用法学习: 1. I don't mean to pry. 我不是爱打听, 我不是打探. show your hand 亮牌, 亮底牌 to tell people your plans or ideas, especially if you were keeping them secret before. Usage notes:
When card players show their hand in a game of cards, they show the
other players the cards they are holding, usually because they cannot
continue to play the game. I'm a bit reluctant to show my hand at this stage in the proceedings. I don't know whether Jim is intending to marry Jane or not. He's not one to show his hand. If you want to get a raise, don't show the boss your hand too soon. show of hands 举手表决, 举手调查 a display of raised hands [in a group of people] that can be counted for the purpose of votes or surveys. We
were asked to vote for the candidates for captain by a show of hands.
Jack wanted us to vote on paper, not by a show of hands, so that we
could have a secret ballot. Can I get a show of hands? At least 89 killed in stampede踩踏事故 at Indian Hindu temple. 2. Mental breakdown 精神崩溃, 神经崩溃 (also known as a nervous breakdown) is a largely depreciated and colloquial term for an acute, time-limited psychiatric disorder that manifests primarily as severe stress-induced depression, anxiety and/or dissociation in a previously functional individual, to the extent that they are no longer able to function on a day-to-day basis until the disorder is resolved. It is defined by its temporary nature, and often closely tied to psychological burnout, severe overwork, sleep deprivation and similar stressors, which combine to 加起来一起 temporarily overwhelm an individual with otherwise sound mental faculties. It also shares many symptoms with the acute phase of post-traumatic stress disorder. 3. A Dragon Lady is usually a stereotype of East Asian women as strong, deceitful, domineering or mysterious. The term has been applied to powerful Asian women and to a number of racially Asian film actresses. The stereotype has generated a large quantity of sociological literature.
Today, "Dragon Lady" is often applied anachronistically to refer to
persons who lived before the term became part of American slang in the
1930s. It has also been used to refer to any powerful but prickly woman, usually in a derogatory fashion. 4. Miley VMA表演的Dancer之一说: "I had never been
in a performance where I was purely meant to be gawked or laughed at. I
will never forget that performance because it is what forced me to draw
my personal line in the sand( draw the/a line in the sand to say that a particular idea or activity will not be supported or accepted. The president has drawn a line in the sand, which means that if the foreign troops are not removed, they will be attacked. Etymology: based on the idea of literally making a mark in sand to show someone they cannot move across it. Todd
drew a line in the sand by giving his roommate an ultimatum about his
sloppiness—he had to start cleaning up after himself or move out. )," she wrote on her personal blog. "After
our first dress rehearsal in the costumes with the crew, publicists,
performers etc watching us, I walked out of the Barclay Center shaking
and crying. 5. twitch [twitʃ] vt. & vi. (使)抽动; (使)颤动; (使)抽搐. The child's mouth twitched as if she were about to cry. The horse twitched its ears. Blue Jasmine: A drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It tells the
story of a rich Manhattan socialite falling into destitute poverty ( I. 一贫如洗的. 一无所有的. 赤贫的. Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience. II. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. ) and
homelessness. [have/lose/get] one's marbles (plural only) One's sanity. I don't think he's got his marbles. "A nice imbroglio( [im'brəuliˌəu] n. a confused or perplexing political or interpersonal situation. ) you've landed me in置于...境地. Thanks to you ..." "Yes, sir." "Don't say 'Yes, sir.' Thanks to you I have been widely publicized as off my rocker(off one's rocker: Slang. crazy; demented. insane.)." "Not widely, sir. Merely to your immediate circle now resident at Brinkley Court." "You have held me up at the bar of world opinion as a man who has not got all his marbles." "It was not easy to think of an alternative scheme, sir." There
are times when you are certain that the person speaking to you has
completely misplaced his marbles. As I leaned away in reaction I felt
confident […] Ed had lost his. abscess ['æb,ses] 脓肿. 囊肿. He has a bad abscess under that tooth. I developed an abscess on my neck. Once an abscess has burst it should be bathed with antiseptic liquid. Abscesses should be bathed in warm salty water. There's)
no two ways about it something that you say in order to emphasize that
something is true. no choice about it; no other
interpretation of it. (Note the form there's rather than there are.) You
have to go to the doctor whether you like it or not. There's no two
ways about it. This letter means you're in trouble with the tax people.
There's no two ways about it. Patricia was the meanest person I've ever met. No two
ways about it. 6. 社区活动: Random acts of kindness are sweeping through 横扫
the inner west and, one deed at a time, they are making the streets of
Sydney a little sweeter. Newtown residents are inundaed with new "Take a
smile, it's free" posters popping up on telephone poles on a daily
basis. Two Kites Project volunteers are also regularly seen doing good
deeds 做好事 like handing out 散发, 分发 origami hearts on the streets or giving socks
filled with toiletries to the homelss. The main aim of Two Kites Project
is to inspire other people to do random acts of kindness and to have
that ripple effect. They said: We serve as a vehicle for the people who donate
stuff and the people who receive it. The project has now had more than
110,000 cards distributed throughtout Sydney. However, not everyone is
convinced by these new ideas. "To be honest, the majority of the time
those tings are an inconvinence... I don't need people coming up to me
uninvited," someone said. Another one said "I believe a lot of media
reports currently emphasise negative events... and the egocentricity ( egocentricity 自我主义 the
state of being self-centered; greater concern about the self than
others to an excessive degree. Egocentrism is characterized by preoccupation with one's own internal world. Egocentrics regard themselves and their own opinions or interests as being the most important or valid. To them, self-relevant information is seen to be more important in shaping one's judgments than are thoughts about others and other-relevant information. Egocentric people are unable to fully understand or to cope with other people's opinions and the fact that reality can be different from what they are ready to accept. Egocentrism is not the same as narcissism. ) of
individuals. Random acts of kindness show that these slanted 偏颇的, 不公正的 perceptions
are not true, but unfortunately, like many other good things that
people do, they go unreported. However I believe they have a positive
influence in out society and are an example of altruistic human
behaviour." 社区公告: When completed in July 2016 the precinct
would be a focal point for residents with indoor and outdoor spaces,
eateries and meeting arears. The expression of interest 表达兴趣, 表示有兴趣 for the design
of the community building received submissions from leading
architectural firms. We are now putting four of these concept plans on
public display 公示 for feedback from the Rhodes community.
澳洲COMCAR:
COMCAR provides Car-with-driver services which are: Secure, Timely,
Suitable and Efficient, Professional and Confidential, Client Focused.
COMCAR has vehicles in each capital city except Darwin and uses hire cars and taxis to supplement the fleet
and in regional and country areas. Australian Prime Ministerial
Limousines are Australian manufactured vehicles used by the Prime
Minister of Australia, the Governor-General of Australia, Cabinet and
other level Ministers, other office holders. Prime Ministerial Limousines总理车队 are operated by COMCAR which is a division of the Department of Finance and Administration. In recent years, Prime Ministerial Limousines have been exclusively Holden Caprice executive vehicles that have undergone extensive security modifications by defence contractor Tenix. Each car weighs approximately two tonnes and is equipped with run-flat tires(A run-flat tire is a pneumatic vehicle tire that is designed to resist the effects of deflation when punctured, and to enable the vehicle to continue to be driven at reduced speeds (up to 55 mph (90 km/h)), and for limited distances of up to 100 mi (160 km), or even 200 mi (320 km) depending on the type of tire.).
The cars are white in colour and an Australian Flag is mounted on the
centre of the bonnet. The car has white "C of A" registration plates
marked "C-1", the "C" relating to "Commonwealth".
房价风云: 'There are signs that first home buyers are continuing to struggle and in some sense are being priced out of the market," Mr Kennedy said. "First home buyers have been quite a large drag on this data for most of 2013, but offsetting their weakness is a pickup in investor activity which is tracking at historically high levels. "We have had a very good run so far this year, seven consecutive positive prints, so today's figure could more or less be consumers taking a breather," he said. "Auction clearance rates are still very high, prices are still moving higher, all the indicators are suggesting that this data will continue to move higher over the coming months." "The silver lining 亮点 in this release is that we are starting to see a bit of a pickup in construction activity which of course is what the Reserve Bank has been looking for and really is the desired effect of the easing that they've delivered so far." "It's August data ahead of a September federal election and it may have been a number of buyers were holding off until the election was out of the way," he said. "The auction results over the past weekend in Sydney and Melbourne were reasonably buoyant, there's no anecdotal evidence the housing market is losing pace."
彩排说法: The dress rehearsal 带装彩排 is a full-scale rehearsal where performers work out every detail of the performance. For theatre, cast members wear their costumes, and the backdrop may be used with props. For a musical performance, the dress rehearsal is the final rehearsal before the performance. In theatre, a performing arts ensemble rehearses a work in preparation for performance before an audience. Rehearsals that occur early in the production process are sometimes referred to as run-throughs过一遍. Typically a run-through does not contain many of the technical aspects of a performance, and is primarily used to assist performers in learning dialogue and to solidify aspects of blocking and stage movement. A Q-2-Q or cue to cue is a type of technical rehearsal and is intended primarily for the lighting and sound technicians involved in a performance, although they are of great value to the entire ensemble. It is intended to allow the technicians and stage manager to rehearse the technical aspects of a performance—when lights have to be turned on, sound effects triggered, and items rolled on and off the stage—and identify and resolve glitches. Performers do not typically rehearse entire scenes during Q-2-Q's, but instead only perform dialogue or actions that are used by the stage manager as a marker for when to initiate technical sequences or cues (hence the title). Abbreviated Q-2-Q's in which only the opening and closing sequences of each act or scene are performed is sometimes referred to as tops and tails.
It is rare for any but the most technically complex performances to
have Q-2-Q rehearsals outside of technical week. Cue to cues are often preceded by a dry tech, in which the technicians rehearse their cues without the actual performers present at the rehearsal.
A dress rehearsal is a rehearsal or series of rehearsals in which the
ensemble dresses as they will dress at the performance for the audience.
The entire performance will be run from beginning to end, exactly as the real performances will be, including pauses for intermissions. An open dress is a dress rehearsal to which specific individuals have been invited to attend as audience members. They may include patrons (who pay a reduced ticket price), family and friends of the ensemble, or reviewers from the media. The dress rehearsal is often the last set of rehearsals before the concert performance and falls at the end of technical week. A preview,
although technically a performance as there is a full audience;
including individuals who have paid for admission, is arguably also a
rehearsal in as far as it is not uncommon in complex performances for
the production to stop, or even return to an earlier point in the performance if there are unavoidable or unresolvable problems. Audience members typically pay a lower price to attend a preview performance. For works that present a particular challenge for certain sections (e.g., a complex, exposed passage for the viola section), orchestras may have section rehearsals or sectionals in which a
section of the orchestra (e.g., the woodwind players or the double
basses) rehearse on their own under the direction of the Principal
player in the section, or, in some cases, also with the conductor (e.g., in the case of a very rhythmically-challenging piece). Prior to rehearsing a concerto with an orchestra, a soloist will rehearse it with a pianist substituting for the entire orchestra (thus, two pianists in the case of piano concerti). To help with tempo in solo or chamber rehearsals, a metronome may be used to sound out the tempo prior to the commencement of a piece.
For music performances, a dress rehearsal does not imply dressing in
performance concert dress. It is merely a final rehearsal before
performance where generally the ensemble will run through the entire
program as if there is an audience. In some orchestras, there may be a
limited audience during the dress rehearsal (typically university music
students).
Sleep induction, the deliberate effort to bring on sleep by various techniques or medicinal means, is practiced to lengthen periods of sleep, increase the effectiveness of sleep, and to reduce or prevent insomnia. An alcoholic drink or nightcap(A nightcap睡前小酌 is an alcoholic beverage consumed right before going to bed. The alcohol content is higher than a wine or beer drink, usually a liqueur or spirit. Traditional nightcaps are brandy or bourbon or a cream-based liqueur such as Irish cream. However wine or beer can often be considered a beverage of choice before bed as well.) is a long-standing folk method民间秘方 which will induce sleep, as alcohol is a sedative. However, when the alcohol blood level subsides, there is a rebound effect: the person becomes more alert and so tends to wake up too soon. Also, if they continue to sleep, REM sleep is promoted, and this may cause vivid nightmares which can reduce the quality of the sleep. To relax and so promote sleep, a meditation in the form of guided imagery may be used. The stereotypical method is by counting sheep, imagining sheep jumping over a fence, while counting them. The daily sleep/wake cycle is linked to the daily body temperature cycle. For this reason, a hot bath which raises the core body temperature has been found to improve the duration and quality of sleep. A 30-minute soak in a bath of 40 degrees C which raises the core body temperature by one degree is suitable for this purpose. Dim or dark surroundings with a peaceful, quiet sound level are conducive to sleep. Retiring to a bedroom, drawing the curtains to block out daylight
and closing the door are common methods of achieving this. When this is
not possible, such as on an airplane, other methods may be used, such
as masks and earplugs which airlines commonly issue to passengers for this purpose. An urban legend民间传说 states that certain foods, such as turkey and bananas, are rich in tryptophan and thus assist sleep. This has not been confirmed by research. The herb Valerian, can also be effective in gently inducing a relaxed state which is conducive to sleep. A cup of warm milk or a milk-based drink
is traditionally used for sleep induction. Hot chocolate is
traditionally a bedtime drink but this contains high levels of xanthines
(caffeine and theobromine), which are stimulants and so may be counter-productive起反作用的. Yawning is commonly associated with imminent sleep, but it seems to be a measure to maintain arousal when sleepy and so prevents sleep rather than inducing it. Yawning may be a cue that the body is tired and ready for sleep, but deliberate attempts to yawn may have the opposite effect of sleep induction. Counting sheep数羊 is a mental exercise used in some cultures as a means of lulling oneself to sleep. In
most depictions of the activity, the practitioner envisions an endless
series of identical white sheep jumping over a fence, while counting
them as they do so. The idea, presumably, is to induce boredom while
occupying the mind with something simple, repetitive, and rhythmic, all
of which are known to help humans sleep. Although the
practice is largely a stereotype, and rarely used as a solution for
insomnia, it has been so commonly referenced by cartoons, comic strips,
and other mass media, that it has become deeply engrained into popular
culture's notion of sleep. The term "counting sheep" has entered the
English language as an idiomatic term for insomnia. Sheep themselves
have become associated with sleep, or lack thereof. According
to an experiment conducted by researchers at Oxford University,
counting sheep is actually an inferior means of inducing sleep. Subjects
who instead imagined "a beach or a waterfall" were forced to expend
more mental energy, and fell asleep faster than those asked to "simply
distract from thoughts, worries and concerns." In contrast to news
reports about the experiment, the experiment and the resulting scholarly
article did not explicitly address counting sheep. Sleep could be
achieved by any number of complex activities that expend mental energy.
澳国足队裁掉教练, 临阵换帅, 临阵易帅风波(change horses in the middle of the stream [in the middlestream]): Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has been fired in the wake of Australia's 6-0 loss to France in a friendly in Paris on Friday, prompting a search for a replacement just eight months out from只剩 the World Cup ( out: In the time following; afterward: "to gauge economic conditions six months out". ). Football Federation Australia announced early Saturday that Osieck's contract had been terminated. In a statement released in Australia on Saturday, chairman Frank Lowy said the decision was "based on the longer term issues of the rejuvenation of the Socceroos team and the preparations for the World Cup and the Asian Cup." "FFA has set a strategic objective of having a highly-competitive team in Brazil and then handing over a team capable of winning the Asian Cup on home soil
in January 2015. We have come to the conclusion that change is
necessary to meet those objectives," Lowy said. FFA chief executive
David Gallop said assistant coach Aurelio Vidmar will act as caretaker coach for Australia's match in London this Tuesday, which happens to be against Canada. The most popular appointment 人选 with Australian fans
would be the return of Guus Hiddink, who guided Australia to a
second-round appearance at the 2006 World Cup, losing only to a late
goal by eventual champion Italy. The Dutchman has been out of work since
leaving Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala in July. Friday's crushing defeat at the Parc des Princes — in which France led 4-0 inside 30 minutes and could well have scored in double figures — led to an outpouring of anger from fans
and former players. Former Australia international Robbie Slater
tweeted "worst position we've ever been in. Embarrassing! I feel for the
young players." The 65-year-old Osieck was appointed national coach in
2010 and guided Australia to its third-straight World Cup. But their form during this year's qualifying campaign was often unconvincing
and their successive 6-0 defeats ended his three-year term. Asked about
his future immediately after Friday's defeat — and before his firing
was confirmed — Osieck seemed to have accepted he would be removed." Two heavy losses of that extent gives some food for discussion(give somebody food for thought 发人深省, 引人深思 to make someone think seriously about something. What you've suggested has certainly given me food for thought. ). The merits of the past过去的好 are forgotten when this happens." Osieck had been widely criticized for sticking with aging players
such as Mark Schwarzer, Cahill, Lucas Neill and Mark Bresciano and
others of the so-called "Golden Generation" which got Australia to the
2006 and 2010 World Cups.
A Streetcar named Desire: Blanche DuBois is a fading日渐衰老的, though still attractive, Southern belle whose manners and pretensions of virtue only thinly mask her alcoholism and delusions of grandeur(Grandiose delusions (GD) or delusions of grandeur 自大型妄想症 is principally a subtype of delusional disorder that occurs in patients suffering from a wide range of mental illnesses, including two-thirds of patients in manic state of bipolar disorder, half of those with schizophrenia and a substantial portion of those with substance abuse disorders. GDs are characterized by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy, or otherwise very powerful. The delusions are generally fantastic and typically have a supernatural, science-fictional, or religious theme. ). Her poise is an illusion she presents to shield others (but most of all, herself) from her reality, and is an attempt to make herself still attractive to new male suitors. She clings to the illusions of beauty, and her meager possessions,
both to shield herself from reality and to attract new suitors. Blanche
arrives at the apartment of her sister Stella Kowalski, which is on
Elysian Fields Avenue in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New
Orleans; one of the streetcars that she takes to get there is named
"Desire." The steamy, urban ambiance of Stella's home is a shock to Blanche's nerves. Stella, who fears the reaction of her husband Stanley, welcomes Blanche with some trepidation( trepidation [,trɛpi'deiʃən] n. I. a state of fear or anxiety. II. a condition of quaking or palpitation, esp one caused by anxiety. ). As Blanche explains that their ancestral Southern plantation, Belle Reve in Laurel, Mississippi, has been "lost" due to the "epic fornications( fornication [,fɔ:ni'keiʃən] 通奸 n. voluntary sexual intercourse outside marriage. )" of their ancestors, her veneer 假象, 外表 of self-possession( 沉着, 冷静, 泰然自若. 镇定. Full command of one's faculties, feelings, and behavior. ) begins to slip drastically. Blanche tells Stella that her supervisor allowed her to take time off from her job as an English teacher because of her upset nerves, while in reality she was fired for having an affair with a 17-year-old student. This turns out not to be the only seduction in which she has engaged, and, along with other problems, has led her to escape Laurel. A brief marriage marred by the discovery that her husband, Allan Grey, was having a homosexual affair, and his subsequent suicide, has led Blanche to withdraw into a world in which fantasies and illusions blend seamlessly with reality. In contrast to the self-effacing ( self-effacing 谦逊的, 谦虚的. 不引人注意的. adj
tending to make oneself, one's actions, etc., inconspicuous, esp
because of humility or timidity; modest. Not drawing attention to
oneself; modest. efface [i'feis] vb (tr) I. 消除, 消弱, 减弱. to obliterate or make dim to efface a memory. "Five years' absence had done nothing to efface the people's memory of his firmness". II. to make (oneself) inconspicuous or humble through modesty, cowardice, or obsequiousness. "When the two women went out together, Anna deliberately effaced herself and played to the dramatic Molly". III. to rub out (a line, drawing, etc.); erase. ) and deferential ( deferential [,dɛfə'rɛnʃəl] adj marked by or showing deference or respect; respectful. deference [ˈdɛfərəns] 听话 n I. submission to or compliance with the will, wishes, etc., of another. II. courteous regard; respect. ) Stella and the pretentious refinement of Blanche, Stella's husband, Stanley Kowalski, is a force of nature: primal( primal ['praiɪməl] adj I. 原始的. first or original. Psychology relating
to or denoting the needs, fears, or behaviour that are postulated
(especially in Freudian theory) to form the origins of emotional life: he preys on people's primal fears. II. chief or most important. ), rough-hewn( rough-hew 粗线条的, 粗拉的, 不精细的
I. To hew or shape (timber, for example) roughly, without finishing.
II. To make in rough form. to cut or hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly
without finishing the surface. ), brutish, and sensual. He dominates Stella in every way and is physically and emotionally abusive. Stella tolerates his primal behavior as this is part of what attracted her in the first place; their love and relationship are heavily based on powerful – even animal-like – sexual chemistry, something that Blanche finds impossible to understand. The arrival of Blanche upsets her sister and brother-in-law's relationship dynamics and system of mutual dependence. Stella's concern for her sister's well-being emboldens Blanche to hold court ( hold court 主事
to attract people who want your attention. to get a lot of attention
from a group of people by talking in a way that is entertaining,
especially on social occasions. Usage notes: In the past, a king or queen held court when they talked to the people who gave them advice. You'll find Mick holding court in the kitchen. The actress held court with the reporters and photographers who followed her everywhere. Etymology:
based on the idea of a king who holds court (surrounds himself with
people of high social rank and people who give advice). ) in the
Kowalski apartment, infuriating Stanley and leading to conflict between him and Stella, who is pregnant. Blanche and Stanley are on a collision course合不来, 互看不顺眼, and Stanley's friend and Blanche's would-be suitor, Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, gets trampled in their path. Stanley discovers Blanche's past through a co-worker who travels to Laurel frequently, and he confronts her with the things that she has been trying to put behind her(put something behind someone or something = put away sth
I. 忘掉. to place something in back of someone or something. to decide to
forget or ignore something unpleasant. If you put a bad experience or
your own bad behaviour behind you, you do not let it affect your life
now: It's over. You need to put it behind you now, and make plans for the future. Frank,
who survived the blast, says he still hasn't put the tragedy behind
him. I put the box behind Mary, and she didn't even know it was there.
Please put the present behind the couch where janet will not see it. II. to support someone or something. When
America declared war, Ford put his factories behind the war effort,
making huge numbers of planes, trucks, and boats in his factories. My
father put his reputation - and his money - behind the reform
politicians.), partly out of concern that her character flaws 性格缺陷 may be damaging to the lives of those in her new home, just as they were in Laurel, and partly out of a distaste for her pretense in general. However, his attempts to "unmask" her are predictably cruel and violent. In their final confrontation, it is implied that Stanley rapes Blanche, resulting in her nervous breakdown. Stanley has her committed to a mental institution, and in the closing moments, Blanche utters her signature line to the kindly doctor who leads her away: "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." The character of Blanche is thought to be based on Williams' sister, Rose Williams, who struggled with mental health issues and became incapacitated after a lobotomy前脑叶白质切除术. 电影的情节补充: Stella is thrilled to see Blanche but dismayed at
how her husband Stanley will react when he learns that her family's
plantation, Belle Reve, was lost due to the "epic fornications" of her
ancestors, according to Blanche. An early marriage left emotional scars after the suicide of her husband, Allan Grey, and now she plans to stay with Stella and Stanley in their cramped apartment indefinitely. Blanche comments freely 毫无顾忌的谈论 on her perceptions of Stanley, and his relationship with Stella. When they fight she runs upstairs to the neighbors but she always comes back. Stella's attraction to him overwhelms her breeding ( I.
the process of bearing offspring; reproduction. II. the process of
producing plants or animals by sexual reproduction. III. the result of
good training, esp the knowledge of correct social behaviour;
refinement. a man of breeding. IV. a person's line of descent his breeding was suspect. ) and sensitivity, and is compounded by the knowledge that she is now pregnant. Blanche's prolonged presence in their home upsets their routine. One of Stanley's buddies, Harold "Mitch" Mitchell, is smitten with Blanche and indulges her, accepting her stories at face value. But Stanley sets out to discover the truth behind her embellished tales.
He ridicules her marriage, her string of affairs with young men and
students, and her conduct in the loss of the plantation. As the doctor
takes Blanche away Mitch tries to assault Stanley. But Mitch is restrained 拉住, 抱住 by their other friends,
and begins to weep. As the other men look on, Stanley claims he "never
once touched her". Devastated by her sister's fate, Stella rejects Stanley and pushes him away. She runs out to see Blanche off, but is too late, as the car has already gone. Stanley calls out for Stella,
and as he cries her name once more ("Stella! Hey, Stella!"), she vows
that she is never going back to Stanley, and runs upstairs again, with
their baby, to seek refuge with her neighbors. 电影casting: John Garfield turned down the lead role of Stanley as he did not want to be overshadowed by the lead actress playing Blanche. Jessica Tandy, who had originated Blanche DuBois on Broadway, was originally slated to play the role but was bypassed as not being well known enough. Vivien Leigh was cast, star of the London production, at the insistence of the producers. This was because her fame, from films such as Gone with the Wind in which she had also played a Southern belle, provided the star power which they felt the film needed; Brando had originated the role of Stanley on Broadway but had not yet achieved the fame necessary to draw audiences, which is why in trailers and during the credits of the film he is credited after Vivien Leigh. Vivien Leigh was viewed as an outsider by some of the cast, who already had met during the Broadway production, and Kazan told her to exploit her isolation in the role to reflect Blanche's. Leigh was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was said towards the end of her life to have mistaken herself for Blanche at many times. Brando's iconic tight T-shirt had to be made specially, as one could not buy fitted T-shirts at the time; a regular T-shirt was bought, washed several times and its back was sewn in order to tighten it for Brando. The play's themes were controversial, causing the screenplay for the film to be watered down 淡化 to comply with the Hollywood Production Code. In the film, Stella denounces Stanley's rape of Blanche, perhaps to the point of leaving the household. In the original play, the ending is more ambiguous, with Stella, distraught at having sent off her sister Blanche, mutely allowing herself to be consoled by Stanley. Williams, in his memoirs, describes the film as "marvelous performances in a great movie, only slightly marred by Hollywood ending".
In the original play, Blanche's deceased husband, Allan Grey, had
committed suicide after he was discovered having a homosexual affair.
This material was removed for the film; Blanche says only that she showed scorn towards Allan, driving him to suicide. Years later, the negatives, including the censored footage, wound up in the archives of Lorimar-Telepictures. Warner Bros. rediscovered said footage during a routine inventory of the Lorimar archives after Warners purchased the latter company. It was through this discovery that a reconstruction of the film restoring Kazan's original vision was sanctioned.
Katherine Mansfield: In 1902 she became enamoured of a cellist, Arnold Trowell, although the feelings were largely unreciprocated. Mansfield herself was an accomplished cellist, having received lessons from Trowell's father. Mansfield wrote in her journals of feeling alienated in New Zealand, and of how she had become disillusioned because of the repression 压抑, 压制 of the Māori people. Maori characters are often portrayed in a sympathetic or positive light in her later stories. In 1903 she moved to London, where she attended Queen's College along with her sisters. Mansfield recommenced playing the cello, an occupation that she believed she would take up professionally, but she also began contributing to the college newspaper with such dedication that she eventually became its editor. she was appreciated among her peers for her vivacious ( vivacious [viˈveiʃəs] 热情奔放的, 充满活力的 adj full of high spirits and animation; lively or vital. Full of animation and spirit; lively: a charming and vivacious host. ) and charismatic approach to life and work. She met fellow writer Ida Baker (also known as Lesley Moore), a South African, at the college, and they became lifelong friends. Mansfield did not become involved in much political activity when she lived in London. She had several works published in the Native Companion (Australia), her first paid writing work, and by this time she had her heart set on becoming a professional writer. It was also the first occasion on which she used the pseudonym "K. Mansfield". She rapidly wearied of the provincial New Zealand lifestyle
and of her family, and two years later headed again for London. Her
father sent her an annual allowance of 100 pounds for the rest of her
life. In later years she expressed both admiration and disdain for New Zealand in her journals, but she was never able to return there because of her tuberculosis结核病. Mansfield had two lesbian relationships that are notable for their preeminence in her journal entries. However, she continued to have male lovers, and attempted to repress 压制, 压抑 her feelings at certain times. Back in London in 1908, Mansfield quickly fell into a bohemian way of life. She published only one story and one poem during her first 15 months there. Mansfield sought out the Trowell family for companionship, and while Arnold was involved with another woman Mansfield embarked on a passionate affair with his brother, Garnet. By early 1909 she had become pregnant by Garnet, though Trowell's parents disapproved of 不同意 the relationship and the two broke up. She hastily entered into a marriage
with George Bowden, a singing teacher 11 years older than her; they
were married on 2 March, but she left him the same evening, before the marriage could be consummated. After a brief reunion with Garnet, Mansfield's mother, Annie Beauchamp, arrived in 1909. She blamed the breakdown of the marriage to Bowden on a lesbian relationship between Mansfield and Baker, and she quickly had her daughter despatched to the spa town of Bad Wörishofen in Bavaria, Germany. Mansfield miscarried after attempting to lift a suitcase
on top of a cupboard. It is not known whether her mother knew of this
miscarriage when she left shortly after arriving in Germany, but she cut Mansfield out of her will.
逃票, 蹭票: stow I. a. To place or arrange, especially in a neat, compact
way: stowed his gear in the footlocker. b. To fill (a place or
container) by packing tightly. II. To store for future use: stowed
carrots and potatoes in the root cellar. III. Slang To refrain from; stop. IV. To provide lodging for; quarter. stow away
I. To hide oneself aboard a conveyance in order to obtain free
transportation. to conceal oneself in a vehicle, originally a ship, in
order to travel without paying. Don got to this country by stowing away on a cargo ship. II. Informal To consume (food or drink) greedily. stow something away to
pack something away. I have to stow my clothes away before I go to bed.
Please stow away your things and get right to work. wiki: A
stowaway is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as an
aircraft, bus, ship, cargo truck or train, to travel without paying and
without being detected. Poor perimeter security at a number of airports
in Africa and in other parts of the world can make it easier for people
to stow away on planes. Stowaways in aircraft wheel
wells face numerous health risks, many of which are fatal: being mangled
when undercarriage retracts, and finally falling when the doors of the
compartment reopen. The landing gear compartment is not equipped with
heating, pressure or oxygen, which are vital for survival at a high
altitude. Train surfing (also known as train hopping or train hitching)
is the act of hitching a ride on the outside of a moving train, tram or
another rail transport. In a number of countries, the term train hopping
is often confused with the term freight hopping, which means riding on
the outside of a freight train, while train surfing can be practiced on
any type of a train. This type of travelling can be dangerous and even
life-threatening, because there is a risk of death or serious injury
from falling off a moving train, electrocution from power supply
(overhead catenary wire, current collectors, resistors, etc.), colliding
with a railway infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, platforms, traffic
lights or other trains) while riding outside off structure gauge on the
side or on the roof of a train, or unsuccessful attempts to jump on a
moving train or off it. Today, the practice is forbidden by statutes on
many railroads in the world. Despite this, it is still practiced,
especially on those railroads where the trains are overcrowded. 新闻: Dad: 9-year-old Las Vegas stowaway is troubled: The tearful father of a 9-year-old Minneapolis boy who sneaked aboard a flight 偷着登上 to Las Vegas last week said Wednesday that his son has a history of behavioral problems, but that he feels powerless to rein him in. The father, who did not want to be identified, wore a cap under a tightly drawn black hoodie to cover his face during a meeting with reporters. He was accompanied by V.J. Smith of the anti-violence group MAD DADs. He said his son had gone to take the trash out and instead jumped on a light-rail train to the airport. The Star Tribune reports that the boy apparently blended in with 混在一起, 混在人堆里 a family with children to get through security. He was then seen on surveillance video chatting with a gate agent, then walking down the jetway 廊桥 and onto the plane when the agent was distracted. The boy then sat in an empty seat until after the plane was airborne and flight attendants realized that his name was not on a flight manifest as an unaccompanied minor.
The father said he asked the officer who brought him home to accompany
him into the house while he disciplined the boy. "I said, 'Please, sir, can you go up with me and watch me whip his butt,'" the father told reporters. "The officer said, 'If I see you hit your son, I'm going to have to lock you up.'" "What can I do?" the father, growing increasingly emotional,
said to reporters. "If I whip my son, I get locked up. If I let him
keep doing what he is doing, I get into trouble. Someone please, please
help me." "I'm tired of people saying he's a minor,
there's nothing we can do. There's something someone can do. I don't
want him hurt. I miss my son. I want my son home," he said. Asked if his
son understood the seriousness of his actions in stealing a car, the father said his son had told police that "he thought he was playing (the video game) Grand Theft Auto." "I didn't know what was going through my son's head,"
he said, regarding the stolen car incident. Smith said that he had
"watched the father sit here and cry because he is being a good father
to his kids, but sometimes we have kids that get out of line a bit and we need other people to come in and help us." Officials in Minnesota have filed a petition seeking to intervene in the life of a 9-year-old boy who slipped 溜进 onto an airplane to Las Vegas.
