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用法学习: 1. thin on the ground 珍稀, 珍贵, 少之又少, 人数很少, 又稀又少 not available in large amounts or numbers. If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them. [mainly British] Good managers are often thin on the ground. Such experienced nurses are thin on the ground. few and far between 少见, 鲜见, 不常发生 Things that are few and far between are very rare or do not happen very often. In this economic climate new ideas were few and far between.  2. The secret of enjoying vegimite is to use is sparingly 省着点用, light spread 薄薄涂一层. I understand foreigners disliking vegemite, because I've given them a teaspoon full in the past to try it. lol. Any Aussie knows that you have it thinly spread. Crumpets with butter and a light spread of vegemite are some of the the tastiest things on Earth! Start off light, and see if it grows on you. Voting interest (or voting power) 投票权重 in business and accounting means the total number, or percent, of votes entitled to be cast on the issue at the time the determination of voting power is made, excluding a vote which is contingent upon the happening of a condition or event which has not occurred at the time. Voting interest is one form of economic interest. Economic interests comprise all types and forms of investment vehicles that an investee could issue or be a party to, including equity securities; financial instruments with characteristics of equity, liabilities, or both; long-term debt and other debt-financing arrangements; leases; and contractual arrangements such as management contracts, service contracts, or intellectual property licenses. Ownership of more than 50% of voting shares generally gives the right of control and consolidation. In special cases, control is possible without having to own more than 50% of voting stock. For example, if agreed, shareholders may pass control to a chosen one owning much fewer shares (for example in the case of the two petroleum companies, MOL Group and INA - Industrija nafte). In other cases, companies divide their stock into voting and non-voting classes, which can allow a small minority of shareholders to control a majority of the voting shares. This technique is often used to allow a company's founders to cash out much of their ownership without giving up control.

 North Hollywood Shootout: Standard issue (standard-issue I. standard-issue equipment 普通装备, 普通配备. is the basic equipment that everyone in the armed forces gets. II. 一般的. 普通的. usual or normal, with no special qualities or features. I don't like standard-issue brushes, because I end up smearing ink all over the cartoon. The mac-and-cheese, coleslaw and potato salad are strictly standard-issue.) sidearms (A side arm or sidearm is a weapon, usually a handgun but sometimes a sword, dagger, knife, bayonet or other mêlée weapon, which is worn on the body in a holster or sheath (in the case of a sword, dagger, knife, or bayonet) to permit immediate access and use. A sidearm is typically required equipment for military officers and is usually carried by law enforcement personnel. Usually, uniformed personnel of these services wear their weapons openly, while plainclothes personnel have their sidearms concealed under their clothes. A sidearm may be carried alone, or as a back-up to a primary weapon such as a rifle, carbine, shotgun, or submachine gun.) carried by most local patrol officers at the time were 9 mm pistols or .38 Special revolvers; some patrol cars were also equipped with a 12-gauge shotgun. Phillips and Mătăsăreanu carried illegally modified now fully automatic Norinco Type 56 S-1s (an AK-47variant), a Bushmaster XM15 Dissipator with high capacity drum magazine, and a Heckler & Koch HK-91rifle, as well as a Beretta 92FS pistol. The robbers wore mostly homemade, heavy plated body armor which successfully protected them from handgun rounds and shotgun pellets (pellet I. a small round piece of a substance. fish food pellets. II. a small round piece of steel or lead that is fired from a gun shotgun pellets.) fired by the responding officers. A police SWAT team eventually arrived bearing sufficient firepower, and they commandeered ( [ˌkɒmənˈdɪə(r)] I. to officially take someone's property for military use. II. to take something that belongs to someone else. ) an armored truck to evacuate the wounded. Several officers also appropriated ( I. to decide officially that money will be used for a particular purpose. The legislature appropriated funds for technology in the schools. II. LEGAL to take something illegally. 非法获得. 非法侵占. Theft is legally defined as appropriating property belonging to someone else with the intention of permanently depriving that person of it. III. FORMAL to take something for yourself. She had appropriated his role as chief provider for the family.) AR-15 and other semi-automatic rifles from a nearby firearms dealer. The incident sparked debate on the need for patrol officers to upgrade their firepower in preparation for similar situations in the future. Before meeting 二人认识之前, Phillips was a habitual offender 惯偷, 习惯性的犯罪, 惯犯, responsible for multiple real estate scams and counts of shoplifting. Mătăsăreanu was a qualified electrical engineer and ran a relatively unsuccessful computer repair business. Initially charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, both served one hundred days in jail and were placed on three years' probation. After their release, most of their seized property was returned to them, except for the confiscated firearms and explosives. Phillips and Mătăsăreanu were dubbed the "High Incident Bandits" ( incident something that happens, especially a violent, criminal, or dangerous event. an embarrassing incident. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident.  without incident 无惊无险的: The anniversary of the massacre passed without incident. an isolated incident (=an event that is not connected with other events): A military spokeswoman said that the shooting was an isolated incident. a major/minor incident: The pilot radioed ahead to Gatwick to warn of a major incident on board. incident room a room in a police station used for collecting information about a particular crime or other incident. incident VS incidence VS instance: In current use, incidence usually means "rate of occurrence" and is often qualified in some way ("a high incidence of  高发率的. diabetes". an increased incidence of diabetes.  a high incidence 高发的 of criminal behavior). Incident usually refers to a particular event, often something unusual or unpleasant ("many such incidents go unreported"). Instance suggests a particular occurrence that is offered as an example ("another instance of bureaucratic bumbling"); it can also be synonymous with case ("many instances in which the wrong form was submitted"). The plural incidences sometimes occurs in such contexts as "several recent incidences of crime," but this use is often criticized as incorrect.) by investigators due to the weaponry they had used in three robberies prior to their attempt in North Hollywood. On the morning of February 28, 1997, after months of preparation, including extensive reconnoitering 侦查 of their intended target—the Bank of America branch located at 6600 Laurel Canyon Boulevard—Phillips and Mătăsăreanu armed themselves with a semi automatic HK-91 and several illegally converted 非法改装过的枪 weapons. They filled a jam jar with gasoline and placed it in the back seat with the intention of setting the car and weapons on fire to destroy evidence after the robbery. Phillips wore roughly 40 pounds (18 kg) of equipment, including a Type IIIA bulletproof vest and groin guard; a load bearing vest and multiple military canteen pouches for ammunition storage; and several pieces of homemade body armor created from spare vests, covering his shins, thighs, and forearms. Additionally, each of the perpetrators had a watch sewn onto the back of one glove, in order to monitor their timing 监控时间. Before entering, they took the barbiturate phenobarbital, prescribed to Mătăsăreanu as a sedative 镇定剂, to calm their nerves. Phillips and Mătăsăreanu, driving a white 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity, arrived at the Bank of America branch office at the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Archwood Street in North Hollywood around 9:17 am, and set their watch alarms for eight minutes, the police response time they had estimated. To come up with this timeframe 为了得出这个时间点(the period of time during which something happens or must happen. the period of time within which certain events are scheduled to occur. ), Phillips had used a radio scanner to monitor police transmissions prior to the robbery. As the two were walking in, they were spotted by two LAPD officers, Loren Farrell and Martin Perello, who were driving down Laurel Canyon in a patrol car. Officer Perello issued a call on the radio, "15-A-43, requesting assistance 要求协助, 要求支援, we have a possible 211 in progress at the Bank of America." 211 is the code for robbery. As they entered the bank, each armed with a Norinco Type 56 S-1 rifle, Phillips and Mătăsăreanu forced a customer leaving the ATM lobby near the entrance into the bank and onto the floor. A security guard inside saw the scuffle and the heavily armed robbers and radioed his partner in the parking lot to call the police; the call was not received. Phillips shouted "This is a fucking hold up! 抢劫" before he and Mătăsăreanu opened fire into the ceiling in an attempt to scare the approximately thirty bank staff and customers and to discourage resistance 放弃抵抗. Phillips shot open the bulletproof door (it was designed to resist 抵抗 only low-velocity rounds) and gained access to the tellers and vault [vɔːlt]. The robbers forced assistant manager John Villigrana to open the vault. Villigrana obliged 从命, 答应, 听命, 照做( I. make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something. "doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery".  "courts are obliged to act in accordance with the strict rules of the law". II. do as (someone) asks or desires in order to help or please them. "oblige me by not being sorry for yourself". "will you oblige me by filling in this form?" III. be indebted or grateful. "if you can give me a few minutes of your time I'll be much obliged". ) and began to fill the robbers' money bag. However, due to a change in the bank's delivery schedule, the vault contained significantly less than the $750,000 the gunmen had expected. Phillips, enraged 被激怒 at this development, argued with Villigrana and demanded more. In an apparent show of frustration, Phillips then fired a full drum magazine of 75 rounds into the bank's safe, destroying much of the remaining money. Phillips then attempted to open the bank's ATM, but due to a change in policies, the branch manager no longer had access to the money inside. Before leaving, the robbers locked the hostages in the bank vault. In the end, the two left with $303,305 and three dye packs ( A dye pack 染色钞票 is a radio-controlled incendiary device ( incendiary I. designed for the purpose of causing a fire. an incendiary device/bomb. II. likely to cause anger or violence. incendiary statements. ) used by banks to foil a bank robbery by causing stolen cash to be permanently marked with dye shortly after a robbery. In most cases, a dye pack is placed in a hollowed-out space within a stack of banknotes, usually $10 or $20 bills. This stack of bills looks and feels similar to a real one, with technology allowing for the manufacturing of flexible dye packs which are difficult to detect by handling the stack. Marking bills 做标记的钞票 is a technique used by police to trace and identify money used in illegal activities. The serial numbers of the bills are recorded, and sometimes markings are made on the bank notes themselves (such as with a highlighte or other writing). Non-law enforcement uses of marking bills may be as simple as distinctive text on the bank notes, or recording serial numbers in the event of a robbery. ) which later went off, ruining the money they stole. Outside, the first-responding 第一批响应的 officers heard gunfire from the bank and made another radio call for additional units before taking cover behind their patrol car, weapons trained on the bank doors (train [TRANSITIVE] to teach someone to do a particular job or activity. We need to recruit and train more police officers. train someone to do something: They were training him to use the new security system. train to do something: I have an uncle who trained to be a pilot. a. [INTRANSITIVE] to learn how to do a particular job or activity. train as: He trained as a chef in Paris. b. [INTRANSITIVE] to study something such as painting, dancing, or singing for a long time. train in: Stephanie has trained in both dance and drama. II. [INTRANSITIVE/TRANSITIVE] to make your mind or body do something by practising for a long time. You have to train yourself to stay calm. III. [INTRANSITIVE] 训练. to practise a sport regularly before a match or competition. The wrestlers train five days a week. train for: United are currently training for next week's World Club Championship. a. [TRANSITIVE] to help someone to practise a sport regularly before a match or competition. Ward has already trained four Olympic skaters. IV. [TRANSITIVE] to teach an animal to obey you or to perform tricks. train something to do something: I want to train my dog to roll over. V. [TRANSITIVE] 瞄准. 冲准. 对准. if you train a gun, camera, or light on someone or something, you point it at them. VI. [TRANSITIVE] to make a plant grow in a particular direction. ). While the robbers were still inside, more patrol and detective units arrived and took strategic positions at all four corners of the bank, effectively surrounding it. At approximately 9:24 am, Phillips exited through the north doorway and after spotting a police cruiser 200 ft (60 m) away, opened fire for several minutes, wounding seven officers and three civilians. He also fired at an LAPD-owned helicopter, surveying above 侦查, 高空侦查, forcing it to retreat to a safer distance. He briefly retreated inside, then reemerged through the north doorway, while Mătăsăreanu exited through the south. Phillips and Mătăsăreanu began to engage 缠住, 纠缠, 缠斗 the officers, firing sporadic bursts into the patrol cars that had been positioned on Laurel Canyon in front of the bank. Officers, armed with standard Beretta 92F, Beretta 92FS 9mm pistols, Smith & Wesson Model 15 .38 caliber revolvers, and a 12-gauge Ithaca Model 37 pump-actionshotgun, immediately returned fire 还击. The officers' weaponry could not penetrate the body armor worn by Phillips and Mătăsăreanu, and most of the LAPD officers' service pistols had insufficient range 射程不够 and poor accuracy 准头差 at long distances. An officer was heard on the LAPD police frequency approximately 10-15 minutes into the shootout, warning other officers that they should "not stop [the getaway vehicle], they've got automatic weapons, there's nothing we have that can stop them." Additionally, the officers were pinned down 抬不起头来, 被控制住 by the heavy spray of gunfire coming from the robbers, making it difficult to attempt a headshot. Several officers acquired five AR-15 style rifles from a nearby gun store to combat the robbers. At 9:52 am, Phillips turned east on Archwood Street and took cover behind a parked semi-truck where he continued to fire at the police until his rifle jammed. Unable to clear the jam, he dropped the rifle and drew a Beretta 92FS pistol, which he began firing. He was then shot in the right hand, causing him to drop the pistol. After retrieving it, he placed the muzzle 枪管 under his chin and fired; he was simultaneously shot by a bullet that severed his spine. Officers across the street continued to shoot Phillips' body several times while he was on the ground. After the firing had stopped, officers in the area surrounded Phillips, cuffed him, and removed his ski mask. At last one SWAT officer fired his AR-15 below the cars and wounded Mătăsăreanu in his unprotected lower legs; he was soon unable to continue and put his hands up to show surrender 举手投降. Seconds after his defeat, officers rushed him to pin him down. As he was being cuffed, SWAT officers asked for his name, to which he replied "Pete". When asked if there were any more suspects, he reportedly retorted "F--- you! Shoot me in the head!". The LAPD did not allow Mătăsăreanu to receive medical attention, stating that ambulance personnel were following standard procedure in hostile situations by refusing to enter "the hot zone," as Mătăsăreanu was still considered to be dangerous, and because there were still reports and/or the belief that there was a third gunman still loose. Some reports indicate that he was lying on the ground with no weapons for approximately an hour before ambulances arrived, and was groaning in pain 痛的呻吟 and pleading for help. The police radioed for an ambulance, but Mătăsăreanu, loudly swearing profusely and still goading ( goad to deliberately make someone feel very angry or upset so that they react. goad someone into doing something: She was finally goaded into losing her temper. goad someone on to encourage someone to react by making them feel very angry or upset. ) the police to shoot him, died before the ambulance and EMTs were allowed to reach the scene almost seventy minutes later. Later reports showed that Mătăsăreanu was shot over 20 times in the legs and died from trauma due to excessive blood loss 失血过多 coming from two gunshot wounds in his left thigh. The shootout contributed to motivating the arming of rank-and-file 普通士兵 police officers in Los Angeles and nationwide with military-style semi-automatic, selective fire, and automatic rifles. The ineffectiveness of the standard police patrol pistols and shotguns in penetrating the robbers' body armor led to a trend in the United States toward arming selected police patrol officers, not just SWAT teams, with heavier firepower such as semi-automatic AR-15 style rifles. SWAT teams, whose close quarters battle weaponry usually consisted of submachine guns that fired pistol cartridges such as the Heckler & Koch MP5, began supplementing them with AR-15 rifles and carbines.