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英语 必修·第二册[WY]
Period Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
Blogging Australia
关于澳大利亚的博客
Who are you and what do you do?
你是谁?你从事什么职业?
My name is Lauren Elizabeth Pirie Bath.
我叫劳伦·伊丽莎白·皮里·巴思。
Until a few years ago I was a chef, and a happy one at that, but I wanted more out of life.
直到几年前,我还是一名厨师,一名快乐的厨师,但我想从生活中得到更多。
I wanted to TRAVEL.
我想去旅行。
•At that time I discovered blogging and found that I took pretty good pictures.
那时候我发现了博客,并且发现我拍的照片很不错。
①and连接两个并列的谓语,即discovered和found;that引导宾语从句。
So I decided to post pictures on my blog.
所以我决定把照片发在我的博客上。
•In less than 18 months, there were over 200,000 people reading my blog!
在不到18个月的时间里,有超过20万人阅读了我的博客!
At first, I only regarded it as a hobby, but companies started paying me to take photos and publish them.
起初,我只是把它当作一种爱好,但是有公司开始付钱让我拍照并发表。
In 2013, I was determined to make my dream come true: I would become Australia's first professional photo blogger.
2013年,我下定决心要实现自己的梦想:我要成为澳大利亚第一个职业的摄影博主。
②determined adj. 坚决的
③reading my blog是现在分词短语作定语,people和reading之间是逻辑上的主谓关系。
It was a challenging job, but I did it.
这是一份很有挑战性的工作,但我做到了。
•Now I spend three weeks out of every month travelling and have over 464,000 fans following me online.
现在我每个月花三周的时间旅行,网上有超过46.4万名粉丝关注我。
I've got to know more about this country and its people.
我对这个国家和它的人民有了更多的了解。
④following me online是现在分词短语作定语,修饰fans, fans 和follow之间是逻辑上的主谓关系。
What__is__your__connection__to__Western__Australia?
你与西澳大利亚之间有什么联系?
I first visited Western Australia for work in 2013.
在2013年我因为工作第一次来到西澳大利亚。
•I fell in love with northern WA and have been back six times.
我爱上了西澳的北部,已经去过那里六次了。
Some of my favourite photographs were taken there.
我最喜欢的一些照片是在那里拍的。
I have made over 140 work trips, but my best work trip ever was to Broome in the Kimberley region.
我的工作旅行超过140次,但我最好的工作旅行是去金伯利地区的布鲁姆。
⑤have been back six times的时态为现在完成时,表示从过去开始持续到现在,对现在造成影响并可能继续持续下去的动作。
What__do__you__love__most__about__Western__Australia?
关于西澳大利亚你最喜欢什么?
It is extremely beautiful and you can expe