Short Sentences: 2. British pop star George Michael splashed out(豪掷, 大肆挥霍 to spend (money) freely or extravagantly (on something) make a splash to get a lot of public attention His latest novel was making a splash in literary circles and is on the best-seller list. splash someone or something up溅得到处都是, 泼得到处都是, 弄得到处都是 (=splash sth all over sth/sb., splash sth. about, splash sth on sb./sth. ) to scatter a liquid onto someone or something. Don't get that stuff all over. Don't splash the place up! She splashed up the kitchen when she washed the dishes. Please don't splash that about. It will stain anything you spill it on. Accidentally, the lab assistant splashed acid onto his arm. He splashed something on the counter.) AU$6 million (US$5.2 million) on a home at Sydney's swanky豪华奢侈的 Whale Beach following an extended visit延长的访问 to Australia. 3. 陆克文下台: designate: I 候任的 the Director designate II. 被委任为 III. 正式被命名为, 任命为 the Wye Valley is designated an area of outstanding natural beauty瓦伊山谷被划定为重要自然景观区 Certain schools are designated 'science schools' 某些学校被命名为"科学学校" incumbent在任的, 在职的 outgoing/retiring即将卸任的, 即将去职的 president-elect 当选的 下台stand down, step down, stand aside. 被赶下台dismiss, dump, oust, strip Mr Rudd of the prime ministership political upheavals政治动荡 Ms Gillard acknowledged that in the past 24 hours she and Mr Rudd had had some "frank exchanges坦诚交换意见" and that today was a day of "raw emotion" for Mr Rudd. "That was a confidential discussion between the two of us. I would view me talking about that as a gross breach of trust背信弃义, and I won't do it." "I know Kevin Rudd. I know his resilience弹性韧性. I know his fortitude坚韧刚毅, 不屈不挠." She was elected unopposed无对手的 to the Labor leadership after Mr Rudd agreed to stand aside when it was clear he did not have the support of his party. The ABC has learned that powerful party figures have been secretly canvassing numbers for(canvass for游说, 拉选票 canvass v. I. 游说, 拉选票 a house-to-house canvass. II. 征询意见 Opinions on the merger were canvassed就合并事宜征求意见 They promised to canvass all member clubs for their views他们许诺将征求所有成员俱乐部的意见 canvas 画布) a move to dump the Prime Minister and replace him with his deputy, Julia Gillard. The polls dived after a series of policy bungles拙劣的工作, 搞糟 and backflips made by the Government, including shelving the emissions trading scheme. "She has stood by him through the toughest time. She has not sought to exploit his problems (1. 充分的利用 2. make use of (a situation or opportunity) in a way considered unfair or underhand卑劣地利用(某一情况), 乘(机) The company was exploiting a legal loophole该公司在钻法律空子 ) for her own gain and this is how he repays her?' Flanked by his family, Mr Rudd, who was replaced by Julia Gillard in an unopposed leadership spill this morning, was forced to repeatedly pause to choke back tears as he detailed his achievements in Government. 4. Glee的报道: Off the set, the glee kids apparently have no qualms about(qualm 不安, (对某事是否正确感到的)疑虑, 毫不犹豫的 He had no qualms about cheating the tax inspector对欺骗税务稽查员一事, 他并不觉得有什么不安 ) getting to know each other better. Although Murphy admitted that romantic entanglements瓜葛, 牵连, 纠缠 between the cast are unavoidable, all he asks is that his young stars don’t get busy in their trailers between scenes. "when you work on a set for 18 hours a day I think it’s natural自然而然的," Glee is set at the fictional虚构的 William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, and follows the escapades of New Directions, the high school's choir. As Glee became a breakout突围而出的 hit, bands lined up for a chance to have their music performed by the William McKinley kids. Well, not every artist. Notably, Canadian power-ballad master Bryan Adams and British soft-rockers Coldplay said no. But writer-producer Murphy told the Hollywood Reporter that not only has Coldplay changed its collective mind(共同的意见, 集体的意见), the band's entire catalog has also been made available to the show. "At the beginning," Murphy said, "a lot of people didn't know what we were and asked to see pages (in advance), but I refused because I didn't want to set precedent of创下先例 them having any involvement. My favourite rejection was Bryan Adams. Coldplay and Bryan Adams were really the only rejections. But Coldplay called a week ago and said, 'We're sorry, you can have our catalogue.' " 5. 关于Ms Gillard的BF: "He was a very bubbly生气勃勃的 guy - he did styling - cutting and blow drying吹干," she told AAP. "He kept to himself保守秘密, 不交际, he's not a gossiper八卦." 6. A news statement on the Reuters site also read: "For this tournament, world soccer's governing body (FIFA) has shifted its usual amnesty大赦, 赦免 for yellow cards from the end of the first round (group stage) until after the quarter-finals instead."
Breaking the story that broke Kevin PM: Kevin Rudd is the victim of a clinically(冷静, 客观, 高效的) planned and terrifyingly efficient political assassination. The idea had long burned in the minds of some but the final operation was so tightly controlled that its denouement结果结局 utterly shocked most members of the Labor Party. Just before the first shot rang out at 7:00pm on ABC News and ABC Online one of the party's elder statesmen Defence Minister John Faulkner was in the middle of a pre-recorded interview for The 7:30 Report. KERRY O'BRIEN: As we've been sitting here recording this interview, I'm told that ABC News is about to go to air, from Canberra, with a story that there are leadership rumblings( 1.) an early indication or rumour of dissatisfaction or incipient change 谣言, 谣传[=tip, grapevine 小道消息] there are growing rumblings of discontent不满的怨言越来越多 2.) 轰隆隆声 rumble vi. 发出隆隆声(如大车经过) 发出辘辘声(如饥饿) 3.) [with obj.](Brit. informal)discover (an illicit activity or its perpetrator) 发现, 察觉, 看穿, 识破[违法活动或进行违法活动者] =see through, penetrate[He penetrated our thoughts他看穿了我们的心思 The spy's disguise was soon penetrated间谍的伪装不久便被识破了] It wouldn't need a genius to rumble my little game识破我的小把戏并不需要天才. you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do sth. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to do sth. ), as they put it, in Canberra right now as we speak, that factional leaders are in discussion and counting numbers, as I understand it, with regard to a possible leadership challenge. Are you aware of any potential moves on the leadership of Kevin Rudd tonight, not the moves tonight, but the moves? JOHN FAULKNER: Well, Kerry, I don't know what's on ABC News. All I know is I've been sitting here talking to you and so it might be on the ABC News, well it's also news to me. Just after 7:00pm many people who were there report that everyone's mobile rang(铃声大作 lit up). A few tiny flaws(几个小小瑕疵, 小小破绽) in the execution of the assassination plot exposed the final hours of the operation to the arc-lights弧光灯, 聚光灯 of the media. There is a novel in this(够一个小说了) but what follows is one small shard碎片 of the plot. ...Ms Gillard was in the game and the challenge was on. But they fretted(苦恼, 烦躁不安 fret: she fretted about the cost of groceries她为日常用品的费用发愁 [with clause]I fretted that my fingers were so skinny我为自己瘦骨嶙峋的手指而烦恼) that the entire plot could come unstuck(未粘住的, 紊乱的, 失灵的, 失败的) if word leaked that it was on. So they intended to make their final moves late, to stay under the electronic media radar(fall/drop off sb's radar, beneath the radar 不被注意到, 被忽视). But there are few perfect operations. There are always fingerprints万事难求完美, 总会有蛛丝马迹. Exactly 12 months ago the tip小道消息 that Godwin Grech might be something more than just a hapless倒霉不幸的 Treasury official came from a scrap纸屑 dropped during a casual conversation at Aussies Cafe on the ground floor of Parliament House. The scent of(...的迹象, ...的味道) the Gillard challenge came during a chance afternoon encounter(chance encounter偶然相遇) with a Labor powerbroker at the same table. In the midst of an otherwise harmless chat he dropped his voice压低声音, scanned the tables for familiar faces扫了一遍桌子 and said with an unusual urgency. "Could we win with Julia?" Pressed to explain被催促解释, the conversation ended abruptly, "I gotta go thanks for the coffee." Something was up. Calls to the likely suspects打给这个可疑人士的电话 went unanswered until one picked up at 5.30pm. "What's happening?" I said. "What do you know?" he replied. "I know something's going on. What do you know?" "Wait until after 8:00pm and I'll give you an exclusive." "But the news goes to air at seven." "Wait," he said and hung up. It was an infuriating conversation because it confirmed a serious push against the prime minister by serious players. But there was every chance it could evaporate烟消云散, 无形 because everything depended on how Ms Gillard had responded to their advances. Comparing notes, it emerged that the ABC's Chief Political Correspondent Mark Simkin was also on to the story. By 6.50pm we had enough to broadcast that there were moves afoot but that it wasn't clear at all whether they were being supported by Ms Gillard. We made it clear in the stories that we were uncertain of her position and deliberately erred on the side of caution. But it was still an enormous risk. If she had rebuffed回绝 the advances then the conspirators阴谋家 would melt back into the shadows消遁于无形, 消弭于无形 and the next day everyone would, again, furiously deny there was anything going on. And, unlike some other operations, there are serious consequences for being seriously wrong in the ABC. We knew that the first sign迹象, 征兆 that we were wide of the mark 错的离谱, 太不准确 (1. Lit. far from the target. (*Typically: be ~; fall ~.) Tom's shot was wide of the mark. The pitch was quite fast but wide of the mark. The arrow fell wide of the mark. 2. Fig. inadequate; far from what is required or expected. (*Typically: be ~; fall ~.) Jane's efforts were sincere but wide of the mark. He failed the course because everything he did was wide of the mark.) would come by way of be an outraged phone call from the prime minister's office to the ABC's bureau chief总编辑, Greg Jennett. That call never came. Greg and the ABC's tireless chief of staff Simon Johnson began furiously organising resources and dispatching them to the halls and restaurant districts. The rest really is history(不再想关不再重要的事情 She loved me once, but that's all ancient history now她曾经爱过我, 但现在已成往事). I write all this for two reasons. First, it is a great yarn. Second because the ABC doesn't plaster(I. 石膏 II. 涂满, 粘贴 III. (plaster something over)present a story or picture conspicuously and sensationally in (a newspaper or magazine) [在报纸或杂志上]显眼地、耸人听闻地刊载[故事, 图片] Her story was plastered all over the December issue她的故事在十二月的那一期很显眼的位置上刊载了出来 ) "exclusive" on every lame rumour and, frankly, does a really poor job banging its own drum(bang/beat the drum (for sb/sth) speak with enthusiasm in support of sb/sth(为……)鼓吹, 摇旗吶喊 She’s really banging the drum for the new system她拚命为新制度摇旗吶喊). And I know that in the wash up of this, the story will have 1,000 fathers, as some of the self-basting outlets drown themselves in their own acclaim. That's fine too but I write because I'm bored by reading bile( I. 胆汁 II. 坏脾气) covered tripe(胡说乱写的东西) in the same outlets claiming the ABC doesn't break stories. The ABC radio news breaks stories almost every hour. AM is the jewel in the crown of a Radio Current Affairs operation that is unique in this country. The ABC Online site is second to none. ABC Local Radio gives a voice to every community on this continent. And ABC TV News and Current Affairs is the most trusted brand in television broadcasting. I'm proud of my colleagues and the job they do in the large and small parts of the ABC. And, in the end, the proof of the pudding is in the quality of the ingredients(布丁的好坏决定于配料的质量). As one minister told Mark Simkin, "I didn't know about it. But the fact that the ABC was running it meant it had credibility". 网友对此文评论: Good to see the acknowledgement of those involved, not just the talking heads( (电视发言者的)头部特写, 接受电视采访者 ) on the TV. The last line of your story resonates with me, and with most of your audience. Indeed, if the ABC runs it, you better believe it has legs(not have a leg to stand on站不住脚, 有合理依据 (informal) not be able to prove what you say 站不住脚, (说法)缺乏根据 He claims he wasn't there, but four people saw him, so he doesn't have a leg to stand on他宣称自己当时不在那里, 可是有四个人看见他了, 他的话站不住脚).
