用法学习: 1. miser [ˈmaizə] 守财奴, 吝啬鬼( money hoarder) One who lives very meagerly in order to hoard money. a person who hoards money or possessions, often living miserably. anal retentive (anal [retentive] personality ) a person who exhibits anal personality traits. a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training). Indicating personality traits, such as meticulousness, avarice, and obstinacy, originating in habits, attitudes, or values associated with infantile pleasure in retention of feces. retentive I. Having the quality, power, or capacity of retaining. II. Having the ability or capacity to retain knowledge or information with ease: a retentive memory. meticulous [miˈtikjuləs] I. 过于较真的. Extremely careful and precise. II. 特别较真的. Extremely or excessively concerned with details. wiki关于miser: A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions. Although the word is sometimes used loosely to characterise anyone who is mean with their money, if such behaviour is not accompanied by taking delight in what is saved, it is not properly miserly(miserly ['maizəli] 守财奴的 adj of or resembling a miser; avaricious.). Freud attributed the development of miserly behaviour to toilet training in childhood. Some infants would attempt to retain the contents of their bowels and this would result in the development of an anal retentive personality that would attempt to retain their wealth and possessions in later life. Misers as a type have been a fruitful source for writers and artists in many cultures. 12 Real-Life Misers Who Put Scrooge to Shame让Scrooge自愧不如的守财奴. Ebenezer Scrooge(Scrooge McDuck是基于其而创造的卡通角色) is the ultimate Christmas miser. Originally a character from the novel, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge brought the "Bah, humbug" to the holiday season. Ebenezer Scrooge is famous for his miserly nature. At the beginning of the story, Scrooge cared far more for money than anything else. However, Scrooge is also known for how he changed, after a visit from three ghosts. Ebenezer Scrooge was famous for his hate for anything that resembled happiness. He features in Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' a cold and heartless person with a great repulsive behaviour for children. He is however transformed by the Ghost of Christmas namely: Past, Present and Yet to Come. 2. A seriously injured man, who walked into a Sydney police station on
Friday, alerted police to the death of his sister whose body was then
found in a home on NSW's south coast(一般都说on ... coast). He was taken to Royal North Shore
Hospital with a stab wound to the chest, NSW Ambulance said. Police
from Wollongong Local Area Command were alerted and found the body of
the woman at a home in Hobart Street, Bulli( I live in/on ... street), about 5.40am. 3. far-out 太离谱了, 太离奇了 adj. Slang Extremely unconventional. bizarre or avant-garde. excellent; wonderful: "all kinds of far-out and unique inventions" (Peter Nissenson). far-off Remote in space or time.
Tens of thousands owe their sight to Hollows: GABI Hollows has devoted her life to giving others the gift of sight and ensured the pioneering work of her husband Fred Hollows lived on after his death. She has spearheaded the work of the Fred Hollows Foundation, an organisation she established to honour and continue the work of Dr Hollows, for more than 20 years. Dr Hollows was an ophthalmic surgeon and indigenous health advocate, whose legacy is the restored sight of thousands in Australia's remote communities and across the world. Ms Hollows established the Fred Hollows Foundation after her husband died in 1992, and has kept alive their shared dream of eliminating avoidable blindness. She points to their early years together in Australia's remote Aboriginal communities as a source of inspiration. "It was a great privilege and an honour to have come into contact with Fred at such a time in my life," she has said. "I think it fired the passion点燃激情, the fire in the belly that Fred had, to do this work." The pair visited more than 460 Aboriginal communities, examined 62,000 people and treated 27,000 for trachoma, a bacterial infection that can cause corneal scarring and blindness (cornea [ˈkɔ:niə] The transparent convex anterior portion of the outer fibrous coat of the eyeball that covers the iris and the pupil and is continuous with the sclera.) if left untreated. Since then, Ms Hollows and the Fred Hollows Foundation have extended their work to more than 30 countries. But the organisation remains proudly Australian. "What we've achieved (in the past 20 years) is just unbelievable, and I know that it couldn't have been done without the assistance of our fantastically generous Australians," she told the ABC. Ms Hollows is also a mother of six children and an advocate for young people, who she believes "can do anything, providing that (they) are passionate and that (they) are prepared to do the hard yards ( do the hard yards To perform a difficult task or tasks. a great deal of effort or hard work, esp in playing a sport: Dallaglio's ability to make the hard yards and cross the gain line得分线. Etymology: It is most likely to have come from the days of sailing, when furling or unfurling the canvas from certain (perhaps higher) spars was not a welcome task; it was both dangerous and difficult. ) to make it happen". Ms Hollows was named an Officer of the Order of Australia last year. A panel of editors will judge the nominations for The Australian's Australian of the Year, and the winner will be announced on January 25. Beached victim from shot-up (shoot up: rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight". ) luxury boat owned by publican brothers Mario and Bill Gravanis: A MAN found with a gunshot wound to his back in Bondi Beach early this morning is understood to have been aboard the luxury yacht shot up in Sydney Harbour just over an hour earlier. NSW Police this morning said the 31-year-old victim, picked up at Bondi Beach at 12.45 this morning and taken to St Vincent's Hospital, just over an hour after the shooting was believed to have been aboard the boat. "At this early stage of the investigation, police believe the man was aboard the boat and injured during that shooting,'' a NSW Police statement said. The 31-year-old gunshot victim has discharged himself from hospital, police said. The multi-million dollar Oscar II luxury vessel was hit with more than a dozen bullets at about 11.30 last night as it pulled into Rose Bay Wharf, leaving bullet holes in its hull and shattering windows. Searches by The Australian show the vessel is operated by publican brothers Mario and Bill Gravanis, whose empire has been steadily expanding in recent years.
Miley Cyrus放言取代Beyounce: "She's so talented and I think she's at the top of the game now but people are always looking for new blood and that's what I bring to the game now, new blood, I got the total package you know, the curves, the rhythm, and the voice. I'm just the best." Miley said: "As Beyonce grows in motherhood and all the crap it does to your body, it will create a vacuum for fresh young faces to rise up and no one else can properly fill that void right now. I'm the only white female singer that could fill that slot right now and do it right." Miley described herself as the "total package" and believes she will have a career that eclipses her fellow music "icons". The former Hannah Montana star said: "I just feel like I was born for this time right now. I'm just the total package, you know? All things must start and end所有事情有开始就有结束 and I hope to have the same success as other icons in the game when my run is over. But for now, my run is just starting." Miley澄清报道: Miley Cyrus did not dis Beyoncé. We repeat: Miley did not disrespect 不敬 the Queen Bey in an interview with Love magazine. The 21-year-old singer has taken to Twitter to shoot down 否认 reports that she had some choice words ( a few/some choice words: The phrase essentially means "a few words selected with care." It means saying something to someone using carefully selected words to convey displeasure but without being expletive about it. This is an expression that describes strong language as in your sentence the woman is angry about the mosquitoes flying at her. It is if you like, a polite way of referring to swear words. The 'choice words' can change according to the context, so they do not always indicate swearing. Just words appropriate to that situation, usually in the vernacular. He snarled a few choice remarks at them. When Mrs. Anne came into the room, she thought to herself, "Is it just me, or is it really hot in here?" he went to the window and opened the lower part of it, only to have a number of mosquitoes quickly fly right at her. She said a few choice words, and then she began swatting the pesky mosquitoes, managing to hit a few of them when they came to rest on her arm. This phrase hinges on the word
"choice" which in this context means "selected with care" or "of very
fine quality." Choice generally means "good; high-quality", but as is
often done in English, it may be used (particularly if it is given a
slight emphasis in speech) to indicate its exact opposite. See various
threads on irony/ironic and sarcasm/sarcastic. "That was choice," can be
a very cutting response to someone else's action or speech. 关于choice: adj I. (of language) rude and abusive. vulgar or rude: choice language. II. 精挑细选的, 精心挑选的. carefully chosen, appropriate. Especially good or preferred. a choice crowd. It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there. a few choice words will do the trick. III. (especially of food) of very good quality. of superior quality; excellent: choice wine. IV. (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent. Choice! I'm going to the movies. n. I. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something. an act or instance of choosing; selection: a wise choice of friends. Do I have a choice of what color to paint it? II. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision. Blue is my choice for the rug. The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert. of choice that is generally preferred: the treatment of choice. be spoilt/spoiled for choice to have so many good possible choices that it is difficult to make a decision. With 51 flavours of ice-cream to choose from you are spoiled for choice. Hobson's choice 没有选择的选择, 别无选择 a situation in which it seems that you can choose between different things or actions, but there is really only one thing that you can take or do. Usage notes: Thomas Hobson was a man who kept horses and did not give people a choice about which horse they could have. It's Hobson's choice, because if I don't agree to do what they want, I'll lose my job. ) for the pop star in the U.K. fashion magazine. Miley, with a pink Mohawk, covers an upcoming issue of the magazine, hitting newsstands on March 2. a rep for the magazine has also confirmed to MTV News that the quotes are not from the magazine. While it's unclear where the quotes originate from, the made-up bites编造的(=fabricated, 采访内容节选) quickly hit several gossip websites on Thursday. Miley isn't taking the incident lying down( not take something lying down 逆来顺受, 听之任之, 置之不理 to refuse to be treated badly by someone. He insulted me publicly. You don't expect me to take that lying down, do you? I'm not the kind of person who'll take something like that lying down. He can't just order you about like that. Surely you're not going to take that lying down! ), noting she is looking into where the quotes came from. "Don't worry. getting 2 the bottom of this sh--. making the liar retract撤回, 收回 the statement. U can cause ALOT of drama but NOT between me & B!" she tweeted. The singer, 21, slammed the fabricated quotes on Twitter and sent out a warning: You can cause drama but NOT between me & B! This would have been quite a fitting reaction. In reports of the faux-feud, Miley is falsely quoted as saying that the 32-year-old will struggle to balance her successful and her daughter Blue Ivy. The quotes – which are believed to be totally fabricated – hint that Miley thinks Beyonce is becoming irrelevant过时的, 过气的. Miley is known for her controversial behaviour but fans immediately doubted the credibility of the quotes. Miley Cyrus has cleared up reports suggesting she started 2014 by stating she's the next Beyonce in a magazine article, insisting the quotes attributed to her are made up? The pop star alleged remarks to a LOVE magazine journalist hit the Internet on Thursday morning, and Miley has been quick to set the record straight.
Sydney tipped to host William, Kate and baby George: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their baby, Prince George, are expected to be based in Sydney for their first tour since the royal birth in July. Just over 30 years since Princess Diana and Prince Charles visited Australia with their baby William, an advance party (An advance party 先头部队 (search party 搜救部队) is a group set ahead of a military force to perform reconnaissance or secure a position.) of royal aides will arrive in Sydney this month to finalise precise details 敲定细节 of the expected month-long itinerary( [aiˈtinərəri; i-] ). One key issue is secure accommodation where the then nine-month-old Prince George, third in line to the throne, can be cared for while the royal couple meet what is likely to be a gruelling ([ˈɡru:əlɪŋ] 累人的. Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion: a grueling campaign. ) program. Several sources say it is inconceivable Prince George would not accompany his parents, although this has yet to be confirmed by Clarence House. An insider said: "We have been told that Sydney will be the base but I don't know how extensively they will be travelling. "We are assuming that Prince George will be coming. That is what we are gearing up for准备(to get ready for something. We are busy gearing up for Joan's visit next week.)." Charles and Diana set something of a precedent([ˈprɛsidənt] unprecedented [ʌnˈpresɪdentɪd] president [ˈprɛzɪdənt]) when they undertook a royal tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1983, when William was slightly younger than Prince George will be. The royals made their base at the Woomargama homestead( I. a house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land. II. the place that is one's home. ) near Albury, the private residence私宅 of BHP director Gordon Darling and wife, Margaret, who worked for the National Trust. Security at the property was tight and Prince William is said to have taken his first steps within the confines of the homestead, which had also been used as a bolt hole( I. A hole through which to bolt: found a bolthole in the fencing. II. A place affording escape.) in November 1973 by Ronald and Nancy Reagan when he was governor of California. Mr Darling's daughter Clare Cannon, who is still at the property, said the Reagan precedent showed using the homestead could work. "Someone from Wagga made a cot for Prince William which we still have and which was used during the time he was there," Ms Cannon said. "All my children have slept in it. It was a big deal了不起的事, Princess Diana did go down and speak with people in the village and shake their hands. People felt that she was warm and the village was very excited." Asked if it was possible that the property could be used again, she added: "I don't know. I have no idea what their plans are, we haven't heard anything. It is highly unlikely, I would say." Valentine Low, royal writer on The Times in London, said he thought a similar arrangement might be adopted for this visit. "William and Kate are very keen to protect their privacy and also that of George and they will probably allow George to be seen once or twice, as Charles and Diana did with William," Low said. "Apart from that, he'll be kept somewhere out of the public eye远离公众视线." Little has been seen of Prince George. William and Kate attended the traditional Sandringham Christmas Day service but the thousands who turned out for a glimpse of the baby were disappointed. The Duchess of Cambridge told one well-wisher the five-month-old was at home "enjoying his first Christmas". Demand for new pictures of the baby is expected to generate a large media presence for the Australia visit.
