用法学习: 1. 博尔特再度称雄: But by defeating the unashamed American, banned twice for drugs offences and utterly unrepentant 死不悔改者, 不知悔改者, he landed a significant blow for clean athletes rallying against the dopers who steal their medals and in turn their money. The winning margin was just 0.01sec, with Gatlin taking silver in 9.80sec, but it was probably the most symbolically important hundredth of a second in athletics history. The hero had beaten the villain and the sense of relief in the posh seats, where those charged with 有责任 protecting the image of the sport were stationed, was palpable 可触知的(I. if a mood or feeling is palpable, it is so strong that you seem to feel it physically yourself. The tension in the room was palpable. II. obvious or very easily noticed. There are palpable differences between the service offered by the two hospitals.). Usually so consistent, Gatlin appeared overwhelmed by the sense of occasion(a sense of occasion 历史机遇, 千载难逢的机会, 重要时刻 a feeling that a time or event is special or important. His performance was totally lacking in any sense of occasion.) as he got a poor start by his standards and lost his balance five metres from the line, which probably cost him the race. 'I gave it away 拱手让人,' he said, 'I stumbled and my arms got a little flaily( flail n. I. A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. II. 流星锤. A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain. v. To move like a flail. He was flailing wildly, but didn't land a blow. ) but I'm happy to come so close and to represent my country. You have to come out and run and, over the last five metres, it wasn't my day to do so. Bolt is a gamer 比赛型选手, he's a showman. Anyone who goes against him has to be ready to go to work.' Bolt is more than happy to celebrate his stunning victory with his fans, who unveiled a banner for the gregarious (gregarious [ɡrɪˈɡeəriəs] 群居型的. 好交朋友的. I. a gregarious person enjoys being with other people. II. gregarious animals or birds live in groups. ) Jamaican. Stretching out for his trademark 标志性的 celebration, Bolt soaks up the limelight on the track and caps a fine win for the Jamaican. 2. magician [məˈdʒɪʃən] 魔术师(注意发音) A magician is a person who entertains people by doing magic tricks. guard dog 看门狗. Salt and pepper shakers (or in the UK, salt and pepper pots) are condiment holders used in Western culture that are designed to allow diners to distribute grains of edible salt and ground peppercorns. Salt and pepper shakers are sometimes held in a cruet-stand. 3. Cross country running 越野赛 is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. Sometimes the runners are referred to as harriers. The course, typically 4–12 kilometres (2.5–7.5 mi) long, may include surfaces of grass, and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road. It is both an individual and a team sport; runners are judged on individual times and teams by a points-scoring method. Both men and women of all ages compete in cross country, which usually takes place during autumn and winter, and can include weather conditions of rain, sleet, snow or hail, and a wide range of temperatures. Cross country running is one of the disciplines under the umbrella sport of athletics, and is a natural terrain version of long-distance track and road running. Although open-air running competitions are pre-historic, the rules and traditions of cross country racing emerged in Britain. 4. 牛蒡: Under a microscope, he looked closely at the hook system that the seeds use to hitchhike on passing animals aiding seed dispersal 散播, and he realized that the same approach could be used to join other things together. The result of his studies was Velcro. Plants are cultivated for their slender roots, which can grow about one metre long and two centimetres across 粗度. Burdock root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, and pungent flavour with a little muddy harshness that can be reduced by soaking julienned or shredded roots in water for five to ten minutes. Immature flower stalks 花茎 may also be harvested in late spring, before flowers appear; their taste resembles that of artichoke, to which the burdock is related. The stalks are thoroughly peeled, and either eaten raw, or boiled in salt water. Seeds are picked in the fall and can be loosened from the chaff with a rolling pin. Harvesting the roots is no easy task yet can be done in the fall of the first year or spring of the second, preferably the former. According to the late herbalist Michael Moore "harvesting full flowered plants in the fall can be as much work as digging up a small tree". In traditional Chinese medicine, burdock fruit has been used continually for thousands of years. It is known to balance internal heat心火, is specifically helpful for supporting skin health, and is associated with lung and stomach meridians( I. 子午线. one of the imaginary lines that goes around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. These are used for measuring position, time etc. a. this line represented as a line on a map. the Greenwich meridian. II. an imaginary line that connects points of energy in your body, used by doctors who treat people using acupuncture. ). It is considered energetically cold 性寒 and having a slippery consistency that soothes mucus membranes. The root is also commonly cooked in order to change its energetic properties and specifically to make it easier to digest. Burdock has been an important medicinal herb in Western folk medicine and in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, primarily valued for its blood cleansing and skin healing properties. The entire plant is edible and is a popular vegetable in Asia, particularly in Japan. More recently, burdock has been an ingredient in hair tonics for stimulating hair growth and in cosmetics with modern studies revealing its efficacy as a cosmetic treatment for mature skin. Burdock has been used for centuries to treat a variety of ailments. Traditionally, it has been used as a: "Blood purifier" to clear the bloodstream of toxins; Diuretic ( [ˌdaɪjəˈretɪk] a substance that makes your body produce more urine. ) 利尿 to help eliminate excess water by increasing urine output; Topical remedy for skin problems such as eczema, acne, and psoriasis. Medicinal uses of burdock have also been reported, in treating chronic diseases, such as cancers, diabetes, and AIDS. Extracts of burdock root are found in a variety of herbal preparations, as well as homeopathic remedies. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), burdock is often used with other herbs for sore throat and colds. Blood-thinning medications: Burdock might slow blood clotting, and when taken with blood-thinning medications, may increase the risk of bruising and bleeding. 5. 女孩儿偷着做皮肉生意被害: Detective Superintendent Dave Hutchinson claimed Williams met Ms Taylor via an online dating website, the day she disappeared. "We've also been able to establish that Tiffany was offering sexual services for money over the online dating service," he said. "This is very out of character. She is a young girl after a little bit of attention from the wrong people. "She knew what she was doing, she knew what she was getting into." Detective Superintendent Hutchinson said Ms Taylor left the hotel on 11:45 on Sunday July 12 "and took up with ( take up with someone 遇人不淑, 交坏朋友 informal to become friendly with someone, especially someone who could have a bad influence on you. I don't want you to take up with the wrong crowd. be taken up with something to be busy doing, discussing, or thinking about something. The whole meeting was taken up with arguing about the budget. She was completely taken up with her own worries. take something up with someone to begin discussing a subject with someone: You'll have to take this up with the head of the department.) Mr Williams in his car". "Our investigations have failed to find any proof of life since that time."
Rusty Gielis on road to recovery 恢复当中 after being accidentally run over by mother in 4WD in outback Queensland: A western Queensland mother who accidentally ran over her son in a 4WD has spoken about the ordeal and the miracle that he survived. Rusty Gielis, 7, was with his mother in April on the way to a family property near Longreach when the accident happened. "We were about 150 kilometres out of town when we stopped near the river," his mother Kim Anderson said. "I misunderstood where Rusty was sitting and unfortunately that was where the car was ... I drove forward and Rusty was in a cross legged 盘腿而坐 position. "It could have been a completely opposite situation and I thought in [those] first seconds - because of course I had to come back off Rusty - I thought I would be holding him to say goodbye." Rusty suffered a fractured pelvis and significant damage to his spleen脾脏, but he remained conscious. The accident happened hours from the nearest hospital, and there was no mobile phone coverage. Ms Anderson said the UHF radio also proved futile. "We tried to use the two-way and usually on a repeater channel you can get someone," she said. "We knew that Rusty's dad was mustering that day and there was a helicopter in the air, and usually you can get some coverage to get that chopper pilot. But for whatever reason, the repeater channels were not with us that day." 'It is a miracle and every day we recognise that' Rusty was taken to the nearest station house, then to Stonehenge where he was flown out by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). "The doctors at the Lady Cilento [Children's Hospital] said that you can get lucky sometimes and we were lucky because of two things," Ms Anderson said. "It was because we were on dirt, and also because the car was a lighter four-wheel drive - and that can make a significant difference - but they just said it was a miracle. "Sometimes you get away with a miracle and this was a miracle." Ms Anderson also acknowledged the work of the Longreach Ambulance, RFDS, Longreach doctor Sarah Fairhall and physiotherapist with the Central West Hospital and Health Service, Justin Griffiths. "It is really important to recognise the enormous network of people that contributed to Rusty being with us today," she said. "So yes - it is a miracle and every day we recognise that, and it is because of the number of people that were involved in us being able to get to help so quickly." Rusty's wheelchair has now been donated to the Longreach Hospital and while his recovery is continuing, he is an active school boy. He said he enjoys soccer, football and "wrestling with Nan - it is fun". "I used to not be able to bounce on a trampoline, but now I can," he said. "I am still doing exercises now - Mum says swimming helps a lot and it does." Rusty's physiotherapist, Mr Griffiths, said it had been a long road to recovery. "He is such a little boy, and the car weighed one and a half tonne - there is a significant risk to any live creature being under the wheels of a vehicle, " he said. "Even though it was only low speed, I cried when I heard about it and to see him come home was just really good." Mr Griffiths said much of the treatment had also been delivered by telehealth. He said on occasions Rusty's father was even able to call in on a mobile phone while he was mustering cattle, to connect with local health workers and city specialists in Brisbane to discuss Rusty's progress.
Qantas can largely thank Saudi King Salman for its return to profit: Saudi Arabia's King Salman didn't rate a mention in the tale of Qantas's stunning $3.3 billion profit turnaround. But he played a vital role in helping revive the Flying Kangaroo's fortunes, which this morning posted a $557 million net profit, its best result in seven years. Since late last year, Saudi Arabia has been flooding the world with cheap oil in an attempt to squeeze the life out of America's nascent shale oil ( shale gas 天然气 Natural gas extracted from shale. shale oil I. a synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale. II. a crude oil obtained from low permeability petroleum-bearing formations (shales), known as tight oil. ) industry, sending crude to six-year lows around $US40 a barrel. It was fortuitous timing ( fortuitous [fɔ:(r)ˈtju:ɪtəs] 无巧不巧的. 凑巧的, 碰巧的 happening by chance, especially in a way that is lucky or convenient. The timing of her departure was entirely fortuitous.) for Qantas boss Alan Joyce who was grappling with ( grapple with something to try hard to understand a difficult idea or to solve a difficult problem. The government continued to grapple with the issue of public transportation. ) a "transformation program" to help slash 削减 the airline's way back into the black after a disastrous year that ended with one of the biggest losses in Australian corporate history. As it's turned out, plummeting oil prices directly shaved $461 million off the airline's costs, with fuel efficiency hacking another $136 million from the bill. The much vaunted 吹嘘的 ( To speak boastfully about. ) transformation program, which resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs, certainly has delivered the goods in stripping out expenses, with operational costs falling $224 million. But that was less than half the savings on fuel. In fact, without the fuel saving, the Flying Kangaroo would possibly still be in the red. For years Joyce has pointed to high fuel costs as a major contributing factor in the airline's poor earnings performance, even during years when prices barely moved. This time around it was barely mentioned in his speech accompanying the results, and then mostly in relation to the introduction of new fuel efficient aircraft. When directly questioned on fuel, the Qantas boss dismissed its impact. "So every airline gets the benefit, but Qantas is outperforming the market and the rest of the airline groups because of the transformation and it's only because of transformation that we have these strong results," he said. The fuel savings were reflected in every division, but they contributed most to Qantas International's massive improvement - it notched up a $267 million profit - compared with last year's performance when it lost almost half a billion dollars. An end to the debilitating war for domestic market share with Virgin boosted margins and provided a huge lift to both Qantas Domestic, which made just $30 million last year, and Jetstar, which previously lost $116 million. Fuel is the single biggest operating cost in the airline business, and a big part of Qantas's problem - a legacy inherited by Joyce when he assumed the top job - was that it has been lumbered with ( lumber to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want. lumber sb with sth 被迫面对 If you are/get lumbered with something, you have to deal with something or someone that you do not want to: I always seem to get lumbered with the job of clearing up after a party.) a combination of the wrong type of aircraft or older gas guzzlers. With the return to profits, Joyce has grasped the opportunity to acquire the new generation Boeing Dreamliner to replace five ageing jumbos now in operation. "New aircraft types have always unlocked opportunities for Qantas," Joyce said. "When our red tail Dreamliners start arriving in two years' time, their incredible range and fuel efficiency will create new possibilities for our network."
Slain US hostage was repeatedly raped by ISIL leader: An American aid worker who was murdered by ISIL in Syria earlier this year was repeatedly raped by the group's leader before her death, it has emerged. Kayla Mueller, 26, was killed in February after being taken captive 抓获 by the extremist force in August 2013 while working in an Aleppo hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières. Her family learned in June of the abuse she suffered at the hands of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who is known to keep a harem of sorts at his house in al-Shadidiya, after a 14-year-old Yazidi sex-slave who met Ms Mueller in captivity escaped and told the story, which has been confirmed by US officials. The new information is a chilling reminder of ISIL's use of rape as both a tool of intimidation as well as a "reward" for victorious soldiers; scores of Yazidi women (ethnic Kurds who subscribe to an ancient religion) have been abducted and traded as sex-slaves.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The girl also said that Ms Mueller was a courageous "mother figure" to the wretched group, and often put herself at risk to protect them from Abu Sayyaf, who was an ISIL financier, and his wife, Umm Sayyaf, who has hands-on involvement in the trafficking of Yazidi sex-slaves. When he announced her death in February, US President Barack Obama said that Ms Mueller had "epitomised ( epitomise [ɪˈpɪtəmaɪz] 最好的体现, 展现 to be the best possible example of a particular type of person or thing. Singapore's Changi airport epitomizes the state's efficiency.) all that is good in our world."
Teen breaks down in tears on the stand as she accuses elite prep school student of raping her in 'virginity taking' game: A teenage girl accusing an elite prep school graduate of raping her as part of a campus practice of sexual conquest broke down in tears as she took the stand on Tuesday in court.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the trial of Owen Labrie allegedly raping a freshman girl told jurors that the case hinges on the credibility of the accuser. Prosecutor Catherine Ruffle said in her opening statement that Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, raped the 15-year-old girl on the roof of a campus building in May 2014 as part of the Senior Salute at the prestigious St Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. She referred to the practice, in which graduating boys try to take the virginity of younger girls before getting their diplomas, as 'the context 背景 for this entire event'. Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the trial say that the entire case rests on the credibility 全靠她说 of the 15-year-old accuser, who claims Labrie raped her during her freshman year at St Paul
Labrie, now 19, has pleaded not guilty to several felonies. On the witness stand on Tuesday, the accuser broke down crying and pointed at Labrie when asked if he was in the courtroom. The petite student, her ash blonde hair pulled back from her forehead, told jurors the two were not friends, but he was a classmate of her sister. She said during her testimony that she thought Labrie's invitation to a Senior Salute was 'disgusting' because he had written it so sappily(sappy I. (US) 甜蜜动情的. Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy). It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance. II. Having sap or having to do with sap. ), according to WMUR. 'I thought his intentions were really wrong,' she said, but claimed to reconsider after being persuaded by a male friend. The alleged victim said that the Senior Salute was well known on campus, but she didn't think there were any expectations involved. She is due to resume testimony on Wednesday. 'This is the face of Owen Labrie,' Ruffle told jurors in court. 'It's probably not the face you think of when you think of sexual assault, but when you see and hear the evidence, we believe you will see a different side of the defendant.' She said that the victim had agreed to meet with Labrie, but had not expected to have intercourse. Defense lawyer JW Carney said Labrie will testify that he had consensual sexual contact with the girl two days before he graduated last year but they did not have intercourse. Carney told jurors that email and Facebook exchanges between the two will show the girl met Labrie, who was 18 at the time, willingly and bantered with him after their encounter. He said the messages were mutually romantic and flirtatious, and occasionally written in French. Carney, who minimized the Senior Salute element, read to jurors from a string of emails between the two before and immediately after the encounter. Ruffle said the girl would testify that the two had removed some clothing and were kissing when Labrie became more assertive (behaving in a confident way in which you are quick to express your opinions and feelings. You need to be more assertive to succeed in business.). The girl said no and held on to her underwear with both hands to try to stop Labrie, but he forced himself on her, Ruffle said. 'She's going to testify the defendant became very aggressive, very fast,' Ruffle told jurors. 'He pulled her bra down, he bit her breast and it was painful.' 'She's a 15 year-old girl without sexual experience,' Ruffle said. 'She tried to say no, tried to use her physical conduct to let him know this was not OK.' Prior to the start of the trial, Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, talked openly about the tradition when he was interviewed by Concord Police. On a campus where upperclassmen 学长, 学姐(underclassmen) studiously ( I. tending to study and read a lot. a quiet studious young man. II. giving a lot of attention and care to what you are doing or learning. ) avoid their younger peers 学弟, 学妹 in most settings, Labrie told a detective some students 'take great pride' in having sex with younger students before they leave school. Labrie also told the detective of a contest where boys compete to 'score' with the most girls, keeping a running tally written in indelible marker on a wall behind washing machines. The school kept painting over the scoreboard so it eventually was moved online. A counselor who contacted police after hearing from the alleged victim's mother also told an investigator about the tradition, the Concord Monitor reported last year, citing a police affidavit. The same affidavit said the school had been trying to educate students against 'sexual scoring. Prosecutors have not indicated how far back they believe the 'Senior Salute' goes. He acknowledged to the detective he was 'trying to be number one', the detective wrote. A set of keys have been selected as a piece of evidence for the case, according to WMUR. Prosecutors claim that the keys gave access to the roof of the campus building where hook-ups allegedly occurred. 'It was also a tradition to pass the set of keys from one class to the next, so these activities would continue for years to come,' Ruffle said. After opening statements, jurors visited the campus at St Paul's, whose alumni include Secretary of State John Kerry. Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau is also an alum, as are 13 US ambassadors, three Pulitzer Prize winners and sons of the Astor and Kennedy families. The school belongs to the Eight Schools Association, which is seen as an Ivy League for prep schools that includes Choate Rosemary Hall and Hotchkiss ... According to police affidavits, Labrie spoke freely about the Senior Salute and about a contest 竞赛 in which seniors tried to have sex with the most underclassmen. He said that as a student leader, he tried to educate others against the practice. He was given the Rector's Award at graduation for 'selfless devotion to school activities'. Labrie was accepted to Harvard but the school said in September that he is no longer enrolled. He told the detective that he tried to educate other students not to engage in 'Senior Salute' and that the school wasn't doing enough to curtail the tradition. 'The school has to put its foot down on this culture,' Labrie is quoted in a police affidavit. 'It's not healthy.' 'It's about how he thought about this for months, how he made a plan, and he executed the plan in an isolated, secluded, mechanical room in the Lindsay building, on campus,' Ruffle told jurors. The trial is expected to last two weeks. Prosecutors are expected to call current and former students to testify about the sexual culture at one of the country's most selective boarding schools. During a speech at family weekend at St Paul's in October 2014, Hirschfeld said the sexual assault allegation 'has provided us with an important opportunity to reconsider elements of our shared life that do not appear in our strategic plan.' 'Are we confronting the transmission of unhealthier elements of school culture as effectively as we could?' he asked rhetorically. Labrie is charged with three counts of aggravated felony sex assault, endangering the welfare of a child and using a computer to lure the girl to the on-campus meeting. Labrie denied having intercourse with the girl, telling police that they partially disrobed, kissed and touched. He also acknowledged putting on a condom. Labrie said the freshman girl was eager to have sex, but the aspiring divinity student said he had a 'moment of self-restraint' and stopped. 'He stated it was a moment of "divine inspiration",' Det Julie Curtin wrote in her affidavit. Asked why the girl would lie about having sex with him, Labrie said it's a 'great source of pride for younger students' to have sex with seniors.
