Breda: Hello, Wayside Camera Club, Breda speaking.

布雷达：你好，Wayside相机俱乐部，我是布雷达。

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

丹：噢，你好，嗯，我叫丹，我想加入你们的俱乐部。

Breda: That’s great, Dan. We have an application form – would you like to complete it over the phone, then you can ask any questions you might have?

布雷达：太好了，丹。我们有一个申请表格，你想在电话中填写吗？然后你可以问任何你可能有的问题。

Dan: Oh, yes, thanks.

丹：哦，是的，谢谢。

Breda: OK, so what’s your family name?

布雷达：好的，那你的姓是什么？

Dan: It’s Green – Dan Green.

丹：姓格林，丹·格林。

Breda: So – can I take your email address?

布雷达：那么，我可以问问你的电子邮件地址吗？

Dan: Yes, it’s dan1068@market.com.

丹：好的，是dan1068@market.com。

Breda: Thanks. And what about your home address?

布雷达：谢谢。你的家庭地址呢？

Dan: Well, I’m about ten miles away from your club in Peacetown. I live in a house there.

丹：嗯，我离你们俱乐部的地方大约有十英里，我住在那个地方的一座房子里。

Breda: OK, so what’s the house number and street?

布雷达：好的，那你的门牌号码和街道是什么？

Dan: It’s 52 Marrowfield Street.

丹：是52号马罗菲尔德街。

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

布雷达：那是M-A双R-O-W-F-I-E-L-D对吗？

Dan: That’s right.

丹：没错。

Breda: … and that’s Peacetown, you said?

布雷达：...然后你说是在和平镇，对吗？

Dan: Uhuh.

丹：嗯。

Breda: So how did you hear about our club? Did you look on the internet?

布雷达：那么你是怎么听说我们的俱乐部的？是在互联网上找到的吗？

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

丹：我通常会这样做，但这次，嗯，前几天我和一个亲戚聊天，他建议我加入。

Breda: Oh, is he a member too?

布雷达：哦，他也是会员吗？

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

丹：他属于另一个俱乐部，但是他听说你们的俱乐部不错。

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

布雷达：好的。那你希望通过加入我们得到什么？

Dan: Well, one thing that really interests me is the competitions that you have. I enjoy entering those.

丹：嗯，有一件事让我特别感兴趣，那就是你们的比赛。我喜欢参加比赛。

Breda: Right. Anything else?

布雷达：明白了。还有其他的吗？

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

丹：嗯，我也喜欢和其他摄影师交流。

Breda: That’s great. So what type of membership would you like?

布雷达：太好了。那你想要哪种类型的会员资格？

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.

布雷达：全会员每年收费30英镑，如果你是准会员则每年收费20英镑。

Dan: I think I’ll go for the full membership, then.

丹：那我会选择全会员。

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

布雷达：这是个好主意，因为准会员不能在会议中投票。

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

布雷达：如果我能多了解一些关于你的信息...

Dan: OK.

丹：好的。

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

布雷达：你说你想参加比赛，你曾经赢过什么摄影比赛吗？

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

丹：还没有，但是过去我参加过三次比赛。

Breda: Oh, that’s interesting. So why don’t you tell me something about those? Let’s start with the first one.

布雷达：哦，那很有趣。那你为什么不给我讲讲那些比赛？我们从第一次开始说起。

Dan: Well, the theme was entitled ‘Domestic Life’.

丹：嗯，主题是“家庭生活”。

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

布雷达：我明白了，所以它必须与家有关？

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。我选择拍了一张家人围坐在餐桌旁吃饭的照片，嗯，我没有赢，但是我得到了一些反馈。

Breda: Oh, what did the judges say?

布雷达：哦，评委们说了什么？

Dan: That it was too ‘busy’ as a picture.

丹：他们说这张照片过于“繁忙”。

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

布雷达：啊哈，所以他们批评的是照片的构图？

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

丹：没错，他们告诉我后，我就明白了我的错误。

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

布雷达：那么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.

嗯，我的大学位于海边，那个地区有很多美丽的日落，所以主题就是日落。

Breda: Oh, sunsets, that’s a great theme.

布雷达：哦，日落，那是个很棒的主题。

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

丹：是的。指导要求捕捉到云朵，不能只是蓝天和落日。

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

布雷达：当然，因为它们会呈现出惊人的粉色和紫色。

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，我觉得我拍得不错，但反馈是我应该再等一会儿拍。

Breda: I see. So the timing wasn’t right.

布雷达：我明白了。所以时间选择不对。

Dan: Yes – I took it too soon, basically. And then the third competition I entered was called ‘Animal Magic’.

丹：是的，我拍得太早了，基本上是这个原因。然后我参加的第三次比赛叫做“动物的魔力”。

Breda: Well, that’s a difficult subject!

布雷达：嗯，那是个难题！

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

丹：我知道！我拍了几百张照片。

Breda: I’m sure – because animals move all the time.

布雷达：我相信，因为动物一直在移动。

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

丹：我们必须展示出这一点，场景中必须有一些动感。最后我拍到了一只狐狸的好照片，但是我是在晚上拍的，嗯，我怀疑它有点暗，这也是我得到的反馈。

Breda: Well Dan – you seem to be really keen and we’d be delighted to have you in our club. I’m sure we can help with all those areas that you’ve outlined.

布雷达：好的丹，你似乎对此非常热衷，我们很高兴有你加入我们的俱乐部。我相信我们可以帮助你改进你提到的所有领域。

Dan: Thanks, that’s great.

丹：谢谢，太好了。