单词学习: 1. have a strech, strech out伸伸懒腰. I didn't know that我都不知道的. I got that我明白了, 原来是这样的啊. guns I. 肌肉, 尤指二头肌 Really huge muscles. commonly used as for body builders and football players. 尤其指二头肌Biceps, the upper-arm muscles. Oh shit! I got the shit coked out of me from that guy with huge guns. II. 可靠的, 有能力的, 重要的伙伴 Australian colloquial term to denote an esteemed and relied upon friend, or anyone otherwise who is excellent and formidable with regards some activity. Descended from wartime and comrades who were dependable, trusted and efficient, a 'good gun' to have alongside you. Australian slang term for a good bloke, reliable mate, or person otherwise admired for being efficient or formidable with regards some pursuit. a 'good gun'. His three goals carried the team that match. Yeah, Joe's a gun. Jimmy's a gun soccer player. His goals carried the team yesterday. 2. loosy goosy a woman that is very floosy in doing so her pussy is very loose as loose as a goose due to the fact that gooses migrate south for the winter making them a very loose wild animal so loose+ goose = loosy goosy Dang that girl is loosy goosy or Dang I'm not talking to nancy cause I heard she loosy goosy. throw sauge/hotdog down the hallway/corridor This term is used to describe a girl who is so loose that you a guy can't feel anything during sex. A female who has had sex so much that she has become extremely loose. When a man penetrates a woman, her vagina is so wide that he doesn't touch the sides with his cock. A girl with a bucket fanny(水桶屁股) has "sex" with a man with a slim jim(=beef stick[跟肠似的]. 一种牛肉的食品, 锁子里的销). His cock doesn't touch the sides therefore he's throwing a sausage down a corridor. Man, having sex with that chick was like throwing a hotdog down a hallway. After I had sex with Taylor Green, I realized she was a loosey goosey bitch, because I couldn't feel a thing. righty tighty lefty loosy右手螺旋规则 Refers to threads on a screw, nut, bolt, etc. To tighten, you turn to the right (clockwise). To loosen, you turn toward the left (counter clockwise). A few exceptions exist, notably old propane cylinders and some pipe fittings. "How do I get this screw out?" "Righty tighty lefty loosy!" chicky babes a group of good looking females whats up chicky babes chicky baby俏妞 a young woman (at least 18) that is an 8+, when your with a group of friends this girl is worth pointing out. she is also very smart in a very chesty way. You and your friend are walking down the street and a chicky baby walks by: Friend: "that chicky baby could make a dog break its chain" you: "wow sack up and go get her number". 3. no correcting that不要纠正 bruschetta an Italian open sandwich of toasted bread topped with olive oil and tomatoes, olives, etc. tartare sauce一种吃薯条用的酱料 tartare steak 碎牛肉饼 Steak tartare is a meat dish made from finely chopped or minced raw beef. beer battered(coated in batter and deep-fried until crisp裹面炸脆的 batter 殴打) fish & chipps 4. stick/stand out like a sore thumb (crane amongst (a flock of) chickens鹤立鸡群) to be easily noticed as different, to be very obvious Ted wore old jeans to the party, and he stuck out like a sore thumb among all the well-dressed guests. That pimple really sticks out like a sore thumb. Do you think I would stick out like a sore thumb at the party if I wear this coat? let/blow off steam to do or say something that helps you to get rid of strong feelings or energy Meetings give people the chance to let off steam if something has been bothering them for a long time. After a long journey, the kids need to run around a bit and let off steam. I've told her she can call me and talk any time she wants to blow off steam. 包含两种意思 I. to work or play off excess energy Those boys need to get out and let off some steam. Go out and let off steam! II. 发发火, 泄泄愤 to release one's pent-up emotions, such as anger, usually verbally. I'm sorry I yelled at you. I guess I needed to let off some steam. She's not that mad. She's just letting off steam. be nothing much to write home about 一般般, 还算不错, 也就那样啦, 没什么特别的 also not much to write home about(I wouldn't write home about it.) to not be especially good or exciting The food was OK, but nothing to write home about.
Did you buy IPAD 2?: I did. My teenage daughter wants to use one for school. Outside Apple Store Fashion Valley in San Diego, at least 500 people lined up to get an Apple tablet. The doors opened at 5 p.m. local time, and I completed my purchase by 6:20 p.m. Apple Store employees rapidly processed purchases using iPhones. Judging by the number of people using iPhones -- I'd say 60 percent to 70 percent -- the majority of buyers here were existing Apple customers. Here in San Diego, the iPad 2 line cut across (cut across something to include many different groups The appeal of these coffee places cuts across all social levels.) age, racial, gender and socioeconomic lines. It was a melting pot(熔炉 I. A container in which a substance is melted. II. A place where immigrants of different cultures or races form an integrated society: "Canadians . . . liked to think of their country as a mosaic rather than a melting pot" (Kenneth McNaught). ) of Americans, which says something about(从一定程度上说明了) iPad 2's mass-market appeal. Sure, I saw a few geeks in line, but they were in the decided minority绝对少数. There was a mood of festivity节日的气氛 and excitement in the air. The guy in front of me was a student studying at one of the local colleges. I wrongly assumed that he was Asian American. He was from Japan. Around 5:40 p.m., he stopped reading and asked if I would hold his place in line帮忙占一下位置 if he went to Starbucks and got us both coffee. I handed him a twenty, saying I would pay for both of us. The store had sold out all 3G models. Another staffer warned that most Verizon 3G iPads had sold out. I was surprised 3G models went so quickly. Both employees promised there would be a new shipment of iPads sometime on Saturday. The Japanese student returned about 10 minutes later, looking for me at the front of the line (I would have waited outside the store for him if the line had gotten that far). He later found me much farther back and handed over change and coffee. We started talking. After realizing he was from Japan, I asked about his family. They were okay but obviously upset by events. He hardly slept the night before. Friday afternoon Tokyo time (the student referred to it as yesterday), an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, also sending a giant tsunami. He expressed mixed emotions -- deep sadness about events at home and excitement to buy iPad 2. He asked if I had the 1st-generation iPad. I sold mine in December for a friend. I could see by his questions that he was thinking about using iPad 2 for school. As we approached the front of the line, he asked about my profession职业. I said journalist, which got him excited. It was right then that we were ushered into the Apple Store. A mistake followed. I was rushed to有点着急 get back home, and so distracted注意力分散; my daughter and friend were waiting to be driven to an evening event. I should have gotten the student's email address, or given him mine, but forgot. His homeland was in trauma. We connected. I'm much older and could have been a parental figure. On the rare chance that student, who is attending Mesa College, reads this post, please feel free to contact me. Later that evening, I dropped by the local AT&T store located about a mile's drive from Apple Store Fashion Valley. The place was empty -- nearly no customers and lots of employees milling about(mill around and mill about 闲溜达 to wander or move around aimlessly within a small area. Everyone was milling around, looking for something to do. The students milled about between classes.). I asked the rep who helped me with my account if this was typical for a Friday. Absolutely not. I shared about going to Apple Store and it selling out of 3G iPads. "We still have a few left," he said. This morning, I awoke to news of an explosion at Fukushima-Daiichi power plant. I will never forget buying iPad 2, not because of Apple marketing or even the product, but because of tragic events across the Pacific and meeting a young man caught up in his family's and countrymen's pain from so far away.
A world of trouble: Problems facing shares a year ago haven't gone away - and we've added Mid-East tension, a rocketing oil price, major earthquakes and flooding. HANG onto your hat(Hold/hang on to your hat! Fig. Get ready for what's coming!; Here comes a big shock! There is a rough road ahead. Hang on to your hat! Here we go! Hold on to your hat! ) - shares are on the slide. The adage格言('#did3) that shares go up via the stairs, down via the lift has been illustrated yet again in the past few weeks. While the market may take the Tokyo earthquake in its stride( take something in (one's) stride 坦然面对 Fig. to accept advances or setbacks as the normal course of events, to calmly and easily deal with something unpleasant or difficult and not let it affect what you are doing. She faced a serious problem, but she was able to take it in her stride. I'll just take it in stride. We were afraid that success would spoil her, but she just took it in stride. put somebody off their stride/stroke 干扰, 吸引注意力 to take someone's attention away from what they are doing so they are not able to do it well She was making funny faces at me, trying to put me off my stroke. When I'm playing chess, the slightest noise can put me off my stride. get into/hit/reach your stride 步入正轨, 进入状态, 达到最佳状态 to start to do something well and confidently because you have been doing it for enough time to become familiar with it Once I get into my stride, I'm sure I'll work much faster. She began writing novels in the 1930's but really only hit her stride after the war. ) when it opens tomorrow - the oil price fell over the weekend because Japan is the world's third-largest oil consumer and some major refineries have been shut - investors remain shaken. Sharemarket trajectories(弹道, 轨迹, 轨道 /trE'd3ektEri:/) are clearly pointed south. The reasons why are pretty clear. Oil is more than $US100 a barrel as civil unrest社会动荡 continues in the Middle East and north Africa, and could close on levels that will start to put a brake on global economic growth should there be any further disruption to oil supplies. The stability of the European financial system is back on the radar(重拾注意力, 重新开始让人关注 drop/fall off sb's radar 疏忽忽略 ) after ratings agency Moody's last week downgraded the debt rating of下调债务评级 Greece and Spain and the bond yields on Portuguese, Irish and Greek debt moved to post-EU highs. David Cassidy, UBS chief equity strategist, says shares seem to be going through another short-term correction短期调整, but he warns this correction "has the capacity to develop into something bigger". He believes the spike in oil is the principal driver and any resolution here will be driven by events in the Middle East. "We've seen oil jump from $US88 a barrel to $US104 in three weeks, which is probably in itself not enough to cause a problem," he says. "But if we see the same again and we get to $US120 a barrel, then that will have a material impact on global growth." Deutsche Bank chief economist Adam Boyton agrees that if oil starts getting above $US120 a barrel it would put a crimp on妨碍阻碍 the global economy. He also says it is not easy to determine what is happening in Australia. ''You have to take a lot of the domestic data with a grain of salt( take something with a pinch/grain of salt 将信将疑, 半信半疑, 抱持一点怀疑 Fig. to listen to a story or an explanation with considerable doubt. You must take anything she says with a grain of salt. She doesn't always tell the truth. They took my explanation with a pinch of salt. I was sure they didn't believe me. ) at the moment. The Australian data has been pretty clearly impacted by the flooding in Queensland, and it looks like we are not going to get a real handle on ( a handle on something (informal) to find a way to understand a situation in order to control it, a means of understanding something; an aid to understanding something. (*Typically: get ~ have ~ give someone ~.) Let me try to get a handle on this. Now that I have a handle on the concept, I can begin to understand it. We need to get a better handle on the effects of climate change.) where the economy is at until we are heading into April." Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Investors head of investment strategy, says sharemarkets have been due a pullback(撤军, 价格降低, 需求减少) from some time. He also sees this as a short-term correction in a long-term bull market rather than something worse. Even so, Dr Oliver says we may have not seen the end of it yet.
