Day 18

英文重现

And the photographer-a young man who was more accustomed to fashion-plate beauties than to weatherworn archaeologists-did not know how to picture the crags and fissures of my face.He kept positioning me in one place,then in another.In the end,he took photographs of my hands…

——SAT 2009年5月题，Section 5

解析

1.两个破折号之间的内容是“photographer”的同位语，对其进行修饰和说明；“who was more accustomed…weatherworn archaeologists”为定语从句修饰“a young man”，这个定语从句中包含一个“more…than”引导的平行结构，要求比较的双方具有相同的词性和语法结构，因此“than”前面的“to fashion-plate beauties”和后面的“to weatherworn archaeologists”结构一致，都有介词“to”（即第二个介词to不可以省略，大家在写作中要格外注意）。

2.不定式可以和疑问代词“who,what,which”及疑问副词“when,how,where”等连用，构成不定式短语，在句子中作主语、宾语、表语等。此处“how to picture the crags and fissures of my face”即为疑问词“how”加不定式构成的不定式短语，作“know”的宾语。

词意辨析

参考翻译

摄影师——一个习惯于（拍摄）衣着时髦的美女而不是（拍摄）风吹日晒的考古学家的年轻人——不知该如何拍摄我那刻满皱纹的脸庞。拍摄的时候他不断地帮我摆姿势，变换拍摄场景，最终为我的双手拍摄了一组照片……

实战演练

But then,the popularizers don't like me either.I gave that reporter trouble,I know.I talked about dirt and potsherds* when she wanted to hear about romance and adventure.And the photographer-a young man who was more accustomed to fashion-plate beauties than to weatherworn archaeologists-did not know how to picture the crags and fissures of my face.He kept positioning me in one place,then in another.In the end,he took photographs of my hands:pointing out the pattern on a potsherd,holding a jade earring,demonstrating how to use a mano and mutate,the mortar and pestle with which the Maya grind corn.

*Potsherds is the fragment of broken pottery,especially ones with archaeological significance.

Lines“And…hands”suggest primarily that the photographer____.

(A)is flustered by an unfamiliar situation

(B)does not know how to take good pictures

(C)is excited by a new challenge

(D)does not respond well to criticism

(E)is averse to photographing older subjects

答案：A

答案解析

从文中的“did not know”及“kept positioning…”都能感觉到年轻摄影师的“不知所措”，因为他更习惯于拍摄时尚照片，而不是考古学家的照片。与此对应的只有选项A“他被一个不熟悉的情况弄得慌乱不已”。选项B“不知道要怎样去拍一些好照片”，不正确，摄影师只是不习惯拍摄考古学家的照片而已；选项C“因为新的挑战而感到激动”不正确，文中并没有表现摄影师的激动之情；选项D“对于批评的反应不是很得体”不正确，文中是介绍摄影师为考古学家拍照的过程，而没有涉及别人对他的批评；选项E“不愿去拍摄一些古老的事物”错误，首先摄影师拍摄的对象是考古学家，不是古老的事物，其次，摄影师也并没有表现出不愿意的情绪。