People have always enjoyed capturing special moments with pictures. One exciting way to do this is by stepping inside a photo booth. The earliest photographic machine was presented at the World’s Fair in 1889 by a French inventor, and photo booths quickly caught the public’s attention. Several decades later, in 1925, the modern concept of photo booths with a curtain was introduced to New York City by Anatol Josepho. For a small fee, people could receive eight developed black-and-white photo strips in about 10 minutes, which seemed almost like magic at the time.
人們一直很喜歡用照片來捕捉特別的時刻。其中一種這樣做的有趣方法就是走進拍貼機裡。最早的照相機器於 1889 年由一位法國發明家在世界博覽會上展出，拍貼機很快就吸引了大眾的目光。數十年後，1925 年，阿納托爾．約瑟夫將帶布簾的拍貼機的現代概念引入了紐約。只要付一點錢，人們就能在大約十分鐘內拿到八張沖洗好的黑白長條照片，這在當時看起來簡直就像魔法一樣。
生活必備字詞：
inventor n. 發明家，發明者
decade n. 十年
develop vt.（使）顯影；沖洗底片（本文為過去分詞作形容詞用）
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