Level 3 · Reading series
Lesson 17 · Before We Shared the Clip
Audio track 17
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Nana: That dance at the school festival was amazing! Shall I post this clip?
Hiro: Wait. Miki is in the background, and she did not know we were filming.
Nana: I only wanted to share the performance.
Hiro: I know. Could we ask her first? We can also cut the beginning, where her face is clear.
After lunch, Nana showed Miki the clip. Miki said she was happy for the dancers but preferred not to appear online. Nana edited the video and showed her the new version before posting it.
The clip was shorter, yet the important part was still there. Asking one question had changed what “sharing a good moment” meant to us.
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Chinese translation
娜娜： 校园节那支舞太精彩了！我把这段视频发出去好吗？
宏： 等一下。美纪也在画面后方，她不知道我们当时在拍摄。
娜娜： 我只是想分享这场表演。
宏： 我知道。能先问问她吗？我们也可以剪掉开头那段，她的脸在那里拍得很清楚。
午饭后，娜娜把视频给美纪看。美纪为舞者们高兴，却不希望自己出现在网上。娜娜剪辑了视频，并在发布前给她看了新版本。
视频短了一些，精彩的部分却还在。先问一句，让我们重新理解了什么叫‘分享美好的时刻’。
Key words and expressions
Key terms have Chinese explanations. Hover over dotted words in the English passage for word help and pronunciation when available.
- clip
- 短视频片段；这里拍下了校园节的舞蹈。
- post
- 发布到网上；post this clip 指上传这段视频。
- background
- 画面后方、背景中；美纪出现在舞者后面。
- film
- 拍摄；film 在这里作动词，不是‘电影’。
- performance
- 表演；娜娜想分享舞蹈演出。
- cut
- 剪掉；cut the beginning 指删去视频开头一段。
- prefer not to
- 宁愿不……；美纪不希望自己出现在网上。
- appear online
- 出现在网络上；她对这一点提出了自己的意愿。
- edit
- 剪辑、修改；娜娜删去了不适合公开的画面。
- version
- 版本；修改后的视频需要再给美纪确认。
Background notes (Chinese)
拍摄者想公开一段美好回忆，画面中的其他人却可能不愿出现在网上。文中的娜娜先征询美纪的意见，再剪去她清楚露脸的部分，并给她看修改后的版本。分享之前想一想会影响谁，也是在保护这段回忆。