用法学习: 1. boil over I. if a situation or feeling boils over, people cannot control their anger and start to fight or argue. Racial tensions in the area were boiling over. boil over into: The dispute finally boiled over into a series of violent protests. II. if a liquid boils over, it rises so much when it boils that it flows over the top of the container that it is in. There was a hissing sound as the soup boiled over.
新闻: 1. NSW 终于赢了origin: Daley became only the second man after Wayne Pearce to play, captain and coach a Blues side to a series win over Queensland and the 44-year-old said the experience of watching his side hold out the Maroons 6-4 to win( hold out I. 坚持不懈, 斗争到底. to continue to defend yourself without being defeated. The city won't be able to hold out much longer against the bombing attacks. II. to continue to demand something in a determined way. 坚持. The factory workers are holding out for a pay increase. III. to continue to be enough How much longer will our food supplies hold out? hold out something to offer the possibility that something will happen. We don't 抱有希望. 抱希望 hold out much hope of finding more survivors. Our supervisor held out the possibility that he would return to work next month. I held a bouquet of roses out to her. I held out an offer of immunity from prosecution to her, but she would not. Usage notes: often used with not as in the first example. hold out (for someone or something) to strive to wait for someone or something. I will hold out for someone who can do the job better than the last person we interviewed. I want to hold out for a better offer.)( go down fighting 战斗到最后, 苦战到死 Fig. to continue the struggle until one is
completely defeated. I won't give up easily. I'll go down fighting.
Sally, who is very determined, went down fighting. Socceroos go down
fighting as they stun the Netherlands at the World Cup: Australia's
World Cup hopes appear over after going down to the Netherlands 3-2 in
Porto Alegre in what will be remembered as one of their gutsiest ever
performances. gutsy [ˈɡʌtsi] 最勇敢无畏的. 最英勇的 brave and determined. fight it out I. to argue fiercely until agreement is reached. For at least two years these two companies have been fighting it out over who holds the trademark. II. to compete against a team or organization until one side wins Seattle and Phoenix fought it out up to the last day of the regular basketball season. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of fight it out (to fight to end a disagreement). duke it out 决战到底, 斗到底 to compete against someone or something. The airlines are duking it out, offering better service and cheaper fares as a way of attracting passengers. Usage notes: often used in newspaper writing to describe competition between political candidates: Candidates are still duking it out in state primaries, with no one the clear winner yet. Etymology: based on the slang meaning of duke (to hit or fight someone with your hands).) a a first series in nine years eclipsed anything he achieved as a player. "As a player, when the kick off happens一旦开球, you're not nervous - you have a different adrenaline rush. "But to see those blokes and how they've prepared to win is better than anything. It's a better feeling as a coach than a player." The Canterbury halfback became the first Blues No.7 to taste victory品尝胜利, 尝胜果 against Queensland since Andrew Johns and skipper Paul Gallen admitted he was struggling to express his feelings after leading the side to victory. "I am a bit numb at the moment. There are a lot of emotions, happiness, relief - bit lost for words," Gallen said. Queensland coach Mal Meninga had nothing but praise for his players and said their eight straight Origin successes would never be seen again. "We're not wallowing in self-pity自怨自艾, 顾影自怜, 自怜自伤," Meninga said. "For me, I am so proud of what these players have achieved over the years and won't be repeated again," Meninga said. "We're not going to make excuses or criticise. We've lost 2-0 and have to go to game three and make amends将功补过, 修补工事." Meninga also laughed off suggestions he might need to rebuild his side after tasting (a series) defeat尝到败绩 for the first time since taking over as coach in 2006. He also said the decision to disallow Sam Thaiday's try changed the game and was an incorrect ruling from the officials. "We pride ourselves自豪 on never giving up and play to the 80th minute. These boys tried their backsides off. "I thought Sam's try was a try. He was stripped and regathered - it was a try. "But we're not going to offer excuses. 2. 澳洲足球队输荷兰出局: Far from being intimidated吓坏, 吓破胆, 吓怕 by the side who had dismantled Spain 5-1 last week, the Socceroos took to the field in front of over 40,000 fans at Beira-Rio Stadium clearly ready for battle. Tim Cahill equalised 追平 with arguably his best goal for Australia after Robben in full flight (in full flight 全速飞奔, 全速奔跑 fleeing at great speed; escaping rapidly. The robbers were in full flight before the bank manager even called the sheriff.) had put the Dutch in front让荷兰领先 not long earlier. Cahill's goal, a volley弧线 on his left foot, immediately lit up social media and is being compared to the best goals ever seen at the World Cup. Some pundits have branded it the best ever. Incredibly, Australia took the lead领先 through a second half penalty from skipper Mile Jedinak before van Persie levelled扳平, 追平 with a Memphis Depay missile securing victory锁定胜局 and Holland's passage to the next round进入下一轮. In a sensational opening half the Socceroos not only matched it with their highly-rated opponents but dominated控制场面, enjoying 51 per cent possession. It wasn't long before Robben's blinding pace让人眩晕的速度 exposed暴漏 the Socceroos back line后防线 as he tore his way撕开缺口 from the halfway line past centrebacks Alex Wilkinson and Matthew Spiranovic to put the Dutch 1-0 ahead in the 19th minute. But just as he did in Australia's opening match against Chile, Cahill replied for the Socceroos回敬, 还以颜色. The veteran striker got on the end of Ryan McGowan's ball to strike his blistering volley and level things up in the 21st minute, his fifth World Cup goal sure to feature on highlight reels经典回放 for years to come. From there Australia kept the momentum保持势头 and started dominating the match统治比赛, 控制比赛, creating havoc ( havoc a situation in which there is a lot of damage or destruction, or in which something cannot continue in its normal way because of problems. cause/create havoc制造麻烦, 制造困难: Winter storms continued to cause havoc for drivers. play havoc with something 导致很多问题 (=cause a lot of problems): The strike played havoc with the train schedules. wreak havoc/destruction mainly journalism to cause very great harm or damage. These policies would wreak havoc on the economy. wreak revenge/vengeance mainly literary to punish someone for something bad that they have done to you. He was determined to wreak revenge on her.) for the Dutch defence. Fellow veteran Mark Bresciano could have given Australia the lead after Mathew Leckie provided the perfect cross into the box but he sent it over the crossbar. The chances kept coming机会不断 for Australia with Spiranovic getting in on the action but the defender was unable to make it count. Cahill drew the first yellow card of the match just before halftime, clattering into Dutch defender Bruno Martins Indi who needed to be stretched off 被抬出场 and replaced by Depay. Having incurred a yellow card against Chile the striker will now miss Australia's clash with Spain. Van Persie will also miss the Netherlands' last group clash against Chile, having copped a second yellow card吃黄牌 in two matches for a foul on Spiranovic. Playing the ball into the box it deflected off 弹出 Daryl Janmaat's arm with the Socceroos awarded a penalty 判罚球 for handball. Jedinak stepped up to the mark and made no mistake to give Australia the 2-1 lead in the 54th minute. Celebrations were short lived as the Socceroos' defence was again exposed by an unmarked无人盯守的 ( /ʌnˈmɑː(r)kt/ I. something that is unmarked has no words or symbols on it to show what or where it is. an unmarked police car. an unmarked grave. II. in sport, an unmarked player 无人看守的, 无人盯防的, 无人盯守的 has a lot of freedom to move because they are not being marked by a player from the other team. III. linguistics an unmarked word or phrase is generally used in normal English rather than being, for example, formal or informal. ) van Persie, who drew things level扳平. The Dutch found the winner after substitute Depay fired a long-range strike from 30 metres in the 68th minute. 3. The 'trophy wife' 老夫少妻 might be a myth, study finds: Sorry, boys. Research has found that the "trophy wife"(trophy [ˈtrəufi] I. 奖金. 奖赏. 赏金. a large silver cup or similar object given as a prize to the winner of a competition, especially a sports event. win/lift/take a trophy: Mexico has not lifted the trophy since 1975. II. something that you keep as proof of an achievement that you are proud of, for example a part of an animal that you have killed. hunting trophies. ) may be an urban legend. Sociologist Elizabeth McClintock from Indiana's University of Notre Dame tested the familiar stereotypes that beautiful women marry wealthy men for their money and, conversely, that men look for under-educated, low-earning wives. She found that the stereotypes are fuelled by selective observation片面观察 of the phenomenon reinforced by sexist attitudes. Using a nationally representative sample of young couples, McClintock interviewed and rated individuals for physical attractiveness, and also found evidence that couples match both on socioeconomic status and physical attractiveness. "I find that handome men partner with pretty women and successful men partner with successful women," says McClintock, who specializes in inequality within romantic partnerships. "So, on average, high-status men地位高的 do have better-looking wives, but this is because they themselves are considered better looking — perhaps because they are less likely to be overweight and more likely to afford braces, nice clothes and trips to the dermatologist( [ˌdɜ:(r)məˈtolədʒɪst] 皮肤病医生, 皮肤专家 a doctor who treats people who have skin diseases)." "Secondly, the strongest force by far in partner selection is similarity — in education, race, religion and physical attractiveness," she said. McClintock also found that social class barriers played a considerable role in partner-matching, meaning that beautiful women were unlikely to leverage their appearance运用外貌, 利用外貌 in order to move up the social ladder提高社会地位. She was quick to point out that her findings do not mean that "trophy marriages" don't happen at all, but rather found that the incidence发生几率 of the phenomenon is much lower than is generally accepted, especially among the general population (that is, couples without celebrity status). "Donald Trump and his third wife Melania Knauss-Trump may very well exemplify 例证 ( [ɪɡˈzemplɪfaɪ] to be a typical example of something. The bank's collapse exemplifies the risks of large-scale currency dealing. a. to show something using an example. I will exemplify my point with a story.) the trophy wife stereotype," she said. "But, there are many examples of rich men who partner with successful women rather than 'buying' a supermodel wife." She cited the founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as having married a PhD candidate and a wealthy entrepreneur respectively. Clinical psychologist Dr Melissa Keogh agreed that this kind of "trophy marriage" is generally the exception, not the rule只是个例并非全部, 只是个案( be the rule to be what usually happens or what is considered to be normal. Sunny skies are the rule at this time of year. be the exception that proves the rule if you say something is the exception that proves the rule, you mean that although it does not support the statement you have made, the statement is usually true This woman is the exception that proves the rule that it is impossible to be a warmonger and a feminist at the same time. rules are rules spoken used for telling someone that they have to obey a rule, even if they do not want to. as a rule used for saying what usually happens. As a rule, I stay in on Friday nights. rules and regulations: They complain that businesses are being hampered by too many rules and regulations. mob rule a situation in which a crowd of people control a place illegally. rule the roost to control a place, situation, or activity Ultimately, men still rule the roost and make more money. divide and rule to keep control over people who might oppose you, by encouraging disagreement or fighting among them. The empire was maintained through a strategy of divide and rule. divide your time between to do one thing or be in one place for some of the time, and to do another thing or be in another place for the rest of the time. She divides her time between teaching and research. rule someone/something with a rod of iron 高压统治 to control someone or something in a very strict way. She ruled that school with a rod of iron. ), when it comes to relationships. "It's a great story, but typically it's a myth," she told ninemsn. "By and large, people will be attracted to those of similar appearance and economic status, so it adds to what we know in psychology about partner selection," she said. 4. 漏奶急救法:Take note记住了, Hollywood: This is how you recover from a wardrobe malfunction with class(class [uncountable] informal impressive natural style, ability, or skill that someone has. I'll say this much for him: he's got class.). 'Let It Go' singer Idina Menzel took the advice of her own song and truly let it go while performing at the Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 16. An audience member alerted the 43-year-old Broadway and Glee star to her overflowing cleavage… so a crew member jumped to Idina's rescue to fix it. But it's what Idina said next that had everyone in stitches — watch the priceless moment above. That's right, folks... they're real! Nothing Frozen in time here. It's been a cracker year for Idina, whose hit 'Let It Go' just won't die. And who could forget John Travolta's momentously awkward "Adele Dazeem" flub ( American informal to make a mistake or do something badly. ) while introducing her at the Oscars? Well, Idina's forgiven him for that, telling Huffington Post "it took me about eight seconds to get over myself". We're not over you, Idina!
英国人养猛虎在家: What happens when a zookeeper brings home two cubs? Meet the family who lived with tigers. Rolling around on the sundrenched lawn of their suburban home, eight-year-old Kynan and his father Giles, 36, can't stop giggling笑个不停. The cause of this merriment幸福的原因 is their two mischievous 淘气的 young cats, Spot and Stripe, who are trying to chew everything within their reach, including the handles of Kynan's bike, the buckets in his sandpit and even his skateboard. It's an idyllic family scene美好的家庭画面([ɪˈdɪlɪk] extremely beautiful and peaceful. an idyllic scene. a. extremely happy, without any problems. Our honeymoon was idyllic.). Yet these are no ordinary fluffy felines 不是普通的猫( [ˈfi:laɪn] a cat or other member of the cat family. ). Spot and Stripe are endangered Sumatran tiger cubs and last August zookeeper Giles Clark brought them home to live with his family. Gulp(I. gulp down 吞食 [transitive] to swallow food or drink quickly in a way that shows you are very hungry. II. gulp in大口吸气. [intransitive/ transitive] to quickly take in large breaths of air. He lay on the river bank, gulping air into his lungs. gulp for air/breath: She suffers from asthma attacks that leave her gulping for breath. III. [intransitive] Sound effect: gulp to make a noise as you swallow air because you are surprised, excited, or afraid. ). Yes, really. Reminiscent of让人想起 the famous children's story The Tiger Who Came To Tea, Spot and Stripe ate them out of house and home, chewed up furniture, cushions and toys… and made the whole Clark family fall hopelessly in love with不可救药的爱上 them in the process. "They were three weeks old when I brought them home and they stayed with us for four long months of sleepless nights, endless bottle feeds, bottom-wiping and teething tantrums," laughs Giles, likening the experience to having two newborn babies. "But tigers are predators. "It's imperative that( imperative [ɪmˈperətɪv] I. formal extremely important and urgent. Long-term investing is risky, and careful planning is imperative. it is imperative (that): It is imperative that these claims are dealt with quickly. it is imperative to do something: It was imperative to maintain peace and stability in the region. II. formal 命令式的 an imperative voice or way of speaking is confident and determined and shows that you expect to be obeyed. III. linguistics the imperative form of a verb expresses an order to do something. n. I. [countable] formal something that is very important and urgent. a moral/political/economic imperative (=something that must be done because it is right): Solidarity between rich and poor nations is a moral imperative. II. [singular] linguistics the form of a verb that expresses orders. The imperative is also called the imperative mood. moral imperative 道德必然 something that must happen because it is the right thing. Tackling the issue of poverty is a moral imperative.) you respect them and you can't ever be complacent( [kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt] 志得意满的, 太过自信的. 不当回事的. too confident and relaxed because you think you can deal with something easily, even though this may not be true. These results are good, but we cannot afford to be complacent.), even when they're so little and cute." Giles reared the cubs at home to give them a better chance of survival and also to capture the public's interest in the conservation 保护 of their species. There are only 300 Sumatran tigers in captivity and 500 left in the wild in their native Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. If poachers ( poacher 非法狩猎者 I. someone who illegally catches or kills animals, birds, or fish on someone else's property. II.
a special pan designed for poaching eggs. poacher turned gamekeeper 罪犯变身警察 someone who did not obey the law or authority in the past but now makes other people obey it. ) continue to slaughter them for their skins they could be extinct in a decade. Born weighing 2.6lb each, Spot and Stripe are valuable to the breeding programme that exists to try to prevent this from happening. But tiger cubs grow fast - up to 4.5lb per week - so it's no mean feat ( no mean feat A laudable triumph of great difficulty. 不是一件小事, 不是一件容易事. 不是小事一桩. 不是小事. to be a great achievement: Getting the job finished in under a week was no mean feat. ) having them live in your house. "Spot and Stripe will never be released into the wild so by conditioning them and exposing them to the domestic environment of a family home when they're very little we can give them a quality of life in captivity they wouldn't otherwise have," explains Giles. Originally from Enfield in Middlesex, he emigrated to Australia 15 years ago and has been in charge of the tigers at Australia Zoo in Queensland for almost a decade. The endearing garden scene is one of many that will air in a three-part BBC documentary which follows Giles and his wife Kerri, 38, a community nurse, her daughter Alicia, 16, and Kynan, as they get to grips with ( come/get to grips with sth 逐渐学会, 慢慢学会, 慢慢接受 to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation: The government have failed to come to grips with the two most important social issues of our time. I can't seem to get to grips with this problem.) having tigers in their midst. Giles has loved tigers since he did work experience at a small zoo called Paradise Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire when he was 14. Kynan, eight, was a big help to his dad looking after the tiger cubs. "Within a couple of days I knew I wanted to be a zookeeper and work with big cats, particularly tigers," he recalls. "I worked every weekend and school holidays and they offered me a job when I left school." Giles then spent time working with tigers in California and India before jetting to Australia for a job interview at a zoo when he was 21. "There's something about the tiger I can't put into words无法形容, 说不出来的," he admits. "You look at them and they command your respect and admiration. "They're by far the most majestic and magnificent animal on the planet. "They're smart, super intelligent, and really weigh things up( weigh up something 衡量衡量, 掂量掂量, 权衡, 考虑 I. to consider the good and bad aspects of something in order to reach a decision about it. Before buying weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of each type. II. 称重. to find out the weight of something. I can't tell you how much this will cost until I weigh it up. Liz weighed up the meat and jotted down the price. ). "They've got their own personalities and are not just a member of a species or a number on a computer list." Fittingly(suitable for a particular situation再合适不过的, 非常合适的. The dinner was a fitting end to Carter's 25 years with the company.), Giles and Kerri met while out walking their dogs and she knew from the outset从一开始 that theirs wasn't going to be your average family set-up. So when Giles announced he was bringing tiger cubs to stay Kerri rolled her eyes and smiled in resignation笑着接受. Spot and Stripe aren't the first cubs Giles has reared at home so he was prepared for the potential destruction they could cause. "When I was in my teens I raised some cubs at my mum's newly decorated house in north London. "I put my mum through hell逼疯, allowing those little critters ( I. an animal. II. a person, especially someone you feel sympathy for. ) to trash her home. "I was a lot more careful with my own house. "Australian houses are very open plan( Open plan 设计敞亮的, 宽敞的 is the generic term used in architectural and interior design for any floor plan which makes use of large, open spaces and minimizes the use of small, enclosed rooms such as private offices. The term can also refer to landscaping of housing estates, business parks, etc., in which there are no defined property boundaries, such as hedges, fences or walls. In residential design, open plan or open concept大开间的 (the term used mainly in Canada) describes the elimination of barriers such as walls and doors that traditionally separated distinct functional areas, such as kitchen, living room, and dining room. ) so we had to cordon off part of our living area downstairs to create a bedroom for the cubs. "We removed furniture, computers and TVs, rolled up the carpets and put waterproof lino ( lino [ˈlaɪnəu] linoleum [lɪˈnəuliəm] a hard flat substance with a shiny surface used for covering floors. ) down. "For me it was tougher than when Kynan was a baby because Kerri breastfed him so I didn't have to get up through the night. "This time it was me doing the night feeds. "Basically, all the things you do with a newborn baby we did with the cubs. "For the first few weeks they just ate and slept and when they went to the loo there wasn't much of it. "But they were drinking over a litre of milk each a day so they grew fast. "They were soon more wakeful ( wakeful /ˈweɪkf(ə)l/ 睡觉少的, 不怎么睡觉的 I. not able to sleep. a. used for describing a period of time during which you are not able to sleep. a wakeful night. ) and inquisitive( inquisitive/ɪnˈkwɪzətɪv/ 爱打听的, 勤学好问的 I. asking a lot of questions about things, especially things that people do not want to talk about. an inquisitive journalist. II. keen to learn about a lot of different things. an intelligent and inquisitive young man. ) and within weeks they were teething长牙 so they started biting, chewing and tearing up as much as they could to soothe their gums. "The washing machine was going for about 12 hours a day with dirty towels and sheets and I'd barely finish one feed when it was time to sterilise /ˈsterəlaɪz/ 消毒 all the bottles ready for the next one. "Their last bottle feed was around midnight and then we'd have four hours before mayhem kicked in. "When the sun came up around 4.30am the cubs would wake up, have a stretch and wee on the floor. "Then they'd start playing, one of them would skid ( to slide across the ground in an uncontrolled way. The van skidded to a stop right in front of the bus.) in the wee, and the other would do a poop and skid in that. "So we had to set our alarm clock to make sure we were downstairs ready to scoop them up the minute they awoke and put them in the garden while I made up their milk冲牛奶. 图片说明One of the adorable cubs feasts on a snack. "Before long 很快, 不久 they'd cut their teeth( cut your teeth (British, American & Australian) also cut your eye teeth 长新牙 (American) I. [for a baby or young person] to have new teeth emerging through the gums. Billy is cranky because he's cutting teeth. Ann cut her first tooth this week. II. to get your first experience of a particular type of work and learn the basic skills (often + on ) She cut her teeth on a local newspaper before landing a job on a national daily. ) and were crunching through bones and eating big portions of meat and eating big portions of meat and chicken." Although Giles has raised other litters (a group of baby cats, dogs, or other animals that are born at the same time.) in Australia, Spot and Stripe were the first cubs he'd witnessed being born - previous cubs were brought into the zoo from elsewhere - and the first he's reared at home since he and Kerri had Kynan. "Kynan played a really big role in helping me with Spot and Stripe which made the experience extra special," Giles admits. "Like a true little boy he thought it was the funniest thing when they pooped. "They're carnivores 肉食性的/ˈkɑ:(r)nɪvɔː(r)/ so their poo is pretty potent 味道刺鼻的 ( potent/ˈpəut(ə)nt/ I. powerful, or effective. a potent mixture of charm and authority. Images from the war are still potent today. II. 强力的, 高效的. 劲大的, 味足的. if a drug, medicine, or chemical is potent, it has a strong effect. The local wine is pretty potent. a potent painkiller. III. if a man is potent, he has the physical ability to have sex. ) which Kynan found hilarious. "In episode three there's a lovely scene where he's playing in his sandpit with one of the cubs while the other cub is fast asleep next to him. "It blew me away to see him hanging out with two tigers." During the day Giles would take Spot and Stripe to the zoo with him so they could spend time with their mum, getting used to the enclosure there and an intrigued public. Two days before Christmas, aged four months, Spot and Stripe moved back to the zoo for good. "They'd quickly become such a big part of our family and we'd invested 倾注 so much physical and emotional energy in them that it was sad when it was time for them to leave," says Giles. "Their room in our house looked so empty, their beds and toys untouched. "We missed them terribly although I can't deny 不可否认 it was great to get a good night's sleep." Now 10 months old, Spot and Stripe weigh around 9½st each. They'll be double that by the time they're fully grown. "It's such a privilege to watch them growing and developing every day at the zoo. "Stripe is so independent now and can be a bit stroppy( stroppy/ˈstropi/ 臭脾气的 a stroppy person gets angry very easily and is difficult to talk to. ). "Spot is sweeter and wants to spend more time with you but don't ever think about coming between him and his food as he's ferociously protective of it. "In an ideal world I'd want all tigers to live in the wild. "But it's not an ideal world and if we continue the way things are within the next 10 to 20 years tigers might be all but extinct. "The tiger is one of the world's most adored animals. "It's revered 崇敬 in religion, culture and mythology and yet it's slipping towards extinction. "If we can't save the tiger what chance does any other species have? "While there's a breath in my body 只要我还有一口气在 I won't stop trying to do all I can to help prevent their extinction and I'd turn my home into a zoo again in a heartbeat to give more little cubs the chance of survival." BBC omits tiger mauling from documentary: A zookeeper wearing a camera was left in intensive care after being attacked by a tiger during preparations for BBC2's Tigers about the House. A heavily trailed BBC documentary showing how tiger cubs are hand-reared at an Australian zoo, fails to disclose that a keeper was attacked and critically injured while the crew was filming there. The keeper at Australia Zoo in Queensland was badly mauled/mɔːl/ while playing with a 114kg tiger before a crowd of spectators last November. Dave Styles, 30, suffered serious puncture wounds to his neck and spent ten days in intensive care. A BBC camera team had been filming at the zoo for four months at the time of the attack, yet there's no reference to it in the forthcoming BBC2 series Tigers about the House. A spokeswoman said the attack had not been filmed and therefore wasn't mentioned in the film. Asked whether it wasn't a necessary piece of editorial balance( Then came the subject of editorial balance and what the journalist had been taught about this in journalism school: "Well essentially you were not taught what we might naturally think of as balance. You were taught to present the opposing argument and that's as far as it goes." So in what way is that balanced? Presenting the opposing view doesn't seem to follow from any relevant notion of balance in my view在我看来. It is neither reflective of既不能反映 an average sentiment, the most common sentiment. or an equally distributed range of sentiments. It simply states if you tell one story then find an opposing one to counter it. I think this was one of those 'anvil' moments for me. As we continue to talk I learn that good, more developed and intuitively more balanced reporting comes from the experience, thoughtfulness and reflexivity of the journalist, not the training received or the mainstream journalistic concept of balance. Therefore, if a journalist has no real interest in soliciting a more democratic, progressive or representative story this is not necessarily poor or unethical journalism. In essence it is the journalist's or the editor's sense of what is a 'good' story is that will determine the approach to balance. I will leave the word 'good' intentionally ambiguous. ) she responded: "Tigers About The House is a documentary series about two new Sumatran tiger cubs and this incident is not part of their story so does not feature in the programme." The documentary follows British-born keeper Giles Clark as he removes the two newborn cubs from their mother and hand-rears them at home. The practice – known as socialisation – is designed to make the tigers more comfortable with human interaction. On the day of the attack, Styles had a digital camera strapped to his head. The BBC has confirmed that Styles was wearing the camera to accustom the tiger to 让虎习惯于, 熟悉 its presence in preparation for filming. None of the crew were present because the camera wasn't recording. One of the first people on the scene to rescue the injured member of staff was Clark, the keeper featured in the documentary. Originally a reptile and fauna(fauna/ˈfɔ:nə/ all the animals that live in a particular area. The plants in an area are called the flora.) park, Australia Zoo was opened in 1970 by Bob and Lyn Irwin, the parents of wildlife presenter Steve Irwin who died in 2006 after being hit by a stingray barb ( [ˈstɪŋˌreɪ] a large flat fish with a narrow tail that can sting. ) while snorkeling. During his lifetime Steve was frequently criticised for his gung-ho ( gung-ho [ˌɡʌŋˈhəu] 过于热衷的, 过于狂热的 very enthusiastic, especially about something that might be dangerous. too eager to do something, often without thinking about the risks involved in a situation. Our new salesman is rather gung-ho. I'm not sure I approve of my bank's gung-ho approach to lending. wiki: Gung ho is a term in American English used to mean "enthusiastic" or "overzealous". Gung ho is an anglicised pronunciation of "gōng hé" (工合), which is also sometimes anglicised as "kung ho". "Gōng hé" is a shortened version and slogan of the "gōngyè hézuòshè" (工業合作社) or Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, which was abbreviated as INDUSCO in English. The linguist Albert Moe studied both the origin and the usage in English. He concludes that the term is an "Americanism that is derived from the Chinese, but its several accepted American meanings have no resemblance whatsoever to the recognized meaning in the original language" and that its "various linguistic uses, as they have developed in the United States, have been peculiar to American speech." In Chinese, concludes Moe, "this is neither a slogan nor a battle cry; it is only a name for an organization." ) methods and on one occasion for holding his infant son too close to feeding crocodiles. Australia Zoo was a pet project of the late wildlife presenter and still calls itself the "Home of the Crocodile Hunter" – his nickname. It offers an unusually hands-on experience with the website inviting visitors to "Cuddle a koala, hand-feed our kangaroos, walk with a Sumatran tiger and watch a crocodile launch from the water's edge." At a cost of 500 Australian dollars, the tiger walk is the most expensive of 24 "animal encounters" that can be purchased by members of the public. In 2008, Bob Irwin resigned amid reports his daughter-in-law, Terri Irwin, was over-commercialising the zoo to the detriment of animal welfare and conservation.
