TED演讲:我难忘的一次中国行(4)

 　　I was amazed¹. I felt like Marco Polo. 我很惊讶。我觉得自己就像是马可波罗。

　　And to capture² the moment, I said to Xuelin, 为了捕捉这一刻，我对雪琳说，

　　I said do you think that they will be OK if we actually took a photograph, a photograph. 你认为他们会愿意拍一张照片吗？

　　I thought hang on, they will get a little bit worry, perhaps they don't know what a camera is, 我一直觉得他们会有一点担心，也许他们不知道相机是什么，

　　let alone the camera can now be found on the phone. 更不用说在手机上的相机了。

　　And so they all lined up and Xuelin ask him to take a photograph and they took a photograph with her phone. 他们都站好队，雪琳用自己的手机给他们拍了一张照片。

　　And this was an amazing time. 这是一个惊人的时刻。

　　I thought I will give talks about this, just this experience in Shenjiatun for many many years to come. 我想我会在许多年后谈到自己在沈家屯的经历。

　　And then as the photograph has finished, everybody, including the old man, 拍完照片后每个人，包括那个老人，

　　pulled out their smart phones and started to go to Shelin to ask her for her QS code³, 都拿出自己的智能手机，开始问雪琳的微信号，

　　so they could join her WeChat group and get copies of the photograph. 想要加她微信，接收照片。

　　I thought that were amazed. 我感到很惊讶。

　　But to me it was the perfect beautiful illustration⁴ of the ancient and the modern, 但对我来说这是古代与现代的完美勾勒，

　　the old and the new resting together here in China. It was an extraordinary⁵ thing. 新旧事物共存于中国。这是一件非同寻常的事。

1 amazed   

adj.吃惊的，惊奇的v.使大为吃惊，使惊奇( amaze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Just the size of the place amazed her. 仅仅地方之大就使她十分惊奇。
• I was amazed at her knowledge of French literature. 她的法国文学知识之丰富使我大为惊奇。

2 capture   

vt.捕获，俘获；占领，夺得；n.抓住，捕获

参考例句：

• The company is out to capture the European market.这家公司希望占据欧洲市场。
• With the capture of the escaped tiger,everyone felt relieved.逃出来的老虎被捕获后，大家都松了一口气。

3 code   

n.代码，代号，密码；法典，法规，规划

参考例句：

• What's the code for Tianjin?天津的代号是多少？
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

4 illustration   

n.说明，例证；图解，插图

参考例句：

• Illustration by example is better than explanation in words.用实例说明比用词语解释清楚。
• He used photographs as illustration for his talk.他用照片为他的演讲作图片说明。

5 extraordinary   

adj.非常的，特别的，非凡的

参考例句：

• Her strength of will was extraordinary.她的意志力是非凡的。
• What an extraordinary hat!多么奇特的帽子！