我国的大教育家孔子曾说“画意能达万言”,这充分表明了图画(图片)的威力。英语中也有类似的表达,来看看下面的对话:
- I’m planning a trip to Bali. I haven’t been there in forever!
我计划去巴厘岛旅行。我好久没去过那里了!
- Oh, I’ve never been there. What’s it like?
-哦,我从来没去过那里。是什么样的?
- It’s beautiful! The nature is insane, there’s a really nice jungle area, the people are really nice, the beaches are lovely, and the waves for surfing...
——很漂亮!那里的自然环境非常棒,那里有非常棒的丛林地区,那里的人很好,海滩很可爱,冲浪的海浪很适合……
- Wow!
- Beach clubs are great too! Here, let me show you, you have to see it. A picture is worth a 1000 words!
海滩俱乐部也很棒!来,让我示范给你看,你一定要看看。一张图片胜过1000个单词!
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‘A picture is worth a 1000 words’ is used to say that it is often easier to show something in a picture than to describe it with words.
Many programs use pictures to convey information.Use some pictures than text. As the saying goes in English: A picture is worth a thousand words.
一幅画顶一千个词。形容用图片展示某物比用语言描述它容易。
例句:
Jenny:Hey,are you interested in dating my friend,Linda?
嘿,你想要和我朋友琳达约会吗?
Keith:Can you describe what she looks like?
你可以形容一下她的长相吗?
Jenny:Better yet,here's a photo of her.
我给你更好地,这里有一-张她的相片。
Keith:Great!A picture is worth a thousand words.
太棒了!百闻不如一见。
拓展:百闻不如一见 英语中更贴切的表达
这句话可以翻译成“Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times”。
