1 A Camera to Hold

A Camera to Hold by Jeri Cipriano Table of Contents Chapter 1 How Do People Take Pictures? page 2 Chapter 2 What Did George Eastman Do? page 6 Chapter 3 What Are Cameras Like Today? page 12 Glossary/Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

手持相机作者:Jeri Cipriano目录第一章人们如何拍照? 第二章乔治·伊士曼做了什么? 第3章今天的相机是什么样的? 词汇表/索引第15页理解检查第16页

Chapter 1 How Do People Take Pictures? A friend wants to take your picture, so she says, "Say cheese." You look at the camera and then she clicks the button on the camera. It's all very simple. But long ago, taking a picture wasn't that easy. If you wanted someone to take your picture, you had to sit still for half an hour! Cameras today are very small and simple to use.

第一章人们如何拍照? 一个朋友想给你拍照，所以她说:“说cheese。” 你看着摄像头，然后她按下摄像头上的按钮。 这很简单。但很久以前，拍照并不是那么容易。 如果你想让人给你拍照，你必须安静地坐上半个小时!今天的相机非常小，使用简单。

Long ago, taking pictures was hard work for the photographer. Cameras were very heavy machines. They were hard to hold or carry. Cameras often weighed more than 50 pounds and usually rested on three-legged stands. The photographer took a long time to set up the equipment. Photography in the 1860s This photographer traveled from town to town. After he took a picture, he printed the photograph in a dark place. At that time, there was no film either. Pictures were taken on heavy glass plates. The plates had to be kept in the dark, or the photographer could not print photographs from them.

很久以前，拍照对摄影师来说是一项艰苦的工作。 照相机是非常笨重的机器。 它们很难拿或携带。 相机的重量通常超过50磅，通常放在三条腿的支架上。 摄影师花了很长时间来安装设备。 19世纪60年代的摄影这位摄影师从一个城镇旅行到另一个城镇。 他拍了一张照片后，把照片印在一个黑暗的地方。 那时候，也没有电影。 照片是在沉重的玻璃板上拍摄的。 这些底片必须放在黑暗的地方，否则摄影师就无法用它们打印照片。

Chapter 2 What Did George Eastman Do? Some people thought that there had to be a better and easier way to take pictures. George Eastman found that way. By 1884, film had been invented. Now a picture could be captured on film, instead of on a glass plate. Soon George Eastman made a discovery. He figured out how to make a roll of film. Eastman named his camera "Kodak" because he liked the letter K. Then in 1888, Eastman invented a small box camera that weighed only one pound. The camera could be carried and used anywhere. And the most amazing thing was that the film went round and round on rollers inside.

第2章乔治·伊士曼做了什么? 有些人认为一定有更好更简单的拍照方式。 乔治·伊士曼找到了这个方法。 到1884年，电影已经发明了。 现在照片可以用胶片拍摄，而不是用玻璃板。 不久，乔治·伊士曼有了一个发现。 他想出了怎样制作一卷胶卷。 伊士曼把他的相机命名为“柯达”，因为他喜欢字母K。 然后在1888年，伊士曼发明了一种重量只有一磅的小型盒式相机。 这种相机可以随身携带，在任何地方都可以使用。 最神奇的是，胶片在里面的滚筒上一圈又一圈地旋转。

Eastman made taking pictures better for everyone. His new camera was light enough for people to take with them. People would be able to take pictures everywhere they went. Eastman was excited about these new cameras, and he wanted people to buy them. He placed an ad in the newspaper. The ad said, "You press the button, we do the rest." At first, there wasn't much interest in the box camera. But soon, the excitement grew and everyone wanted Eastman's camera. This ad let everyone know how easy it was to use the box camera.

伊士曼让每个人都能更好地拍照。 他的新相机很轻，人们可以随身携带。 人们可以去任何地方拍照。 伊士曼对这些新相机很兴奋，他希望人们购买它们。 他在报纸上登了一则广告。 广告上说:“你按下按钮，剩下的由我们来做。” 起初，人们对盒式相机不太感兴趣。 但很快，人们的兴奋情绪高涨，每个人都想要伊士曼的相机。 这个广告让每个人都知道使用盒式相机是多么容易。