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Windows XP经典桌面的故事
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  • The idyllic1 and iconic image that served as the default background for computers running Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system wasn’t Photoshopped. The photo was taken by Charles O’Rear north of San Francisco in 1996 and will live on long after XP shuts down.

    微软Windows XP 系统电脑的默认桌面背景已经成为一种标志性图片,然而这一充满田园风光特色的图片并不是PS出来的。这张照片是摄影师查尔斯·奥利尔于1996年在旧金山北部拍摄的,XP系统退休后,它将载入史册。

    To mark the end of the Windows XP era —Windows stopped offering support for it on April 8 — Microsoft made a video about O'Rear and his famous snapshot.

    微软在4月8日宣布停止提供Windows XP 相应的系统支持。为了标志XP时代的结束,微软公司拍摄了一个视频,讲述摄影师奥利尔和他那张著名桌面背景照片的摄影故事。

    Yes, "Bliss2" is a real photo. O'Rear took it using a Mamiya RZ67 camera with color Fuji Film and a tripod in Napa Valley, north of San Francisco, in 1996.

    没错,“Bliss”桌面是一张真实的照片。1996年摄影师奥利尔在旧金山北部的纳帕谷拍下了这张照片,当时使用的是玛米亚RZ67型号相机以及彩色富士胶卷。

    He later sold the image Corbis, which was actually started by Bill Gates, to be used as stock art, the Sydney Morning Herald3 reported.

    据《悉尼先驱晨报》报道,随后他把这张照片卖给了比尔·盖茨的公司Corbis,该公司把它作艺术收藏用。

    It then caught the eye of Microsoft.

    接下来,这张照片就吸引了微软公司的眼球。

    Carriers wouldn't accept the liability of transporting the original photograph because of the undisclosed value Microsoft put on it, so the company eventually sent O'Rear a plane ticket so he could deliver it in person.

    由于微软公司对此照片估值不菲,运输公司不敢轻易运送那张最初的照片,所以微软最终不得不给奥利尔寄送飞机票,以便他能够亲自把照片送上门。

    "I had no idea where it was going to go," he said.

    他说,“我当时不知道这张照片会有怎样的前景。”

    In the clip, O'Rear shares that a group of Microsoft engineers had a bet going about where the photograph was taken and whether it was Photoshopped (he says it wasn't).

    在视频中,奥利尔和大家分享了一个故事:当时有一群微软工程师打赌猜测这张照片的拍摄地,以及是否有过PS图片处理(奥利尔说没有PS过)。

    He also talks about seeing the image everywhere from the White House to the Kremlin.

    他还说,从白宫到克里姆林宫,到处都能看到这张图片。

    "Anybody now from age 15 on for the rest of their life will remember this photograph," he said.

    奥利尔对自己的照片评价道,“15岁以上的任何人,在他们接下来的人生中都将永远记住这张照片。”

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    1 idyllic [ɪˈdɪlɪk] lk1yv   第10级
    adj.质朴宜人的,田园风光的
    参考例句:
    • These scenes had an idyllic air. 这种情景多少有点田园气氛。
    • Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life. 现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。
    2 bliss [blɪs] JtXz4   第8级
    n.狂喜,福佑,天赐的福
    参考例句:
    • It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed. 整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
    • He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize. 他非常高兴,因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。
    3 herald [ˈherəld] qdCzd   第8级
    vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎
    参考例句:
    • In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring. 在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
    • Dawn is the herald of day. 曙光是白昼的先驱。

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