Humans have hunted colorful and wild creatures since the Stone Age．And Gabby Salazar, an American teenager is 1 different from her ancestors(祖先)in her 2 to track down(追捕)animals． 3 Gabby doesn’t shoot animals with a gun, she uses her camera to 4 beautiful images of wildlife．Now the teenager has found herself in the spotlight after a 5 she took of a green lizard(蜥蜴)won her the award Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004, on October 20．
6 a member of the North American Nature Photographers Association, the 17-year-old, from North Carolina, 7 she can encourage people to 8 wildlife．“We’re trying to educate people about the environment by using photographs 9 by our members,” she said．“I jumped around a little bit－went 10 and screamed for a couple of minutes,” Gabby said of her reaction(反应)to winning the 11 ．Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the world’s most important wildlife photographic competition．It is 12 each year by the Natural History Museum in London and BBC Wildlife Magazine．
Gabby began to take 13 at the age of 12, 14 her father gave her a camera as a gift．It is mainly from her father, an amateur(业余的) photographer that she has 15 her skills．
On family vacations they 16 carry big bags of photographic equipment with them．She has traveled to many places within the US 17 Russia, in her short photography career(生涯)．She says she also wants to travel and take pictures in China．
Despite her 18 , Gabby says she will study chemistry in college, not 19 ．
“Photography for me isn’t about trying to shoot the world,” she said．“Taking pictures just makes me 20 , and I’m going to continue to do it as long as I enjoy it．”
Americans are careful about how and when they meet one another's eyes．In their 1 conversation, each eye contact(接触) 2 only about a second before one or both persons look away．When two Americans look searchingly into each other's 3 , emotions are heightened and the relationship becomes more intimate(亲密)． 4 , they carefully avoid this, except in proper occasions．
Proper steer behaviors in the United States require a nice 5 of attention and inattention．You are 6 to look at a passer－by just enough to show that you're aware of his presence．If you look too 7 , you appear too proud; if you look too much, you are too curious．Usually． 8 happens is that people watch each other until they are about eight 9 apart, at which point both cast down their eyes．In England the polite listener stares at the 10 attentively and blinks(眨眼)his eyes occasionally as a sign of 11 ．That eye－blink says 12 to Americans, who expect the listener to nod or to 13 some thing－such as“mm－hum”．
Americans living abroad 14 find local behaviors hard to understand．Such complaints(抱怨)can often be 15 “People there were 16 ．They stared right at me on the street．They looked me 17 ．I kept wondering whether I was 18 or not．”They don't 19 that people in some places think nothing of staring at 20 on the street．
