单词和用法: 1. bottomless pit = blackhole无底洞 do my routines例行公事, 做该做的事 offbeat I. 不合拍, 没在拍子上 II. unusual, unconventional, or eccentric. Do you want to go for a drive开车兜一圈[比如办事, 比如兜风]? Don't mess with招惹 me, I know kungfu. That's(the situation) all messed-up. We are different breeds不同的人种, 不是同类. "I had no idea there were so many different breeds of dogs.". That doesn't amount to (amount (up) to 累积到 something [for a sum of money] to increase [to a large amount]. Is that everything you want to buy? That amounts to twenty dollars. These charges amount up to a lot.) three months to work. last straw is the straw borke the camel's back. hammer the (final) nail into the coffin(casket). death blow致命一击, fatal. destroyer驱逐舰, 破坏者, 破坏狂, 毁灭者. to crash dreams坏人好梦. tight arse = stingy 小气鬼, 吝啬, 死扣, 不大方, 不慷慨 Someone who won't go out of their way to give somone else some money or help. I asked Billy for some money, but he was such a tight arse and told me to bugger off. bugger off fuck off, Piss off, go away, move on, shithead Bugger off, asshole, you just dented my car! electro电子音乐, 舞曲 dance 2. toner 墨粉, 调色剂 Toner is a powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the printed text and images on the paper. In its early form it was simply carbon powder. Then, to improve the quality of the printout, the carbon was melt-mixed with a polymer. Toner particles are melted by the heat of the fuser, and bind to the paper. Current machines feed directly from a sealed cartridge, which is usually a proprietary design. out of tune (with someone or something) I. Lit. not in musical harmony with someone or something.(be ~; get ~.) The oboe is out of tune with the flute. The flute is out of tune with John. They are all out of tune. II. 不合拍, 不一致, 不同意见 Fig. not in agreement with someone or something. Your proposal is out of tune with my ideas of what we should be doing. Your ideas are out of tune with company policy. Anything out of tune?有什么不同意的吗? 3. mix up sb/sth also mix sb/sth up 混淆, 弄混, 乱套 to confuse one person or thing with another Mrs. Albert was always mixing up the two boys even though they didn't look very much alike. I mixed the appointment up and went for a haircut on the wrong day. Please don't ask questions now; you'll mix me up把我搞混! You mixed up the speaker with your question. mix-up a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" pass for somebody/something to appear to be someone or something else. to be accepted as someone, some type of person, or something. You could pass for your twin brother. This painting could almost pass for the original. A lot of what passes for humor these days is just anger expressed in the form of a joke. Although he's 35, he could still pass for a college student. Oh, ye of little faith 不相信人 Fig. You who trust no one. (Jocular; the word ye is an old form of you used in the Bible.) You thought I wouldn't show up on time? Oh, ye of little faith. 4. drag 拖进来, 拖下水, 活拉硬拽, 拖上 To move or bring by force or with great effort: had to drag him to the dentist; dragged the truth out of the reluctant witness. The master of ceremonies dragged her onto the stage for another bow. Then he dragged on the next performer. a) drag (on someone ) a burden (to someone). I wish you wouldn 't be such a drag on your friends. I don't want to be a drag on the department. the main drag主路 (American & Australian informal) the biggest and most important road in a town We walked up and down the town's main drag looking for a post office. drag your/its heels/feet 拖拖拉拉的, 不情愿, 犹犹豫豫, 老大不乐意的 to do something slowly because you do not want to do it When they told us they wanted to put computers in our classrooms, we dragged our heels a little bit. drag someone kicking and screaming to make someone do something that they do not want to do You'll have to drag him kicking and screaming to the talks.
Not happy, Jan! had its origin as an advertising catchphrase which has entered the Australian cultural vernacular( /vE'n#kjElE/ n. adj. 本国话[the vernacular], 方言 He wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.), used to express displeasure. The television commercial from which the phrase was thought to have originated was created for Sensis (the directories arm of Telstra), to promote the upcoming deadline for advertising in Australia's Yellow Pages. In the commercial, a businesswoman has just discovered that one of her staff has neglected忽略, 忘记, 漏掉 to book an ad in the upcoming year's Yellow Pages. Realising they will have to wait another year, she calmly goes through some anger management techniques. When Jan runs away from work, she is talking to herself and counting to ten, before opening the window and shouting to the camera "Not happy, Jan!" towards the fleeing figure逃跑的身影 of the eponymous(同名的 (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc., is named the eponymous heroine in the film of Jane Eyre) Jan. Since the advertisement, "Not happy, Jan" has entered the Australian vernacular to express displeasure, particularly at a problem caused by another's negligence 疏忽, 失职 /'neglid3Ens/ or incompetence无能. In the time immediately following the advertisement, it was usually said in a manner which mimicked模仿语气 the advertisement, but today is usually spoken with a casual, slightly stern tone. Women named Jan were particularly targeted.
Ovations and flattery奉承巴结 in Julia Gillard's speech to US congress: IT had everything but streamers( I. (用以表示欢迎)挥舞的小旗子 a long narrow coiled ribbon of coloured paper that becomes unrolled when tossed. II. 报纸头条全版 A newspaper headline that runs across a full page. ) and a marching band. Julia Gillard's speech to the US Congress in Washington early today (Australian time) was perfectly designed - drenched (I. To wet through and through; soak II. To administer(开药, 给服药, 给予, 执行实施; The doctor adinistered some medicines to his patient. The courts administered the law. III. 充斥, 满是 To provide with something in great abundance; surfeit: just drenched in money. ) a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). ) in overblown(过度渲染的 Done to excess; overdone: overblown decorations.) rhetoric(夸张, 修辞), even corniness, but expertly tailored to tug US heart strings拨动心弦. The Americans love their hyperbole夸张法. And the Prime Minister did not disappoint, cleverly pulling in her audience with a blend of sentimentality感情 and flattery ( pull in somebody/something also pull somebody/something in 拉近距离 to attract things or people, esp. in large numbers The new law is designed to pull in more imports from poor countries. The show has been pulling the crowds in since it opened. ) while also outlining Australia's future expectations of its ally in the areas of security, economic reform and trade liberalisation. Ms Gillard lavished慷慨, 不吝惜 /'l#viF/ the legislators with wave after wave of goodwill and expressions of loyalty and friendship, sparking 10 wildly enthusiastic bouts of一阵阵的 applause and no less than six standing ovations. Describing Americans as loyal mates Ms Gillard wowed the legislators with the simple declaration: "You have a true friend Down Under". While such a comment might have passed with little comment不被注意 in an Australia pub, it scored an emotional bullseye(正中下怀, 正中要害 bull's eye靶心 What score is bullseye on a dart board(飞镖靶, dart是飞镖)? Me and my mum were having an argument about what score bullseye on a dart board was one of us thought it was 50 and the other thought it was 25. hit the bull's-eye I. Lit. to hit the very center of a circular target. The archer hit the bull's-eye three times in a row. I didn't hit the bull's-eye even once. II. Fig. to achieve the goal perfectly. Your idea really hit the bull's-eye. Thank you! Jill has a lot of insight. She knows how to hit the bull's-eye. ) in Washington - sending an audience including former presidential candidates John Kerry and John McCain into a state of rapture极度欢喜. The legislators leapt to their feet in appreciation of the sentiment, with the 435-seat chamber nearly full with several dozen politicians and hundreds of staffers invited guests for the 11am local time speech. And this was just the first of a giddy series of over-the-top responses( over the top too extreme, outrageously overdone. The comedy sketch短剧, 独幕剧 was so over-the-top that most of the audience was embarrassed. To blame one person for the collapse of the business seems way over the top. I listened to her speech, and some of her language was just over the top. far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience"). Like a master controller, Ms Gillard deftly巧妙熟练的 pressed her listeners' hot buttons(press/push/hit the right button/buttons(pushed all the right buttons) to do exactly what is necessary to get the result that you want You have to know how to push all the right buttons if you want to be a successful diplomat. Sometimes you're interviewing someone really shy and then you press the right button and they just don't stop talking. hit/press/push the panic button to do something quickly without thinking about it in order to deal with a difficult or worrying situation (often negative) We may have lost the last three games but we're not pushing the panic button yet. It's too early to hit the panic button, but our stocks lost half their value today. on the button if something happens at a particular time or is a particular amount on the button, it happens at exactly that time or is exactly that amount We always sit down to eat at 6.00 on the button. ) by variously supporting the war in Afghanistan, vowing Australians would never forget American help in World War II, pledging support in the war on terror and condemning Iran's nuclear ambitions. At one stage even Ms Gillard was moved, her voice shaking声音哽咽 as she declared that when she was a child she had watched the first moon landing and come to he conclusions that Americans could "do anything". Winding up her 30-minute speech, Ms Gillard said the people in her audience were "the same people" who has so amazed her as a little girl. There was no doubt, she said, choking back tears, that Americans could still do anything. Her comment brought the house down. It sparked an ecstatic four-minute standing ovation as audience members including House Speaker John Boehner were seen to wipe away tears拭去眼泪 as they beamed with pride自豪的微笑. But in between the flattery were some frank messages. Addressing a nation pre-occupied深陷 with its economic downturn, Ms Gillard urged Americans to remain true to their best instincts and "be bold" in pursuing global financial sector reform and acting on trade liberalisation and climate change. Appealing to the US to help maintain peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region, Ms Gillard also gently urged the Congress to accept that the promise of free enterprise(business governed by the laws of supply and demand, not restrained by goverment interference, regulation or subsidy. also called free market.) could only be fully realised in the presence of genuine competition. The legislators nodded sagely贤明的. But then Ms Gillard smacked them between the eyes( smack in the face一个耳光, 一个耳刮子 Fig. something that will humiliate someone, often when it is considered deserved; an insult. Being rejected by Jane was a real smack in the face for Tom, who thought she was fond of him. Meg thought she was the best-qualified candidate for the job, and not getting it was a smack in the face.) by calling for a new farm bill to be produced next year to be used to reduce protectionism, to advance trade rather than distorting markets. But even with such warnings, the US response was overwhelmingly positive. The woman who had come to mark the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty left as hero with many new friends and, perhaps, a growing confidence in her ability to walk the world stage. 其他媒体报道摘抄: Ms Gillard also challenged the US to use its capacity for reinvention(creativity) to join Australia in pressing for new rounds of trade liberalisation and economic reform. "In both our countries, real mates talk straight好朋友说话不拐弯," she said. "We mean what we say我们说话算数. And Australia is an ally for all the years to come." "Australia will stand firm with坚定的站在一起 our ally the United States." Calling for US support for the economic reform process through the G-20, she also appealed for the reignition重启 of the stalled陷入僵局的 Doha Round of international trade negotiations多哈多回合谈判 under the auspices监视 of the World Trade Organisation. On climate change, she called for continuing collaboration, insisting that the world must find a way to decouple economic growth from growth in carbon emissions. Turning to security, Ms Gillard noted that political power was shifting towards China and India, and urged the Americans to
