【今日基礎(chǔ)詞】Focus
【Transcript】
A: Did you know that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize?
B: Yes. The Nobel Committee must be crazy; they really made a wrong decision.
A: Why?
B: You know no presidents can be a real pacifist; they can only focus on their own nation’s benefits.
A: Maybe you are right, but I think the Committee made a wise decision.
B: How did you get this conclusion?
A: The Nobel Committee compelled Obama to be a pacifist by conferring the prize on him. So the world can be really peaceful.
B: It is interesting. It seems that it’s Tripitaka’s Curse.
A: Yes, the Nobel Peace Prize is an inhibiting magic phrase.
B: It looks like I should support the decision.
【注】pacifist n. 和平主義者;Tripitaka’s Curse 三藏的緊箍咒;inhibiting a. 約束的
【Translation】
A:你知道奧巴馬獲得諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)了嗎?
B:嗯,諾貝爾委員會一定是瘋了,他們真是做錯(cuò)決定了。
A:為什么?
B:你知道,沒有哪個(gè)總統(tǒng)是真正的和平主義者的,他們只看重本國的利益。
A:也許你是對的,但是我覺得諾貝爾委員會的決定是明智的。
B:你怎么會這么認(rèn)為呢?
A:諾貝爾委員會通過這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)迫使奧巴馬成為和平主義者,這樣世界就能真正和平了。
B:真有趣,聽起來就像是三藏的緊箍咒。
A:對啊,諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)就是緊箍咒。
B:看來我應(yīng)該支持這個(gè)決定了
【Focus】
focus n. 焦點(diǎn),焦距;v. 集中,聚集
例:
Bring the object into focus if you want a sharp photograph.
要照出清晰的照片,就要把焦點(diǎn)對準(zhǔn)物體。
搭配:focus on 集中于……:
The discussion focused on three main problems. 討論集中在三個(gè)主要問題上。
In this scene, the camera focuses on the actor’s face.
在這個(gè)鏡頭中,攝影機(jī)對準(zhǔn)演員的臉部。
拓展:focused a. 聚集的