Short Sentences: 1. 德国歌手获得欧洲歌唱大赛冠军: Teenager Lena ended Germany's long losing streak in the popular song competition with an improbable triumph over 24 other finalists in a live program from Oslo. The song contest(eurovision) might be dismissed as tacky(俗气的, 俗不可耐的, 不文雅的, 趣味低下的 It’s a tacky, nasty little movie, frankly坦率地说, 那是一部低级下流、微不足道的影片 They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life关于他的爱情生活, 他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语 ) in some countries but it is serious stuff in Germany. Germany had complained bitterly in the past when even its top acts, like No Angels, often ended up near the bottom. That prompted soul searching about whether voting European countries still held a grudge against it for the country's role in two world wars."I'm just floored. I can't believe it. I just can't frigging believe it." 2. $4m ad campaign sings Australia's praises(sing somebody's/something's praises唱赞歌, 赞颂 also sing the praises of somebody/something to praise someone or something with enthusiasm I hate the city, but my sister is always singing its praises. You've obviously made a good impression on Paul - he was singing your praises last night. Mat seems happy enough in Brighton - he's always singing its praises.): Tourism Australia has turned from slang to song in its bid to attract overseas visitors, unveiling a $4 million advertising campaign featuring ordinary Australians singing a jingle简单的歌曲 amid a backdrop of famous Australian landscapes景色. The new ad begins a three-year, $150 million marketing campaign with the slogan There's Nothing Like Australia. "Music gets through where words sometimes don't. It's because people can sing songs and they don't necessarily have to speak the language," he said. It insists the new jingle will not clash with that famous tune used by Qantas. In fact, Qantas is putting $44 million into Tourism Australia's marketing. "I personally love it. I think it gets the toe tapping. I think it gets into your head and it's a bit anthemic," he said. 3. 墨尔本两个男孩意外死亡: Boys probably killed by faulty(有问题的) gas heater(煤气炉). Their mother, who remains ill in Melbourne's St Vincent's Hospital, was also affected by gas and had no involvement in their deaths, police said. After the tragic discovery, their mother, Vanessa Robinson, appeared to be disoriented(精神混乱, 不辨南北) at the local police station and was airlifted to Melbourne when her condition rapidly declined, police said. She was placed under hospital guard and has not been fit for further interview. Due to speculation about Ms Robinson's role in the deaths, Detective Inspector Bernie Edwards told reporters this afternoon police wanted to "quell制止, 镇压 the court of public opinion舆论的法院"."What we didn't want is people to make up their minds without all the full facts, so that's why we're trying to inform the public at this stage." "I don't want to go into specifics涉及细节 at this moment, we are fairly confident it's gas related." "The mother was the only person with the children when they were found deceased. It’s common practice正常行为 that the person is spoken to so that we get to the bottom of(弄清底细, 弄清真相) the matter," he said. "It is normal practice in an investigation into an incident such as this that police would speak with the person who had custody of the children, or anyone located in the premises. "The investigation is still ongoing at this stage and police will await the outcome of further testing to assist the Coroner in determining the exact cause确定确切死因 of death." 4. 得第几名英文怎么说, 英语中名次的相关说法: The horse came in second(or came in second place to that one输给那匹马得了第二名. come in second中的in可以省略). Where did he come in-- second or third? 他得了第几名？第二名还是第三名？He's pulled up from the seventh to the second place他已从第七名跃升到第二名. She finished in second place in the race. In the mixed doubles event, they placed second. moved into the top 10进入前十名 slipped/dropped one spot to 13th下滑一位到第13名. 5. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckberberg apologizing for recent privacy oversteps(逾越, overstep the mark behave in an unacceptable way 越轨, 犯规, 违法), in the Washington Post: The biggest message we have heard recently is that people want easier control over their information. Simply put简单说, many of you thought our controls were too complex. Our intention was to give you lots of granular细粒度的 controls; but that may not have been what many of you wanted. We just missed the mark(miss the mark (Not convey properly, not to the point), verb be off the mark, cause error, close to, commit an error, get an incorrect assessment, give a false impression, gloss over the signifiiance, go amiss, go astray, go wrong, labor under a misapprehension, make a mistake, miss the importance, miss the most important issue, not be clear, not be germane off the mark also wide of the mark wrong or not accurate They said the course would be easy but that turned out to be way off the mark. Usage notes: sometimes used in the phrase not far off the mark (almost right): If you guessed he was jealous, you would not be far off the mark. hit the mark to be correct or accurate The writer hit the mark in saying that the military contributes $400,000 a month to the local economy). We have heard the feedback. 6. In August 2007, financial magazine Forbes created a list of actors who generated the best box office performance related to their salaries; the list placed Damon as the most bankable(卖座的, 具有票房号召力的) star of the actors reviewed, revealing that Damon had averaged U.S.$29 at the box office for every dollar he earned for his last three films. Damon had an uncredited cameo未具名, 未署名的客串 in Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth (2007). He lent his voice to配音 the English version of the animated film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. He also made a guest appearance客串 in 2009 on the sixth season finale of Entourage as himself, where he tries to pressure Vincent Chase into donating to his charity OneXOne (a real foundation for which Damon is an ambassador) and gets increasingly irritated when Chase does not seem to comply. 7. 足球: Michael Beauchamp played a stand-out出色的 role at the centre of defence in Central Coast's march to the A-League grand final and is deserving of a World Cup berth席位, 泊位, 铺位. Brett Emerton went against the trend for逆潮流而动 most of the world's football stars when he reportedly turned down offers from bigger clubs so he could play in his preferred position of wing with Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League. Sydney-born Zeljko Kalac plays for one of the biggest clubs in the world, AC Milan, where he is goalkeeping understudy替身(stand-in), 替补, 替角 to Brazilian international Nelson Dida.
美食烹饪在美国: At a local supermarket, two women push half-filled grocery carts. The ladies are good friends, but they couldn't be more different(Nothing could be further from the truth大错特错). One is a stay-at-home housewife(=homemaker 家庭主妇). Household chores, particularly those in the kitchen, are her idea of fun(心头好). If you think American cooking means opening a package and tossing the contents into the microwave, think again(你就错了). From busy homemakers to professional people, many Americans enjoy the convenience of prepackaged meals that can be ready to serve in 10 minutes or less. Most Americans will admit that there's nothing better than a good home-cooked meal家常便饭. But with cooking, as with any other skill, good results don't happen by accident. Probably every cook has his or her own cooking style. But there are some basic techniques and principlesthat most people follow. For those who need guidance in their cooking, or for those who have just run out of ideas, recipes are lifesavers. Finding recipes in America is as easy as pie小菜一碟. Some cooks use recipes very little, preferring instead to depend on their intuitionas they add a pinch of this and a dash of that to create just the right flavors. Of course, Americans don't have a corner on the market(市场垄断) when it comes to good cooking. Wherever you go in the world, people love to eat. As a result, every culture and nationality has its own share of mouth-watering delicacies(精美的食物).
MasterChef 又一轮淘汰: Jake left bitter over salmon pasting. A Thai green curry may have ultimately sunk his hopes, but it was the behaviour of his teammates aboard a P&O cruise which has left a bitter taste(留下苦涩的味道) in the mouth of MasterChef's latest victim, Jake Bujayer. The 29-year-old cement renderer claims he was left to carry the can(代人受过, 负责任 to take the blame or responsibility for something that is wrong or has not succeeded (often + for ) She suspected that she'd be left to carry the can for her boss's mistakes. ) for the blue team's loss in Wednesday night's high-seas catering challenge, despite four of his teammates also having a hand in the salmon sashimi salad that was given the thumbs-down by cruise passengers. The teams had had to prepare 8000 canapes for P&O holidaymakers before facing a passenger vote, with the red team roundly trouncing(使大败) Bujayer's blue team 1138 votes to 762. As punishment, the blue team had to nominate three of its members for the elimination round. Bujayer at first refused to take part in the decision-making process before eventually putting his hand up(举起手来, 表示投降或引起注意) alongside Marion and Joanne. He now wishes he had stood up for himself. "In hindsight事后想想 I wish I had fought my argument a bit more," Bujayer said. "I was really disappointed about it all." He admitted the salmon sashimi had taken too long to prepare, but said it was not fair that he was singled out by his teammates. "I bore the brunt of the blame for (bear the brunt (of something) 承受最坏, 首当其冲 to withstand the worst part or the strongest part of something, such as an attack. I had to bear the brunt of her screaming and yelling. Why don't you talk with her the next time she complains? I'm tired of bearing the brunt of her objections. ) the salmon, even though another four people also had a go at what I was doing, and all bar Callum walked away from it," he said. Marion, who weeks earlier beat top Melbourne chef Frank Camorra in a celebrity chef challenge, used her immunity pin to avoid the elimination round - a tricky taste test involving a Thai green curry. Despite cooking the dish many times, Bujayer said he "couldn't taste a thing that day" and was the first to trip up跌倒, 绊倒. 犯错误, trip sb up使某人犯错误 while trying to name all 23 ingredients in it. "One stupid mistake and it was all over…I shouldn't have been so complacent," Bujayer said. "I couldn't taste a thing that day. I really wasn't going off taste; I was going off what I thought should have been in the dish. I just didn’t have a sense of taste on the day." Nevertheless, he said he didn't blame Marion for saving her own skin. "Marion would've been mad not to use her immunity," he said later. "I was gutted((Brit. informal)bitterly disappointed or upset 非常失望, 十分沮丧 I know how gutted the players must feel我知道球员们有多沮丧) when I was told I was eliminated. I definitely had more to show – I had only just got off crutches." The NSW tradesman, who had planned to open his own beach seafood stand, has since been dealt a fresh blow. "The council have knocked me back at the moment, but one day I'll get there and I definitely have plans to get into the industry," he said.
