用法学习: 1. 让失忆老人做他们想做的事: Most carers agree that allowing the patients to go along with their urge 随心所愿 to head for the great blue yonder ( into the wide/wild blue yonder 没有人的地方 (literary) if you go into the wide blue yonder, you go somewhere far away that seems exciting because it is not known I have a sudden desire to escape, to head off into the wide blue yonder and never return. Yonder and yon can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: Look over yonder. as a determiner: yon hills. an old word used for talking about someone or something that is not near you. ) is the most humane option. "The sense that they have the freedom to do what they feel they need to do is very soothing to patients," explained Sabine Gruenwald from the Muehlenau Residence in Hamburg, which introduced the scheme last summer. And far from feeling that the patients are being led up the garden path 别欺骗了, patients' families approve wholeheartedly. "You can't rely on rational arguments 讲道理 with dementia sufferers," Richard Neureither from a home in Duesseldorf told TV station NTV. "You have to enter into their reality." Staff can now point a patient who insists she has to get home to cook dinner for her long-dead husband in the direction of the bus-stop, and simply wait for her to return when she decides she must have missed her connection, or pick her up later. Often, she'll have forgotten after five minutes why she's there. But when she comes back, she's likely to feel a whole lot better. 2. country [uncountable] an area that is known for a particular product, activity, person etc. East of here is mostly farming country. Shakespeare/Thomas Hardy etc country 故地, 故土, 地带, 故乡, 家乡 (=an area connected with a famous person): The area around Stratford-upon-Avon is known as Shakespeare country. on the back foot/footing 处于被动形势, 被动局面, 陷于被动 (idiomatic) In a defensive posture; off-balance. in a worse situation than other people or groups. Brazil's brilliant play put their opponents on the back foot. Moscow accuses Germany of hushing/covering up Russian girl's rape: Although investigators are pursuing charges of child abuse, critics say it was not clear from initial police announcements that the case was being followed up. This initial lack of clarity played into the hands of 正中下怀, 被利用 anti-migrant activists hoping to inflame tensions. Kremlin-backed media have often been accused of using propaganda to stir up trouble with Russian-speakers living in the Baltics. But now some fear the same tactic could be being used in Germany,
possibly to keep Chancellor Angela Merkel on the back-foot when it comes
to the fate of EU sanctions imposed on Russia because of the conflict
in eastern Ukraine. on the front foot (idiomatic) In a dominant position. hang something on someone 迁怒, 怪罪, 指责 To place the blame on. Attach the blame for something to (someone): it is unfair to hang the loss on Williams. Don't hang that mistake on me. The Kremlin on Tuesday turned Russian media reports about the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Berlin into a diplomatic spat with Germany. "We discouraged people from going to the protests," Julia Iwakin from the Russian-German Youth Organization told the Süddeutsche Zeitung. "We said they should wait for the investigation. You can't hang this incident and the events of Cologne on all refugees." Iwakin explained though that lots of Russian-Germans had lost trust in the German media because of how the Ukraine crisis was reported and now watch Russian television instead. "Many people found the reporting too one-sided and turned away from it," she said, adding that the mistrust was compounded by the slowness of the German media to pick up on the Cologne sexual assaults. The Russian government has faced repeated accusations in the Putin era of inciting Russian minority communities in other countries against their governments by means of Russian state television. The Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have all previously complained about their large Russian minorities being "poisoned" against them by Kremlin-backed Russian language television. Relations between Germany and Russian deteriorated sharply after Moscow annexed ( annex [əˈneks] 强占, 占据, 占领 to take control of a country or region by force. In 1521, the state fell to Cortés, and Mexico was annexed by Spain. ) the Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014. Germany corralled the EU into imposing tough sanctions on Russian business elite and has backed Kiev throughout the crisis. hang on someone's every word to listen very carefully to what someone is saying. corral [kəˈræl] I. 驱赶入圈. to move horses, cows, etc. into a corral. II. mainly journalism to move people into a place and stop them from leaving it. a. to organize a group of people and persuade them to do something. We were corralled into helping him. 3. 澳网: Novak Djokovic ensured Roger Federer's grand slam title drought continued when he claimed their Australian Open semi-final in clinical fashion, but the Swiss superstar insists he's not a spent force(spent force 不行了, 过气了 A person, organization, or process which is no longer influential, effective, or robust. ). Federer's last grand slam final win - his 17th - was at Wimbledon in 2012 and he's been a beaten finalist three times since, losing to Djokovic all three times - at The All England Club in 2014 and 2015 and at the US Open last year. The world No.1 stormed away to a two-set lead with some jaw-dropping tennis on Rod Laver Arena on Thursday night before Federer fought back to force it to 拖入第四局决胜局 a fourth-set decider. But while the 34-year-old was disappointed with his performance, he still believes he is capable of turning the tables 翻盘 on his younger rival. The four-time Australian Open champion thrilled the crowd when he fought back to claim the third set, and received rapturous applause when he won the point of the match, and possibly the tournament, with a sublime backhand passing shot on the run in the fourth set. He received a standing ovation as he departed Rod Laver Arena and assured local fans he would be back looking for his fifth Australian Open crown next year. NOVAK Djokovic has resisted a stirring fightback 还击, 回击 from Roger Federer to advance to a sixth Australian Open final in breathtaking fashion at Melbourne Park. Djokovic and Federer took tennis to extraordinary new levels at times before the Serbian prevailed 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 on Thursday night in an enthralling semi-final. The rampant world No.1 was on track to dish out the heaviest hardcourt defeat of Federer's 1307-match career before the great Swiss thrilled fans at Rod Laver Arena — including Laver himself — to raise hopes of a famous comeback win 后来居上, 大翻盘. But after a controversial 10-minute stoppage to close the roof amid forecasts of rain, Djokovic regained control to seal a spot in Sunday's night's championship decider. "Definitely I played an unbelievable first two sets but that's what is necessary against Roger. He's been playing a very high level in this tournament. He's been playing very aggressively. I came up with the right intensity. I executed everything perfectly. Hitting with incredible power and precision, the top seed gained a second break and closed out the first set in 22 minutes. There appeared no way back after Djokovic broke the third seed twice more and barely dropped a point on his own serve in storming to a two-set advantage 领先优势 inside an hour. Federer saved another break point in the fifth game of the third set before producing his best tennis of the night, including a crazy running crosscourt pass, to break Djokovic for 4-2 and drawing thunderous applause from the sellout crowd. 4. A moral 主旨, 中心思想, 故事的主旨是, 故事教会了我们, 故事教导我们, 得到的教训是, 我们学到的教训是 ( moral dilemma: Returning the money presented Steven with a moral dilemma. moral obligation/duty 道义责任: You're not legally required to inform them, but it is a moral obligation. boost/raise/improve morale: The officers were struggling to boost morale.) (from Latin morālis) is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim. In the tale of the tortoise and the hare, the slow tortoise wins the race - the moral of the story is that steady persistence wins in the end. The engine blew up after a week so the moral of the story is not to buy a really cheap second-hand car. 1D 下一代: It seems there's some water under the bridge between ( water under the bridge 事情过去了 problems that someone has had in the past that they do not worry about because they happened a long time ago and cannot now be changed. Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten. They agreed that their old disputes were water under the bridge and decided to make a fresh start. Yes, we did have our disagreements but that's water under the bridge now.) Zayn Malik and his former One Direction bandmate Louis Tomlinson. While the pair don't talk anymore, 23-year-old Zayn has only good wishes for Louis after the birth of his new baby boy Freddie Reign, to his ex Briana Jungwirth, on January 22. "We'll see if I get an invite," Zayn told Capital London Breakfast Show with Dave Berry. "Obviously I wish him the best of luck. His kid is cute as f--- obviously I favourited it. We're not talking on friend terms obviously, so that's as far as I can go这是我能做的, by favouriting his picture." Zayn, who is launching his debut solo single 'Pillow Talk' this week, also opened up about why he backflipped on his vow to live like a "normal 22-year-old" when he left One Direction in March 2015. "It worked out for about two weeks and I got bored of it," the singer said. "I don't think I could ever go back to being completely normal. "I guess that's something I accepted, that this is as normal as it gets for me. I just want to make music that I believe in and music that I stand for." In another interview with Apple Music's Beats 1, he fumbled 不知说什么好 ( fumble I. [intransitive] to try to hold, move, or find something using your hands in a way that is not skilful or graceful. fumble for: She fumbled for her keys in her bag. fumble with: Robert began to fumble with his buttons. fumble around/about: He fumbled around in the dark looking for some matches. II. [intransitive/transitive] to drop a ball. Smith fumbled at the goal line. III. [intransitive/transitive] to say something in a way that is not skilful or effective. a fumbled explanation. fumble for words 不知道说什么, 不知道说什么好, 无话可说, 无言以对: He stood there, fumbling for words. speechless so surprised, upset, or angry that you cannot think of anything to say. It was a performance that left him speechless with admiration. ) when asked if he was "in a relationship" with the 20-year-old model. 5. Father arrested for taking daughter's phone away: "I couldn't believe they would go to this extent for a cell phone." But the farce ( I. [singular/uncountable] 闹剧. 胡闹. 笑话. a situation or event that is silly because it is very badly organized, unsuccessful, or unfair. The trial has been a complete farce, from beginning to end. II. [countable] theatre, cinema a play or movie in which people get involved in silly or unlikely situations that are intended to make you laugh. a. [uncountable] theatre, cinema the style of writing and acting used for farces. ) did not end there and 18 months later a warrant was issued for Jackson, CBS Local Media reports. On Tuesday, Dallas County Courthouse Judge Lisa Green ruled Jackson was not guilty due to a lack of evidence. Father of four daughters faints after learning his wife is pregnant with son: Instead of receiving the news from their obstetrician, the couple instead asked their doctor to reveal the gender to their 16-year-old daughter Chastity in a sealed envelope. Chastity then arranged a gender reveal party for her parents where they would cut into a cake which would confirm the sex of the baby through the colour of the sponge underneath the icing. In the video, it appears the news was all too much for 承受不住, 不堪重负 Mr Pena, who immediately dropped to the floor once he saw the blue cake. The chuffed 乐疯了, 高兴坏了 ([tʃʌft] very pleased about something.) father said he had been waiting to have another man in the family for a long time. 6. 当中秀恩爱明星自己打脸: Crazy-in-love celeb PDA can lead to extra-humiliating break-ups: Swoon over romance in bloom at your own risk. Bragging to everyone about your new soulmate only makes you look like more of a lovefool 爱情傻瓜 when things don't work out. Hollywood stars generally know better, but every so often a new couple comes out gushing about 滔滔不绝, 大谈特谈 how they've found The One. Only a month or two in, Amy Schumer and Ben Hanisch are already kissing and telling too much. He said (on Instagram): "I'm in love with her." Meanwhile, she's publicly calling him "my man," and he's Instagrammed about an upcoming appearance on Inside Amy Schumer. The kiss (and tell-ing) of death? If he turns out to be the jerk of the century, will making him the butt of her jokes erase all the honeymoon-phase sappiness( sappy very emotional in a way that people may find embarrassing or silly. a sappy look on his face. a sappy novel/movie. )? Click through for celeb couples who took their public declarations of love too far and lived to regret it. If you must live and love in public, it's probably best to plan a multi-million dollar wedding that won't air on your reality TV show. Sadly, Kim Kardashian and her now-ex-husband Kris Humphries didn't get that memo 不知道这条. When The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco was busy raving about Ryan Sweeting and posting cutesy pics of them together on Instagram, she probably thought they'd be together forever. Alas, they won't be. Kaley filed for divorce last September and promptly 立即 removed every trace of Ryan from her social media accounts. Is that now an unofficial break-up step? Following in Nick and Jessica's Newlywed footsteps: Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, stars of Britney and Kevin: Chaotic. The five-episode series was expected to tank ( if something such as a product tanks, it fails completely. She released a solo single, but it tanked. ) Britney's career, but she rose from the break-up ashes to become a Vegas headliner. Still, we have a feeling this is one of several career/life low points that she'd rather be left unmentioned. According to Wikipedia, Newlyweds was originally intended as a vehicle for Michael Jackson and Lisa-Marie Presley, who really turned up the PDA in Michael's 1995 'You Are Not Alone' video. It didn't seem like a good idea at the time, and when they divorced the following year, it became a cautionary tale of things you should never ever do when your marriage is clearly not meant to last. Ellen DeGeneres seems to have learned her lesson from those pre-flameout passionworks 爱火熄灭前的恩爱, 卿卿我我 ( flameout 爱火熄灭. flameout I. The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing. burn up, fire up, flame up, flare up. Mary's temper flamed out怒火渐熄. II. The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner. To fail, usually spectacularly. The company was one of Silicon Valley's more famous dot-com flameouts. III. The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel). fame the state of being famous. Kundera achieved international fame while banned in his own country. rise/shoot to fame/stardom/prominence/power 成名 (=become famous quickly): Tarantino's rise to fame began with his movie Reservoir Dogs. fame and fortune 名气和财富 (=a lot of money): Fame and fortune have come easily to Jo. of TV etc. fame used for saying what made someone or something famous. Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek fame. In aviation a flameout 引擎熄火 refers to the run-down of a jet engine caused by the extinction of the flame in the combustion chamber. It can be caused by a number of factors, including fuel starvation, compressor stall, insufficient oxygen (at high altitudes), foreign object damage (such as caused by birds, hail or volcanic ash), severe inclement weather, mechanical failure and very cold ambient temperatures. ) with Anne Heche. They couldn't even stop nuzzling ( nuzzle 脸贴脸 to press your nose or face against something gently. ) long enough to have a hands-off conversation with then-US President Bill Clinton. Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi are always loving yet restrained on the red carpet, the way celeb Cupid intended. 7. collateral [kəˈlæt(ə)rəl] 抵押 property that you agree to give to a bank if you fail to pay back money that you have borrowed. collateral damage 无辜波及的平民, 受到连累的老百姓 ordinary citizens who are killed during a war. This word is used especially by military officers. Tommy John surgery = ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction a medical operation which uses a tendon from another part of the body to replace damaged ligament in the elbow. Since the first procedure in 1974, many Major League Baseball pitchers have undergone Tommy John surgery. This is a long and difficult recovery for pitchers, as the ulnar collateral ligament needs complete reconstruction.
演员Anne Heche: Anne Heche was born on May 25, 1969 in Aurora, Ohio, the youngest of five children of Nancy (née Prickett) and Donald Joseph Heche. Heche's family moved a total of eleven times during her childhood; at one point, they lived in an Amish community(The Amish ([ˈɑ:mɪʃ]) are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships, closely related to but distinct from Mennonite churches, with whom they share Swiss Anabaptist origins. The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, and reluctance to adopt many conveniences of modern technology. ). When asked in a 2001 interview on Larry King Live what her father's source of income 收入来源 was, Heche replied, "Well, he was a choir director. But I don't think he made much on that a week. He said that he was involved in a business of gas and oil. And he said that until the day he died. But he never was involved in the business of gas and oil ever." The family settled in Ocean City, New Jersey when Heche was twelve years old. Due to desperate finances, Anne went to work at a dinner theater in Swainton "At the time we'd been kicked out of our house and my family was holed up 栖身于 living in a bedroom in the home of a generous family from our church," she said. "I got $100 a week, which was more than anyone else in my family. We all pooled our money in an envelope in a drawer and saved up enough to move out after a year." On March 3, 1983, when Heche was thirteen, her 45-year-old father died of AIDS, although he never came out as a homosexual. "He was in complete denial 全面否认 until the day he died. We know he got it from his gay relationships. Absolutely. I don't think it was just one. He was a very promiscuous man, and we knew his lifestyle then", Heche said on Larry King Live. Despite her father being gay, Heche has claimed that he repeatedly raped her from the time she was an infant until she was twelve, giving her genital herpes. When asked "But why would a gay man rape a girl?", in a 2001 interview with The Advocate, Heche replied "I don't think he was just a gay man. I think he was sexually deviant. My belief was that my father was gay and he had to cover that up. I think he was sexually abusive. The more he couldn't be who he was, the more that came out of him in ways that it did." Three months after her father's death, Heche's 18-year-old brother Nathan was killed in a car crash. The official determination 官方结论 was that he fell asleep at the wheel and struck a tree, though Heche claims he committed suicide. The remainder of Heche's family subsequently relocated to Chicago, where Heche attended the progressive Francis W. Parker School. In 1985, when Heche was sixteen, an agent 星探 spotted her in a school play and secured her an audition for the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. Heche flew to New York City, auditioned, and was offered a job, but her mother insisted she finish high school first. Shortly before her high school graduation in 1987, Heche was offered a dual role on the daytime soap opera Another World. "Again I was told I couldn't go. My mother was very religious and maybe she thought it was a sinner's world," Heche stated. "But I got on the phone and said, 'Send me the ticket. I'm getting on the plane.' I was like, 'Bye!' I did my time with 受够了 my mom in a one-bedroom, skanky ( very unpleasant or dirty. (British slang) vile. ) apartment and I was done." Laffoon filed for divorce on February 2, 2007, after five and a half years of marriage. In court papers filed on May 2, 2007, Laffoon requested primary custody of their son, claiming that Heche was an unfit parent and exhibited "bizarre and delusional behavior for which she refuses to seek professional help". Heche countered 反击 by accusing Laffoon of "resorting to lies with the court" because she "would not cave in to his astronomical 天文数字般的 money demands". Heche lost custody of their son on June 11, 2007. On May 14, 2008, following the cancellation of her TV series Men in Trees, she submitted a financial declaration showing that she had less than $35,000 in her bank accounts and could no longer afford to pay child support. Heche and Laffoon's contentious divorce was finalized on March 4, 2009. A court order was issued which required them to hire a parenting coordinator to manage their relationships with son Homer; this arrangement remained in effect until May 1, 2011. Heche's first high-profile role came in the 1998 romantic adventure Six Days Seven Nights, where she starred opposite Harrison Ford. She had been cast in the film one day before her same-sex relationship with Ellen DeGeneres went public. Although Heche did land a second starring role shortly thereafter as Vince Vaughn's love interest in the acclaimed drama Return to Paradise (1998), the romance with DeGeneres destroyed her prospects as a leading lady. According to Heche, "People said 'You're not getting a job because you're gay' ". She commented: "How could that destroy my career? I still can't wrap my head around it." Six Days Seven Nights and Return to Paradise have remained the only theatrically released films in which Heche has had a leading role. She never stopped working, but quickly fell under the Hollywood radar. Heche had supporting roles in three other 1997 releases, playing a seismologist in the disaster film Volcano, a backwoods loner (backwoods n. an area that is far away from any towns, usually a place that has not yet become modern. ) in the horror hit I Know What You Did Last Summer, and a presidential advisor in the political satire Wag the Dog (a part that was originally written for a man). In early 2011, she appeared in Cedar Rapids, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Heche's performance was well received 反响很好; David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter stated that "while Heche shines brightest in more brittle mode(brittle [ˈbrɪt(ə)l] I. 易碎的, 脆的, 易折断的. a brittle substance or object is hard and can easily break into pieces. Don't pack fragile or brittle objects in your suitcase. a. a brittle relationship or situation is not very strong and could easily be damaged. the brittle 脆弱的 peace between the two nations. II. literary a brittle laugh or smile does not show real humor or happiness. a. if you speak in a brittle voice 哭腔说话, you sound as if you are about to cry. III. a brittle sound is rather sharp and unpleasant. brittle bone disease = osteoporosis [ˌɑstioupəˈrousɪs]: 骨质疏松症. a medical condition in which your bones become more likely to break. It often affects older people, especially women. ), as in HBO's Hung, she strikes a sweet balance between Joan's mischievous and maternal sides 淘气调皮和母性的一面".
Mickelson spray hits Ruffels' pro debut: A spray 乱喷 ( The firemen sprayed the house. Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters. Spray some ointment on that scratch. say it, don't spray it 别唾沫星子乱喷 Used to remind someone not to release any saliva while talking. The three year-old I babysit always spits on me when talking. I know he doesn't mean it, but telling him say it, don't spray it just doesn't work. ) from superstar Phil Mickleson has thrown a shadow over the professional debut of Australian teen golf star Ryan Ruffels. Seventeen-year-old Ruffels was desperate to make a good start in pro ranks among elite company at this week's US PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines. But his focus faced a severe test after five-time major winner Mickelson accused him of "high school stuff" over a recent interview in which he spoke of a money match 赌钱比赛 he played against the American veteran. Ruffels, who earlier in his career was being recruited by Mickelson and his brother Tim to play college golf at Arizona State University, where Tim is the coach, played a round with the pair at Torrey Pines in December after he'd decided to instead turn pro. "We get on the first tee, it's pretty early in the morning and he says, 'I don't wake up this early to play for any less than $2500'," the teenager recounted to the Sydney Morning Herald. Mickelson then reportedly offered 2-1 odds and Ruffels said: "I was a few down through nine but then I birdied six of my last seven to win by one shot and took his money, so that was pretty cool." On the eve of the Farmers Insurance Open on Wednesday, Mickelson took aim at Ruffels, accusing him of being indiscreet and allegedly embellishing the amount won( embellish I. 修饰. make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features. to make something more beautiful by decorating it. "blue silk embellished with golden embroidery". II. 夸大其词. make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue. to make a story more interesting by adding details, especially ones that are not completely true. "followers often embellish stories about their heroes". ), despite not being directly asked about the matter by reporters who raised the Australian's name. "He's a very nice person. I met him a month ago, and we played for the first time. He's young, and he's got some things to learn," said Mickelson. "One of them is you don't discuss certain things. You don't discuss specifics of what you play for. And you certainly don't embellish and create a false amount just for your own benefit. "So those things right there are, that's high school stuff, and he's going to have to stop doing that now that he's out on the PGA Tour. The issue was complicated because Ruffels had earlier attempted to recant 收回说过的话 ( [rɪˈkænt] I. to say that something you said was not true. He later recanted his confession. II. to state publicly that you no longer believe something, especially that you no longer have a religious belief or no longer support a political idea. ) his original version of the match. After the story first hit and the Mickelson camp was unimpressed with the gambling revelations and any potential thought of recruitment violations, Ruffels posted on the Golf Channel's instagram account. "Everyone, this is very inaccurate," he said in the comments section of the Instagram post. "There are no NCAA violations involved. At the time of the round 在那个时间段 I was already a professional, and had made it clear my intentions to not attend ASU or any college in Australia or the USA. "The wager amount has also been exaggerated out of proportion. I value the relationship I have with Phil and his brother Tim and it's one that I hope to have for many years. To have so many damaging inaccuracies in this is truly disappointing."
