Bolivian Boy Helps Family with Money by Taking Creative Photos

Bolivian Boy Helps Family with Money by Taking Creative Photos

Salar de Uyuni is a world-famous area of Bolivia. The extremely dry land is flat and white and covered with salt from the earth.

Many visitors visit the special place each year.

A young boy is having fun by taking unusual pictures of all the visitors, with a little help from a toy dinosaur¹.

Eleven-year-old Piter Condori takes photos of visitors standing² on the salt flats and places the small dinosaur in a part of the frame³. He does it in a way that makes it look as if the toy is running toward⁴ the people.

The white sand permits the boy to play with perspective⁵. In other words, he can make the people look small and the toy look large.

He also uses things like an empty glass bottle to make it look as if the visitors are being poured out of the bottle.

Condori charges the visitors, or tourists, a little bit of money for each photo.

At the end of each day, he takes home about $15 to help his family pay for food or to help his brothers and sisters buy toys.

Food prices have shot up recently, making it harder for Piter's family to buy everything it needs. Piter's father, Diego, works⁶ in the salt business.

"We didn't even have enough money to eat," Diego said, noting that it was hard for his business during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Piter's mother sells hand-made art to the salt flat's visitors. His brothers and sisters help, too.

Diego Condori said his family had a small amount of money saved. But that money ran out during the last two years.

"We have dedicated⁸ ourselves to working in tourism as a family," Diego said.

The Condori family is the same as many others in Bolivia. The South American nation depends strongly on tourism. The 2,000 people who work in tourism have asked the government to remove some COVID-19 related⁹ restrictions¹⁰.

One Bolivian tourism organization said visitors have decreased by 90 percent.

The salt flats where Piter takes photos are one of the country's top attractions. The land also contains the material lithium, which is used in electric vehicle batteries. So far, that has not helped the local economy.

Words in This Story

frame – n. the composition of items in a single photo

perspective –n. a way of showing depth or distance in a photo or painting by making objects that are far away smaller

toy – n. something a child plays with

to run out – v. to use something up or to have a supply come to an end

dedicate⁷ – v. to spend a lot of time working on something

attraction – n. a place that draws visitors

1 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 frame   

n.框架，结构，体格；vt.构成，设计，制定，使适合，陷害； 框架，（是指在数据链路层中，将网络层数据包加上开始与结尾信息包组成一个框架）

参考例句：

• The house has a wooden frame which is faced with brick.这个房子是木质结构的砖瓦房。
• We must frame up that picture.我们必须给那幅画装上框。

4 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

5 perspective   

n.视角，观点，想法

参考例句：

• You can get a perspective of the whole city from here.从这里你可以看到城市的全景。
• We may get a clear perspective of the people's happy lives.我们知道人民对幸福生活的展望。

6 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

7 dedicate   

vt.献身，致力于，把（时间、精力等）用于

参考例句：

• She vowed to herself that she would dedicate her life to scientific studies.她默默地发誓要献身于科学研究。
• To my father I dedicate this volume in token of affection and gratitude.我谨以此书献给我的父亲，以表示对他的爱戴和感激之情。

8 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

9 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。

10 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制