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Rather than have people simply rate their beauty compared with others, he asked them to identify an original photograph of themselves from a lineup including versions that had been altered to appear more and less attractive.

必记词汇

1.simply ['sɪmplɪ] ad.

简单地；仅仅

2.identify [aɪ'dentɪfaɪ] vt.

认出

3.original [ə'rɪdʒɪn(ə)l] a.

原始的

4.photograph ['fəʊtəgrɑːf] n.

照片

5.lineup ['laɪnʌp] n.

列队，行列

6.version ['vɜːʃ(ə)n] n.

版本

7.alter ['ɔːltə] v.

改动

8.appear [ə'pɪə] vi.

看起来

写作积累

1.rather than

而不是

2.compared with

与......比较

3.original photograph

原始照片

4.identify an original photograph

甄别一张原始照片

参考译文

他不是简单地让人们通过与他人比较来评价自己的容貌，而是要求他们从一组照片中甄别出自己那张原始的照片，这些不同版本的照片都已经过处理，有的看上去更美，有的则较以前难看。