The Photographic Elephant

by Pedro Pablo Sacristán

翻译：Crazier

The Photographic Elephant

大象摄影师

by Pedro Pablo Sacristán

翻译：Crazier

Track 7

或许很多人都没想过，体型庞大的大象也能成为摄影师吧？但是，故事里的大象却成功做到了！想知道他是如何做到的？那赶快一起来看看吧！

There was once an elephant who wanted to be a photographer. However, his friends would laugh when they heard him talk about it!

“How silly,” said some, “there aren’t any cameras for elephants!”

“Whata waste oftime,” others would say, “there’s nothing to photograph here anyway...”

But the elephant keptfollowing his dream, and,piece by piece, hemanaged tobuild himself a kind of camera. With this camera, the elephant had to design almost everything himself, from a button he pressed with the end of his nose, to a1)lensmade to ft an elephant’s eye, even something that helpedattachthe cameratothe elephant’s head.

When it was all fnished, he could fnallyget totake his first photo. However, the elephant camera was so enormous and strange-looking that it seemed like a huge2)ridiculous3)mask. So, many people laughed as he went by, and the elephant began to think of4)abandoninghis dream...Even worse, he was starting to realize those who had said there was nothing to photograph there had been right.

But thingsworked outdifferently. The sight of the elephant walking along with the camera on his head was so funny that no one could help but laugh when they saw him. And, using a great deal of good5)humor, the elephant managed to take some really6)amusing,7)incrediblepictures of all the animals.

In his photos, they always looked8)joyful; even the9)moody10)rhino! So the elephant managed to become the official11)savannahphotographer, and, animals would come from every direction to have some nice photos taken for their passports to the zoo.

词组加油站

a waste of浪费……

follow one’s dream追寻某人的梦想

piece by piece一点一点地，逐渐地

attach…to把……系在，把……装上

get to<口>开始（做某事）；到达

work out实现

1) lens [lenz] n. 镜头

2) ridiculous [rɪ,dɪkjʊləs] adj. 可笑的

3) mask [mɑːsk] n. 面具

4) abandon [ə,bændən] v. 放弃

5) humor [,hjuːmə] n. 心情

6) amusing [ə,mjuːzɪŋ] adj. 有趣的，令人发笑的

7) incredible[ɪn,kredəbl] adj. <口>不可思议的，难以置信的

8) joyful [,dʒɔɪfʊl] adj. 快乐的

9) moody [,muːdɪ] adj. 闷闷不乐的，喜怒无常的

10) rhino [,raɪnəʊ] n. 犀牛

11) savannah [sə,vænə] n.（热带或亚热带）无树大草原

从前有只大象，他梦想成为一名摄影师。然而，当他谈及这个梦想时，他的朋友们都会嘲笑他！

“真是愚蠢啊，”有动物嘲讽道，“根本就没有适合大象用的照相机！”

“这纯粹就是在浪费时间，”又有动物说，“况且这里也没什么值得拍的……”

但是大象没有放弃他的梦想。而且，渐渐地，他成功地给自己制作了一款照相机。为了做一款适合大象用的照相机，他需要自己设计出几乎所有的配件—从一个可以用象鼻鼻尖按下的快门，到一个符合象眼大小的镜头，甚至还需要一个可以将相机固定在大象头上的装置。

当一切准备就绪，大象终于可以开始拍摄他的第一张照片了。然而，这台大象照相机巨大无比且外观奇特，就像是一副又大又滑稽的面具。所以，当动物们看到大象经过时，很多动物都嘲笑他，于是大象开始考虑放弃自己的梦想……更糟糕的是，他也开始认同动物们所说的，周围确实没有什么值得拍的东西。

但是，事情却有了转机。每当动物们看到大象头戴那台滑稽的相机在草原上来回穿梭，都会忍俊不禁。并且，因为动物们的好心情，大象成功地捕捉到他们一些非常有趣、不可思议的画面。

在大象所拍摄的照片里，动物们都笑开了花；就连平时闷闷不乐的犀牛都露出了难得的笑容！大象顺理成章地成为了那片大草原的官方摄影师，而后，各处的动物都会来找他帮他们拍摄动物园通行证的证件照。

同学们是不是经常弄不懂manage to do、try to do和try doing这三者间的区别呢？别担心，下面小编就来给大家理顺一下思路吧！

manage to do sth.

表达的意思是：设法去做某事并成功了，而且有一个明确的结果（＝succeed in doing sth.），可理解为“成功做到了某事”。例如：

❶ They managed to fulfll the task ahead of time. 他们成功提前完成了任务。

❷ He managed to save her in time. 他及时救了她。

try to do sth.

指的是努力做某事，但并不知道成功与否（＝make an effort to do sth.）。例如：

❶ Please try to fnish this work in thirty minutes. 请尽量在30分钟内完成这项工作。

❷ She tried to carry the basket. 她努力提起篮子。

try doing sth.

意思是试着做某事。它与“try to do sth.”的区别就在于：“try to do sth.”表示“努力做……”，强调付出努力却不一定能成功；而“try doing sth.”表示“尝试做，做……试试”，含有“看结果如何”之意。例如：

❶ Why didn’t you try riding a bike to school? 为什么你不试着骑车上学呢？

❷ The next time you feel tired, you can try doing some exercise.

下次你感到疲劳时，你可以试着做下运动。