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(Finn is visiting Feifei)
Feifei: Hi Finn. 謝謝你來我家給我這位特殊朋友拍照。
Finn: My pleasure, Feifei. I take pride in being a great photographer. I brought some of my best pictures.
Feifei: 是嗎？我知道你拍照技術超好，快讓我看看你帶的照片…
Finn: Ok. Well, this one I took during a trip to Paris.
Cutie Pie is definitely not out of the picture
Feifei: 就是去年夏天你和你女朋友 Ann 去巴黎那次拍的吧？
Finn: Ann… Yes. Ann is out of the picture now. Ah, but look at the Eiffel Tower!
Feifei: Oh… Ann is out of the picture 在照片外面？
Finn: And this one I took at a dinner party in my flat.
Feifei: Yes, 這張是你和你合住的房友 Johnny 一起照的。
Finn: Yes, my ex-flatmate 「Dirty Socks」 Johnny. He is out of the picture now too.
Feifei: Johnny, out of the picture 在照片外？ Finn, 他不是在照片裏嗎？你為什麼總說他們 out of the picture?
Finn: No, no, no. Ann and Johnny appear in some of my snaps. But I broke up with Ann. She ran away with a Frenchman.
Feifei: 哦，Ann 已經不是你女朋友了。那 Johnny 呢？
Finn: 「Dirty Socks」 Johnny moved out. He used to leave his socks everywhere!
Feifei: Oh, Johnny 搬走了。
Finn: Exactly. In English, when we say someone is 「out of the picture」 we mean they are not involved in a particular situation anymore.
Feifei: 短語 out of the picture 的意思是時過境遷，指一個人不再處於其中了，換句話說就是不再相干了。
Finn: Let』s hear some examples.
Divorce was good for Mrs Jones. She looks very happy with her husband out of the picture.
My team is bound to lose this weekend now our best player is out of the picture. He broke his leg yesterday.
Finn: Right! Now let』s meet your special someone in the garden, Feifei. I』ll take a great picture!
(Outdoors)
Feifei: Here we are! 這就是我的院子，我特殊的小朋友呢就在這兒。
Finn: Feifei, this is a hamster!
Feifei: Yes! 我的倉鼠叫 Cutie Pie. 我的 Cutie Pie! 你不覺的它很可愛嗎 Finn?
Finn: He is not very photogenic, I』m afraid, Feifei.
Feifei: 什麼意思它不上相？我的小寵物可漂亮著呢！(to the hamster) Sweetie yummy come to mummy. 你一定要在照片裏！
Finn: I have no choice and Cutie Pie will be in the picture. Oh dear! I can kiss goodbye to my career as a serious photographer.
Feifei: Bye.
Finn: Bye bye.