高考英語閱讀素材：Windows XP經典桌面的故事
The idyllic and iconic image that served as the default background for computers running Microsofts Windows XP operating system wasnt Photoshopped. The photo was taken by Charles ORear north of San Francisco in 1996 and will live on long after XP shuts down.
微軟Windows XP 系統電腦的默認桌面背景已經成為一種標志性圖片，然而這一充滿田園風光特色的圖片并不是PS出來的。這張照片是攝影師查爾斯奧利爾于1996年在舊金山北部拍攝的，XP系統退休后，它將載入史冊。
To mark the end of the Windows XP era Windows stopped offering support for it on April 8 Microsoft made a video about ORear and his famous snapshot.
微軟在4月8日宣布停止提供Windows XP 相應的系統支持。為了標志XP時代的結束，微軟公司拍攝了一個視頻，講述攝影師奧利爾和他那張著名桌面背景照片的攝影故事。
Yes, Bliss is a real photo. ORear took it using a Mamiya RZ67 camera with color Fuji Film and a tripod in Napa Valley, north of San Francisco, in 1996.
沒錯，Bliss桌面是一張真實的照片。1996年攝影師奧利爾在舊金山北部的納帕谷拍下了這張照片，當時使用的是瑪米亞RZ67型號相機以及彩色富士膠卷。
He later sold the image Corbis, which was actually started by Bill Gates, to be used as stock art, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
據《悉尼先驅晨報》報道，隨后他把這張照片賣給了比爾蓋茨的公司Corbis，該公司把它作藝術收藏用。
It then caught the eye of Microsoft.
接下來，這張照片就吸引了微軟公司的眼球。
Carriers wouldnt accept the liability of transporting the original photograph because of the undisclosed value Microsoft put on it, so the company eventually sent ORear a plane ticket so he could deliver it in person.
由于微軟公司對此照片估值不菲，運輸公司不敢輕易運送那張最初的照片，所以微軟最終不得不給奧利爾寄送飛機票，以便他能夠親自把照片送上門。
I had no idea where it was going to go, he said.
他說，我當時不知道這張照片會有怎樣的前景。
In the clip, ORear 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 wasnt).
在視頻中，奧利爾和大家分享了一個故事：當時有一群微軟工程師打賭猜測這張照片的拍攝地，以及是否有過PS圖片處理(奧利爾說沒有PS過)。
He also talks about seeing the image everywhere from the White House to the Kremlin.
他還說，從白宮到克里姆林宮，到處都能看到這張圖片。
Anybody now from age 15 on for the rest of their life will remember this photograph, he said.
奧利爾對自己的照片評價道，15歲以上的任何人，在他們接下來的人生中都將永遠記住這張照片。
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The idyllic and iconic image that served as the default background for computers running Microsofts Windows XP operating system wasnt Photoshopped. The photo was taken by Charles ORear north of San Francisco in 1996 and will live on long after XP shuts down.
微軟Windows XP 系統電腦的默認桌面背景已經成為一種標志性圖片，然而這一充滿田園風光特色的圖片并不是PS出來的。這張照片是攝影師查爾斯奧利爾于1996年在舊金山北部拍攝的，XP系統退休后，它將載入史冊。
To mark the end of the Windows XP era Windows stopped offering support for it on April 8 Microsoft made a video about ORear and his famous snapshot.
微軟在4月8日宣布停止提供Windows XP 相應的系統支持。為了標志XP時代的結束，微軟公司拍攝了一個視頻，講述攝影師奧利爾和他那張著名桌面背景照片的攝影故事。
Yes, Bliss is a real photo. ORear took it using a Mamiya RZ67 camera with color Fuji Film and a tripod in Napa Valley, north of San Francisco, in 1996.
沒錯，Bliss桌面是一張真實的照片。1996年攝影師奧利爾在舊金山北部的納帕谷拍下了這張照片，當時使用的是瑪米亞RZ67型號相機以及彩色富士膠卷。
He later sold the image Corbis, which was actually started by Bill Gates, to be used as stock art, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
據《悉尼先驅晨報》報道，隨后他把這張照片賣給了比爾蓋茨的公司Corbis，該公司把它作藝術收藏用。
It then caught the eye of Microsoft.
接下來，這張照片就吸引了微軟公司的眼球。
Carriers wouldnt accept the liability of transporting the original photograph because of the undisclosed value Microsoft put on it, so the company eventually sent ORear a plane ticket so he could deliver it in person.
由于微軟公司對此照片估值不菲，運輸公司不敢輕易運送那張最初的照片，所以微軟最終不得不給奧利爾寄送飛機票，以便他能夠親自把照片送上門。
I had no idea where it was going to go, he said.
他說，我當時不知道這張照片會有怎樣的前景。
In the clip, ORear 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 wasnt).
在視頻中，奧利爾和大家分享了一個故事：當時有一群微軟工程師打賭猜測這張照片的拍攝地，以及是否有過PS圖片處理(奧利爾說沒有PS過)。
He also talks about seeing the image everywhere from the White House to the Kremlin.
他還說，從白宮到克里姆林宮，到處都能看到這張圖片。
Anybody now from age 15 on for the rest of their life will remember this photograph, he said.
奧利爾對自己的照片評價道，15歲以上的任何人，在他們接下來的人生中都將永遠記住這張照片。
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