用法学习: 1. dead duck informal I. a person or thing that is defunct or has no chance of success. something or someone that is not successful or useful. someone or
something that is very unlikely to be successful, especially because
of a mistake or bad judgment: Thanks to the lack of market
research, the project was a dead duck right from the start. The
project was a dead duck from the start due to a lack of funding. My
first agent turned out to be a bit of a dead duck and he failed to find
me any work. "travel promotions are a dead duck as far as marketing directors are concerned". II. (American & Australian informal) someone who is going to be punished severely for something they have done. If Dad finds out you used the car, you'll be a dead duck. 2. 迪克史密斯甩卖风波: Following media reports over the past week, including where customers
have allegedly overheard staff speaking to each other of sale items they
had squirreled away ( 偷藏起来. to put something away in a secret place, especially money. The family had a large fortune squirrelled away. ) in the back room, the company sent another missive (a letter, especially a long or important one. )
to its employees. The email read: "Recent media reports have pointed
to alleged poor behaviour in our stores which indicated some of our
staff may have have been reserving stock for purchase prior to the
product being available to our customers. We have followed up on a
number of instances brought to our attention and are pleased to say that
staff had not being 'hoarding' this product as had been suggested. "To
allay ( allay [əˈleɪ] 缓解 if you allay feelings such as fears, worries, or doubts, you make someone feel less afraid, worried, or full of doubt. ) any perception of stock being reserved for staff, it is also
important to be mindful of the conversations we are having on the shop
floor 在店里 and take the opportunity to affirm with our customers that all
available stock is in play for their purchase." Adam Kilgour,
managing director of corporate affairs firm Diplomacy, said if Dick
Smith was "trying to have a conversation with shareholders and the
market to reassure them [their] sales strategy ( I. a single instance of selling goods or services. The painting sold for more than double its estimated sale price. make/lose a sale: I'm willing to lower the price in order to make a sale. II. sales [plural] the total number of things that a company sells within a particular period of time, or the money that it earns by selling things. We hope to increase sales this year to $50 million. Do you have the sales figures yet? Sales are up for the month of May. a. 搞促销活动. 大促销. 特价销售. the activity of trying to sell products or services. I've been in car sales for five years now. b. 销售部门. 销售人员. the department of a company that sells its products or services. You'll have to check availability with sales. III. an event at which people meet to buy and sell things, normally at a place that is not regularly used for this purpose. The public library is organizing a secondhand book sale. ) is the right one, they've
probably picked the wrong conversation to have". "The sales were
basically on fringe brand items and it wasn't a genuine sale 特价," he said.
"But from a PR point of view it flushed out 逼出 ( I. To drive out or expose something or someone. The army flushed out the enemy spy. II. to clean something using a lot of water. Flush the pipes out with clean water. a. to remove something by pouring a lot of water through the place where it is. Use plain water to flush out the debris. flush something out of something: Drinking plenty of water helps to flush 冲刷, 洗刷 harmful substances out of your body. II. same as flush. The hounds are sent in to flush out the fox. flush or flush away [transitive] to get rid of something by putting it into a toilet and flushing it. flush something down the toilet: If any medicine is left over, flush it down the toilet. the first flush of youth/success/love/freedom etc. 初尝, 第一次悸动 the time when something is new and exciting. She was still in the first flush of her huge success.) all their competitors to
tell the story for them, with Gerry Harvey and all sorts of people
running down the sale publicly ( run down I. (CRITICIZE) informal to criticize someone or something, often unfairly: He's always running himself down. II. (HIT) to hit and injure a person or animal with a vehicle, especially intentionally: Two masked men on motorbikes tried to run me down. III. (FIND) to find someone or something after following or searching for him, her, or it for a long time: I finally ran Mr Green down in/to a house in the country. IV. (WEAKEN) 退烧. 退热. to lose energy, power, or strength: By 1923 the radio boom seemed to be running down.)." On Friday, IG Markets analyst
Angus Nicholson described the fire sale as an "act of desperation 逼急了, 狗急跳墙, 孤注一掷" that
would kick off a damaging 两败俱伤的 price war, forcing JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman
to drop their prices to compete during a period when most retailers made
one third of their annual revenue. "Once
you're doing 70 per cent markdowns 削价, 减价 you're making a loss, nowhere near
breaking even at all, you're just trying to get it out the door," he
said. "It's going to be really damaging 伤害性的 to other stocks in the sector
and going to hurt next year [in their profits]." Mr Nicholson said it
demonstrated how failures at one company could bleed into the rest of
the sector(bleed (into something) to spread from one area of something to another area Keep the paint fairly dry so that the colours don't bleed into each other. bleed somebody (for something) 榨干 (informal) to force somebody to pay a lot of money over a period of time My ex-wife is bleeding me for every penny I have. bleed something [transitive] to remove air or liquid from something so that it works correctly.). "It's a disaster for [JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman] who are
suffering from Dick Smith's mismanagement," he said. Rival retailer Gerry Harvey had earlier described the fire sale as "suicidal". "That
will only make it so much worse for them," Mr Harvey told The
Australian. "They are not making any money if they sell everything in a
fire sale. They will lose a lot of money. Why would they do that —
that's committing suicide.
关于坐飞机: Divest (The figurative sense of "strip of possessions" is earliest in English;
reflexive sense of "to strip oneself of" is from c.1600. divest [daɪˈvest] 夺权 to take away someone's power, rights, or authority. divest yourself of something I. to take off something that you are wearing. He divested himself of his jacket. II. to get rid of something, for example by selling it. The owner had already divested herself of the property.) yourself of anything metallic into the trays provided. If you have a laptop, you'll need to take this out of your bag and put it in a tray too. Put your bag and trays on the conveyor belt 传送带, 传动带, then walk through the metal detector. If you checked a bag in, you follow the signs to exit/baggage collection and get your bag from the conveyor belt (called a carousel [ˌkerəˈsel](carousel voting the activity of transporting voters to different polling stations so that they can cast their vote for the same candidate more than once. Independent election watchdog Golos said it was hearing reports of so-called carousel voting, with busloads of voters being driven around to different polling stations, in Moscow and the Siberian cities of Novosibirsk and Barnaul.)). I always take a small shoulder tote bag 手提包 (a large open bag with handles.) with my passport, tickets, phone and small gadgets for inflight entertainment or snacks. About a week back, I pulled my bag out of the overhead bin to get something out & a passing pax quickly put a large Chinese lampshade 灯罩 into my space. I didn't see it happen & got quite a surprise when I went to put the bag back. Might want to pack some lollies to suck on during take off and landing. Also want to pack some water and maybe something more substantial to eat if you want more choice than airline food which is completely hit and miss 时好时坏 – last time I flew, I was glad I had something else to eat. If you can't fit everything in to your carry on luggage, you can often get away with carrying a shopping bag (ideally one of the robust 结实的 nylon parachute material ones) and putting the overflow (eg clothes) into that. On Qantas domestic you can get away with two smallish carry on bags but you need to board early to have room to stash 存放, 放置(shove 塞, 塞哪里, 塞哪儿) ( slosh I. 晃荡. 晃晃荡荡. [intransitive/transitive] if a liquid sloshes, or if you slosh it, it moves violently inside its container, or some of it comes out of the container. Some of the paint had sloshed out onto his shoes. II. [intransitive] to walk through water, mud, or snow in a noisy way. slosh around if money is sloshing around, a lot of it is available or people are spending a lot of it.) one in the overhead and one under the seat in front of you (the smaller one). Planes can tip 倾斜 when they make turns and serving coffee can cause turbulence but this is usually normal. You only need to panic if the hosties 空姐们 (An air hostess. flight attendant: A member of the crew (staff) of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers. Usage notes: The term flight attendant is somewhat less common than the older, gender-specific term stewardess, but is often preferred due to its gender-neutral nature. Another common approach is to treat steward (or, for clarity's sake, a construction such as air steward or flight steward. ) as a gender-neutral term.) do. Good idea to keep your seatbelt done up all the time. Wear sensible shoes 像话一点的, 合理的合适的鞋子. Airports are huge these days. Lots of walking involved. And if you do need to get on or off a plane in a hurry, sensible shoes make it much easier. Take a jumper on board even if it's toasty warm for take off and landing – they sometimes run the plane on super chilly. Walk confidently and directly away from security, put stuff back on and figure out where your gate is when you're well away from security. Otherwise you will be "randomly selected" by the bomb sniff check lady. For moving too slowly. It's no big deal but I've got better things to do, it slows you down. And it gets really hard not to make bomb jokes when they're checking your bag. They dab 蘸一下 your bag, shoes and belt a few times with a swab, stick the swab in a machine, then a few seconds later you're good to go. In my experience a full cup of any beverage would cause bumps in the ride – the person in front picks that moment to put their seat back, or the pilot gets a wee bit too close to the afternoon thunderstorm and the coffee is no longer in the cup. The explosives test 爆炸物检测 will be confirmed clear before I'm done, so I really haven't lost any time at all. When a plane turns, it's a balanced turn. so the centre of gravity is still at the bottom of the plane. So even in a 30 degree turn your drink will not spill. It will still sit in the cup as if the plane was level 水平的. But first time flyer – having plane turn in a big tilt 机身大倾斜 can be a freaky experience if they can see out the windows. Planes don't tilt, they turn, and most turns in flight are about 7 degrees. In some cases you won't even notice it due to the COG still at the bottom of the plane. Isn't it lucky they don't use airplanes in Australia and all our airlines use aeroplanes (Airplane is preferred in American and Canadian English, while aeroplane is traditionally preferred in non-North American varieties of English. But airplane has been steadily gaining ground in British publications, and it may someday become standard.), which are a much better standard of aircraft. Planes do tilt, it is the primary way they turn. And you can get some fairly steep angles when the pilot has to go the opposite way straight after takeoff or on landing when approaching the runway from the opposite direction. I think he's just being pedantic( pedantic [pɪˈdantɪk] 较真的. 抠字眼的. excessively concerned with minor details or rules; over-scrupulous. giving too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar. "His analyses are careful and even painstaking, but never pedantic". anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky. I. Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning. II. 炫耀知识的. Being showy of one's knowledge, often in a boring manner. II. Being finicky or fastidious 事无巨细的, 太注重细节的, especially with language.) ie I don't think pilots would refer to turning as tilting the plane. Have you ever gone through a go around(大掉头)....aborted landing 放弃着陆....I've only experienced that once at Changi airport and that freaked me the hell out. Just imagine gliding to land slowly, a minute before you land and then suddenly full thrust rev up engine and straight up in the sky...with no explanation until 5 minutes later...and then the pilot finally coming on saying that we were basically avoiding an unknown object that could do "serious damage" to the aircraft....but anyway next time I'll know we aren't about to die when I hear that familiar noise again. What your flight attendant (hosties, airsteward, cabin crew) is really thinking: AS THEY smile and check your ticket, have you ever wondered just what your flight attendant is really thinking? It turns out many considerations come to mind every time they welcome a passenger on board the plane and you'd never suspect it as they keep up their super-cool appearance.
That's according to Gaea Peregrinor, a flight attendant for the past 25
years, who revealed all in response to a Quora post that asked: "What
are flight attendants really thinking when they are forced to greet and thank passengers at the door?' THEY TRY TO PUT YOU AT EASE: "Greeting passengers at the door requires concentration on several levels. Of course the objective 目的 is to make you feel welcome and comfortable, and I try very hard to give the impression that I'm warm, approachable and competent, that you will have a wonderful flight with nothing to worry about.' BUT REALLY, THEY'RE SCRUTINISING 审视 YOU: "I'm actually evaluating you very closely. It's your impression on me that I'm paying close attention to, and I'm considering a number of possibilities.
For example, here are just a few things that I consider: Is this person
intoxicated? What attitude do I get from this person? Helpful? Belligerent? Withdrawn 不爱搭理人的? Is this person physically fit? Powerful? If so, where is he/she sitting? Any physical disabilities or hindrances
such as a limp, injured hand/arm, etc? Travelling alone? With one other
or with a group? Comfortable/ fluent with English language? "All of
these things help me to assess people who can be helpful to us on a flight or even if they might develop into a problem. Remember that we will be hurtling ( hurtle 冲过去 move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner. "a runaway car hurtled towards them". hurtle towards/along/down/forward 冲向: A hunk of space debris is hurtling towards the Earth. He hurtled down the mountainside. ) through the air above the earth. If a problem develops, one cannot simply ... wait for the police. So the whole idea is to prevent problems from getting airborne,
and be prepared for them if they do develop in flight.' NO DRUNKS OR
PEOPLE WITH BAD ATTITUDE ALLOWED: "Obviously, if someone appears to be
intoxicated, we don't want them on the plane; the potential for future
problems is too great. Likewise, if someone boards the plane with a hateful and nasty attitude
toward the crew, that's a concern that needs to be addressed before
departure (it's rare, but it has happened).' EXIT ROW SEAT
CONSIDERATIONS: "I watch for disabilities that may disqualify someone from sitting in the exit row. They need to be able to physically lift a heavy hatch (up to 27 kilograms) or open a heavy door (even heavier). Likewise, if they cannot understand English, they cannot understand shouted commands. Nor can they read the instructions on how to open the exits. "If I see someone who is muscular, powerful, strong, physically fit, I memorise his/her face and make a mental note of 心里记下 where they are sitting. I consider this person a resource for me. In the event of an attack on the flight or on me, these are my 'go-to' people. "If a situation looks like it could develop, I'll privately and discreetly ask one of these people if they would be willing to help us if necessary. Help might involve subduing or restraining an unruly 不听话的, 不服从命令的 passenger( very difficult to control. unruly children. She spent hours trying to tame her unruly hair.).
We hope it never happens, but we will prepare just in case it does.'
SEARCHING FOR OTHER AIRLINE EMPLOYEES: "I try to learn if we have any
passengers who are airline employees, particularly crew members who have been trained in the in-flight procedures. These people also are a resource 资源, 求助源 for me. They've been trained in what to do in an emergency, whether medical, mechanical, etc. "They know how to handle the situations as well as I, and are trained to become an instant 'team member', fitting right in immediately if needed. They are an invaluable resource
for me, and I like to know who they are and where they're sitting.
(When United flight 232 crashed in Sioux City Iowa in 1989, it was a
disaster that should have killed everyone on the plane. But when the problems began, the head flight attendant remembered that an employee — a pilot — was riding in the coach cabin.
She told the Captain Haynes, who told her to ask him for his help. His
assistance in the cockpit helped save so many lives).' DANGER
EVERYWHERE: "Consider that air travel is fraught with inherent danger, made more so by the political and religious climate 气候 of the world today, one must be constantly alert and aware of
one's situation. "So when I greet people, you better believe that I'm
always very aware of each passenger who steps through the door of the
aircraft. And the items mentioned above are only a few of the myriad of 'triggers' that we watch for. "For example, I've had passengers board who look pasty and pale 脸色苍白的(a pasty face or pasty skin looks pale and not very healthy.), deathly ill (we removed them; nobody wants their flu germs). I often see passengers who are afraid of flying and need a word of comfort and encouragement. I've had people try to smuggle pets in their purses or handbags, bottles of booze in their briefcases (booze is allowed as long as it stays capped 开启的, you just can't drink your own liquor on the plane). "So yes, I need to be vigilant and aware,
all behind my 'greeting face' of smile and pleasant, comforting
welcome! FAREWELL: "As for thanking people as they leave, I'm probably
thinking about getting out of my uniform and relaxing in the layover hotel, or at home! Or, I may be trying to figure out if
I have enough time to grab a sandwich on my way to the next flight.
Once I had to think about the furious drunk guy who was waiting in the
boarding area for me to come out. "He was angry because I had cut him off during the flight (he could hardly walk), and was determined to 'have it out' ( have it out with sb 好好谈谈, 聊聊 attempt
to resolve a contentious matter by confronting someone. to talk to
someone about something they have done that makes you angry, in order
to try to solve the problem: She'd been late for work every morning and I thought I'd better have it out with her. "give her the chance of a night's rest before you have it out with her". ) with me. As it turned out, he sat down in a seat in the terminal to wait for me and passed out!' Despite the screaming toddlers and bumps 颠簸 in the air, flight attendants are famous for maintaining their kindness and patience. But behind those smiles, even the cabin crew get tired of their picky - and sometimes downright rude - passengers. Air stewards have taken to Whisper, the anonymous confession app, to reveal what it is they're really thinking during the flight, covering everything from a hate of pantyhose and tears to their own secret flight fears. Many of the flight attendants shared how much they hated dealing with rude passengers who expect the cabin to cater to their every need
- even sexually. 'No I'm not flirting with you and no, I do not want to
join the "mile high club'', wrote one. 'I'm just doing my job.' 'Today I
got called a "servant" by a passenger,' shared another. 'We are NOT
your servants. We're here primarily for your safety, not to cater to your every whim.' One air steward admitted they hated crying babies 'as much as everyone else does', and another said they disliked dealing with their passengers - all of them. 'I always hide in the gallery(play to the gallery 讨好大众 to say what you think people want to hear in order to gain popularity. The senator has been accused of playing to the gallery rather than taking a stand on the issues. Management accused the unions of playing to the gallery by attacking the pay talks.) and play games on my phone,' they wrote. Another also confessed 坦承 to ignoring their passengers, at least when they ask for the whole can of soda. One flight attendant hates doing beverage service
so much they said they love when the plane has turbulence, forcing them
to stay in their seats. One flight attendant said they actually wanted
the plane to crash so they could 'save everyone' because 'people would
respect us more'. Other stewards said they loved their job, but that the loneliness and the rough sleep schedule wore them down 疲累不堪, 日渐消瘦.
'It seems impossible to find someone who will accept that I have to
travel a lot,' wrote one. 'The hours are so tiring,' said another. 'Not having a proper sleep routine makes it even worse, I'm just so exhausted.' But despite the hard hours, rude people and, those 'granny shoes 老头鞋', at the end of the day many wouldn't want to work anywhere else. When we "arm" the doors on your aircraft, each flight attendant checks the work of his colleague at the opposite door. You've heard it a million times: "arm doors 关闭舱门 and cross check 互相检查." Did you hear "crotch check?" It wasn't your imagination听错了. We get silly sometimes. And yes, despite all the cross checking, once in a great while we screw up and we forget to arm the doors, which means the emergency slides won't automatically deploy if needed in an emergency. We can get fired for that. If a flight is late, the airline might have to pay us overtime. If the flight is going to be late anyway, we've been known to delay it even further in order make sure overtime kicks in, which on our airline means up to double the hourly pay. We might find some minor defect 找出一些小毛病, 小问题 in the aircraft or use some other ruse to make up for the money we don't get paid waiting for take off. Jiggling your glass of ice at me(jiggle [intransitive] to move slightly up and down or from side to side more than one time. A nerve jiggled at the corner of his mouth. a. 晃一下. 晃晃. [transitive] to make something move in this way. If the toilet won't flush, just jiggle the handle a little.) won't make me dash to 冲回, 冲向 the galley for a refill. In fact, it makes me want to scream. I want to yank your headphones off your head
after I've asked you what you want to drink and you've responded "huh?"
three times. After the fourth time I just move on or give you a Coke.
On night flights, we sometimes hold off on meal service as long as we can so that you'll be asleep and we'll have less to do. Don't ask me where you can shove your bag( 塞. 塞哪里( stash 放哪里, 放好, 放置). shove something in/into/under etc. something: Is it OK if I shove some clothes in the washing machine? shove something used for telling someone in a very rude way that you do not want something and that you are very angry or annoyed. They can shove this job – I've had enough! Roy can take his stupid ring and shove it!). I've been waiting 12 years to tell you where you can shove it.
Man winds up in intensive care after choking on crayfish in Qantas lounge: A man who spent two weeks in hospital after choking on a Moreton Bay bug in the Qantas first class lounge at Sydney Airport says he is yet to receive an apology from the airline. Hong Kong based sales director Luca Donati was flying home to spend last Christmas with his family when he stopped in to sample the spaghettini and Moreton Bay bugs, The Daily Telegraph reports. "I had to ask what the bugs were and they told me they were crayfish 淡水龙虾 with the shell removed," Mr Donati said. "I was on the third mouthful 吃第三嘴( I. an amount of food or drink that you put in your mouth at one time. II. informal 绕嘴的. 拗口的. 难发音的. a word or phrase that is very long or hard to pronounce. His full name is quite a mouthful. say a mouthful to say something that is true and important using only a few words. to say a lot; to say something very important or meaningful. When you said things were busy around here, you said a mouthful. It is terribly busy. You sure said a mouthful, Bob. Things are really busy. You (really) said a mouthful. 说的太对了 Inf. Fig. You said exactly what needed to be said.; What you said was very meaningful and had great impact. Bill: Did you hear what I said to her? Jane: Yes. You said a mouthful. Was she mad? Bill: This is the worst food I have ever eaten. It is either stale, wilted, dry, or soggy! Tom: You said a mouthful! give someone a mouthful to speak to someone in a rude way. Paul really gave me a mouthful. I didn't know I hurt his feelings. When I asked her politely to move, she gave me a mouthful. wilt [intransitive] 蔫不拉吉的. 发蔫的. 蔫搭搭的. 晒蔫的. if a plant wilts, it gradually bends toward the ground because it needs water or is dying. If the plant continues to wilt, cut it right back and water it well. II. [intransitive] 没精打采的. 没精神的. if a person wilts, they have less energy, confidence, or enthusiasm. Martinez seemed to wilt in the heat in the second set. III. [intransitive/transitive] if you wilt vegetables or they wilt, you cook them gently, usually in a little fat over heat. soggy [ˈsɑɡi] wet and soft, especially in an unpleasant way. soggy cornflakes. a soggy afternoon (=an afternoon of rain).) when I felt something very sharp in my throat and started to choke." He was rushed to hospital where surgeons operated on him 动手术 immediately to remove the 1.8cm shard(刺儿. a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or other hard substance. slivers/shards of glass 玻璃渣, 碎玻璃, 玻璃碴子(shard 碎渣子 a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or other hard substance.) (=small broken pieces): She had six slivers of glass removed from her cheek. pane/sheet of glass: Each pane of glass costs several hundred dollars.). But despite their best efforts the mystery shard remains lodged in Mr Donati's throat where it has calcified 钙化. He is still not sure if it is a piece of seafood stuck in his throat or something else. Five days after the incident he awoke in the intensive care unit of a Sydney hospital. "I was fed through a nasal tube for 13 days and finally flew home to my wife and family on Christmas Day," Mr Donati said. The sales director was flying with Cathay Pacific but was allowed to use the Qantas lounge under their Oneworld alliance. He said that to this day not one of the carriers had taken responsibility or apologised for what happened to him. A Qantas spokesman said Cathay Pacific were addressing the issue with Mr Donati but a statement Cathay provided to The Daily Telegraph appears to lay the blame on Qantas. "Owing to the involvement of those other parties, things have not been moving as quickly as we would have hoped," Cathay Pacific's statement said. Mr Donati said he almost fell off his chair when he saw the statement. "They are batting this between two airlines 互相推诿, 互相推脱 and I'm stuck in the middle," Mr Donati said. 生了弟弟姐姐不快: With a perfect side-eye 斜眼 and some serious sass(remarks or types of behaviour that show little respect for people in authority.), North West is said to be less than impressed with the arrival of her brother Saint. In fact, a source close to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West say two-year-old North "does not seem happy" about the tot arriving back at the family's LA home. "North already seems incredibly jealous of him because she is so used to being her mother's only one," the source added. Five days in and the sibling rivalry 兄弟打架, 干仗 is already firmly in place. We knew that was going to happen. But the source adds that expect for North's unhappiness, the family are settling back into normal life. Well, as normal as life can be for a Kardashian. "Everyone says that, like North, Saint has Kim's attractive features," the insider told Radar. "Even Kim and Kanye were hoping for that." Kim, 35, gave birth to her and Kanye's son on Saturday, revealing the news on her website Kim Kardashian West. Then on Monday, she broke the internet again by revealing they were calling him Saint. Unsurprisingly, Twitter exploded with criticism at the name. We wouldn't be surprised if North - who is reportedly a whiz on her iPad - was leading the social media backlash. 女孩深夜被男孩强奸: He stayed in her backyard for about an hour before leaving, but alerted the girl's father who went to investigate. 'I saw a guy walking normally along the footpath on the other side of fence and I yelled out to him,' her father said. 'No, it wasn't me,' Aldrich replied calmly when approached by the father, the County Court of Victoria heard on Wednesday. 'I got comfort, I didn't think it was him because he was so calm, so relaxed,' the father said. He said he was on edge following the encounter(on the edge of (something) Very close to doing something or of having some imminent event happen, especially that which is bad or disastrous. The company is still doing business, but ever since the recession hit, they've been teetering on the edge of closing down. The crew are so maddened by the cuts to their pay that everyone is on the edge of mutiny.), but eventually fell asleep about 1.30am. His victim woke to find him crouched 蹲着 near her bed, and Aldrich told her to 'shoosh' and that he had a knife. What followed was a prolonged episode of digital rape and sexual abuse, with the victim pleading for him to stop while also talking to him to avoid being harmed, Crown prosecutor Susan Borg told Aldrich's plea hearing. Aldrich took photos of the victim's genital area, also talking to her after the attack and offering her money. He fled, but handed himself in to police days later after seeing media reports about the incident. Defence barrister Justin Hannebery admitted the offending was very serious. He said Aldrich was remorseful and, as a young offender, had prospects for rehabilitation. Aldrich, who was supported in court by his parents and extended family, has no prior criminal history. 'A complete stranger, sexually mauling her,' she said. 'It must have been frightening.' Aldrich pleaded guilty to one count each of rape and aggravated burglary, and three counts of indecent assault.
王子新恋情: An American celebrity magazine claims that they have the exclusive story on the budding romance between Prince Harry, 31, and Pippa Middleton, 32. The publication also purports to 自称, 声称 have intimate details of their affair, including how they spent their first 'date' and the fact that they have fancied 钟情 each other for years. Allegedly, Prince Harry first 'noticed' Pippa while the world's attention was turned to their siblings - but it is only now that OK! has managed to get the 'scoop'. It states that the younger prince felt attracted to Kate's Maid of Honor at the royal wedding, and the two spent the entire reception flirting - and then some. The article then alleges that Harry went on to pursue 追求 Pippa for months, though it claims she didn't reciprocate 回应 for fear of further upsetting the Duchess of Cambridge. Eventually, it states, they both went on to date other people. But, OK! insists, they never stopped being attracted to each other. 'There's always been sexual tension between them, even when they were dating other people,' a 'source' who claims to know the feelings and motivations of the two Brits told the magazine. Luckily, they both became simultaneously single this fall for the first time since their siblings tied the knot in 2011. And according to OK!, they're taking advantage of that, with Pippa taking the lead 采取主动, 主动出击(I. 占据优势, 领先. to start winning a race or competition. To become the leader, to advance into first place. At 0-0, United will take the lead if they score the penalty. She took the lead ten miles into the marathon. II. 占据领导地位. To assume leadership over a group. to accept responsibility for dealing with a situation. The United States took the lead in trying to salvage a deal at the peace talks. III. to do something as an example for others to follow. British farmers took the lead by sending tons of grain to the drought-stricken areas. ). In the final days of her relationship with Nico, she reportedly turned up on Harry's doorstep in tight jeans and a sheer top. For his part, Harry had 'lit candles and put on some soft music he thought she'd like - Adele, Ellie Goilding, Bruno Mars. They sipped wine and then ate a pasta carbonara that he'd prepared himself.' The publication doesn't indicate whether the two got frisky ( I. playful; energetic; lively; enthusiastic. He had his hands full, with three frisky kittens in the house. II. (informal) Sexually stimulated; horny. ) after such a creamy, carbohydrate-heavy dinner that Harry cooked to set the mood 创造点情调( to set the mood one might put on music such as a thong song or something that everybody likes. one might make conversation or small talk. basically it's to make awkward situations become better or more lively. "dude it was so boring, last night." "I know, John should have put some 36 Mafia or Weezer to set the mood!" Like we set an Alarm Clock, we can "set" the mood of an event or an occasion, by making sure all the things that normally accompany the event are happening. If the occasion is romantic, you'd "set the mood" by having soft music playing, some fresh flowers , and her favorite perfume in the air. In this way, you have set the mood for romance. Obviously, you won't do these things if the occasion is a funeral! ), though it does indicate that Pippa started thinking of him less as a fling and more as a true romantic partner. She also supposedly left at 3 am. 新晋甜心和祖父的关系: Bindi Irwin has responded to claims of a widening rift with paternal grandfather Bob following the tragic death of her conservationist father. The 17-year old spoke out 发声, 出来讲话, 出来说话 following reports of an increasingly strained relationship with Bob, who has previously reflected on his struggle to cope after son Steve Irwin was fatally struck by a stingray in 2006. Speaking to Daily Mail Australia at the 5th annual AACTA Awards on Wednesday evening, Bindi claims her grandfather became reclusive in the years following his death. 'Everyone deals with grief differently,' she said. 'When my dad passed away he chose to distance himself from everything that dad loved the most. 'At the moment we're really just respecting his wishes because he hasn't had anything to do with us for a long time and he decided his own path. That's important so good for him.' Bindi claims her grandfather, who still operates the Bob Irwin Wildlife & Conservation Foundation having retired from Australia Zoo in 1992, has even rejected well meaning gifts from the family. 'There was one year where we sent birthday presents to him and he opened them up and he sent them back,' she recalled. Bob has previously told the Herald Sun that he is not on speaking terms with his grandchildren. Though he did not going into the finer details, the 76-year-old said that he is still proud of what his 17-year-old granddaughter has achieved. 'It's sad but it's just the way things are,' he said. When asked if his late son would have wanted for the family to reunite, he replied: 'Yes he would probably, but life's a b**** sometimes.' Speaking to Australian Story in May, Bob admitted to developing coping mechanisms in a bid to help him deal with the loss of his son. 'Once we lost Steve those were difficult times and a lot of it all I wanted to forget, I suppose,' he said. 'I basically buried myself in physical work, I didn't want anything to do with people. I had things to get sorted out in my own head and that took a long time to get those sorted out. 'I didn't want to be like a hermit because that wasn't doing me any good.' Sophie Monk gets A-list treatment after being mistaken for Oscar winner in Hollywood: 'I was like, this is insane': "I was with my girlfriend, and I was kinda trying to impress her," Sophie, 35, recalled. "So I walk in, and the staff were like 'Hey we've got you a table. Just sit at the back in private.'" Then before she had a chance to order, an "out of control" amount of food and wine was delivered to her table. "It's all coming and then they bring out dessert and I was like, this is insane," she said, adding, "and I was on a diet". But that didn't stop her from indulging…and keeping up the charade. Life as 40-year-old Charlize wasn't bad at all. "I was like, I am the bomb(the bomb informal something really good. to be very good: That new restaurant is the bomb! This looks the bomb. be the bomb I. to be someone or something that you like very much. This expression is used by young people. II. A success; something excellent. Their new record is the bomb. That party was the bomb! Usage notes: The two diametrical slang meanings are distinguished by the article. For "a success", the phrase is generally the bomb. Otherwise bomb can mean "a failure". look like a bomb has hit it 刚被轰炸过 to look very messy Your bedroom looks like a bomb has hit it!)," Sophie said. 强奸指控: Following a series of rape allegations by former female co-stars and an ex-girlfriend, porn star James Deen has broken his silence and claims he is "completely baffled" by the allegations. In an exclusive interview with US news website The Daily Beast, Deen - whose real name is Bryan Sevilla - defended 辩护 himself against the claims. "All of the accusations are from either ex-girlfriends or events that happened on set. I always try to take responsibility for my actions and apologise when needed," he said. "The claims are inaccurate or out of context." At the time of publication, nine women have come forward and claimed that they were sexually assaulted by Deen. I want to assure my friends, fans and colleagues that these allegations are both false and defamatory( [dɪˈfæmət(ə)ri] defamatory remarks are not true and make people have a bad opinion of someone. ). The most recent is former Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham, who released a sex tape starring Deen. "James Deen raped me for his benefit of fame. He conspired against me with others that I thought were my friends at the time and that was very hurtful," Ms Abraham told the Daily Mail. The allegations levelled by Abraham were not included in The Daily Beast interview, as they were made after the email correspondence with Deen took place. His Twitter feed has also come under fresh scrutiny over his use of rape humour in tweets. Addressing the tweets, he said: "I operate outside of the overly-PC public world we live in. I'm not PC. But making a rape joke does not make one a rapist." Deen has been dumped by several porn studios and stood down as chairperson of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee's board of directors. "I am not under criminal investigation, and at this moment I have no intention of filing defamation suits against false accusations," he said. "I won't throw my ex-girlfriends under a metaphorical bus because I made the choice to date them. I know what I did and what I didn't do."
