用法学习: 1. grisly adj British English [ˈɡrɪzli] involving death or violence in a shocking way. sloppy /ˈslopi/ I. 粗心大意的, 疏忽的, 不小心的, 失察的. done in a very careless way. a sloppy performance. I was too sloppy when I tried to find new housemate last time, didn't notice how long they'll live here. II. sloppy clothes are loose and informal. a sloppy sweatshirt. III. expressing emotions or romantic feelings in a way that seems silly or embarrassing. a sloppy Valentine's card. IV. sloppy food is not thick or solid enough. 2. A flash mob (or flashmob) 快闪族(Opposition to the coup has been limited to small flash mob protests which have, for the most part, been peaceful. ) is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. The term, coined in 2003, is generally not applied to events and performances organized for the purposes of politics (such as protests), commercial advertisement, publicity stunts that involve public relation firms, or paid professionals. In these cases of a planned purpose for the social activity in question, the term smart mobs is often applied instead. A smart mob is defined as a group that, contrary to the usual connotations of a mob, behaves intelligently or efficiently because of its exponentially increasing network links, enabling people to connect to information and others, to perform a task allowing a form of social coordination. Parallels are made to, for instance, slime molds(Slime 粘液, 黏液 mold or slime mould is a broad term describing some organisms that use spores to reproduce. Slime molds were formerly classified as fungi but are no longer considered part of this kingdom.). Smart mobs sometimes are manipulated by the dispatchers who control the 'mobbing system' (i.e., those who own the contact list and the means to forward instant messages to a group) and are induced to cause distress and aggravation to individuals who have been targeted or singled out for whatever reason. There is a tendency to keep the dynamics of smart mobbing 'covert', and not to discuss such incidents on the internet. 3. Chinese-Australian artist Guo Jian has been fined and is being held in administrative detention over a visa irregularity in China. "The Australian Government will extend ( extend I. [intransitive] to continue for a particular distance or in a particular direction. extend from/into/over/beyond/for etc: The beach extends beyond the horizon. An industrial zone extends along the river. an area extending from the Baltic coast to the Alps. a. formal to continue for a particular period of time. extend over/beyond etc: This licence does not extend beyond the end of May. a festival that extends over a period of weeks. II. [intransitive/transitive] to increase the size of a building or area, especially by adding extra parts onto it. We're going to extend the first floor. a plan to extend the cemetery. a. [transitive] to make something include more things, areas, or subjects. The company has recently extended its range of products. The course has been extended to include the history of art. b. [transitive] to increase the power of something. extend influence/control: an attempt to extend their influence in world affairs. c. [transitive] to increase the time that something lasts. I asked if I could extend my holiday. Your bank might agree to extend the period of the loan. extend a deadline (=give someone more time in which to do something): They have agreed to extend the deadline for completion of the building work. III. [transitive] to increase the length of something. You can extend the table by pulling out the middle section. a. [transitive] 摊开. to stretch out your arms or legs so that they are straight. He stood there, his arms extended towards the horrified villagers. b. [intransitive] to become longer. Does this ladder extend? IV. [transitive] formal to offer something such as a welcome, thanks, or sympathy to someone. extend something to someone: May I extend my congratulations to the winners? We extend our apologies for the inconvenience caused. V. [transitive] formal to agree to lend someone money or to give them credit. extend something to someone: banks that extend loans to small businesses. Suppliers do not always extend credit to new customers. VI. [intransitive] to affect or include someone or something. extend to: This law extends to children under the age of 14 only. extend your hand 伸出双手 to hold out your hand to someone so they can shake it as a greeting. extend the hand of friendship to someone formal to say that you want to try to have good relations with someone. extend your lead to increase the amount by which you are winning in a race, match, or competition. ) Mr Guo all appropriate consular assistance while detained." 4. 小个子玩足球?: Role model ... Josh Reynolds has written a letter to keep a diminutive ( [dɪˈmɪnjutɪv] very short or small. a diminutive woman with bright blue eyes. ) youngster in the game. Blues Origin star Josh Reynolds has penned a letter to a young fan encouraging him not to give up rugby league due to his small stature身材矮小(stature I. the amount of public respect or popularity that someone or something has. a man/woman of stature. gain/grow/rise in stature: He's a writer who has grown in stature over the last few years. II. someone's height.). State of Origin star Josh Reynolds writes letter to keep pint-sized junior Tommy Norenbergs in rugby league. Mortimer was another small player to rise above his size against much bigger rugby league opponents. Tommy was buoyed by the letter from Reynolds and will keep playing rugby league for his school. "For Josh to go to the trouble of handwriting a letter is a great gesture." Norenbergs said his son had been complaining he had been feeling too small on the footy field but now has a new attitude. 5. 澳元暴涨: At 0630 AEST on Friday, the local unit was trading at 94.26 US cents, up from 93.94 cents on Thursday. Driving gains was news that US retail sales had risen just 0.3 per cent in May, shy of expectations of a 0.7 percent lift. This, coupled with a minor lift in jobless claims, again tempered rate rise expectations in the US, boosting the Australian dollar. The total number of people with jobs fell 4,800 in May, official figures showed on Thursday, but the number of people with full-time jobs rose by 22,200, which was seen as an encouraging 利好信息 sign. The surging Aussie dollar has been tipped to reach parity with the Greenback by the end of the year.
通用点火器问题: GM heard "over and over" about the problem from customers, dealers, employees and the media, but "nobody took responsibility" to deal with it, the report said. "Nobody raised the problem to the highest levels of the company. As a result, those in the best position to demand quick answers did not know questions needed to be asked." And the independent Centre for Auto Safety says it has counted more than 300 deaths linked to airbag non-deployment气囊没有弹开 in the GM cars covered by the ignition recall, though it has not linked that problem to ignition shutdowns. GM is reportedly facing a federal criminal probe and a congressional investigation for not having recalled the cars years ago. Victim lawsuits could total in the billions of dollars, according to analysts. Barra would not say how compensation would be awarded, saying that would be determined by Kenneth Feinberg, the victim compensation expert retained by GM. However, she said, "We are going to do the right thing for the affected parties". Barra said she
"was deeply saddened and disturbed" by the report by former US attorney
Anton Valukas, recruited by the top US car maker to find out why it took
so long for the company to act on the ignition problem. "We misdiagnosed the problem from the very beginning ... We have to own this problem." The report showed many people in the company had been aware of the problem, in which ignitions could be easily jolted into the off position while a car was still running, shutting down power steering and the safety airbags. own old-fashioned to admit that something is true. jolt I. [intransitive/transitive] to move with a sudden violent movement, or to make something move like this. The bus jolted to a stop. Another earthquake jolted the city yesterday. II. [transitive] to shock someone so that they suddenly change what they are doing or thinking. The alarm jolted me out of a deep sleep. own up to admit that you have done something bad or embarrassing. Dan could have made this whole thing go away simply by owning up. own up to: Two local students later owned up to the prank. do something as if you own the place 跟在家家里一样, 丝毫不客气的 to behave in an annoying way that shows that you think you can do whatever you want. The new president's friends have been strutting around town as if they owned the place.
新闻纵横: 1. 巴西小男孩挂阳台上: The drama unfolded in the coastal town of Vila Velha on Saturday, with a waiter across the road from the building first alerted to the danger when he heard a scream, Brazilian website Midia Con News reports. "It was a desperation ... Customers started crying at the sight一看到," waiter Wagner Nascimento Gomes said. "I thought nothing of it想都么想 and ran to help." The boy is believed to have climbed on a chair against the balcony and become stuck. 2. 自由党内讧: Malcolm Turnbull has accused Alan Jones of being a "bomb thrower" in a fiery live radio skirmish in which the senior minister accused the 2GB host of "abusing" him. The extraordinary exchange came after the conservative broadcaster tried to force Mr Turnbull to recite a pledge of support for his own government while berating him as "nervous" and "angry". "Alan, I'm not going to take dictation from you(dictation I. [uncountable] the act of saying something that someone else then writes or types for you, for example a letter. 听你的. 你说什么就是什么. Jane is taking dictation in Ms Gordon's office. a. [countable/uncountable] the activity in which a teacher reads something to students that they write down in order to see how well they understand and write a language. My worst mark was in French dictation. II. [uncountable] the act of telling someone what to do and how to behave. dictator someone who uses force to take and keep power in a country. a military dictator. )," Mr Turnbull shot back. "I am a cabinet minister, I support unreservedly and wholeheartedly every element in the budget, every single one." It was the second time this week Mr Turnbull has faced questions over a friendly dinner meeting with Clive Palmer on the eve of the federal budget. It follows an explosive TV interview the Communications Minister gave earlier this week in which he labelled News Corp columnist Andrew Bolt "demented" ( [dɪˈmentɪd] I. affected by dementia. II. informal 疯子的. 疯狂的. behaving in a strange, stupid, or crazy way. dementia： a serious illness affecting someone's brain and memory in which they gradually stop being able to think or behave in a normal way. Most forms of dementia usually affect only old people. amnesia失忆症. unhinge I. 精神有毛病的, 大脑有病的. to make someone upset or mentally ill. To mentally disturb. II. To remove the hinges from. unhinged adj She was unhinged with grief. ) and "quite unhinged". Malcolm Turnbull has poured cold water on suggestions that there will be a challenge for the leadership of the Liberal party, attacking comments by Andrew Bolt that linked his meeting with Clive Palmer to a leadership challenge as 'bordering on the demented'. The interview addressed Mr Turnbull's support of the budget and his own leader after suggestions he was undermining Tony Abbott. Jones was highly critical of Mr Turnbull for having dinner with the Palmer United leader, whom he described as the "most trenchant ( [ˈtrentʃənt] trenchant comments or criticisms are expressed strongly and clearly. ) critic" of the Prime Minister. "Tony and I are a team, we have a very united 团结一致的 team here," Mr Turnbull said. He told Jones he was "distressed" by commentators including the 2GB host and Bolt who he accused of stirring up leadership talk and "doing the Labor Party's work". "No, there's no challenge to his leadership because you have no hope ever of being the leader, you've got to get that into your head铭记在心 but because of that you're happy to chuck a few bombs around that might blow up Abbott a bit," Jones said. "You are the bomb throwers, Alan," Mr Turnbull said. 3. 瑞典试行6小时工作制: Sweden's second-largest city is set to be the envy of the world让世人羡慕 when it trials 试行 a six hour working day. Gothenburg will kick off the experiment for government workers on July 1st in attempts to boost efficiency. Their output will be compared to another group that is working the standard eight-hour day. If the trial proves successful, it will be extended to other public service workers across the country, the Washington Post reports. 假和尚悉尼街头要钱: They can reportedly become quite intimidating if people don't hand over cash, so if that happens Fair Trading is advising people to report incidents to the nearest police station. "Genuine followers of Buddhism adhere to ethical precepts 准则 ( precept /ˈpri:sept/ a rule, instruction, or principle that teaches correct behaviour. moral precepts. ) so scamming people for money骗钱 is hardly likely to lead to the sublime 至高无上的 state of Nirvana(I. mainly literary extremely good or beautiful. Sublime music filled the air. II. [only before noun] formal used for describing a feeling or quality that is extreme. His face assumed an expression of sublime conceit. from the sublime to the ridiculous 巅峰跌至谷底 used when talking about a change from something extremely good or important to something silly and not important. )." Brian White, the chairman of the Buddhist Council of NSW, said a monk or nun would never approach people for money on the street. Mr Stowe said a number of fake monks had recently been reported in Victoria, and he suspected they may have returned to Sydney to take advantage of the influx of tourists for Vivid. Their re-emergence再现, 重新出现 in Sydney follows revelations in Fairfax Media in January that the men and women were scamming people in some of the city's biggest tourist destinations旅游胜地. "We are saddened 感到悲哀 by this behaviour," he said. Buddhist monks and nuns are traditionally supported by their community and would never ask for money from strangers in this way. Instead, people voluntarily give requisites ( requisite [ˈrekwɪzɪt] 必需品 necessary for a particular purpose. ) to monastics, unsolicited不用去要的 and this is a practice which is done with a sense of joy. Anyone soliciting for funds主动要钱 at Circular Quay or Darling Harbour must have a permit from the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority. The authority's rangers said they had escorted 请出去, 赶出去 "monks" away from those areas twice last month. In each case, the "monks" claimed not to speak English. 4. 利用老人运毒品: The scam works by fooling retirees into thinking they have won an overseas holiday in an internet competition, the Herald Sun reports. The prize includes flights and accommodation – and new luggage. When the clueless travellers take the luggage home from their holiday, they are none the wiser about( be none the wiser also not be (any) the wiser I. to fail to understand something. Isabel must have explained her idea three times to me, but I'm afraid I'm none the wiser. If you take the label off the jar and say you made it yourself, your guests won't be any the wiser. II. to not be aware of something. not knowing any more in spite of events or exposure to facts. 一无所知. 一点也没有意识到, 完全没有意识到. I was none the wiser
about black holes after the lecture. It was a complete waste of time.
Anne tried to explain the situation tactfully有技巧的, 隐晦的 to Bob, but in the end, he
was none the wiser. The health department gave the restaurant a health warning, but customers were none the wiser. Usage notes: often said about efforts to be sure that no one is aware: I figured I could just get rid of the stuff, and you'd be none the wiser. no one will be any the wiser 没有人会注意到, 没有人会知道 something that you say which means that no one will notice something bad that someone has done. Take the label off the jar and say you made it yourself. No one will be any the wiser.) the drugs worth millions of dollars that are hidden in secret compartments in their suitcases. Local members of the drug syndicate reportedly then retrieve the drugs and frighten the retirees into not going to police. Or, they try to swap the drug-filled luggage for identical bags without the retirees ever realising. Justice Minister Michael Keenan said in a statement such scams showed the elaborate lengths to 无所不用其极的 which drug gangs are going to smuggle drugs into the country. "The harder we make it to get drugs into Australia the more desperate crooks will become," he said. "Be alert to bogus offers and elaborate scams精心设计的, so you don't wind up being unwitting ( unwitting not conscious or deliberate. unwitting prejudice. used about someone who becomes involved in something without intending to 迷迷糊糊的, 搞不清状况的, 懵懂的. ) drug mules." 5. 夫妻婚前新协议: Would you sign a social media prenup? The rise in contracts
banning couples from sharing embarrassing posts: With social media
increasingly pervading ( pervade 侵袭, 侵入. 占据. 遍及, 弥漫; 盛行, 大行其道 to spread through the whole of something and become a very obvious feature of it. A strange sour smell pervaded the air. Death is the theme that now pervades his poetry. pervasive adj. spreading through the whole of something and becoming a very obvious feature of it. a pervasive farmyard smell. the pervasive influence of Christianity in the Middle Ages. prevailing existing at a particular time or in a particular place. The prevailing market conditions are not favourable to small investors. a. prevailing attitudes or types of behaviour 盛行的, 占据主导地位的, 主流的. are the ones that are most common or have most influence. prevailing attitudes towards education. the prevailing culture of anti-intellectualism. prevail on/upon someone to ask or persuade someone to do something. They might be prevailed upon to come with us. ) our everyday lives, it's hardly surprising that
couples are going to great lengths to make sure it doesn't ruin their
relationships. A particularly popular new trend is the
'social media prenup' - a contract stipulating that couples cannot share
incriminating 致于尴尬境地的 photos or posts about one another, at the risk of having
to fork out thousands of dollars. 'It's a huge issue
because we all know this stuff, once it's out there, you can't shake
it(shake I. (transitive) 摇落. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion. to shake fruit down from a tree. II. (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock. Her father's death shook her terribly; he was shaken by what had happened. III. 摆脱. (transitive) To lose, evade, or get rid of (something). I can't shake the feeling that I forgot something. I've got a tail, and I can't shake them摆脱不掉跟踪. I've got a cold; I've had it for weeks and I can't seem to shake it. But now I get this crazy idea, and I can't shake it.),' New York-based attorney Ann-Margaret Carrozza told ABC News. 'It
can be humiliating. It can be painful. It's really no joke.' The most
common clause, according to Ms Carrozza, states that couples can't post
nude or embarrassing photos that might harm their significant other's
reputation - whether it be on Facebook, Instagram or any other website. The
penalty is usually monetary金钱上的, 经济上的( /ˈmʌnɪt(ə)ri/), with well-to-do couples in New York
typically paying up to $50,000 each time they break the clause. While
it may seem extreme 似乎太过了 to have a written contract rather than just a
conversation about privacy, many couples say it makes it easier to deal
with tricky situations in the future. That's exactly
why Los Angeles-based relationship therapist Sheri Meyers decided to
draw up a social media prenup between her and her boyfriend Jonathon
Aslay, who works as a relationship coach. 'For me, it was about privacy,
what is for us and what is for the world, so we needed that
discussion,' explained Dr Meyers. 'What Jonathon and I
do is he'll say, "This is an SMP [social media prenup] moment. Is this
OK [to post]? Is this crossing the line?" It's two sentences, versus a
paragraph or an hour [discussion]. It's not a big deal, anymore.' She
added that it's not about a lack of trust between couples; it's about
keeping things simple and clear-cut from the very beginning一开始就把话说清楚. The
risk that an angry ex might resort to the disturbing phenomenon of
'revenge porn报复性裸照' is also a motivator for signing this type of prenup, says
Dr Meyers. 'It's so easy, especially in anger, in "ex anger," to post things on social media to get even'. 'In this day and age, it's really important, almost mandatory, to not assume 不要假设 and to lay it out有话说清楚, 说明白(lay it out 说实话, 实话实说. tell the truth. to reveal the truth. lay it out means to be honest dude. lay out I. to expend. to spend an amount of money. lay out something for something: They had already laid out a substantial sum for the wedding. II. 布局. 布置. to arrange in a certain way. to arrange something according to a detailed plan, for example rooms in a building, roads in a town, or areas on a piece of land. The city was laid out with the town hall on a hill in its centre. The brochure is beautifully laid out and illustrated. III. (transitive) 编造. to concoct; think up. IV. To prepare a body for burial. to prepare a dead body so that people can come to see it before it is buried. V. (colloquial) 打昏. To render [someone] unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor. to hit someone so hard that they fall to the ground and become unconscious. Joe laid Ken out with one punch. VI. 列明. 说清楚. 说明白. to explain something carefully and clearly. The documents lay out the principles clearly enough. VII. to spread something out, or to arrange things so you can see them easily. She opened her suitcase and laid her clothes out on the bed. A display of local history material was laid out on the table. concoct [kənˈkokt] I. to invent a false explanation or false information, especially for a dishonest purpose. II. to produce something unusual by mixing things in a new way, especially a drink or meal.),' she explained. 'It's
one thing when you're all lovely dovely( lovey-dovey [ˈlʌv.iˌdʌv.i] 搂搂抱抱的, 恩恩爱爱的. Expressing affection in an extravagantly sentimental way; mushy. If two people in a romantic relationship are lovey-dovey, they show their love for each other in public by touching each other and saying loving things.). It's another thing when you're
breaking up... It's so easy, especially in anger, in "ex anger," to
post things to get even.' Indeed, according to the
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, more than 80per cent of U.S.
divorce attorneys say that issues involving social networking are on the
rise in divorce proceedings. Atlanta-based divorce
attorney Randy Kessler says that social media clauses may not totally
rectify the problem, but they do encourage couples to modify 修饰自己行为, 行为检点一点 their
behavior, especially after a break-up. 'I don't think they hurt, but what's interesting is they are untested. [But] it makes you not want to take the risk,' he said. 个人小文: Today
I woke up with a splitting headache撕裂的头疼. But I still feel great about the
world. I dragged my thumping ( thump I. [transitive] to hit someone or something with your fist (=closed hand). Suddenly he thumped the arm of the chair. a. informal to attack or punish someone by hitting them with your fist. He was thumped by another child at school. II. [transitive] to put something somewhere with force and with a loud sound. thump something on/onto/into etc something: Maria thumped her bag down on the table. a. [intransitive] to hit against something with a low loud sound. thump against/into/on etc: The boat was thumping against the dock. III. [intransitive] 砰砰砰的跳. if your heart is thumping, you can feel it beating very fast, for example because you are angry, frightened, or excited. IV. [intransitive] if your head is thumping, you have a painful headache. thumb out to play a tune very loudly, especially on the piano. Someone was thumping out songs from 'Oklahoma'. n. I. a low loud sound that is made when something heavy hits something else. He brought his hand down on the table with a thump. II. 打一拳. the action of hitting someone with your fist (=closed hand). Bill gave me a friendly thump on the arm.) head into the shower, which was too hot,
and then too cold, it was so infuriating I gave up and toweled off擦干了出来. But
the morning toppled from bad to worse when I spilt leftover pasta on
the kitchen floor. I had planned on eating that pasta for lunch, not
drop it on the tiles, so I was really annoyed. The last thing my aching
head felt like doing was drooping forward(droop 耷拉着脑袋 I. to hang downwards. The leaves were drooping in the heat. II. to become tired, weak, or unhappy.), compounding the throbbing,
and watching my barely showered hands wipe bolognese sauce off the
floor. I made the train 赶上火车 in time(make I. 赶上. [transitive] to reach a particular place, especially so that there is time to do something. At this rate we won't make Jedda before midnight. Dan just managed to make his 7 o'clock flight to Toronto. a. to be able to be present at a particular event. We can't make the conference after all. II. [transitive] to succeed in achieving something by reaching the necessary level or standard. We've made our target of 10,000 sales this month. make a deadline: They'll never make the deadline now that the computers have crashed. make the headlines/papers/news etc (=be important enough to be reported): Their search for a heart donor made the headlines in April. make a team/squad (=be chosen for it): Dawson has failed to make the team for Saturday's big match. III. [linking verb] to give a particular total when added together. Four and two make six. a. [transitive] 我的计算结果是 to decide that something gives a particular total when calculating an amount. I make that £750 after tax. make it 5 o'clock/7.30 etc British spoken to decide that it is a particular time by looking at your watch. 'What time is it?' 'I make it 5 o'clock.' make as if to do something to make a movement so that you seem to be going to do something. Dad made as if to chase me out of the room. make like mainly American spoken to pretend to be something you are not. She makes like she's the boss round here. make believe o pretend that something is real, especially in a game. The children like to make believe that they live in a castle. make do (with/without something) 将就, 因陋就简, 凑合 to succeed in dealing with a situation by using what is available/despite not having something. There wasn't much food, but we made do. make time (for) 腾出时间, 挤出时间. 有时间. to find time to do something or be with someone in spite of being busy. He's finding it difficult to make time for his children. make way (for) I. 让路. 腾地方. to move away so that someone or something can get past you. We were asked to make way for the bride and groom. II. to be replaced by someone or something. Most of the old buildings have made way for hotels and offices. make it I. II. III. ), so that was a bonus, and the reception
on my phone was clear. I thought my head was going to kill me because,
although it didn't hurt as intensely 剧烈的疼 as earlier, it was tired of
cleaning floors. Thankfully I made it to my desk 坚持到 without crying(make it (informal) I. to manage to arrive at a place or go to an event. to manage to arrive on time. We just made it in time for the wedding. She made it to the airport just in time to catch her plane. We're having a party on Saturday - can you make it? II. to be successful, especially in a job. to succeed in a particular activity. She made it in films when she was still a teenager. Now he's got his own TV show he feels as though he's really made it. (sometimes + as ) She hasn't got a hope of making it as a dancer. III. 存活. 活下来. to stay alive. to not die as a result of an illness or accident. She was losing so much blood, I really thought she wasn't going to make it. I hope I make it someday. But if not, I tried. IV. Sl. to copulate (with someone). There was no doubt in his mind that those bedroom eyes were telling him their owner wanted to make it. She wanted to make it, but he convinced her they should wait. V. to be able to be present at a particular event. I can't make it on Friday. We made it to the meeting. make it (until something) and make it to something; make it as far as something to endure until something; to last until some time or until reaching some place. I hope my car can make it to the next town. Do you think you can make it until we come to a hotel? ) because
that's when my day took a delightful turn for the better. She says she
believes water has feelings, and we should consider the impact that
unkind words may have on its molecular structure.
