用法学习: 1. directive 指导手册 A directive is an official instruction that is given by someone in authority. a general instruction or order issued authoritatively. Thanks to a new E.U. directive, insecticide labelling will be more specific. In a statement on Tuesday, the airline manufacturer said it had issued an "Operations Manual Bulletin" advising airline operators how to address incorrect cockpit readings. A spokesperson for Boeing wouldn't disclose to CNN whether the directive was issued to operators of all Boeing aircraft, or just those who fly 737 MAX 8 planes - the same model as Flight 610. The directive points operators "to existing flight crew procedures to address circumstances where there is erroneous input from an AOA sensor," the statement said. Following Boeing's bulletin, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it would issue an airworthiness 适航 directive to Boeing 737 Max 8 crews if they experience the same problems that brought down Lion Air Flight 610. get a rise out of someone 故意招惹, 惹恼, 惹怒, 惹人生气, 招你烦 to make someone react angrily by saying something that will annoy them. Ignore him, he's just trying to get a rise out of you. In 2013, Ray J released his antagonistic song 'I Hit It First,' in which he cast a Kardashian lookalike in the music video and used a pixelated image of her face as the single's cover art, no doubt to get a rise out of her husband, West. antagonistic [ænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk] 强烈反对的, 讨厌异常的 showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something. "he was antagonistic to the government's reforms". a. disliking someone or something very much and behaving in a very unfriendly way toward them. antagonistic toward/to: You sound very antagonistic toward her. b. opposing something strongly. If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them. Nearly all the women I interviewed were aggressively antagonistic to the idea. 2. to take a lot/it out of sb 榨干, 吸干, 筋疲力尽 If something takes a lot out of you or takes it out of you, it requires a lot of energy or effort and makes you feel very tired and weak afterwards. He looked tired, as if the argument had taken a lot out of him. Having loads of children takes it out of you 耗干. cower [ˈkauə] 蜷缩 crouch down in fear. "children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted". Shane Robertson, from Diggers Rest, pleaded guilty to bashing 29-year-old Katie Haley to death with a dumbbell as she cowered on her child's bed in March this year. He struck Ms Haley five times to the head after an argument ensued when she told him she was leaving the relationship. 吃鼻涕虫 (Slug, or land slug 鼻涕虫, 蚰蜒, 蜒蚰, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word slug is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a small internal shell, particularly sea slugs and semislugs (this is in contrast to the common name snail, which applies to gastropods that have a coiled shell large enough that the animal can fully retract its soft parts into the shell).) 感染致死: His family were told he'd suffered permanent brain damage and physical impairment as a result of rat lung worm contracted from the slug. The non-denominational 不限宗教派别的 ( A non-denominational person or organization is not restricted to any particular or specific religious denomination. not connected with a particular religious denomination. ) funeral service was hosted by Sam's uncle, John Pollaers, who spoke lovingly of his nephew who had been the first grandchild in the family and a bundle of energy since birth. The ceremony was filled with love, lightness and a certain heaviness that comes when someone so young passes away. "It's heartening 暖心的 让人充满希望的(to make someone feel happier and more hopeful. causing cheerfulness; encouraging. He was heartened by the public's support. ) to look around and see how many lives were touched by a man who only reached the age of 29," he said. "As long as I can remember, I've always been in awe of how Sam grabbed the attention of everyone in the room, from his bubbly personality or his outrageous sense of humour, Sam would have the people around him in stitches of laughter," he said. Speaking at a YoungCare fundraiser before her son's death, mother Katie Ballad said Sam complained of having sore legs, which she attributed to the fact he'd played rugby the previous day. Over the next week, Sam's condition deteriorated and he was rushed to hospital where he was initially treated for suspected Guillain-Barré syndrome. "By the end of the following week, Sam was moved to the ICU [Intensive Care Unit] at our local hospital and panic set in," she said. It was eventually discovered that the young man had developed Angiostrongylus Eosinophilic Meningitis from eating the slug at the party. The condition is caused by human infection of larvae of the rat lung worm. Most people recover from such infections. Sam, however never recovered, requiring around the clock care. 3. 大篷车(caravan)难民: Earlier, the asylum seekers had travelled in school buses under police escort to a beachfront rally in Tijuana, where a steel fence juts out into the Pacific Ocean. They sang the Honduran national anthem, and supporters on the San Diego side of the fence waved a Honduran flag. Trump's order will be in effect for 90 days or until the US reaches an agreement with Mexico allowing it to turn back asylum seekers who had travelled through Mexico, whichever comes first. US and Mexican diplomats have held talks over the issue this year, but there has been little indication 没有迹象表明 Mexico would agree to such a pact. The plan, which invokes 引用特权 the same authority Trump used to justify his travel ban on citizens of several Muslim-majority nations, is likely to be quickly challenged in court. Pro-immigrant groups have denounced the administration's plan, arguing it contravenes 违反, 违背法律 ([ˌkɒntrəˈviːn] to do something that is not allowed by a rule, law, or agreement.) existing US law and unfairly restricts asylum protections for those fleeing persecution and violence. 4. 罗伯茨的comback: So much so that whenever Roberts would have the unimaginable good fortune of following a box-office bust with another hit — you know, the way careers go — the press would shower her with talk of her great comeback. With even a little bit of hindsight, you can see how misapplied 不适用的, 贴错标签的 this "comeback" label often got — and how it was just as often applied to coming back from periods of disfavour with the glossy entertainment press, like after she left Kiefer Sutherland at the altar, or when she married Lyle Lovett and broke everybody's brains(rack your brain[s] to think very hard: I've been racking my brains all day but I can't remember her name.). Roberts took a self-imposed two-year break 自行放假, 自己给自己放假 from making movies (aside from a brief cameo in Robert Altman's The Player) before she returned as the lead, opposite Denzel Washington, in The Pelican Brief. You'd have thought that Orpheus himself had trudged ( to walk somewhere with slow heavy steps 沉重的脚步. If you trudge somewhere, you walk there slowly and with heavy steps, especially because you are tired or unhappy. We had to trudge up the track back to the station. trudge through/back/up etc.: He trudged through deep snow to the village. ) back from the depths of hell the way that Roberts' screen comeback was analysed and scrutinised. The Pelican Brief was another $US100 million hit, even if more people wanted to talk about her marriage to Lovett at the time. But Roberts' mid-'90s attempts to stretch her brand beyond fizzy comedies ( a fizzy liquid has gas bubbles in it. ) and potboiler 只为赚钱的 (a book, movie, etc. that was created only to make money. If you describe a book or film as a potboiler, you mean that it has been created in order to earn money quickly and is of poor quality. ) thrillers put the dreaded (often humorous frightening or worrying. He would have to deal with questions from his dreaded father-in-law.) "slump" (I. to be suddenly reduced to a much lower level. Profits slumped to under $250 million. II. to suddenly fall or sit because you are very tired or unconscious. Sam's body slumped to the floor. be slumped in/over etc. something 瘫坐 to be sitting still in a position that is not upright. I spent the evening slumped in front of the TV. They found him slumped over the wheel of his car.) tag on her, especially after the one-two-three punch of Mary Reilly, Michael Collins and Everyone Says I Love You in 1996. It's deeply ironic that of all the actors and actors who have won Oscars on the backs of ( on the backs of somebody using the work of a particular group to achieve something that they will not get any advantage from. Economic prosperity was won on the backs of the urban poor. on the back of something soon after an earlier success, and as a result of it. If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it. The cuts, if approved, come on the back of a difficult eight years that have seen three fire stations closed. The advertising agency secured the contract on the back of its previous successful campaigns. ) goosed ( goose I. informal to press or take hold of someone's bottom. II. informal to encourage or cause something or someone to be more active. wild goose chase. the goose that lays the golden egg. what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. cook someone's goose If you cook someone's goose, you prevent their plans from succeeding. He said that what they were up to would cook Krasky's goose. ) "comeback" narratives, Julia Roberts wasn't one of them. From there, Roberts's career was a bit less susceptible to "slump" charges, because a) an Oscar statue is like Hollywood teflon, at least for a while, and b) she kept making Ocean's movies that may not have been Julia Roberts Movies, but they were still easy to point to whenever a Full Frontal or a (sigh) Duplicity flopped. Another Oscar nomination for 2013's August: Osage County shut critics up enough, but it was the unexpected windfall for Wonder last year that got everybody's attention. And since it was a somewhat unexpected blockbuster, those "comeback" narratives 说法, 说辞 didn't even get a chance to take shape( narrative [ˈnerətɪv] [countable] 叙述. 说法. a story, or an account of something that has happened. ...a fast-moving narrative. Sloan began his narrative with the day of the murder. At this point in her narrative, Lou suddenly paused. a fast-moving first-person narrative. a. [uncountable] 叙事. 描述. the process, methods, or skills involved in telling a story. Narrative is the description of a series of events, usually in a novel. Neither author was very strong on narrative. ...Nye's simple narrative style. We have been working on different aspects of narrative. traditional narrative structures. ). Which is maybe too bad; a comeback narrative could have led to a Best Supporting Actress nomination. This awards season, she'll try to ride that career upswing to a fifth career nod for Ben Is Back, where she plays the emotionally conflicted mother to returned-from-drug-rehab Lucas Hedges. The rush to keep declaring Julia Roberts's career dead, then reawakened, then dead again, then alive once more, is indicative of any number of the ways in which Hollywood makes actors jump through hoops and compete against one another. 5. recourse [ˈriˌkɔrs, rɪˈkɔrs] the use of something so that you can get what you want or need in a difficult situation. If you achieve something without recourse to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have recourse to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something. It enabled its members to settle their differences without recourse to war. [+ to] The public believes its only recourse is to take to the streets. We hope a settlement can be reached without recourse 借助于, 借力于, 求助于 to legal action. The system allows doctors to have recourse to specialist opinion. Girls without access to an education in strict sharia law controlled countries, women without a voice in parliament or the right to vote, and victims of domestic violence who are told it is their husband’s right to punish them and they have no recourse. collegiate [kəˈliːdʒ(ɪ)ət] adj. I. 大学的. belonging or relating to a college or its students. relating to colleges, or intended for students at college. collegiate sports. "collegiate life". II. (of a university) composed of different colleges. consisting of several colleges or parts. the collegiate system at some universities. "the Oxford collegiate system". express [ɪkˈspres] I. formal very clear, so that there can be no mistake about what is intended. Against the woman's express wishes, the media publicized her story. express permission/consent: You must not leave this house without my express permission. In Tasmania, and also in the Northern Territory, it is a crime to ever identify a victim of sexual assault, even with their express permission. Back in 2012 The Sunday Tasmanian published the name of a rape victim with her consent and was prosecuted for doing so. Fined $20,000. In Jane Doe's case her perpetrator completed his initial jail time and then got locked again after he bragged in a Facebook chat. a. deliberate You came here with the express purpose of causing trouble. II. an express train, bus, etc. makes a particular trip more quickly than ordinary trains, buses, etc. a. an express service delivers mail or packages more quickly than the ordinary service. a package sent by express mail. an express delivery. 6. 新闻: We have seen firsthand with the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse within Institutions that action and change does not come about without brave survivors putting their hands up and saying, "This is what happened to me, and this is the impact it has had." A face and name not only humanises the victim, it makes the crime real. It's why politicians fight so hard to ensure asylum seekers can't be identified, because if we saw their faces and heard their stories first-hand we might not be so keen to see so many families in detention for years on end. Bester took part in an online interview with sex therapist Bettina Arndt, in which the two discuss all of the things Nicolaas Bester has lost. Bettina then talks more broadly about the sexually provocative behaviour by female students, and the poor male teachers who are vulnerable to their wiles 阴谋诡计( [waɪlz] ways of persuading or tricking someone so that they do what you want. Wiles are clever tricks that people, especially women, use to persuade other people to do something. She claimed that women 'use their feminine wiles to get on.' ). My major issue with this interview (and there are many) was that Bester was being given an opportunity to rewrite history, he painted himself as the real victim when the reality is he preyed upon a troubled, anorexic 厌食症的 ( anorexia [ˌænəˈreksiə] a serious illness that makes you want to stop eating and that mainly affects young women. Its full medical name is anorexia nervosa. ) 15-year-old from a broken home. It's textbook really, she was looking for a father figure and even went as far to confess to him about a sexual abuse that had occurred as a child which involved her being locked in a closet. She claims Bester recreated that and wouldn't let her out until she took off her clothes. The thing is Bester never expected Jane Doe to eventually fight back, he didn't think she could thanks to the law that gags her for life. Jane Doe desperately wants to tell her story, not just for her own healing but to help others. How does she not have the right to own her own narrative 有自己的说法? Who does she need protecting from here? Herself? The only person this archaic, outrageous law protects is the perpetrator. 7. Remembrance day: Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, pulled out of the service last minute and a wreath was laid on his behalf by an equerry ( [ˈekwəri] an official who helps a member of the British royal family in performing their duties. An equerry is an officer of a royal household or court who acts as a personal assistant to a member of the royal family. ). Had he been there, the Duke would have stood on the balcony with the Queen and Camilla, with Kate taking position on a separate balcony. Watching from the Foreign Office has become a tradition for the royal women, as their husbands place wreaths at the Cenotaph (cenotaph 衣冠冢, 纪念碑 [ˈsenəˌtæf] a large structure built to remind people of soldiers, sailors, etc. who died in wars. A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenotaphs honour individuals, many noted cenotaphs are instead dedicated to the memories of groups of individuals, such as the lost soldiers of a country or of an empire. Burwood War Memorial Arch 拱门 is a classical sandstone arch at the entrance to Burwood Park which was originally erected to commemorate those who served in World War One. The arch is faced with granite name plaques, listing in gilt lettering, those who served in the First World War together with their comrades who paid the supreme sacrifice. Armistice Day was celebrated at Burwood by the laying of the foundation-stone of a war memorial arch, which is being erected in Burwood Park to commemorate the memory of all residents of the dlstriot who took part in the war. ) below. Prince Charles led the day's service having taken over from the Queen last year. She previously held the role for 60 years. Rebel Wilson: In the film, the 38-year-old Sydney native plays a disenchanted (disenchanted [dɪsɪnˈtʃɑːntɪd] 落寞的, 失望的, 大失所望 adj disappointed by someone or something previously respected or admired; disillusioned. If you are disenchanted with something, you are disappointed with it and no longer believe that it is good or worthwhile. I'm disenchanted with the state of British theatre at the moment. "he became disenchanted with his erstwhile ally". ) woman who realises her life resembles a rom-com after a freak accident. The premise sounds alluring enough, with super hunk Hemsworth playing her romantic interest, and it looks like it will probably end up resembling the exact type of movie it has set out to poke fun at. But it's what she recently said about her role in the film that was problematic.
TV Series: Shameless: 1. impish[ˈɪmpɪʃ] 淘气的, 调皮的 inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun; mischievous. "he had an impish look about him". I like US Lip's darkness. He seems more responsible and intelligent. UK Lip is just kind of impish and unsure. You can depend on US Lip and he offers some of the only real family support to Fiona. 2. panicky [ˈpænɪki] 神经质的. 神经兮兮的. very nervous or worried. US Ian is somber and good looking, but UK Ian always seems a bit panicky, and the wide-angle closeups of his face make him look pretty bizarre. A panicky feeling or panicky behaviour is characterized by panic. Amy felt a moment of pure, panicky 让人神经紧张的 loneliness. Many women feel panicky travelling home at night alone. ...yesterday's panicky decision by the Bank of Ireland. 3. Sorry, UK, but I just don't like your Frank. I understand the character is usually drunk, but he seems that way even before he starts drinking. He seems clinically stupid. US Frank (Macy) is equally as obnoxious, entitled, selfish and deluded, but he only seems drunk when he's drunk. At other times, his pontificating 自以为是的 ( pontificate [pɑnˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt] to give your opinions in a way that shows you think you are definitely right, especially when this annoys other people. If someone pontificates about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly argue against them. Politicians like to pontificate 自以为是的, 滔滔不绝的说 about falling standards. noun. The pontificate 教皇任期 of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope. Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years. ) is fun to listen to. You feel good about hating the guy, because he's like this by choice. With UK Frank, you have to pity him. I feel like I'm laughing at someone who's mentally challenged 弱智的, 脑子不好使的. 4. The pilot introduces the characters, much like their British counterparts, not in an effort to garner their sympathy but simply as a statement of fact 陈述事实. The aspiring teen marine struggling to hide his homosexuality only fears losing the love of his brother, the absent drunk dad who loves his children but through the haze (something such as heat or smoke in the air that makes it less clear, so that it is difficult to see well: The road through the desert shimmered in the haze. I saw her through a haze of cigarette smoke. I. 迷雾. Haze is light mist, caused by particles of water or dust in the air, which prevents you from seeing distant objects clearly. Haze often forms in hot weather. They vanished into the haze near the horizon. The sun smouldered through a thin summer haze. ...the shimmering heat haze. II. If there is a haze of something such as smoke or steam, you cannot see clearly through it. [literary] Dan smiled at him through a haze of smoke and steaming coffee. [+ of] A thick haze of acrid smoke hung in the air. in a fog/haze Not fully aware or alert; having one's attention clouded with something. If someone is in a haze, they are not thinking clearly or not really noticing what is happening around them. I always feel like I'm in a fog when I take that medication. It's like it's hard for me to think. His mind was a haze of fear and confusion. ...asking people to recollect a vanished past through a nostalgic haze.) becomes a heckling prophet - a Shakespearean fool who sees through the thin veil of sanity and order , a young woman struggling to keep the family together seeing a way out through a handsome highwayman (A highwayman (骑马) 拦路抢劫者( footpad 徒步的拦路抢劫者, holdup man, stickup man: 拦路偷车辆的人 ) was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually traveled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footpads 社会地位高, 更高级. a holdup man( = stickup man an armed thief), especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road. n. archaic terminology, a footpad is a robber or thief specialising in pedestrian victims. The term was used widely from the 16th century until the 19th century, but gradually fell out of common use. road agent: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it. A footpad 徒步拦路抢劫者 was considered a low criminal, as opposed to the mounted highwayman who in certain cases might gain fame as well as notoriety. Footpads operated during the Elizabethan era and until the beginning of the 19th century.). These people are not bad even if they do bad things. Society has forgot about them and for that they couldn't care less for it. The whole cast is tremendous but William H. Macy rises to the occasion with the father, a Frank Gallagher straight out of a bar in Memphis at 3 a.m. on a Wednesday, last orders, don't interrupt him because he hasn't finished yet, he's got to tell you what's wrong with the world before he wakes up and it all ends. You would believe this guy was a war vet or something with the confidence and delirium ( [dɪˈlɪriəm] I. medical 发高烧烧的迷迷糊糊的. a confused state caused by illness. If someone is suffering from delirium, they are not able to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way because they are very ill and have a fever. In her delirium, she had fallen to the floor several times. II. extreme excitement or happiness. delirious [dɪˈlɪriəs] I. medical talking or thinking in a confused way because you are sick. Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever. I was delirious and blacked out several times. II. extremely happy and excited. Someone who is delirious is extremely excited and happy. His tax-cutting pledge brought a delirious crowd to their feet. I was delirious with joy. Dora returned from her honeymoon deliriously happy. Barking deliriously, the dog bounded towards his mistress. ) at which he pontificates (pontificate [pɑnˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt] to
give your opinions in a way that shows you think you are definitely
right, especially when this annoys other people. If someone pontificates
about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only
correct ones and nobody could possibly argue against them. Politicians like to pontificate 自以为是的, 滔滔不绝的说 about falling standards. noun. The pontificate 教皇任期 of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope. Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.). 5. Jennifer Aniston's just done a cover story for InStyle magazine, and she's shed light on how the constant chatter about her being "heartbroken" and pining for 渴望 a baby has affected her. Jen also explained that there's so much more to her story than unfounded 没有根据的 assertions about her character and goals. "They don't know what I've been through medically or emotionally. There is a pressure on women to be mothers, and if they are not, then they're deemed damaged goods," she noted. "Maybe my purpose on this planet isn't to procreate 生育, 生儿育女(to produce babies or young animals.). Maybe I have other things I'm supposed to do?" Speaking to Molly McNearny, Jen admitted being fodder 永恒话题 for the tabloids was getting very, very old – and the way women are positioned competitively (hello Meghan and Kate!) and/or deemed to be somehow unworthy if they don't partner up and reproduce 结婚生子 is completely unfair. "Women are picked apart and pitted against one another 对立面 based on looks and clothing and superficial stuff," Jen pointed out. "When a couple breaks up in Hollywood, it's the woman who is scorned. The woman is left sad and alone. She's the failure. F that. When was the last time you read about a divorced, childless man referred to as a spinster ( [ˈspɪnstə(r)] 老处女 an insulting word for a woman who is not married and is past the age when women usually get married. )?" "It's pretty crazy," she admitted. "The misconceptions are 'Jen can't keep a man,' and 'Jen refuses to have a baby because she's selfish and committed to her career.' Or that I'm sad and heartbroken." Noting that men are rarely cast as the 'sad and alone' party when a relationship ends, Jen points out that there is little room for sensitivity, nuance or compassion in these narratives 这些表述, 这些说法, 这些描述. "First, with all due respect, I'm not heartbroken. And second, those are reckless assumptions. No one knows what's going on behind closed doors. No one considers how sensitive that might be for my partner and me." 6. Trump insults some more reporters, threatens to revoke more journalist's credentials: A video expert had told The Associated Press that the video appeared doctored to speed up Acosta's arm movement and make his gesture more threatening; the White House used that encounter to justify pulling 撤销 Acosta's credentials. "It wasn't doctored," the president said. "They gave a close-up view. That's not doctoring." "The fact that the White House press secretary is promoting this doctored video is reprehensible ( [ˌreprɪˈhensəb(ə)l] very bad and deserving to be criticized. ), and grounds 根据, 理由 for dismissal," Colbert said. While Trump called the reporter who asked about the video "dishonest," that was mild 不算什么了, 小菜一碟了 compared to his treatment of April Ryan, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, and CNN's Abby Phillip. Phillip asked Trump whether he wanted Matt Whitaker, the newly-appointed acting attorney general, to rein in ( I. To rein in something means to control it. His administration's economic policy would focus on reining in inflation. Mary spoiled both her children, then tried too late to rein them in. II. If you rein in a horse, you stop it or cause it to go more slowly by pulling its reins. The horsemen reined in and shouted at the men behind to turn back. Mrs Glick reined in the horse and stopped at the crossroads. ) Special Counsel Robert Mueller. "What a stupid question you asked," Trump replied. "What a stupid question and I watch you a lot and you ask a lot of stupid questions." In response, CNN said through its Twitter feed that Phillip's question wasn't stupid. "In fact, she asked the most pertinent ( Something that is pertinent is relevant to a particular subject. She had asked some pertinent questions. Pertinent information will be forwarded to the appropriate party. ...knowledge and skills pertinent to classroom teaching. ) question of the day," CNN said. Trump's insults "are nothing new. And never surprising," CNN said. The attack on Ryan was unprovoked, although the president had appeared upset at Wednesday's news conference when Ryan stood up and asked him, without a microphone, about voter suppression in the midterm elections. "I watch her get up," he said Friday. "I mean, you talk about somebody that's a loser, she doesn't know what the hell she's doing. She gets publicity, and then she gets a pay raise, or she gets a contract with, I think CNN. But she's very nasty, and she shouldn't be."
Big Bang Theory: 1. Leonard: What's the matter? Howard: This granola bar, there's peanuts in it. Leonard: Oh my God, why did you eat it? Howard: I don't know, it was just there. Leonard: Well if I had a gun there, would you have shot yourself? Howard: Don't yell at me, I've got to go to the emergency room. Leonard: Now? Howard: No, after my tongue has swollen to the size of a brisket. Leonard: Alright, um, just, uh, let me get my keys. Howard: Oh God, oh God, oh God, oh…. (into phone after Leonard leaves room) The laundry is out of the hamper. (Looks exasperated) Okay Sheldon, what was it supposed to be? Fine, it's out of the washer. I'll call you when it's in the dryer. wiki: A hamper refers to one of several related basket-like items. In primarily British usage, it refers to a wicker basket 柳条箱, usually large, that is used for the transport of items, often food. In North America, the term generally refers to a household receptacle, often a basket, for clean (out of the dryer or off the line) or dirty clothing, regardless of its composition, i.e. "a laundry hamper". Typically a laundry hamper is used for storage and will be sturdier, taller and have a lid while a laundry basket is open and used mainly for transport. In agricultural use, a hamper 筐子 is a wide-mouthed container of basketwork that may often be carried on the back during the harvesting of fruit or vegetables by hand by workers in the field. The contents of the hamper may be decanted ( decant [dɪˈkænt] to pour wine out of one container and into another so that the sediment is left behind. ) regularly into larger containers or a cart, wagon, or truck. The open ventilation and the sturdiness offered by a hamper has made it suitable for the transport of food, hence the use of the picnic hamper. At one time it was common for laundry services to leave a large basketwork container with a lid which is now commonly referred to as a clothes hamper. The same type of container would be used to return clean clothing, which would be put away by the laundry service and the empty container left in place of the full container for later pickup. This type of daily or bi-daily hamper service was most common with Chinese laundry services in 19th-century England and America. A Christmas hamper 礼物篮 is a traditional gift containing small nonperishable food items, particularly seasonal favorites such as fruitcake or plum pudding, chocolate, nuts, jams, biscuits, honey, smoked or dried meats, and cheese. Some hampers containing tea, coffee, or cocoa might also include a cup and saucer, often seasonally themed or personalized. Luxury hampers may also contain high-end items such as tins of caviar or small bottles of wine. A "fresh hamper" contains perishable items such as fruits, baked goods, or flowers. The tradition of the Christmas hamper may be intended as a special holiday meal for people who might otherwise have no memorable meal to mark the occasion, or for people such as students or shut-ins (A shut-in 卧病在床 is someone who is ill for a long time, and has to stay in bed or at home. ...Meals on Wheels or similar programs that bring outside life to shut-ins. shut oneself in If you shut yourself in a room, you stay in there and make sure nobody else can get in. After one particular bad result, he shut himself in the shower room for an hour. He shut himself in his office, telling his secretary to hold all calls. ) who are unable to join their families for Christmas. In the US, the Christmas hamper is more usually called a gift basket and does not necessarily contain food items. Non-food gift baskets are frequently themed, such as baskets containing luxury bath items including scented soaps and towels, or beauty baskets with skincare products, perfumes, or lotions. These gift baskets are also popular for occasions other than Christmas. A gift basket, or fruit basket 果篮 is typically a gift delivered to the recipient at their home or workplace. A variety of gift baskets exist: some contain fruit; while others might contain dry or canned foods such as tea, crackers and jam; or the basket might include a combination of fruit and dried good items. Gourmet gift baskets typically include exotic fruit, and often include quality cheese and wine, as well as other nonfood items. Gift baskets are often sent for special occasions—such as holidays—or as a thank-you or congratulations gift. 2. Howard: Well, Raj got him an awesome limited edition Dark Knight sculpture based on Alex Ross's definitive Batman, and I got him this amazing autographed copy of the Feynman lectures on physics. Penny: Nice. I got him a sweater. Howard: Okay, well, he might like that, I've seen him… chilly. Penny: Uh, Sheldon, I didn't see your present. Sheldon: That's because I didn't bring one. Penny: Well why not? Howard: Don't ask. Sheldon: The entire institution ( I. An institution is a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents. Larry has been in an institution since he was four. He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s. II. An institution is a custom 礼节 风俗 文化 or system that is considered an important or typical feature of a particular society or group, usually because it has existed for a long time. I believe in the institution of marriage. [+ of] ...the institution of the family. III. 实施 The institution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in. There was never an official institution 实施 of censorship in Albania. [+ of] ...the institution of the forty-hour week. IV. An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank. ...the Institution 机构 of Civil Engineers. Class size varies from one type of institution to another. The Hong Kong Bank is Hong Kong's largest financial institution. ) of gift giving makes no sense. Howard: Too late. Sheldon: Let's say that I go out and I spend fifty dollars on you, it's a laborious 费劲的, 费力气的 activity( [ləˈbɔːriəs] I. 费时费力的, a laborious job or process is long, difficult, and often boring. We eventually began the laborious task of sorting through his papers. II. a laborious way of doing something is slow or boring and therefore annoys people. The author has a somewhat laborious style of writing.), because I have to imagine what you need, whereas you know what you need. Now I can simplify things, just give you the fifty dollars directly and, you could give me fifty dollars on my birthday, and so on until one of us dies leaving the other one old and fifty dollars richer. And I ask you, is it worth it? Howard: Told you not to ask. Penny: Well, Sheldon, you're his friend. Friends give each other presents. Sheldon: I accept your premise, I reject your conclusion. Howard: Try telling him it's a non-optional social convention. Penny: What? Howard: Just do it. Penny: It's a non-optional social convention. Sheldon: Oh. Fair enough. Howard: He came with a manual. 3. So you're not going to do something just because you think it might upset me? Well, it's tricky, because answering that question honestly is one of the things I tend not to do because it upsets you. Well, that's very upsetting. Like I said. What other things don't you do because of me? Remember last week when we went to that dueling piano bar I was so excited about? No. Well, now you're getting it. 4. Boy, I don't know how people who aren't on bed rest keep up with the Kardashians. Well, sometimes you have to read in your car while your husband thinks you're working late("To sleep late 睡懒觉" means sleeping longer than usual, staying in bed longer than usual in the morning. It does not mean "go to bed later at night" or "stay up late" 睡觉晚.). Speaking of which, he came by yesterday to show me his book. Oh, and-and what did you think? I liked it. Really? The Ilsa character didn't bother you? Oh, he was exaggerating. You're not really like that. Well, I know I'm not like that. The character was based on you. I don't know what to tell you. When I brought it up with Leonard, he said it was you. Well, when I brought it up, he got all squirrelly ( I. 松鼠似的. relating to or resembling a squirrel. "the chipmunks were little squirrelly things". II. informal North American very nervous, sensitive, strange, or unpredictable. restless, nervous, or unpredictable. "I got all squirrelly after you left". squirrel away 藏起来 to put something away in a secret place, especially money. The family had a large fortune squirreled away. ) and left the room. Son of a bitch. 5. I just learned some very distressing news. Sometimes, Amy doesn't do things because she's worried about how I'll react. First of all, it's not sometimes, it's always. Second, it's not Amy, it's everybody. And third, it's not news, it's well-established 长期存在(If you say that something is well-established, you mean that it has been in existence for quite a long time and is successful. The University has a well-established tradition of welcoming postgraduate students from overseas. ...well-established companies in this specific sector. I. having permanence or security in a certain place, condition, job, etc. a well-established brand. II. well-known or validated. a well-established fact.). Yeah.
