雅思听力在考试中占据着重要的地位，时常用听力材料来磨耳朵可以不断巩固大脑的英语语言能力。以下是雅思听力材料，您可以结合MP3和下方的原文及翻译进行听力学习。

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A: If I could just find out a bit more about you?

A：我能多了解一些关于你的事情吗？

B: Okay.

B：好的。

A: So you said you wanted to compete, have you ever won any photography competitions?

A：你说你想参加比赛，你赢过摄影比赛吗？

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

B：还没有，但我以前参加过三次。

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

A：哦，这很有趣。那你为什么不告诉我一些关于这些比赛的事情呢？我们从第一个开始。

B: Well the theme was entitled Domestic Life.

B：主题是家庭生活。

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

A：我明白了，所以它必须与家庭有关？

B: Yeah I chose to take a photo of a family, sitting around the dinner table, having a meal, and um, I didn't win but I did get some feedback.

B：是的，我选择拍一张一家人围坐在餐桌旁吃饭的照片，嗯，我没有赢，但我确实得到了一些反馈。

A: Oh, what did the judges say?

A：哦，评委们怎么说？

B: They said it was too busy as a picture.

B：他们说这张照片的要素太多了。

A: Uh-huh. So it was the composition of the picture that they criticized?

A：嗯。所以他们批评的是照片的构图？

B: That's right, and once they'd told me that, I could see my mistake.

B：没错，他们一告诉我，我就明白我的错误了。

A: So what was the theme of the second composition?

A：那么第二幅作品的主题是什么？

B: Well my university was on the coast, and that area gets a lot of beautiful sunsets, so that was the theme.

B：我的大学在海边，那里有很多美丽的日落，所以这就是主题。

A: Oh sunsets! That's a great theme.

A：哦，日落！这是一个很棒的主题。

B: Yes, the instructions were to capture the clouds as well, it couldn't just be blue sky and a setting sun.

B：是的，指示是也要拍摄云彩，不能只是蓝天和落日。

A: Sure, because they give you all those amazing pinks and purples.

A：当然，因为它们同时也会带来令人惊叹的粉紫色。

B: 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.

B：是的。我以为我做得很好，但反馈是我应该再等一会儿再拍。

A: I see. So the timing wasn't right.

A：我明白了，所以是时机不对。

B: Yes I took it too soon basically. And then the third competition I entered was called Animal Magic.

B：是的，我拍得太早了。然后我参加的第三个比赛叫做动物魔法。

A: Well that's a difficult subject.

A：嗯，这是一个很难的主题。

B: Haha... I know I had to take hundreds of shots.

B：哈哈……我知道我必须拍摄数百张照片。

A: I'm sure because animals move all the time.

A：是的，因为动物一直在移动。

B: 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.

B：这就是我们必须展示的，场景中必须有一些运动。最后我拍到了一张很棒的狐狸照片，不过是在晚上拍的，我怀疑天色有点暗，这也是我被告知的。

A: 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.

A：嗯，丹，你似乎真的很热衷，我们很高兴你能加入我们的俱乐部。我相信我们可以帮助你解决你列出的所有问题。

B: Thanks, that's great!

B：谢谢，太好了！

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