英语PK台 第17期:摄影师镜头下的Cosplay动漫发烧联盟(1)
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Cosplay
Danielle and Joe Tymczyszyn (Pronounced “Tim-chisen”), Americans living in Beijing, recently returned from a fascinating visit to Myanmar, a country opening up to international tourism.
Joe is a photographer and in the capital, Yangon, was delighted to discover Cosplay performances, as he continues to explain. This is a form of science fiction fantasies where young people dress up in costumes from the stories. Today it also takes in much from the comic book world. In Beijing they are held regularly at the National Convention 1 Centre next to the Olympic Green. They can attract several thousand people dressing 2 up.
Track one
In Myanmar when I walked on the streets I could walk up to anybody and say “I would like to take your picture’
They could understand English and 90% of the people would say “Yes”
That is a higher percentage than almost anywhere else in the world
It was a kind of heaven for photography
You were taking a lot of photographs of people dressed up in costumes – Cosplay
They had a Cosplay costume show in Myanmar
About 150 young people dressed up in costumes
That is very new and abnormal 3 there
It was very similar to what they have in Beijing for Cosplay,
Except in Beijing there may be 2/3000 people in costumes at a show in the National Convention Centre
Whereas 4 there, maybe 150 in a small hotel
It was you who introduced me to Cosplay – I had never heard of it before
I hadn’t either but a friend told me I would have fun as a photographer if I went to a Cosplay sow
And she told me where there was one in Beijing and the website where you can see all the Cosplay shows in China
Really fun because there, 100% of the people I ask if I can take their picture say “Yes”
Because they do not dress up in a costume to not be noticed and not be photographed
In the Beijing one you would be swarmed 5 with other photographers
Actually it is not so bad – there aren’t that many photographers
There are a lot of people posing 6
So except for the top 5% of the finest costumes the other 95% probably do not have a photographer around them
Questions
1. Why was Myanmar a ‘heaven for photography”?
2. Why does Joe go to Cosplay shows?
3. Where is Cosplay held in Beijing?
4. Why are people at Cosplay happy to be photographed?
5. What percentage of participants dress up in really fancy 7 costumes?
1 convention
n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会
- How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？
- He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。
2 dressing
n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料
- Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
- The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
3 abnormal
adj.反常的，不正常的，不规则的
- This warm weather is abnormal for February.二月里这种温暖的天气不太正常。
- That is simply abnormal.那简直是反常的。
4 whereas
conj.而，却，反之
- They want a house,whereas we would rather live in a flat.他们想要一座房子，而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。
- Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
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