Saturday, August 15, 2009

one hundredth of a second

Kate is an ambitious photojournalist. Caught in a shoot-out in an Eastern European war zone, Kate spots a young girl running through the chaos. Intrigued, she follows the Girl, photographing as she goes. The Girl accidentally encounters a Gunman who interrogates her, pressing his AK-47 to her head. Kate photographs the terrified Girl and is horrified when the Girl makes eye contact with her, pleading to Kate for help. But Kate is too engrossed in her photography. She takes picture after picture as the girl is shot in front of her. Kate's work is nominated for the New Photographer of the Year Award. At the ceremony, when her photograph wins the top prize, Kate finds herself haunted by the memories of the Girl. Seeing the image projected onto a screen, Kate runs out without collecting her award, leaving the audience staring at the brutal photograph of the dead Girl. Written by Alex Boden

update-horrified: was shocked

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My question:

What's the meaning of one hundreath of a second?
Actually, I found out some information from online dictionary. And it gives an example.
She has knocked one/a hundredth of a second off the world record.

But I still don't get it. Please give me a favor if possible. Thanks in advance.

Posted by Maggie at 11:34 AM

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4 comments:

  1. E KalsowAugust 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    Hi Maggie,
    one hundredth is a fraction.
    It could be written like this 1/100 or as a decimal like this .01

    Also, you wrote that "horried: was shocked" I think you meant to say "horrified."

    Smile :)
    -Kalsow

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  2. E KalsowAugust 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    Hi Maggie,
    one hundredth is a fraction.
    It could be written like this 1/100 or as a decimal like this .01

    Also, you wrote that "horried: was shocked" I think you meant to say "horrified."

    Smile :)
    -Kalsow

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  3. MaggieAugust 15, 2009 at 7:09 PM

    Hi Kalsow,

    Thanks for helping me again.

    I corrected the term 'horrified'. You're right and it's a typo actually.

    I have another quesiton is that
    what's the meaning of 'She has knocked one/a hundredth of a second off the world record'.
    Does it mean that she runs very fast and the speed of her running is less than 1/100 as compared with the world record? or what's the meaning of it? Could you explain it for me as well?

    Thanks a lot.


    Maggie^^

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  4. E KalsowAugust 16, 2009 at 11:52 AM

    Hi Maggie,
    "She has knocked one/a hundredth of a second off the world record"

    I think you have the right idea. The sentence means that she can run .01 of a second faster than the world record, so if the world record was 5.78 seconds, she could do the same thing in 5.77 seconds.

    -Kalsow :)

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