图说英国：selfie election

1.This has definitely become the selfie election. Extra time has to be factored into every politician's visit these days for the added time it takes to fulfil everyone's photo requests. This was Labour leader Ed Miliband in Acton in London, faced with a supporter's camera.
它已俨然成为一场自拍选举。这段时间每一位政客的出访都要腾出额外的时间，来满足大家的拍照要求。
definitely      factor into（将...考虑在内）    fulfil  requests  均是雅思写作中非常好表达。
注意：fulfil和fulfill均正确，只是前者是英式写法。

 

2.Selfies have become a bit of a cliche photo opportunity during a candidate's walkabout. However, this young lady who photographed herself with the prime minister in Alnwick looks genuinely shocked by whom she is standing beside.
自拍已成为候选人亲民巡行时的有点俗烂的拍照节目。不过，这位拍摄她与首相的合影的年轻女士对于站在她旁边的这位，还是真切地给惊到了。
注：walkabout一般指名人走上大街，与民众进行各种互动。政治家们更是深谙此道。

 

3.Never work with children or animals, they say. David Cameron found that out to his cost when six-year-old Lucy momentarily placed her head on the desk seemingly bored with the prime minister's reading lesson. Actually she was just giggling at her mispronunciation of a word.
人说：不要和孩子或动物一起工作。David Cameron尝了苦头之后才明白了这一点，当在首相的阅读课上，六岁的Lucy短暂地把头贴在桌子上，似乎是一副无聊死的样子。其实，她只是因为自己的一个单词发音错误而在咯咯地笑。
注：to one's cost 尝了苦头之后才...        seemingly与actually可以放在一起记，都是不错的丰富句意的用词。
写作的进步很多时候就是从smile到giggle的过程，即用一个具体的词代替一个笼统的词。
 

4.During the same walkabout where the selfie was taken, David Cameron also encountered a lady whom he spoke to while her daughter retreated behind her legs. The displeasure of the young girl is juxtaposed nicely with the earnestness of Mr Cameron's expression.
在同一次的walkabout，首相同学偶遇上了一位女士并攀谈起来，不过她的女儿退到了母亲的腿后。小女孩的不爽和卡梅伦的挚诚表情绝佳地并置在一起。
注：注意很多名词的反义词的构成方式 pleasure&displeasure   action&inaction    information&misinformation     nutrition&malnutrition     trust&mistrust/distrust
不是很多人都会叼这些所谓的明星人物，小女孩，you are really somebody!