内容正文:
SB3U2
Life Behind the Lens
(Language points)
A white-haired old man riding an ordinary bicycle around the streets of New York, always wearing the same blue workers jacket and simple black running shoes.
Translation
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。
And yet every member of New York's wealthy high society wanted nothing more than to pose for this man.
high society 上流社会
nothing more than 仅仅,只不过=only / merely
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
This ordinary-looking man was Bill Cunningham, one of the most important American photographers of the last 50 years.
ordinary-looking adj.相貌平平的
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.
technologically-advanced adj.技术先进的
take pictures/ photos 拍照片
Nor was it a wide range of contacts and connections.
a wide range of 范围广泛的;大范围的;一系列的
range n.一系列;范围,界限,区间;山脉;射程
vi.变动,变化;vi.& vt.徘徊,漫步,四处移动
range from... to... 在…与…之间变化;
包括从…到…之间
range between... and... 在…与…之间变化
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.
grocery store 超级市场
graffiti-covered adj.涂鸦覆盖的
Translation
他能在一些简单的日常场景中得到其他人无法得到的灵感,比如一个在当地杂货店买橘子的男人,或是一个乘坐画满涂鸦的地铁回家的女人。
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 society and big brands.
as he saw it 在他看来
belong to 属于;是...的成员