用法学习: 1. hang around I. 多呆会, 别走 to stay in a place. I don't like to hang around here after dark. He had stupidly hung around - just to see what the cops were doing - and ended up being arrested! II. to be with another person. I hate hanging around with her in the mall. It's so boring! III. to not go away. The flu can hang around for almost a month. Usage notes: usually said about a medical condition, as in the example. go/hang around (with someone) Fig. to spend a lot of time with someone; to waste away time with someone. John hangs around with Bill a lot. They've been going around with the Smiths. hang out I. 露出来 (of something) to be visibly coming out of something. Your shirt tail is hanging out of your pants. My shirttail was hanging out. II. 混在一起, 鬼混. (with someone or something) to associate with someone or a group on a regular basis. She hangs out with Alice too much. I wish you would stop hanging out with that crowd of boys. III. (some place) I. to spend time in a place habitually. Is this where you guys hang out all the time? IV. 无所事事. 闲呆着. to spend time aimlessly; to waste time. Bill: What are you doing this afternoon? Tom: Oh, I'll just hang out. Kids hang out too much these days.
电影The Butler: Gaines was raised on a cotton plantation棉花种植地 in the 1920s Macon, Georgia, by his sharecropping (佃农的, sharecropper 佃户, 佃农. Sharecropping is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land. Sharecropping has a long history and there are a wide range of different situations and types of agreements that have used a form of the system. Some are governed by tradition,and others by law. ) parents. One day, the farm's temperamental 脾气坏的, 好冲动的, 冲动易怒的(I. 脾气的. 脾性的. Relating to or caused by temperament: our temperamental differences. II. Excessively sensitive or irritable; moody. III. Likely to perform unpredictably; undependable. working erratically and inconsistently; unreliable. a temperamental sewing machine a temperamental motor.) owner, Thomas Westfall, rapes Cecil's mother, Hattie Pearl. Cecil's father, Earl, confronts Westfall, and is shot dead. Cecil is taken in by Annabeth Westfall, the estate's caretaker, who reassigns Cecil to being a house servant instead. In his teens, he leaves behind the Westfall plantation and his mother, who has been mute since the incident. One night, Cecil breaks into a pastry shop inside a hotel and is, unexpectedly, hired by the owners. While working in the hotel, he acquires skills from the master servant, Maynard. In 1957, Cecil is hired by the White House during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration, where White House maître d' Freddie Fallows shows Cecil the grounds ( Groundskeeping is the activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically in an institutional setting. ground I. [singular/uncountable] the top part of the Earth's surface that people walk on. I fell to the ground. on the ground: People were sitting on the ground in small groups. above/below ground: They were working 250 metres below ground. a. [singular] the layer of soil and rock that forms the Earth's surface. the destruction caused by getting coal out of the ground. b. [singular/uncountable] the soil nearest the Earth's surface in which you can grow plants. Prepare the ground for planting. sandy/marshy/stony/boggy ground. marsh: An area of soft, wet, low-lying land, characterized by grassy vegetation and often forming a transition zone between water and land. II. [uncountable] an area of land. an acre of ground. open ground (=an area of land without trees or buildings): She had to cross open ground to get to the sea. waste ground (=an area of land that is not used for anything): a piece of waste ground about 60 feet square. soldiers on the parade ground. the polo grounds. the birds' summer feeding grounds. a traditional fishing ground钓鱼场. She found him wandering around the grounds. maintenance of the buildings and grounds. III. 理由, 根据. 原因. [countable] [usually plural] a reason for what you say or do, or for being allowed to say or do something. ground for: There do seem to be some grounds for their complaints. reasonable grounds: He believes he has reasonable grounds for making the demand. on (the) grounds of: The Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sex or marital status. on medical/legal/financial etc grounds基于...的原因: The army turned him down on medical grounds. on the grounds that: They oppose the bill on the grounds that it is too restrictive. IV. 话题. [singular/uncountable] the subject, idea, or information being talked about or written about. Henry seems anxious to return to more familiar ground. cover ground: We'll be covering a lot of new ground in today's lecture. go (back) over the same ground 旧话重提, 往事重提, 旧事重提: There's no point in going over the same ground twice. VI. [singular/uncountable] an environment in which ideas can develop. fertile ground沃土: Germany in the 1920s and 30s was fertile ground for such ideas. VII. [singular/uncountable] someone's set of opinions or attitudes. the moral high ground (=opinions or standards that are morally better than other people's): It's a bit late to start claiming the moral high ground. VIII. 立足点, 阵地. [uncountable] the level of success or progress that someone or something has achieved. lose/gain ground: Most stock markets lost ground after their recent gains. regain ground: In Athenian politics, democratic views had been regaining ground. be on shaky ground 根基不稳 I. if someone is on shaky ground, they are not sure about the facts of what they are saying. Here I must admit that I am on shaky ground. II. if a project, plan etc is on shaky ground, it is not certain to succeed. from the ground up affecting or involving everything or everyone, starting with the most basic things or the least important people. All systems would be replaced from the ground up. get (something) off the ground if you get a project off the ground, you start it and make it successful. You can also say that a project gets off the ground. No volunteers came forward to enable the youth club to get off the ground. go to ground to hide from people who want to catch you, usually for a long time. The General is believed to have gone to ground in a secret location. on the ground I. mainly journalism in the place being discussed, especially a place where there is a war or another serious situation. We will be monitoring the situation on the ground. II. on the surface of the earth, rather than in the air. on someone's own ground 在自己的地盘上 in a place or area of activity where someone feels confident and in control. I was reluctant to confront them on their own ground. run/work/drive someone into the ground to make someone work very hard, until they are so tired that they cannot work any more. You have to be careful that you don't work yourself into the ground. safe/firm ground something that is likely to be correct or accepted. Diplomatically, she tried to shift the conversation to firmer ground. shift your ground to change your opinion, especially about something that you seemed very certain of. stand/hold your ground I. to not move when someone attacks you or is going to attack you. II. 坚持立场, 坚守立场. to refuse to change your opinions, beliefs, or decisions despite pressure to change them. No one thought less of him for standing his ground. to the ground if a building burns to the ground, it burns completely, so that there is nothing left. think less of 看低, 轻看, 看不起 to have a lower opinion of. I always come to think less of people - I do so admire the passionate devotion, the lifelong loyalty. Paul Merton will never let go of him, and I'd think less of him if he did. We discuss personal issues and we know that no-one will think less of you here. ) and introduces him to head butler Carter Wilson and co-worker James Holloway. Working in the White House, Cecil witnesses first hand Eisenhower's reluctance to use troops to enforce school desegregation in the South, then the President's resolve to uphold the law by ordering to racially integrate a high school in Little Rock. The Gaines family celebrates Cecil's new occupation with their closest friends and neighbors, Howard and Gina. Louis, the eldest son, becomes a first generation university student at Fisk University in Tennessee. Cecil is hesitant about this because he thinks the South is too volatile动荡的, 动乱的 and encourages Louis to enroll at Howard University. Louis joins a student program led by James Lawson, to peacefully engage in a sit-in at a segregated diner and is arrested. Furious, Cecil heads to Nashville where he confronts Louis for disobeying him. Gloria, suffering from her husband's long working hours, becomes an alcoholic and engages in an affair with the Gaineses' neighbor, Howard. Kennedy, spurred by the nation's growing turbulence, delivers a national address proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Several months after the speech, Kennedy is assassinated and his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, enacts the transformative legislation into law. Louis returns home and tells his family that he and a few others have founded a chapter of the radical organization called the Black Panthers. Aware of Richard Nixon's plans to suppress the movement and upset at his son's actions, Cecil orders Louis and his girlfriend, Carol, to leave his house. Louis is soon arrested and is bailed out by Carter Wilson. The Gaineses' other son, Charlie, confides to 坦诚, 吐露心事 Louis that he plans to join the Army in the war in Vietnam, to which Louis announces that he wouldn't attend his funeral if he were to be killed. Indeed, a few months later, the Gaines family hold a funeral for Charlie, which Louis does not attend, much to the dismay of his enraged father. However, when the Black Panthers begin to exercise violence in response to racial confrontations, Louis leaves the organization and returns to college, earning his master's degree in political science and eventually winning a seat in Congress. Meanwhile, Cecil's professional reputation has grown to the point that in the 1980s, he is invited by Ronald and Nancy Reagan as a guest to a state dinner. Cecil realizes that the invitation was just for show秀给人看的, 做做样子的, as Reagan plans to veto any Congressional sanctions against South Africa. Cecil announces his resignation to the President, but not before gaining Reagan's support in his years-long effort to have the black White House staff receive the same rate of salary and opportunities for career advancement as their white counterparts. Gloria, wanting Cecil to mend his estranged relationship with Louis, reveals to him that Louis once told her that he loved and respected them both. Realizing his son's actions to be heroic rather than antagonistic, Cecil joins Louis in a protest against South African apartheid. President Barack Obama said, "I teared up thinking about not just the butlers who worked here in the White House, but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled. But because of Jim Crow and because of discrimination, there was only so far they could go." Particular criticism has been directed at the film's accuracy in portraying President Ronald Reagan. While actor Alan Rickman's performance generated positive reviews, the screenwriters of the film have been criticized for depicting Reagan as indifferent to civil rights and his reluctance to associate with the White House's black employees during his presidency. According to Michael Reagan, the former president's son, "The real story of the White House butler doesn't imply racism at all. It's simply Hollywood liberals wanting to believe something about my father that was never there." Paul Kengor, one of President Reagan's biographers, also attacked the film, saying, "I've talked to many White House staff, cooks, housekeepers, doctors, and Secret Service over the years. They are universal in their love of Ronald Reagan." 电影简介： Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually 随便的, 随随便便的 destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own( set/strike out on one's own 自力更生, 独立, 靠自己 to start out to live, work, or travel by oneself. I couldn't get along with my business partner, so I decided to strike out on my own.), Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world正义的世界, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way. wiki: A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its appearance. A butler is usually male, and in charge of male servants, while a housekeeper is usually a woman, and in charge of female servants. Traditionally, male servants (such as footmen) were rarer and therefore better paid and of higher status than female servants. The butler, as the senior male servant, has the highest servant status. He can also be sometimes used as a chauffeur.
电影About Time: Tim's parents host a New Year's Eve party, which Tim is none too fond of attending. He and his friend Jay clumsily stumble into a table which spills drinks and bottles everywhere, even onto some guests. When everybody counts down to midnight, the woman leans in to 靠过来 kiss Tim. Apparently, the men in the family have the ability to travel through time( to travel in time). After the night met Mary: Tim returns home to find Harry bitter 伤心不已的, 难过的 over a failed performance at his play where one of his actors forgot his lines onstage. Tim reminded a main character to read his script again: Unfortunately, as it turns out, it is another actor who completely freezes僵住了 onstage. Tim leaves to go back in time and go backstage to hold up cards for the actor to look to, which allows him to recite his lines perfectly and also receive applause. After waiting for days in the exhibition: Finally, Mary strolls by走过来, 溜达过来, and Tim seizes the opportunity to talk to her. Mary said she never met Tim: He leaves rather embarrassed, but Kit Kat convinces him to go back, just as Joanna arrives. Tim convinces Mary to let him tag along as long as he assures her he's not a lunatic or an odd fringe刘海儿 fetishist. Mary said she has a boyfriend: Tim starts asking pressing questions逼问 about how they met and where, which happens to be at a party Joanna threw the previous week at her flat. She even gives Tim the specific address to the place, which is enough information for Tim to run into the bathroom to time travel again. Tim go back to the party to win Mary: He starts to chat her up, first coming off as awkward, but then convinces her to leave the party so they can have dinner together, thus allowing Mary to never meet Rupert. After the first sex which is quite bad: Tim goes back in time to try again, which turns out better, but he tries once more, being more assertive自信 and leaving both himself and Mary very satisfied. One day, Mary's parents come to visit from America, though she springs it on Tim 告诉 ( spring something on someone I to surprise someone with something. I hate to spring this on you at the last moment, but I will need some money to travel on. Please don't spring any other demands on me. II. to pull a trick on someone. Let me tell you about the trick I sprang on Sally. What are you going to spring on her this time?) at the last minute just as they're coming up to their apartment. She warns him that her parents are very conservative and to not mention their intimacy. They arrive at the door and Tim foolishly blurts out that they do not have oral sex. Naturally, he goes back in time to undo this and he has a meal with Mary and her parents, leading Mary to say that she loves Tim. Tim met his first love after a play and made stupid remarks about girlfriend: He goes back to undo this, though he still makes a blundered remark about misusing "girlfriend" to make someone think she's gay, when it turns out that Tina really is gay. Tim goes back in time, but instead doesn't approach Charlotte. However, Charlotte happens to spot him as he is leaving with Rory. She chats him up and then goes to have dinner with Tina, only to come back moments later to invite Tim to join her while she ditches Tina. In the Wedding: During the reception, where Rory is the best man, he starts to give an awkward speech, leading Tim to time travel and pick Harry as his best man. Harry starts making rude comments toward Tim, which makes him go back to pick Jay. This is just as bad since Jay starts making crude sexual references, forcing Tim to just pick his dad as the final best man. James ends up giving a half-assed speech, so he decides to time travel himself to give a much nicer speech in which he states he's only loved three men - Uncle Desmond, BB King, and Tim. Tim narrates that his father gave him a two-part plan to enjoy his life. The first part is to go through a day normally as it plays out - we see Tim going to work, watching Rory get chastised( chastise [tʃæsˈtaiz] vb (tr) I. to discipline or punish, esp by beating. II. to scold severely. ) by their boss, going to get lunch, and going to a case with Rory that turns out to be successful, living the day with the stresses he ought to face. The second part is to go back in time and relive the day while embracing it for what it is. He relives that day with a more upbeat feel, even allowing Rory to enjoy the day. About having another child: Tim is on board with the idea, though he realizes that this means he would have to permanently let his father go.
Taxpayers spending $3,000 a week to rent home Tony Abbott rejected: Mr Abbott has been staying at the Australian Federal Police training headquarters while The Lodge undergoes major repairs. It has emerged the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet signed a 12-month lease on a house in August, during the caretaker period. But department official Elizabeth Kelly says Mr Abbott made it clear shortly after the election he did not want to live there. She says the department is now trying to terminate the lease终止租赁协议. "Since that time we have been in negotiations with the owner and the landlord and the property agent for the property trying to make arrangements to find an alternative tenant so we could terminate the lease," she said. "We are still in those negotiations." Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi has questioned why a lease was signed before the election. "Perhaps well intentioned意图是好的, but very presumptuous( presumptuous [prɪˈzʌmptjuəs] adj characterized by presumption or tending to presume; bold; forward. ), and I'm not sure the taxpayers will enjoy the fact they've got $156,000 worth of lease payments to pay for an empty building," he said.
Juices versus smoothies: which is better?: Juices and smoothies are equally fashionable within the cleanse culture( Ethnic cleansing 种族清洗 is a the process or policy of eliminating unwanted ethnic or religious groups by deportation, forcible displacement, mass murder, or by threats of such acts, with the intent of creating a territory inhabited by people of a homogeneous or pure ethnicity, religion, culture, and history. Ethnic cleansing usually involves attempts to remove physical and cultural evidence of the targeted group in the territory through the destruction of homes, social centers, farms, and infrastructure, and by the desecration of monuments, cemeteries, and places of worship. ), yet each has distinct advantages and drawbacks独特的优缺点. What's the difference? Juicing is a process that extracts water and most of the vitamins and minerals from whole pieces of fruits or vegetables, but leaves the fibre (aka pulp) behind. Unlike juicing, smoothies include the whole fruit/veg, including the fibre. What's the deal? Proponents say that you can achieve the maximum nutritional benefit from juicing because the body can absorb the nutrients better and it provides much needed rest to the digestive system. Some also claim that juices can reduce the risk of cancer减少患癌危险, but there is no scientifically supported evidence 没有科学依据 for this. The notion that our digestion needs a break from fibre is nonsense. In reality, fibre helps with digestion and is the major reason that fruits and vegetables are good for the body. And, if you're like most Australians, chances are you don't know how much fibre you need each day – that's 30g just in case you're wondering. Yet most folks only eat about two thirds of the fibre they need. There is strong evidence that fibre is associated with 有关系的 a reduced risk of some of our most widespread chronic conditions, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and some cancers. If you're considering a juice cleanse to bust the kilos fast, listen up. As juice is void of most of the fibre found in fruit, it means the body absorbs the fructose (fruit sugar) more rapidly. This can wreak havoc blood sugar levels. Rapid fluctuations of血糖的快速波动 blood sugar involved in juice fast can result in fatigue, rapid weight loss (most likely from water and muscle) and blurry vision. Juicing is certainly not recommended for people with diabetes. Aside from this, eating fibre contributes to a feeling of fullness有饱足感 that helps prevent people from overeating – a common culprit for weight gain. You're simply not going to be satisfied if you drink your meals instead of chewing them. Besides, the idea that your body needs help ridding itself of toxins is false. The liver and kidneys are perfectly good filters to get rid of toxins - this is exactly what they are designed to do after all. Smoothie-lovers should also beware. Sure, smoothies provide the fibre, but when you combine whole fruit, dairy, yoghurt, chia seeds, muesli and protein powders (the list may go on), it can equate to a complete calorie overload rather than a quick healthy drink on the run. What's more, some store-bought 店里买来的 or commercially made smoothies can include "hidden sugars" found in fruit juice concentrates, frozen yoghurt and sweetened juice, rather than whole fruit which can add up to 29 and 31 teaspoons of sugars and be close to 2000kj (478 calories) per regular serve - about the same as a full meal. The verdict: It's not all doom and gloom ( doom and gloom 并不都是坏消息 the feeling that a situation is bad and is not likely to improve. Come on, it's not all doom and gloom, if we make a real effort we could still win. ) for smoothies and fresh juices. Fresh juices and smoothies can be great, largely because they are an efficient way to consume much needed fruits and vegies. This is provided这是在假定...的条件下 they're integrated as part of a balanced diet of lean protein and whole grains. But when they're taken to the extreme and at the exclusion of all else for extended periods - they not only fail to be the magic cure they're cracked up to be; they can also do more harm than good有害无益. Whilst it's always preferable to chew whole fruit and vegetables, if you do decide to try a juice cleanse, (perhaps to break unhealthy eating habits), choosing a vegetable-based one is a sure-fire way to reduce the calorie and sugar content. As for smoothies, it all depends on how they are made. Stick to three key ingredients, for example fresh/frozen fruit, yoghurt/milk and flaxseed. Choose the smallest serving size and, if you're buying ready-made, remember to read the label carefully.
