用法学习: 1. 关于泰国电源制式: You asked what they look like. Well they have accept 2 Parallel prongs, and don't have an on /off switch,which means you just push in or pull out, make sure you have dry hands. They often fit very loose too, and sometimes the very cheap ones will allow the adapter to hang down a bit exposing the prongs. I am from Australia and have had a jolt ( I. A sudden jarring or jerking, as from a heavy blow or an abrupt movement. II. a. A sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment; a shock. b. The cause of such a feeling. an emotional shock: The news came as a jolt. III. A brief strong portion: a jolt of electricity; a jolt of whiskey. ) a couple of times, now I am very wary. A 7 year old British boy was electrocuted in Pattaya in a hotel room, officials said he must have had wet hands, His mother swore he didn't. It can vary - modern hotels in Bangkok have USA style plugs in the walls - be aware that the voltage is different. I've actually fried ( fry I. To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat. II. 烧毁. 烧坏. Slang To destroy (electronic circuitry) with excessive heat or current: "a power surge to the computer that fried a number of sensitive electronic components" (Erik Sandberg-Diment). III. Slang chiefly US To undergo execution in an electric chair. to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair. ) electronic gear (battery chargers, shavers...) by foolishly plugging them into the wall sockets - even when I used USA to Thai power adapters. My suggestion - go battery powered. It was a hassle to buy and replace my camera's AA batteries, but I had no other choice. Use the USB charger for iPods... no risk of frying it that way. If you really MUST have a device that's powered by a wall socket, you should look into buying the item there in Thailand. 2. 关于取款机取钱: Word of warning! I was stupid enough to lose about $150 cash at an ATM. Punched in all the numbers and was chatting to my mate, card came out and cash came out. Was in quite an animated chat so didn't grab the cash immediately (stupid I know but hey). Lo and behold(lo and behold (humorous) something that you say when you tell someone about something surprising that happened. look or what a surprise. Carine tried her luck at the lottery and, lo and behold, won $1,500 last month. Usage notes: used as an exclamation: Lo and behold! You did come after all! I went into a bar just next to our hotel and, lo and behold, who should I see sitting there but Jim Gibson. ), the cash then retracts back into the machine after about 10 seconds. I though maybe they cancel the transaction if you don't take the cash? Nope, checked my bank account later and it was GONE! Rookie mistake.... No, sorry I am no rock star just the average bloke普通人, 平常老百姓. Maybe is just an Urban Legend传说.
关于James Dean: Dean's enduring 长盛不衰的 fame and popularity rest on his performances in only these three films, all leading roles. His premature death in a car crash cemented his legendary status. DeWeerd seemed to have had a formative influence ( formative[ˈfɔ:mətɪv] I. 影响性格的, 影响人生观的. 性格养成的 of or relating to formation, development, or growth formative years. II. shaping; moulding a formative experience. Formative years成长时代. ) upon Dean, especially upon his future interests inbullfighting, car racing, and the theater. In high school, Dean's overall performance 整体表现 was mediocre. However, he was a popular student, having played on the baseball and basketball teams and studied drama and competed in forensics through the Indiana High School Forensic Association. After graduating from Fairmount High School on May 16, 1949, Dean moved back to California with his beagle, Max, to live with his father and stepmother. He enrolled in Santa Monica College (SMC) and majored in pre-law. Dean transferred to UCLA for one semester and changed his major to drama, which resulted in estrangement from his father. He pledged the Sigma Nu fraternity but was never initiated. While at UCLA, he was picked from a pool of 350 actors to land the role of Malcolm in Macbeth. At that time, he also began acting in James Whitmore's workshop. In January 1951, he dropped out of UCLA to pursue a full-time career as an actor. Dean's best-remembered 最为人津津乐道的 relationship was with young Italian actress Pier Angeli, whom he met while Angeli was shooting The Silver Chalice on an adjoining Warner lot, and with whom he exchanged items of jewelry as love tokens 爱情信物(something given as a token of love.). Despite their strong love for each other, a number of forces led them apart让他们分开. Angeli's mother disapproved of Dean's casual dress and what were, for her at least, radical behavior traits: his t-shirt attire, late dates, fast cars, and the fact that he was not a Catholic. Her mother said that such behavior was not acceptable in Italy. In addition, MGM, where he worked, tried to talk him out of marrying and he himself told Angeli that he didn't want to get married. Today, Dean is often considered an icon because of his "experimental" take on life, which included his ambivalent sexuality 游移不定的(Exhibiting or feeling. ambivalence. having or showing ambivalence: ambivalent feelings.). There have been several claims and assertions that Dean has had sexual relationships with both men and women.
关于语言学习: Even my compulsive viewing 强制性的观看, 强迫性的 of Scandinavian TV programs like The Bridge and The Killing hasn't helped much, although I can tell the difference between Swedish and Danish. But so can my husband, who never studied it. I blame it on my HSC French teacher, who will remain nameless. Whenever any of the girls in the class got a vowel conjugation wrong, we had to dance a can-can on our desktop. (It was a co-ed school.) The prospect of that was enough to make anyone terrified of grammatical errors and I think the memory is what makes me freeze whenever I attempt conversation in French. I got 49 for French in HSC - bombing out( bomb someone out to cause people to flee by bombing their homes and towns. The planes bombed the villagers out. The attack bombed out everyone for miles around. bomb something out to destroy a place by bombing. I hope they don't bomb the village out. The planes bombed out the factory. bomb out (of something) Sl. to flunk out of or fail at something, especially school or a job. She was afraid she would bomb out of school. Her brother bombed out the year before. ) totally in the oral exam - and it's been a singe ( singe [sɪndʒ] I. to burn or be burnt superficially; scorch to singe one's clothes. II. (tr) to burn the ends of (hair, etc.) all-singing, all-dancing very modern and technically advanced. She showed us the new all-singing, all-dancing graphics software she'd bought for her computer. ) on my back ever since. Then there was the time I covered myself in glory studying Swedish at Melbourne University. Swedish? It was compulsory for me to take a Germanic language for my honours degree in English language and literature (the course covers Old Norse, you see) but I hadn't studied German at school. The other option was Dutch but, despite the Dutch lecturer being inhumanly handsome(inhumane Lacking pity or compassion. inhumanely 不人道的. inhuman [ɪnˈhju:mən] adj I. Also inhumane [ˌɪnhju:ˈmein] lacking humane feelings, such as sympathy, understanding, etc.; cruel; brutal. 副词是inhumanely. II. not human. 副词是inhumanly. ), I was advised to take Swedish. It was dead easy, everyone said. Not easy for me. I passed but, then again, no one had ever failed.
斯诺登在做什么: Snowden's drip-feed ( n. I. 细水长流式的. the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time. II. a device for introducing fluid drop by drop into a system, for example lubricating oil into an engine. a medicinal drip. v. I. introduce (fluid) drop by drop: The oiler drip-feeds oil on to all drive chains. II. supply (a patient) with fluid, nutrients, or drugs through a drip: the babies were drip-fed through their noses. II. provide gradually and in small amounts. to supply information constantly but in small amounts: their correspondence is being drip-fed to newspapers. III. (informal) to fund (a new company) in stages rather than by injecting a large sum at its inception.) means tricky time for all: AUSTRALIA could be in for a very rough patch (go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch to experience a lot of problems in a period of your life: Andy's going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment - his wife wants a divorce.) in some key Asian relationships as a result of what could be another two years of diabolical revelations (diabolical [,daiə'bolikəl] adj Informal I. excruciatingly bad; outrageous. II. (intensifier) a diabolical liberty.) from US intelligence documents stolen by Edward Snowden. This will be a searching test for the Abbott government but it will also be a test of the maturity and sophistication of the Australian political class as a whole. The revelations are likely to be eye-watering ( I. an eye-watering amount is extremely high or large, and much higher or larger than you would expect. (especially of a figure or amount) extremely high or large: an eye-watering 22% rise in business rates. eye-watering pre-tax losses of £38.5 million. The costs are eye-watering. II. causing the eyes to water: eye-watering Scotch bonnet chillies. ) in their extent and detail, but they will not show any Australian official or agency doing anything illegal. Not only that, while they will reveal a good deal of secret information, responsible institutions and participants in the national debate will also need to keep in mind the fact that crucial elements of context, such as specific threat assessments, will not be known to the public. The prospect of future Snowden-based revelations is one of the important limitations on the Abbott government in the way it can respond to the recent controversy concerning Defence Signals Directorate phone-tapping directed at the Indonesian President in 2009. So far, Tony Abbott and his Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, have handled these matters well. They have identified and articulated core national interests, especially in the relationship with Indonesia, and have safeguarded as far as possible 尽可能的保护 Australia's national security assets. There is no other responsible course for an Australian government to take. Politically, they are somewhat assisted by the widening web of nations being caught up in these revelations, other Asian nations who also helped the US. These revelations will produce their own political fallout in time, but they certainly spread the load for Australia and demonstrate that Australian agencies were only doing what most other countries do when they can. The Abbott government may yet be able to salvage something positive out of this difficulty with Indonesia. If the protocols to be negotiated over future intelligence arrangements between the two countries are done well, then they could be very useful to both nations in the future. Canberra could do more to help Jakarta manage its own issues of cyber security. The Indonesians, like most other nations in the region, have been subject to Chinese and Russian cyber intrusion. Canberra could also help Indonesia with more extensive intelligence training. However, some analysts and commentators are overestimating how much such an agreement can insulate the relationship from trouble arising out of the Snowden revelations. Australia and Indonesia already have detailed intelligence-sharing and other protocols, and extensive consultative and symbolic security agreements, chief among them the Lombok Treaty on mutual security. No such agreement ever insulates you against damage of the kind arising out of the recent phone-tapping revelations. This is all a problem from hell意想不到的问题, 控制不了的问题 for the Abbott government. It cannot control the timing or extent of any future revelations and it cannot control the political fallout in nations these revelations affect. Nor can it affect the hysteria with which institutions that already dislike it, such as the ABC, respond to the Snowden revelations. But these issues are also a huge challenge for Bill Shorten's Labor opposition. In the nature of the timing of these things, the most sensational matters will be ones that occurred under the Rudd and Gillard Labor governments, although there is every chance that older operations under John Howard will also be revealed. If Labor tries to make political mileage out of future Snowden revelations ( milage [ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] I. the number of miles that a vehicle has travelled since it was made, or in a particular period of time. My annual mileage is about 10,000 miles. high/low mileage: a car with high mileage. II. money paid to someone for the miles they have travelled in their job. Employees get a mileage allowance for business travel. III. an advantage or opportunity that you get from something. He has got a lot of mileage out of his friendship with the mayor. political mileage: They had tried to make political mileage out of a tragedy.), it will not only be hypocritical - it will run the danger of looking irresponsible on national security. In the past, this has been devastating for Labor's electoral chances, whatever the short-term attraction might be from scoring a political point. Michael Wesley, professor of national security at the Australian National University and a former senior analyst with the Office of National Assessments, told me he thinks the Snowden affair "the most important intelligence crisis and intelligence failure the West has suffered since the end of World War II". He believes it will have an effect not only on the trust the US and its tight allies enjoy with other countries, but also will substantially affect relations within the "five eyes" intelligence alliance, which consists of the US, Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. "It will move us back to a culture of intensely protecting intelligence and sharing it only on a strict need-to-know basis," he says. "It will reverse all the advances we have made since 9/11 on intelligence sharing and take us back to the intelligence culture of the early 1990s." We have no idea where the Snowden revelations will ultimately lead us politically. But this issue is likely to challenge the maturity, sophistication and devotion to the national interest of all the significant institutions that deal with these matters in Australia. A great deal is at stake.
Fast and Furious 演员车祸而死: The body of Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker was so badly burned in a fiery crash in California yesterday that a coroner has insisted on checking his dental records to identify him. TMZ reports that the Los Angeles County Coroner has decided to delay autopsies on Walker, 40, and his friend and business partner Roger Rodas, 38, until later this week because their bodies are currently unidentifiable. The coroner is waiting on both sets of dental records before proceeding 下一步行动. Walker was killed when the red Porsche sports car he was travelling in spun out of control and slammed into a pole and a tree and then burst into fire yesterday afternoon in the town of Santa Clarita. Rodas, a former race car driver, was in the driver's seat. Local police said that speed was a factor in the crash. "We don't know much about the cause of the collision other than that we know speed was at least a contributing factor贡献因素," Sergeant Brian Allen of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Department told the local Santa Clarita Valley Signal newspaper. Witnesses recognised Walker and one onlooker even tried to pull him from the wreckage, the newspaper reported. Walker had been at an event for his charity Reach Out Worldwide, was to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, before deciding to take the car, a cherry-red Porsche Carrera, out for a drive with his friend. Witnesses at the crash scene posted a video of the scene online showing debris (debris, débris [ˈdeɪbrɪ ˈdɛbrɪ]) from the fiery wreckage. Walker was taking a Thanksgiving break from filming the seventh Fast and Furious movie, the latest installment in a film franchise about illegal street racing that had been scheduled for release in July. Walker played undercover agent Brian O'Connor and appeared in all but one of the six movies. He was a leading protagonist along with Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez. Fans and fellow actors today mourned the death. "It is with a truly heavy heart 心情沉重 that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide," the late actor's publicists 宣传人员 wrote on his Facebook account. "He was a passenger in a friend's car, in which both lost their lives." The publicists wrote that they were "stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news." The message was also linked to Walker's Twitter account. "Brother I will miss you very much," wrote Hollywood star Diesel on his Instagram account. "I am absolutely speechless. Heaven has gained a new Angel. Rest in Peace." Another Fast and Furious co-star, Ludacris, wrote on Twitter: "Your humble spirit was felt from the start, wherever you blessed your presence ( grace someone or something with one's presence Fig. to honor someone or something with one's presence. "How nice of you to grace us with your presence," Mr. Wilson told Mary sarcastically as she entered the classroom late. The banquet was graced with the presence of the governor. have the presence of mind to do something Fig. to have the calmness and ability to act sensibly in an emergency or difficult situation. Jane had the presence of mind to phone the police when the child disappeared. The child had the presence of mind to write down the car's license-plate number. make your presence felt to have a strong effect on other people or on a situation The new police chief has really made his presence felt. ) you always left a mark, we were like brothers & our birthdays are only 1 day apart, now You will forever hold a place in all of our hearts @paulwalker legacy will live on forever." Former wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who also appears in the franchise, wrote: "All my strength, love & faith to the Walker family during this heartbreaking time. We find our strength.. in his light. Love you brother." The late actor is survived by his 15-year-old daughter Meadow. In real life Walker raced cars, described himself on Twitter as an "outdoorsman, ocean addict," and "adrenaline junkie," and did many of his own movie stunts. In a departure from his action movie roles, Walker is due to appear in Hours( departure A divergence or deviation, as from an established rule, plan, or procedure: o rdered curry as a departure from his usual bland diet. in a departure from convention), an independent movie set for mid-December release about a father who struggles to keep his ailing infant daughter alive after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005. Walker was also scheduled to star in the 2014 crime-action film Brick Mansions, a remake of the 2004 French movie District B13. The first Fast and Furious movie appeared in 2001. The series, with its focus on fast cars, tough guys, sexy starlets and exotic locales, is one of Hollywood's most lucrative global franchises. Fans poured out their grief on social media, including the franchise's pages on Instagram and Facebook. More than one million people had either liked or commented in various languages on the death notice on Walker's Facebook page. Walker has said the early induction to show business(as a child model) wasn't to
start him on a career path, but was a way to help provide for the
family 补贴家用. 目击者说: We all heard from our location (the accident). It's a little
difficult to know what it was. Someone called it in and said it was a
vehicle fire. "We all ran around and jumped in cars and grabbed
fire extinguishers and immediately went to the vehicle. It was engulfed
in flames被火吞没, 吞噬. There was nothing. They were trapped. Employees, friends of
the shop. We tried. We tried. We went through fire extinguishers. 续: Fast and Furious star Paul Walker died from a combination of traumatic injuries and burns after the Porsche he was riding in crashed and erupted in flames, according to autopsy results released on Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Coroner's office. The deaths have been ruled an accident定性为车祸, with the injuries occurring as the result of "auto versus fixed object." Although witnesses confirmed that Rodas and Walker were in the car, the men were positively identified through dental records. Detectives have not determined what caused the crash, but a preliminary investigation 初步调查 indicates speed was a factor, Sheriff's Captain Mike Parker said. Just how fast the car was moving is to be determined. Friends have told authorities the high-performance Porsche was not street racing at the time, and LA County sheriff's officials say eyewitnesses did not see a second car. Jeremy Clarkson, co-host of Top Gear, said during his review of the car: "You need to be awake to drive this fast. It really isn't an easy car to control. The clutch is brutal, the power is savage and the handling ... you really are on a knife edge在刀刃上. But if you put in the effort boy, oh boy do you get the rewards. "It is a phenomena — mind-blowingly good. Make a mistake, it bites your head off."
关于维基解密的电影受批: It was also repeatedly attacked for its
content by Assange, who in October released a letter to Cumberbatch in
claiming the film was based on "a deceitful book by someone who has a vendetta against ( vendetta [vɛnˈdɛtə]
n. I. 世仇. a private feud, originally between Corsican or Sicilian
families, in which the relatives of a murdered person seek vengeance by
killing the murderer or some member of his family. II. any prolonged
feud, quarrel, etc.) me and my organisation". Assange went on to ask Cumberbatch to reconsider his role in the production. "Consider the consequences of your cooperation with a project that vilifies and marginalises ( vilify 诬蔑 To make vicious and defamatory statements about. to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign he has been vilified in the tabloid press. ) a living political refugee to the benefit of 让...受益 an entrenched, corrupt and dangerous state," he wrote. Rounding out the top three festive turkeys 电影节失意者 ( slang a. A person considered inept or undesirable. b. A failure, especially a failed theatrical production or movie.) is Paranoia, a thriller starring Harrison Ford and Liam Hemsworth. The movie, released in August, was almost universally slated by critics and made just $US13.5m from a budget of $US35m. Surprisingly, one of the highest profile duds of the year, Disney's The Lone Ranger, escaped the ignominy ( ignominy ['ignə,mini] n I. disgrace or public shame; dishonour. II. a cause of disgrace; a shameful act. ) of appearing on the Forbes list. Despite apparently sinking without trace消失的无影无踪
the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Western starring Johnny Depp did
reasonable business worldwide, bringing the studio a modest profit.
Concussed children return to play: For organised sports, overall 41 per cent did not comply with internationally recommended concussion (concuss [kənˈkʌs] vb (tr). I. to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc. II. to shake violently; agitate; disturb. Concussion 脑损伤
is the most common type of traumatic brain injury. The terms mild brain
injury, mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), mild head injury (MHI),
minor head trauma, and concussion may be used interchangeably although
the last is often treated as a narrower category. Although the term
"concussion" is still used in sports literature as interchangeable with
"MHI" or "MTBI", the general clinical medical literature now uses "MTBI"
instead.) guidelines. On-field management of sport-related head injuries in children does not follow international guidelines with many children continuing to play despite signs of concussion, a new study has found. Most of the children aged between five and 18 years reported presented with symptoms of concussion including loss of consciousness (38 per cent), disorientation (34 per cent), vomiting (20 per cent), amnesia (29 per cent), headache (49 per cent). For organised sports, overall 41 per cent did not comply with internationally recommended concussion guidelines. Up to 27 per cent were not immediately assessed by qualified personnel and 28 per cent were allowed to return to play on the same day of their injury.
一个时代的结束: It is the end of an era. After an unrivalled decade at the top of FM radio, Kyle and Jackie O celebrated their final "breakfast with the stars" on 2Day FM on Friday morning without any of the controversy that marked their reign on breakfast radio. The industry heavyweights, who have been on air together for 13 years, are believed to be taking their dream team of producers with them. They also convinced yo-yo dieter Ajay Rochester to reveal a secret to win $20,000 (it turns out she and Michelle Bridges had an all-in brawl[brɔ:l] 全武行(all-in I. Very tired. II. (chiefly UK) With everything included.) in Hawaii during filming of The Biggest Loser, which ended with Rochester sitting on Bridges). Kyle and Jackie O's last morning was nostalgic yet upbeat, with the duo opting to play flashbacks of old interviews and taking with them plenty of warm wishes热情祝愿 from the celebrities they had interviewed over the years, as well as from callers — some of whom were in tears. They also had a laugh at their own expense, sending themselves up in a series of jokes about social media comments that had been made about them. Aniston said she "always loved talking to you guys" and Warne, who phoned in to plug ( Informal 宣传 To publicize (a product, for example) favorably, as by mentioning on a broadcast: authors who plug their latest books on TV talk shows. ) his new beer, invited the duo to his wedding to Liz Hurley. Goodrem phoned from Los Angeles to reminisce about having her 15th birthday party in the studio. She said of her acoustic re-imagining of Innocent Eyes, which is about to be released: "It's like the weirdest full circle, you never forget that initial support." But it was the duo's candid and awkward interview with the Prime Minister which highlighted the form listeners have come to know. "It nice to be talking to you," Abbott said before launching into his day's activities, which Sandilands interrupted to ask: "What's it like sitting in the back seat and seeing the Aussie flags flapping on the bonnet, do you say — 'yeah I feel gangsta'?" Abbott responded: "When you stop at the lights people suddenly say 'hang on a minute who's in that car?' You've got to be on your best behaviour." Ajay Rochester谈关于与Michelle Bridges打仗: "It was at a party when I was drunk and off my face on [painkiller] pills( off one's face Extremely intoxicated, either by alcohol or drugs. ) ... she backed me up in the corner( be backed into a corner to be forced into a difficult situation which you have little control over. I feel I've been backed into a corner and I have no choice but to sign the contract. ) and she was like 'admit ([ədˈmit] [3dmit] submit [səbˈmɪt] 的发音, b很轻 ) it admit it, you're the one who leaks stuff to the media向媒体透漏消息' and she grabbed my wrist and I threw my water in her face. And then, according to stories (that's the last thing I remember), apparently it turned into a WW-style wrestling match and apparently I sat on her." But it was their legions of loyal fans who brought home the sentiment for the pair and highlighted the gaping hole( gaping [ˈgeɪpɪŋ] adj wide open; extremely wide. a gaping hole. a gaping wound.) they would leave at 2Day FM. As Mix 106.5 trumpets their key signings, it is the end of an era for 2Day FM, which is losing its biggest stars.
