【今日基础词】Focus

【Transcript】

A: Did you know that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize?

B: Yes. The Nobel Committee must be crazy; they really made a wrong decision.

A: Why?

B: You know no presidents can be a real pacifist; they can only focus on their own nation’s benefits.

A: Maybe you are right, but I think the Committee made a wise decision.

B: How did you get this conclusion?

A: The Nobel Committee compelled Obama to be a pacifist by conferring the prize on him. So the world can be really peaceful.

B: It is interesting. It seems that it’s Tripitaka’s Curse.

A: Yes, the Nobel Peace Prize is an inhibiting magic phrase.

B: It looks like I should support the decision.

【注】pacifist n. 和平主义者;Tripitaka’s Curse 三藏的紧箍咒;inhibiting a. 约束的

【Translation】

A：你知道奥巴马获得诺贝尔和平奖了吗?

B：嗯，诺贝尔委员会一定是疯了，他们真是做错决定了。

A：为什么?

B：你知道，没有哪个总统是真正的和平主义者的，他们只看重本国的利益。

A：也许你是对的，但是我觉得诺贝尔委员会的决定是明智的。

B：你怎么会这么认为呢?

A：诺贝尔委员会通过这个奖项迫使奥巴马成为和平主义者，这样世界就能真正和平了。

B：真有趣，听起来就像是三藏的紧箍咒。

A：对啊，诺贝尔和平奖就是紧箍咒。

B：看来我应该支持这个决定了

【Focus】

focus n. 焦点，焦距;v. 集中，聚集

例：

Bring the object into focus if you want a sharp photograph.

要照出清晰的照片，就要把焦点对准物体。

搭配：focus on 集中于……：

The discussion focused on three main problems. 讨论集中在三个主要问题上。

In this scene, the camera focuses on the actor’s face.

在这个镜头中，摄影机对准演员的脸部。

拓展：focused a. 聚集的