用法学习: 1. forgiving 宽宏大量的. 2. 选举宣传到Big Brother: TONY Abbott, Clive Palmer, Christine Milne and Kevin Rudd have pitched for votes from the Big Brother housemates - but only the Prime Minister's video made them cry. Tony Abbott ended his message with another squirmworthy and excruciating moment for his long suffering daughters, who look horrified as he finishes his pitch by talking up their good looks. "If you want to know who to vote for, I'm the guy with the not bad looking daughters," he said. The Big Brother housemates clearly think it a big wacky, and some can be heard saying "weird" during his pitch. 3. Galaxy Note III发布: The Galaxy Note 3 is a huge uppercut 上勾拳 to the competition(The uppercut (formerly known as the undercut; sometimes also referred to as the upper) is a punch used in boxing that usually aims at the opponent's chin. It is, along with the cross, one of the two main punches that count in the statistics as power punches. Uppercuts are useful when thrown at close range, because they are considered to cause more damage when at close range. Additionally, it is likely that a boxer would miss if the uppercut is thrown when the opponents are apart. Uppercuts usually do more damage when landed to the chin, but they can also cause damage when thrown to the body (particularly the solar plexus) or when landing on the nose or eyes.). It packs a huge hardware punch with a 2.3GHz quad-core processor, 3GB of RAM, super-fast Category 4 LTE/4G capabilities, all hiding beneath a beautiful 5.7-inch Full-HD Super-AMOLED display. The battery is more juiced than ever with 3200mAh taking you from pillar to post( from pillar to post Fig. from one place to a series of other places; (figuratively) from person to person, as with gossip. if someone goes from pillar to post, they are forced to keep moving from one place to another. After his mother died, Billy was passed from pillar to post and ended up in a children's home. My father was in the army, and we moved from pillar to post year after year. After I told one person my secret, it went quickly from pillar to post. a pillar/tower of strength I. someone who gives a lot of support to someone else who is in a difficult situation. Roger was a tower of strength when my parents died. II. 坚强的. 精神坚强的. someone who is emotionally very strong Roger was a pillar of strength when my father died. ), as well as a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera to shoot your life along the way. Samsung has also overhauled the S-Pen to take it from a novelty gadget into something you're probably going to use now, and in-fact, the Air Command feature will turn the S-Pen into something you need, rather than something you can use only sometimes. Air Command is fast, fluid and incredibly functional. Air Window allows you to drop funky widgets on your existing multi-window layouts, bringing the power of three tasks at once onto the single, 5.7-inch screen. You don't notice any slow-down the more you throw at the device: it welcomes the challenge and excels. The other killer feature is compatibility with the beautiful Galaxy Gear. Finally, the Note 3 is the best looking handset Samsung has ever released. Cheap, flimsy plastics have been swapped out for premium leather-feel material( swap someone or something for (someone or something else) to trade someone or something for someone or something else. I will swap my shortstop for your second baseman. There are times when I would gladly swap you for a new car—even an old car! ), which is stitched and embossed to the device beautifully. The design of the Note II informed the design of the Galaxy S4, so hopefully these premium materials will carry over to the next generation of Samsung gadgets: we're a little tired of plastic devices at premium prices. 4. Gas账单纠纷: I really feel this is a case of injustice that crosses both legal and moral grounds. My ex housemate and I just received a water bill from Origin an amended bill backdated ( backdate 回溯 to make effective from an earlier date. the pay rise was backdated to August. ) about 18 months for a total of $1743.41 to be paid. After being a little harsh with Origin they have agreed to extend the payment date till Feb 2015 to settle this amount. 回复: This shows another failure of services in Australia. It's not "them" who read the meter. It's the Energy Distributor's job. They relay that information down to these so called "retailers", who only issue bills on behalf of the distributor after adding their commission佣金. Energy retailers only issue bills, and handle other customer end aspects(arranging connections/ disconnections, relaying faulty reports). If they want, like any other business, they can invest back to the energy sector, but they are not required to do so. This "middle man中间人" fragmentation originally introduced in the hope of driving down the costs to the end user, by creating more competition. When you compare the energy bill rises over the last decade though, it shows this whole approach is a huge failure. There, that's my rant( rant v. To utter or express with violence or extravagance: a dictator who ranted his vitriol(I. 硫酸盐. II. 刻薄话. ) onto a captive audience. n. I. Violent or extravagant speech or writing. II. A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence: "The vast majority [of teenagers logged onto the Internet] did not encounter recipes for pipe bombs or deranged rants about white supremacy" (Daniel Okrent). rant (at someone) about someone or something to talk in a loud, violent way, about someone or something. Anne ranted about the bad service she had received at the store. On the bus, someone was ranting at me about the end of the world. rant against someone or something to rave and yell against someone or something. She spent most of the morning ranting against her mother-in-law. Leonard spent the entire morning ranting against the government. rant and rave (about someone or something) to shout angrily and wildly about someone or something. Barbara rants and raves when her children don't obey her. Bob rants and raves about anything that displeases him. )! Friendly approach态度友好点 could make a lot of difference, but be firm, don't let them ride you( give someone a lift I. and give someone a ride Fig. to provide transportation for someone. I've got to get into town. Can you give me a lift? II. Fig. to raise someone's spirits; to make a person feel better. It was a good conversation, and her kind words really gave me a lift. take someone for a ride I. Lit. to carry someone about, usually for recreation, in a car, plane, boat, etc. Would you take us for a ride in your boat? Please take me for a ride in your new car. II. Fig. to deceive someone. You really took those people for a ride. They really believed you. I was taken fora ride on this matter. III. Fig. to take away and murder a person. (Underworld.) Mr. Big told Mike to take Fred for a ride. The gang leader had said he thought Mike had better take Walter for a ride. ). It's really important to show the ombudsman that you have taken all the measures to settle the matter before reaching them, that gives them a strong case to fight for. Don't back down, don't give in to their demands. 5. Diana film savaged 狂批 by critics as Watts defends her role: Until the reviews are in, the jury's out(jury is still out (on someone or something) 尚无定论, 尚无结论, 没有达成一致 Fig. a decision has not been reached on someone or something; the people making the decision on someone or something have not yet decided. The jury is still out on Jane. We don't know what we are going to do about her. The jury is still out on the question of building a new parking lot.). But Watts has discussed the film extensively. She turned down the role twice, finally agreeing when she realised it would be made with or without her and she "didn't like the idea of anybody else playing the role". Since then, Watts has admitted to The Sunday Times that she is anxious about the impact on the Royal Family, saying, "the biggest reason that made me pause犹豫不决, 却步 was how the princes were going to feel about this." One particularly awkward moment arrived when she saw Prince William in a restaurant and "got very nervous [and] made sure not to look" at him. Watts is also aware of her and Diana's aesthetic differences, which the actresses's critics have highlighted, saying: "Everyone was doubting, 'Oh, she's not the right height, she doesn't have the right nose, she's not properly British' – all of those things I just had to let go of and commit to the role." Watts looked suitably regal ( I. Of or relating to a monarch; royal. II. Belonging to or befitting a monarch: regal attire. III. Magnificent; splendid. ) on the red carpet in a floor-length white gown曳地长裙, 拖地长裙(extending to the floor, as a skirt.) and diamonds while greeting and waving at fans. Within hours of the premiere, a string of merciless reviews in the British press shattered the party spirit. The Times praised Watts for doing"her level best with a squirmingly embarrassing script" but concluded that the film was still "atrocious and intrusive". Noami said: "In the beginning刚开始时, I just thought how do you possibly take on the most famous woman of our time, when everybody feels they know her so well," she said. "When you play real life characters there's always an extra sense of pressure because of the responsibility to tell the story in the most truthful and accurate way. On tweet, BBC radio presenter said "A first for me and @wittertainment as Naomi Watts walked out of an interview! She seemed a tad uncomfortable with the questions. Shame". In response to BBC Radio 5Live presenter Shelagh Fogarty's query as to why she did, Mayo replied: "The honest answer is I have no idea. You know my hectoring style ( hector ['hɛktə] vb to bully or torment. to harass or urge by bullying. ) is always a problem." 关于Naomi Watts: Tank Girl (1995), in 1995, an adaptation of the comic book was a cult hit, starred Naomi as "Jet Girl", but it didn't fare well at the box-office and didn't do much for her career as a whole. Watts continued to take insignificant 无足轻重的, 无关紧要的 parts in movies including the much forgotten film Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996) (V). Her part as an aspiring actress showed her strong acting ability表演能力 and wide range and earned her much respect, as much as to say by some that she was overlooked for a Oscar nomination that year. Stardom finally came to Naomi in the surprise hit The Ring (2002), which grossed over $100,000,000 at the box-office and starred Watts as a investigative reporter hunting down the truth behind several mysterious deaths seemingly caused by a video tape. While the movie did not fare well with the critics, it launched her into the spotlight. Watts completed her first comedy in I Heart Huckabees (2004) for director David O. Russell, playing a superficial spokes model( A promotional model is a model hired to drive consumer demand for a product, service, brand, or concept by directly interacting with potential consumers. A vast majority of promotional models typically tend to be attractive in physical appearance. They serve to provide information about the product or service and make it appealing to consumers. While the length of interaction may be short, the promotional model delivers a live experience that reflects on the product or service he or she is representing. "Spokesmodel形象代言人" is a term used for a model who is employed to be associated with a specific brand in advertisements. A spokesmodel may be a celebrity used only in advertisements (in contrast to a "brand ambassador品牌大使", who is also expected to represent the company at various events), but more often the term refers to a model who isn't a celebrity in their own right. Contrary to what the term suggests, a spokesmodel is normally not expected to verbally promote the brand. A spokesperson or spokesman or spokeswoman is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others. In the present media-sensitive world, many organizations are increasingly likely to employ professionals who have received formal training in journalism, communications, public relations and public affairs in this role in order to ensure that public announcements are made in the most appropriate fashion and through the most appropriate channels to maximize the impact of favorable messages, and to minimize the impact of unfavorable messages. Popular local and national sports stars (such as Michael Jordan or Bob Uecker) are often chosen as spokesmen for commercial advertising.) - a break from her usual intense and dramatic roles she is known for. The movie, released in March, opened to $35,000,000 at the box office in the first weekend and established her as a box-office draw. The movie, which Naomi also produced, features her in the title role and is a bit biographical, but yet exaggerated take of the life of a struggling actress as she comes to Hollywood and encounters nightmares of the profession (it also features Watts' own beat-up(damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford".) Honda which she travels around in). Since then her career choices have gathered even more critical acclaim with starring roles roles in German director Michael Haneke's American remake of his thriller Funny Games U.S. (2007), David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises (2007), and the action-thriller, The International (2009/I), released in February 2009. 6. 50 shades of grey 选角发酵: In the latest example of the site being used as a conduit ( conduit ['kondit -djuit] I. A pipe or channel for conveying fluids, such as water. II. A tube or duct for enclosing electric wires or cable. III. A means by which something is transmitted: an arms dealer who served as a conduit for intelligence data.) to try to influence Hollywood casting decisions, more than 17,000 people have joined a call for producers to remove the duo and replace them with Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel. The novelist Bret Easton Ellis, who last year mounted a high-profile but ultimately unsuccessful campaign to have himself installed as screenwriter for the project, revealed that neither Bomer nor another fan favourite, Ian Somerhalder, were ever in the running 从来就没有考虑过 for the role of Christian. Fifty Shades centres on Christian's recruitment of a young virgin, Anastasia, to be his well-remunerated ( remunerate [ri'mju:nə,reit] 报酬, 酬劳 I. To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense. II. To compensate for; make payment for: remunerated his efforts. ) sex slave. Johnson is best known for small roles in The Social Network and The Five-Year Engagement, while Hunnam made his name in the cult US TV show Sons of Anarchy and is Hollywood hot property 新宠 (the toast of somewhere) after positive reviews and good global box office returns for Pacific Rim. Change.org, originally set up as a platform for ordinary people to influence social change, last month emerged as a place for fans to express fury over casting choices when a petition to replace Ben Affleck as the new Batman picked up more than 90,000 "signatures". The Oscar winner has been cast as the caped crusader in Zack Snyder's forthcoming sequel to this year's Superman reboot, Man of Steel. While Bomer has responded to the controversy, Bledel, 31, has kept radio silence ( Radio silence: When someone dosen't return phone calls or text messages. Most commonly used when trying to develop a relationship with someone. The girl seemed pretty into me when I met her at the bar, but when I called her the next day, I got total radio silence. In telecommunications, radio silence is a status in which all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area are asked to stop transmitting for safety or security reasons.) on the topic.
拒绝烘培蛋糕backlash: In May, because of their religious beliefs, the Kleins turned down a request from a lesbian couple to bake a cake for their upcoming wedding. The lesbians, in turn, filed a complaint with the state, touching off 引发 a massive gay activist outcry that ultimately led the couple to shut their business doors — the business they had spent years building — and move operations this past weekend to their home. The outcry from the gay community over their refusal to bake the lesbians' cake hit hard 影响巨大, 大大打击 at their vendor business. Many cut ties and left them in limbo. The business had already suffered a tight winter; Mrs. Klein said the negative reaction from the lesbian cake ordeal likely pushed their revenue situation into the category of dire. "We coasted it through ( coast I. a. To slide down an incline through the effect of gravity. b. To move effortlessly and smoothly. II. To move without further use of propelling power. III. To act or move aimlessly or with little effort: coasted for a few weeks before applying for a job. IV. (intr) to proceed without great effort. to coast to victory. to progress with little or no effort: to coast through school. (from) coast to coast from one side of a country to the other We travelled across America coast to coast. the coast is clear if the coast is clear, you can do something or go somewhere because there is no one near who might see or hear you. You can come out now, the coast is clear. I waited outside the house until the coast was clear, then softly tapped on the window.) the summer to see how it would be," Mrs. Klein said. "We had quite a few wedding cakes that we had booked, and people cancelled. The referrals that we would get, none of those came in." She said, in The Blaze: "It is so worth it just to sit back and watch how God provides for you. I struggled in the past with trust and even with my faith in Him and through this my faith has grown, my trust has grown tremendously. Yeah, I have lost something I worked really hard for and lots of years put into, but I know that really doesn't matter. My eternal home is what matters. I'm going to bring all that with me. … I'm happy and OK and I'm being provided for." The lesbian couple hasn't dropped their complaint, and if the State Bureau of Labor and Industries rules in their favor判决对他们有利, the Kleins could end up paying a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation — and up to $50,000 for emotional damage精神损失, The Blaze said. Meanwhile, Mrs. Klein said a movement has already popped up to stop the family from operating the bakery at their home. Mrs. Klein said of the social media campaign that's now being waged: "They're already planning to harass me. They're just continuously doing this. They just don't want me to be in business at all." The Kleins have been subjected to vicious messages these past weeks — and the hateful emails keep pouring in, she said, to The Blaze. A sampling: "People like you will burn in HELL, you racist pigs." And another: "Your homophobic rants will not be forgotten and you will go out of business. This is the 21st century [expletive]." And a third: "Do everyone a favor and fall off a cliff."
悉尼优秀教师奖: In the movies, the best teachers are usually those who transform a class almost overnight by leaping atop a desk or delivering a rousing speech. In reality, it is sustained hard work, sometimes using data and evidence of what works to drive incremental improvements in their students' abilities and achievements, that distinguishes many of the best educators. Politicians of all stripes ( of every stripe/of all stripes 各行各业的, 各界的, 各种类型的 of all types Governments of every stripe (= of all political opinions) have a bad habit of interfering in state broadcasting. ) have emphasised the importance of quality teaching ad nauseam (ad nauseam 不厌其烦的, 说起来没完的 if someone discusses something ad nauseam, they talk about it so much that it becomes very boring. She talks ad nauseam about how brilliant her children are. wiki: Ad nauseam is a Latin term for something unpleasurable that has continued "to [the point of] nausea". For example, the sentence, "This topic has been discussed ad nauseam," signifies that the topic in question has been discussed extensively, and that those involved in the discussion have grown tired of it. ) lately, but the NSW Minister's Award for Excellence in Teaching, which recently recognised Mr Elletson, among others, provided some tangible examples of what quality teaching actually looks like. An enthusiastic public school teacher, Mr Elletson was nominated by his principal, Warren Finn, for his achievement in improving literacy at the high school in south-west Sydney, which serves a richly multicultural, low socio-economic area of Sydney. Mr Finn credits Mr Elletson, the school's student engagement officer, with implementing a "challenging and confronting" reading program designed for primary school, while demonstrating "outstanding" teaching practice of his own. Mr Elletson showed other teachers how to identify strengths and weaknesses 找出优缺点 among students, set targets of achievement, gather and analyse data and celebrate successes, as well as modelling pedagogical techniques in classrooms for other teachers to observe. "Dace's ability to mentor teachers, develop their classroom practice and increase their self-confidence is second to none," Mr Finn said in his nominating statement. Using an approach to reading designed for younger children was initially met with scepticism by some but has proved effective. "It's a complex community that our kids are drawing from. Many kids don't come to school being articulate, fluent readers," Mr Elletson said. "We have to adapt what we're doing to meet the kids' needs, rather than throwing content at them and having them fail, which no one wants." Mr Elletson, 40, developed a love of teaching while doing work experience at a school for children with severe disabilities when he was still in year 12. In his 19 years in the profession he has tried to seek out challenges, working predominantly with disabled or disadvantaged students, a desire he says was probably driven by his own working-class background.
前乐队成员谈版权保护: Kim Dotcom slammed 斥为 as 'chubby Che Guevara' at music body the BPI's annual general meeting: After they(Hunt's band) broke up, he forged a career in songwriting, working with artists including Lana del Rey, Florence + the Machine and Cee-Lo Green. Earlier today, Hunt spoke at the annual general meeting of British music industry body the BPI, providing an artist's view on digital disruption, piracy and relations with labels. And he talked about the importance of songs: "Songs that we are now being told are valueless, by self-proclaimed revolutionary freedom fighters, posing as Robin Hood. Self-interest 自我利益的 masquerading as idealism( Self-interest I. Selfish or excessive regard for one's personal advantage or interest. Self-interest generally refers to a focus on the needs or desires (interests) of oneself. II. Personal advantage or interest. Persistently and narrowly self-interested behaviour is ultimately self-defeating. ), champions of liberty and free speech, complete with revolutionary beret ( Beret as a revolutionary symbol: One of the most famous photographs of the Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara切.格瓦拉, shows him wearing a black beret with a brass star. In the 1960s several activist groups adopted the black beret. beret ['bɛrei] 贝雷帽 A round, soft, brimless cap that fits snugly and is often worn angled to one side. a round close-fitting brimless cap of soft wool material or felt. ) in the case of chubby Che Guevara Kim Dotcom, hell bent on 热衷于 furthering his own corpulent interests丰厚的利益(corpulent ['kɔ:pjulənt] adj physically bulky; fat.), rather than some of our more corporate ones." The Che Guevara crack was a reference to Dotcom's Twitter avatar, a picture of him spoofing the iconic image of Guevara wearing a beret. But Hunt's speech was about more than insults, as he called for the music industry to win a war for the hearts and minds of music fans as the best way to tackle piracy. "One thing we can do, both as labels and artists, is strip Kim Dotcom of his argument for piracy. We can reveal him as the self-interested privateer( privateer [,praivə'tiə] I. 战争征用的私人船只. A ship privately owned and crewed but authorized by a government during wartime to attack and capture enemy vessels. II. Also called privateersman. The commander or one of the crew of such a ship.) that he is, and not allow him to hide behind the mantra of 'Fuck The Man'," he said. Hunt also called for "an effort to rehumanise music, to connect with the real fans of music, to educate the casual corsair ( corsair ['kɔ:sɛə] I. A pirate, especially along the Barbary Coast. II. A swift pirate ship, often operating with official sanction. ) away from a life on the high seas and offer better music on land" in order to "successfully rebrand the music industry as the good guys who give us great music, rather than the bad guys who exploit young talent" – while acknowledging that the latter reputation isn't entirely undeserved. "I don't mean just some re-spinning of the biz only to revert to form once the battle is won, somewhat like caring Conservatism. I think we need an actual sea-change, a reinvention of the internal culture of music," said Hunt. Hunt criticised the British government and, by implication, technology companies during his speech too, targeting moves to change copyright laws in a way perceived 被认为是 within the music industry to be more advantageous for companies like Google than for musicians and rightsholders. "It seems extraordinary that the UK is considering relaxing its IP laws when all about us are strengthening theirs, in favour of a Silicon Valley future that doesn't yet exist, and that will have no content to provide if we can't safeguard the value of our ideas," said Hunt. "A case of biting off our own cashflow to spite ( spite n. I. Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate. II. An instance of malicious feeling. To annoy: He did it just to spite her. v. a. To show spite toward. b. To vent spite on.) our interface." One of the arguments against strengthening copyright laws rather than relaxing them is the question of whether artists deserve to earn a living from their music. Or, at least, whether they can assume that the traditional music industry models should be protected, rather than knuckling down to forge direct connections with their fans, selling them music, tickets and merchandise, and using crowdfunding services like Kickstarter to raise investment to make their recordings. Hunt didn't attack crowdfunding and direct-to-fan commerce itself, as such, but poured scorn on assumptions 大肆嘲讽 that it is the only logical way forward for musicians.
