓氏是？

DAN: It's Green – Dan Green.

丹：格林。我叫丹·格林。

BREDA: So – can I take your email address?

布兰达：方便告诉我您的邮箱吗？

DAN: Yes, it's dan1068@market.com.

丹：没问题，邮箱地址是dan1068@market.com。

BREDA: Thanks. And what about your home address?

布兰达：谢谢。您的住址是？

DAN: Well, I'm about ten miles away from your club in Peacetown.

丹：我住在平安镇，距离你们的俱乐部约10英里。

I live in a house there.

我住在那的一所房子里。

BREDA: OK, so what's the house number and street?

布兰达：好的。房子在哪条街？编号是？

DAN: It's 52 Marrowfield Street.

丹：马洛菲尔德街，52号。

BREDA: Is that M-A double R-O-W-F-I-E-L-D?

布兰达：是写作M-A-R-R-O-W-F-I-E-L-D吗？

DAN: That's right.

丹：没错。

BREDA: … and that's Peacetown, you said?

布兰达：您刚才说是在平安镇对吗？

DAN: Uhuh.

丹：嗯。

BREDA: So how did you hear about our club?

布兰达：您是怎么知道我们的俱乐部的？

Did you look on the internet?

是在网上看到的吗？

DAN: I usually do that, but this time, well, I was talking to a relative the other day and he suggested it.

丹：我经常上网，但是这次不是。有一天我和亲戚说话，他推荐你们的俱乐部。

BREDA: Oh, is he a member too?

布兰达：他也是我们的会员吗？

DAN: He belongs to another club – but he'd heard good things about yours.

丹：他在另一个俱乐部，但是他听说你们这里很好。

BREDA: OK. So what do you hope to get from joining?

布兰达：明白了。您加入俱乐部的目的是？

DAN: Well, one thing that really interests me is the competitions that you have.

丹：我对你们这里的比赛真的很感兴趣。

I enjoy entering those.

我喜欢参加比赛。

BREDA: Right. Anything else?

布兰达：好的，还有其它原因吗？

DAN: Well, I also like to socialise with other photographers.

丹：我还喜欢和其它摄影师交流。

BREDA: That's great. So what type of membership would you like?

布兰达：很好。您想要办理哪一类会员？

DAN: What are the options?

丹：有哪些选择？

BREDA: It's £30 a year for full membership or £20 a year if you're an associate.

布兰达：正式会员每年30英镑，非正式会员每年20英镑。

DAN: I think I'll go for the full membership, then.

丹：我想我会选正式会员。

BREDA: That's a good idea because you can't vote in meetings with an associate membership.

布兰达：很好的选择，因为非正式会员在会议中不能投票。

BREDA: If I could just find out a bit more about you …

布兰达：可以再问一些关于您的问题吗？

DAN: OK.

丹：好的。

BREDA: So you said you wanted to compete – have you ever won any photography competitions?

布兰达：您刚才说想要参加比赛，您曾经在摄影比赛中得过任何奖项吗？

DAN: Not yet, but I have entered three in the past.

丹：没有。但是我之前参加了三次比赛。

BREDA: Oh, that's interesting.

布兰达：哦，听起来很有趣。

So why don't you tell me something about those?

您不妨告诉我一些关于比赛的事儿。

Let's start with the first one.

我们先聊下第一次比赛吧。

DAN: Well, the theme was entitled ‘Domestic Life'.

丹：比赛的主题是“家庭生活”。

BREDA: I see – so it had to be something related to the home?

布兰达：明白了。所以参赛作品是和家庭有关对吗？

DAN: Yeah. I chose to take a photo of a family sitting round the dinner table having a meal, and, um, I didn't win, but I did get some feedback.

丹：是的。我选择拍一张一家人围坐在餐桌旁吃饭的照片，嗯，我没有得奖，但我确实得到了一些反馈。

BREDA: Oh, what did the judges say?

布兰达：嗯，评审们怎么说？

DAN: That it was too ‘busy' as a picture.

丹：图片看起来太“杂乱”了。

BREDA: Aha – so it was the composition of the picture that they criticised?

布兰达：啊哈，所以他们批评的是画面的构图？

DAN: That's right – and once they'd told me that, I could see my mistake.

丹：没错。他们一告诉我，我就明白我的错误了。

BREDA: So what was the theme of the second competition?

布兰达：第二次比赛的主题是什么？

DAN: Well, my university was on the coast and that area gets a lot of beautiful sunsets, so that was the theme.

丹：我的大学在海边，那个地区有很多美丽的日落，所以这就是主题。

BREDA: Oh, sunsets, that's a great theme.

布兰达：哦，日落，是个好的主题。

DAN: Yes. The instructions were to capture the clouds as well – it couldn't just be blue sky and a setting sun.

丹：没错。赛事说明还要捕捉云彩的图片，不能只有蓝天和落日。

BREDA: Sure, cause they give you all those amazing pinks and purples.

布兰达：的确。因为云彩能呈现出粉色和紫色，非常漂亮。

DAN: Yeah – and I thought I'd done that well, but the feedback was that I should have waited a bit longer to get the shot.

丹：是的。我认为我做得很好，但反馈是我应该多等一会儿再拍摄。

BREDA: I see. So the timing wasn't right.

布兰达：明白了，拍摄的时机不对。

DAN: Yes – I took it too soon, basically.

丹：是的，就是说我拍得太早了。

And then the third competition I entered was called ‘Animal Magic'.

我参加的第三场比赛叫做“动物魔法”。

BREDA: Well, that's a difficult subject!

布兰达：好吧，这个主题可不简单。

DAN: I know! I had to take hundreds of shots.

丹：就是说。我拍了有上百张。

BREDA: I'm sure – because animals move all the time.

布兰达：肯定的。因为动物一直在动。

DAN: That's what we had to show – there had to be some movement in the scene.

丹：这就是我们必须展示的，场景中必须有一些运动。

I got a great shot of a fox in the end, but I took it at night and, well, I suspected that it was a bit dark, which is what I was told.

最后我拍了一张很棒的狐狸的照片，但我是在晚上拍的，好吧，我怀疑它有点暗，他们是这么告诉我的。

BREDA: Well Dan – you seem to be really keen and we'd be delighted to have you in our club.

布兰达：好的，丹。您看起来真的很喜欢摄影，我们也很高兴您能够加入我们。

I'm sure we can help with all those areas that you've outlined.

我相信我们可以为您提到的所有这些方面提供帮助。

DAN: Thanks, that's great.

丹：非常感谢，太好了。