用法学习: 1. recourse [rɪˈkɔː(r)s] If you achieve something without recourse to 都不用依赖, 不用仗着, 都不用, 没有求助于, 没有诉诸于 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. The public believes its only recourse is to take to the streets. the use of something so that you can get what you want or need in a difficult situation. We hope a settlement can be reached without recourse to legal action. The system allows doctors to have recourse to specialist opinion. discourse [ˈdɪskɔː(r)s] noun 生活, 沟通方式. I. Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. ...a tradition of political discourse 政治生活, 政治沟通. The military has moved to block Facebook in a country where it is deeply integrated into everyday life and political discourse. II. In linguistics, discourse is natural spoken or written language in context, especially when complete texts are being considered. The Centre has a strong record of research in discourse analysis. ...our work on discourse and the way people talk to each other. III. A discourse is a serious talk or piece of writing which is intended to teach or explain something. Hastings responds with a lengthy discourse on marketing strategies. discourse [dɪsˈkɔː(r)s] verb. If someone discourses on something, they talk for a long time about it in a confident way. He discoursed for several hours on French and English prose. 2. bamboozle to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them. She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number. have sb on 哄我, 唬我, 唬人, 骗人 UK informal (US put sb on) to persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke: That's your new car? You're having me on! to pull a fast one 骗到 If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you. No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter. put sth across/over on sb 蒙混过关( put across = put over I. to explain an idea, belief etc in a way that is easy to understand. When you put something across or put it over, you succeed in describing or explaining it to someone. He has taken out a half-page advertisement in his local paper to put his point across. This is actually a very entertaining book putting over serious health messages. He really enjoys putting across a technical argument. I need a better way of getting my message across to people. He was trying to put across a serious point. Television can be a useful way of putting across health messages. II. to sing, play music, or act in a film or play in a clear effective way She can really put a song across. put yourself across 表现自己, 表达自己 to express your ideas clearly and effectively so that people can see what you are really like. Emily puts herself across very well. ) to lie about (something) to (someone). to cause a piece of false information to be believed by one or more people. Don't try to put anything over on her. She'll see right through you. You didn't manage to put that story over on the tax people, did you? reel sb/sth in to get control of something or someone, sometimes by offering something in exchange: The article offers tips on how computer users can avoid being reeled in by internet scams. blow smoke 谎话连篇, 胡说八道 = blow smoke up one's ass/bottom/backside speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense. Are these "statistics" they cite verifiable, or are they just blowing smoke, trying to scare people? Etymology: The expression refers to the once popular medical practice, now fallen into disuse and almost forgotten, of the tobacco smoke enema, in which tobacco smoke was literally blown up a person’s rectum. Employed for a large variety of ailments, its credibility was already questioned early on and eventually effectively discredited. In the idiom it serves as a metaphor for proposing or defending practices that are surely ineffectual, or venturing information that lacks credibility. smoke and mirrors 烟雾弹, 云山雾罩的, 云里雾里的, 说得跟花似的, 说得天花乱坠的 A deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description. the obscuring or embellishing of the truth of a situation with misleading or irrelevant information. something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue —usually hyphenated when used attributively. irrelevant or misleading information serving to obscure the truth of a situation. "the budget process is an exercise in smoke and mirrors" To Galloway, Palantir is just more Silicon Valley smoke and mirrors (even if it is no longer based in the valley). I. something that is intended to prevent people from clearly seeing or understanding something. II. behaviour or information designed to hide the truth about a situation or create a false impression. Campaigners slam the county council document as being "smoke and mirrors" and "intended to satisfy a pre-determined outcome". Etymology: From the dubious vaudeville techniques traditionally used by stage magicians. 3. Big Bang Theory: Penny: Okay, it's done. Look, guys, for the future 以后啊, 往后啊, I don't mind killing the big spiders, but you have to at least try with the little ones. Sheldon: Penny, please, we're facing a far more serious problem than stray arachnids [əˈræknɪd]. Leonard: Sheldon, it's not that bad. Sheldon: Not bad? It's horrible. I mean, you hear stories about this sort of thing, but you never think it'll happen to you. Leonard: So they steamed your dumplings, get over it. New topic, please. Howard: All right, Penny, let me take this opportunity to point out that you are looking particularly ravishing(ravish to rape a woman (=force her to have sex). To ravish someone means to rape them. She'll never know how close she came to being dragged off and ravished. ravishing [ˈravɪʃɪŋ] adj. delightful; entrancing. "she looked ravishing". Sheldon: Not bad? It's horrible. I mean, you hear stories about this sort of thing, but you never think it'll happen to you. Leonard: So they steamed your dumplings, get over it. New topic, please. Howard: All right, Penny, let me take this opportunity to point out that you are looking particularly ravishing 赏心悦目的 today. Penny: Not with a thousand condoms, Howard. Howard: So, there is a number. Penny: Okay, new topic, please. Hey, did you hear the people upstairs in 5A are moving out?) today. Penny: Not with a thousand condoms, Howard. Howard: So, there is a number. Big Bang Theory: snide [snaɪd] adjective deliberately unkind in an indirect way. A snide comment or remark is one which criticizes someone in an unkind and often indirect way. He made a snide comment about her weight. They kept making snide remarks about each other. She couldn't tell if he was being snide, so she took the question straight. 'What are you doing here?' he asked snidely. Sheldon: Just to be clear here, you're asking for my assistance. Penny: Yes. Sheldon: And you understand that will involve me telling you what to do? Penny: I understand. Sheldon: And you're not allowed to be sarcastic or snide 嘲讽的, 说话带刺的 to me while I'm doing so. Penny: Okay. Sheldon: Good. Let's begin with the premise that everything you've done up to this point is wrong. Penny: Oh, imagine that. Sheldon: All right, are you familiar with the development that resulted from Honoré Blanc's 1778 use of interchangeable parts? The assembly line, of course. Penny: Okay, you know what, if I'm not allowed to be snide, you're not allowed to be condescending. Sheldon: That wasn't a part of our original agreement, and I do not agree to it now. porous adj [ˈpɔːrəs] 放手松懈的, 质地疏松的 a porous substance has a lot of very small holes in it so that air and water can pass through it. I. Something that is porous has many small holes in it, which water and air can pass through. The local limestone is very porous. II. If something such as a defence or a barrier is porous, it can be penetrated or crossed easily. Up to 10,000 troops led by 10 generals had crossed the porous border. Perhaps the most worrying aspect of England's performance was their porous defence. Howard: Hold on. What are you using as a bonding agent? Sheldon: Hot glue. Howard: You're kidding. Any of the cyanoacrylates would do a better job. Sheldon: It won't work, the flower's too porous. Leonard: What if we infused the bottom layer with silicone-RTV to provide a better mounting surface? Sheldon: Intriguing. Big Bang Theory: Penny: Oh, they're all up there, huh? Hmm, typical. Sheldon: It's axiomatically ( axiomatic [ˌæksiəˈmætɪk] generally believed to be obvious or true. If something is axiomatic, it seems to be obviously true. axiom [ˈæksiəm] 公理, 真理 a statement that is generally believed to be obvious or true. The advertisements seem to prove the axiom that sex sells.) atypical. Up until recently, they did not know Alicia, and had no encounters with her in a previous location. They never went upstairs to visit the former tenants, so your characterization of their behaviour as typical Is demonstrably ( demonstrabe UK & USA [dɪˈmɒnstrəb(ə)l] 某些UK [ˈdemənstrəb(ə)l] 显而易见的 clear or obvious. A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist. The road safety programme is having a demonstrable effect on road users. Despite its demonstrable speed and safety, the boat failed to become popular. a demonstrable improvement in performance. ) fallacious ( fallacious [fəˈleɪʃəs] 谬误的 adj. based on a mistaken belief. "fallacious arguments"). Alicia: The guys have been helping me set up my sound system. I've never had such good-looking technical support. Howard: Oh, pish-posh 别瞎说了 ( Nonsense; tommyrot. nonsense; something absurd. Oh, that's pish posh, dude. ). (Raj whispers to him) I don't know, it means shucks (shuck informal I. an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, etc. II. a person or thing regarded as worthless or contemptible. something of little value (esp in the phrase not worth shucks) "he said the idea was a shuck". ). (Raj whispers again) Shucks means shucks. Let one go once in a while. Big Bang Theory: Sheldon: If that concludes your faltering 蹩脚的 attempt to mate, hello. Alicia: Hello. Sheldon: Hello. On a scale of one to ten how light of foot 走路轻的, 脚轻的, 轻手轻脚的 ( light-footed having a light or nimble tread. stepping lightly or nimbly; light of foot; nimble. ) would you describe yourself with one being not cat-like at all and ten being freakishly feline? Alicia: Freakishly feline? Sheldon: Is that your answer or do you not understand the question? We'll come back to that one. 4. jump all over someone = jump on someone 骂死了 infml to criticize someone suddenly and severely. To harshly criticize or reprimand one. The boss will jump all over us if he hears we were responsible for that printing error. When I showed him my report card, Dad jumped all over me and said I wasn't working hard enough. Scold, reprimand or criticize someone. Brian jumped all over his son for being late, or The editor jumped on Dennis for getting the names wrong, or He was always landing on me for something or other. The first metaphoric term dates from the mid-1800s, the second from the late 1800s. Also see jump down someone's throat. mimicry [ˈmɪmɪkri] 模仿技能, 模仿术 the action of mimicking someone, or the ability to do this. Mimicry is the action of mimicking someone or something. One of his few strengths was his skill at mimicry. Biden brings back old claim he was 'shot at' overseas: President Biden Thursday revived an old claim 重提 that he'd once been "shot at" overseas. "You have great personal courage. I've been with some of you when we've been shot at," Biden told a group of diplomatic aides at the State Department. He didn't offer details about when he'd been shot at. The president stirred controversy when he made the initial claim of being shot at over a decade ago, and later had to walk it back. During a Democratic presidential debate in 2007, Biden disclosed that he'd been "shot at" inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone. "Let's start telling the truth," he said. "Number one, you take all the troops out — you better have helicopters ready to take those 3,000 civilians inside the Green Zone, where I have been seven times and shot at. You better make sure you have protection for them, or let them die, number one." He amended 修正 that later, saying the quarters he was staying in while visiting the Green Zone in 2005 shook from a nearby blast, and "I was near where a shot landed." He said that he'd been in three near-shooting instances, and in one instance, a shot had landed outside the building where he and other senators were staying. He added that the vehicle he was traveling in the day before might have also been hit. Biden said the incident wasn't threatening enough to take cover. "No one got up and ran from the room—it wasn't that kind of thing," he said. "It's not like I had someone holding a gun to my head." Patrick Campbell, legislative director for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, told The Hill at the time Biden should be precise in how he describes his experience in combat zones. "Veterans don't like it when people mischaracterize ( to misrepresent what someone says or thinks. to characterize in an incorrect or misleading manner "Secretary Clinton went out of her way to mischaracterize my history as it relates to the 2008 auto industry bailout," Sanders said in Kalamazoo. ) their service, people who overstate what happens to them," he said. "We have names for them." The 78-year-old president's loquacious 话多的, 爱讲话的, 什么话都说的 ( [loʊˈkweɪʃəs] tending to talk a lot or too much. If you describe someone as loquacious, you mean that they talk a lot. The normally loquacious Mr O'Reilly has said little. ) manner has led him to frequent gaffes over the years. Biden has frequently told of when he marched in the civil rights movement, and aides have had to remind him that he did not, and he falsely claimed "I am a hard coal miner" in 2008 to members of the United Mine Workers at the union's 2008 annual fish fry ( fish fry I. A picnic or cookout where fried fish is prepared and eaten; also, a meal served indoors at which fried fish is the featured dish. II. (US) A meal, especially a cookout, featuring deep-fried, battered fish. a meal that includes battered, fried fish, chips. ). 5. put someone on blast 群嘲, 公开嘲笑, 公开鄙视 (slang) I. To embarrass by publicly denouncing or exposing, especially by using social media. II. To publicly attack, scold, shame, or mock one, typically on social media. Twitter users were quick to put the politician on blast for his racist comments. III. to put someones secrets and personal business in the spotlight without them being willing. In class my damn teacher told my grade to the class. She put all my shit on blast! IV. To put someone on blast is to mock them publicly, especially in the news, or media. I hated you so much that i put you on blast in front of a crowd of one-thousand people, just to make you look stupid. Hilaria Baldwin is apologizing over her recent heritage scandal. The 37-year-old yoga/wellness expert was put on blast in December when it was discovered she wasn't actually born in Spain -- as she had implied -- and instead was born and raised in Boston, Mass. Baldwin was also criticized for allegedly faking a Spanish accent. The bilingual mother of five's accent noticeably fluctuated over the years when she made appearances on TV. clearing house a bankers' establishment where cheques and bills from member banks are exchanged, so that only the balances need be paid in cash. an agency or organization which collects and distributes something, especially information. "the Centre will act as a clearing house for information on local school programmes". I. a central office used by banks to collect and send out money and cheques. II. a central organization that collects and sends out information for other people or organizations. Fox Business canceled "Lou Dobbs Tonight." The show was a frequent clearinghouse for false theories of electoral fraud after Donald Trump lost. Biden says Trump should no longer receive classified intelligence briefings: When asked in an interview with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell if he thought Trump should receive an intelligence briefing if he requested one, Biden said, "I think not." "I'd rather not speculate out loud," Biden said when asked what he fears could happen if Trump continued to receive the briefings. "I just think that there is no need for him to have the -- the intelligence briefings. What value is giving him an intelligence briefing? What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?" Former Trump Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon wrote in a Washington Post op-ed following the insurrection at the US Capitol last month that Trump "might be unusually vulnerable to bad actors with ill intent" once he's out of office. 6. chiseled = chiselled [tʃɪzəld] If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features 棱角分明的脸, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure. a man who has a chiseled face, mouth, etc. has a face, mouth, etc. that looks very strong and is perfect in size and shape. Russ had the chiseled features of a male model. His chiseled features resembled a stony mask. ...a chiselled jaw. (of a man's face or features) strong and sharp, in an attractive way: She brought with her a young man with finely chiseled features.
Collingwood racism report should have led to real consequences. Instead, it became a sideshow: Yet the issue of racism became a sideshow to whether McGuire should go. Despite the most tepid 不温不火的 criticism from AFL boss Gillon McLachlan (McGuire's choice of words was "challenging"), McGuire didn't lack support. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews defended his position at Collingwood, saying he didn't think "running away from challenges is leadership". Even Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt said he should keep his job, that McGuire just needed educating 需要教育. Where was Daniel Andrews' support for Heritier Lumumba? Where was McLachlan's unequivocal denunciation ( denunciation [dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃ(ə)n] I. very strong public criticism of someone or something. Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them. On September 24, he wrote a stinging denunciation of his critics. He has been scathing in his denunciation of corrupt and incompetent politicians. Her comments have been interpreted as a denunciation of government policy. II. the act of telling the authorities that someone has done something wrong or illegal. Denunciation is the act of reporting someone who has broken a rule or law to the authorities. ...the denunciation 告发, 揭发, 举报 of Jews to the Nazis during the Second World War. denunciate to condemn; denounce. denounce [dɪˈnaʊns] I. If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil. The letter called for civil rights, but did not openly denounce the regime. German leaders denounced the attacks and pleaded for tolerance. Some 25,000 demonstrators denounced him as a traitor. denounce someone/something as 斥为: Some groups have denounced Bush's decision as ill-advised. II. If you denounce someone who has broken a rule or law, you report them to the authorities. ...informers who might denounce you at any moment. renounce [rɪˈnaʊns] I. 退出. 离开. to state formally that you no longer believe in something or support something. No progress will be made until the terrorists renounce violence. Members of the cult are forced to renounce all their old religious beliefs. owe your allegiance/loyalty/obedience to to have an obligation to be loyal to someone or something, or a duty to obey them. Catholic churches owe their allegiance to the Pope. II. to state formally that you want to give up a right, title, position, etc. They refuse to renounce 放弃 their claim on the territory. ) of racism? All we got from the AFL boss was more talk about the need for a deeper conversation on race. You don't need educating to know that people of colour are human beings, too, and should be treated as such. How hard should it be? ABC's Q&A program tried to have the conversation we apparently all need but still missed the point. We get stuck thinking racism is about personal abuse or discrimination, it is much more systemic [sɪˈstemɪk] than that. We could change behaviour and enforce all anti-discrimination laws and we would still live in a society founded on racist ideas where Western (white) civilisation and values predominate. Ending racism doesn't mean people of colour just get to live more equitably in a white world. Race is a fiction, a lie. It is a white invention. Racism emerged out of the European Enlightenment, supposedly the "Age of Reason". Warped science-rated( warped I. bent or curved, usually because of damage by heat or water. a warped table. II. informal 扭曲变态的 someone who is warped has thoughts or ideas that most people think are very strange and frightening. a warped sense of humor. ) people on an evolutionary scale justifying imperialism and colonisation. People defined as non-white became frozen in time, caught in the crosshairs of the white imagination. As Fanon says: "The white gaze, the only valid one is already dissecting ( dissect I. to cut the body of a dead person or animal into parts in order to examine them. II. to think about or discuss the details of something in order to understand it completely. ) me. I am fixed." Black people have been speaking back to whiteness for centuries. The Black American writer, Ralph Ellison, in his book, Invisible Man, wrote "people refuse to see me". Ellison said he had a choice to strike out violently, to hurt those blind others until they could not deny him. But that was seldom successful, he said. Instead, he embraced his invisibility to "walk softly so as not to awaken the sleeping ones". As Reni Eddo-Lodge points out, black people are trapped in racism. There is no way to talk ourselves free. "The journey towards understanding structural racism," she writes, "still requires people of colour to prioritise white feelings." God forbid the black person should appear angry or, she argues, they will conform to the white trope of "angry black people who are a threat to their safety". Perhaps it is better — certainly, for our sanity — that people of colour withdraw from the conversation entirely.
Joel Wilkinson, the AFL and the search for racial justice: This is a story about one man's decade-long battle against what he believes is institutional racism( I. from or within a large organization. Institutional means relating to a large organization, for example a university, bank, or church. NATO remains the United States' chief institutional anchor in Europe. The share price will be determined by bidding from institutional investors. institutional investors. II. typical of or relating to the whole of an and the way it operates. The police admitted to institutional racism and claimed to make steps to change. a protest against alleged institutional corruption. If someone accuses an organization of institutional racism or sexism, they mean that the organization is deeply racist or sexist and has been so for a long time. It is important that we continue to call out privilege and institutional racism for what it is. ...the Government's policy still appeared to be institutionally racist. III. relating to the institutions on which society is based. The project will provide a rigorous assessment of the current institutional framework, and detailed proposals for improving it. We must do more than just talk about institutional reform. Institutional means relating to a building where people are looked after or held. Outside the protected environment of institutional care he could not survive. IV. An institutional value or quality is considered an important and typical feature of a particular society or group, usually because it has existed for a long time. ...social and institutional values. institutionalized [ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən(ə)lˌaɪzd] I. happening often or considered normal within an organization or within society. This word describes things that are bad or harmful. institutionalized racism. established as an institution, custom, or common practice the problem of institutionalised racism in the police force. Their inquiries revealed that the government suffered from institutionalised corruption. In the first century there was no such thing as institutionalized religion. II. not able to live an independent life after a very long period inside an institution such as a prison. placed in an institution, esp a psychiatric hospital or penal institution or a children's home or home for elderly people. institutionalized prisoners with medical problems. ) in the AFL, and their attempts to silence him. It is a story that has gone in circles for a decade with no end in sight. The man at the heart of it is not going anywhere until there has been fundamental change 根本上的改变 — resolution not just for him personally, but for others who have experienced and continue to experience institutional racism. You might have already sensed this won't be comfortable reading. It certainly wasn't comfortable listening to the former AFL player talk about his experiences. Neither has it been comfortable to write. It will not be comfortable for the AFL, despite the sport having grown accustomed to season after season of racial vilification ( A person must not, by a public act, incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of persons on the ground of their race by threatening or inciting other to threaten physical harm to the person, or members of the group, or to property of the person or members of the group. vilify [ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ] 抹黑, 妖魔化, 丑化 ( demonise = blackwash = villainise ) to criticize someone very strongly, especially in a way that is not fair and that damages their reputation. If you are vilified by someone, they say or write very unpleasant things about you, so that people will have a low opinion of you. His lawyer was vilified for representing him. He was vilified, hounded, and forced into exile by the FBI. Clare did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to. ) from amongst both players and fans. Too often, the problem is seen as the player who complains, rather than those who commit the unlawful acts of racial vilification. So maybe this time we should hear the story without picturing the black man telling it, but instead with a firm gaze on the sport that has done seemingly too little, too late. Wilkinson had been bound by AFL non-disclosure agreements during his playing career and they had failed him. He says he wanted to tell his full story publicly before now, but was unable to. The only person to be silenced by the non-disclosure agreements, it seemed, was him. Others were free to spin their own version of events. "The AFL and individuals consistently have denied, dismissed, abused and been corrupt throughout their dealings with me," he told The Ticket. "When it came to me, they used their institutional power to keep me silent. "They hid behind their racist policies, while threatening me with severe consequences if I was to speak out of their discriminatory order. "In the end, I know I was racially blackballed ( to prevent someone from joining a group by voting against them. If the members of a club blackball someone, they vote against that person being allowed to join their club. Members can blackball candidates in secret ballots. ) from the league." "I directly spoke with the leaders of the AFLPA, I'm going to the highest institutions and they do nothing about it nor contact me back. It's all intertwined." The CEO of the AFLPA, Paul Marsh, rejects the assertions. "Whilst we reject the assertions made here by Joel about the AFLPA, what's most important is how we, and everyone within the industry, reflects on how they've handled matters of race, diversity and inclusion in the past. Wilkinson maintains his fight is not just about him. "What needs to be done is to seek not just justice for myself and the community, but accountability, sanction and consequence for the perpetrators of racism. Consequence is very important. The AFL is an organisation that has arguably the greatest influence on the Australian community, so it's important that I make it clear how wicked, how corrupt and how racially abusive( JUSTIN Sherman should have been suspended for a minimum of six to eight matches. If it finished his hopes of 断送希望 playing again for the Western Bulldogs this season, so be it. Four AFL matches, with the luxury of continuing to keep up fitness by playing in the VFL in the meantime, just seems insufficient. Full credit to the Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast and the AFL for stepping on to the front foot ( on the front foot at an advantage, outclassing and outmanoeuvring one's opponents. ) and completing conciliation and an agreement on a suspension less than 48 hours after the incident. But so much of what Sherman did stinks. To racially vilify anybody on the football ground is abhorrent. To do it to a 19-year-old in his first game is even worse. Joel Wilkinson described being selected for the Suns for his first game as "the best feeling of my life". What was supposed to be a celebration turned into one of the worst feelings of his life. The fact that Sherman is believed to have vilified the kid more than once in the same game adds further weight to the argument that four matches is not enough.) that industry is." The AFL's vilification policy requires strict confidentiality preventing any public comment. Permission can be sought to make a public comment, but it must have the written agreement of all parties concerned. "When it comes to the AFL, and the individuals in the law defending them, you've got to ask the question: what are they defending in the face of such unequivocal ( clear, definite, and without doubt. their unequivocal commitment to public education. ) truth? To me, it's clear, they are defending white power," Wilkinson says. "It wasn't a behind the shadows type of claim — this has been widely witnessed throughout the nation ... and no-one challenged or held the AFL accountable." Wilkinson does not believe the AFL genuinely wants to change. Those indigenous players are often held up as evidence that the AFL does not have a problem with racism. How could it, when there's triple the proportion of Indigenous Australians as in the general population? Goodes had sustained two years of relentless booing every time he touched the ball. Why? Because he had called out racism from the crowd. McLachlan also commented, "The national conversation about racism taught me how important our role is to partner with all players to fight racism." The words echo around the Australian sporting landscape 体育圈, with diminishing strength and little evidence of any significant difference being made. On June 10, the AFL's website reported, "The AFL has an awareness of the movement from the clubs discussed on Wednesday and is in full support." But Wilkinson says he wants to see more than symbolism — he wants to see action. Collingwood was at the centre of criticism from one of its own players, Héritier Lumumba. It was also a club that featured prominently in the Adam Goodes affair. The investigation found Collingwood was guilty of systemic racism of a "distinct and egregious" ( [ɪˈɡridʒəs] extremely bad. ) nature, and its response to racist incidents was "at best, ineffective". Wilkinson says he had his own experiences with the Magpies. "In 2012, when I was playing at the MCG against Collingwood, I was racially abused by Collingwood supporters", he says. "It was a significant amount of them. They were making all kinds of monkey noises at me. "I specifically pointed them out, told them to get the f** out of there. Yet none of that was captured. "From there, Collingwood lied, the AFL lied, Gold Coast Suns lied and said it was an isolated incident, limited to only one fan. They covered that up, so I wasn't surprised to see the Adam Goodes abuse. "There was a white player, Dale Thomas, from Collingwood who was nearby and witnessed the abuse and my reaction. "After the game he was used front and centre in the national media discourse speaking out against racism and the fans' abuse, perpetuating the white saviour complex and minimising my stance against the racism. During that process they refused to let me speak out… I was misrepresented. What I thought was a private conversation, a private recording with the AFL, ended up being in a press conference which they abused and I was unaware of, they made false claims on my behalf. "And to make things even more challenging, I was subjected to a vulgar locker-room culture, where I was targeted by a group of players that were behaving towards me through the prism of their racist ideas when it comes to black men's private parts. "It was so degrading 屈辱的. I would go to the extent of using the opposition changerooms to shower and change." Wilkinson says after repeatedly confronting his club about racism, he went from being a prioritised player to suddenly being delisted. "I literally had no calls from any team when I was delisted," Wilkinson says. Before the season I was in the starting side from round one and one of the first selected, with top team executives telling me I was going to be the breakout star this year. From my attempts to get back in the league I was racially abused and denied employment opportunities due to my stance on racism, due to me being a black man, multiple teams and recruiters said this. When allegations were first made that his career had been cut short because he refused to tolerate racist behaviour, the Herald Sun ran a story claiming his "2km time-trial record and 160kg bench-press record" was "unable to compensate for his lack of footy nous ( [nus] intelligence combined with the ability to be practical. Nous is intelligence or common sense. Few ministers have the nous or the instinct required to understand the ramifications. He is a man of extraordinary vitality, driving ambition and political nous.)". "Footy nous" can be learned. Athletic skill and ability, such as Wilkinson's, is the jewel in the crown recruiters from any sport look for.
give someone that = give it to someone = allow someone that: When we say, "we give (someone) that" or "we have to give it to (someone)" it means we are agreeing about a quality that someone has. You often hear expressions like "she's smart, I'll give her that" or "he did a good job - I'll have to give him that". In other words, you are agreeing - she is smart; he did a good job. Sometimes people use this expression when describing someone they may not even like. For example, "I don't even like him, but he is talented; I have to give him that." I hope that makes sense. I could easily say I have to allow her that. The grudging nature of the expression often prepares the reader for some disparaging remark. allow for somebody/something 考虑进去 to consider the possible facts, problems, costs etc involved in something when making a plan, calculation, or judgment. Allowing for inflation, the cost of the project will be $2 million. You should always allow for the possibility that it might rain.
