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标题: 跟我一起学 澳洲新闻里的英语单词 [打印本页]
作者: ghrong 时间: 17-3-2010 03:46
标题: 跟我一起学 澳洲新闻里的英语单词
我前段时间开过一个背单词帖, 每天背一个单词(其实我自己不止每天一个, 只是每天贴一个而已
), 可是更新了一段时间后自己都感觉有点无聊. 太枯燥了, 而且对自己来说就是机械劳动, 把自己每天背的单词挑一个出来贴上来而已. 似乎没多大意义.
于是打算再开个帖子, 这次结合实际, 学习一下我平时看的澳洲新闻里面的英语单词. 主要目的是自己学习. 如果也有别人也能学到那么一点点或者感兴趣那就太好啦.
此贴不定期更新, 鉴于平时自己比较懒, 做事情没有长性, 可能会虎头蛇尾, 要是这个帖子无疾而终, 请不要怪我...
我以抓生词为重点. 新闻不贴全, 因为那样太长了, 会给一个连接, 有兴趣看全文的可以自己点过去看.
[ 本帖最后由 ghrong 于 17-3-2010 13:49 编辑 ]
作者: ghrong 时间: 17-3-2010 03:49
Teen charged over wheelchair bashing
From: AAP March 11, 2010 6:06am
A SECOND Sydney teenager has been charged over the bashing of a disabled Canadian tourist.
Police say the 35-year-old male victim was attacked by two youths at Mount Druitt station in Sydney's west on Tuesday night while on his way home after seeing friends play in a band.
看到这个新闻, bashing什么意思呢? 很明显, 原型是bash.
查下字典:
bash
If you bash someone or something, you hit them hard in a rough way.
原来是痛殴的意思阿..又多会了一次单词, oh yeah! 
作者: ghrong 时间: 17-3-2010 16:37
标题: Pregnant mum Tammy Matten chases thief from her home
The Daily Telegraph March 17, 2010 3:11am
A HEAVILY pregnant woman dressed in only in her pyjamas ran screaming from her house, chasing a burglar she had just found lurking inside.
Beating her husband out the door, mother-of-two Tammy Matten hurtled down the street, keeping up her barefoot pursuit for more than 200m before the thief finally got away.
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http://www.news.com.au/national/ ... rfkvr-1225841630344
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burglar这个词我不认识了, 但是联系上下文, 应该很容易猜到burglar应该也是盗贼的意思.
但究竟跟thief有什么区别呢?
来查下词典:
burglar
A burglar is a thief who breaks into houses and steals things.
看来burglar主要是指入室行窃的thief.
作者: ghrong 时间: 18-3-2010 15:23
标题: Man not guilty of Irishman's brutal bashing
From: AAP March 16, 2010 3:51pm
A YOUNG Sydney man who admitted to the brutal bashing of Irishman David Keohane has been found not guilty of his attempted murder by a Sydney jury.
Mr Keohane, 29, was bloodied, bruised and left for dead in a deserted Coogee street after being attacked by the stranger in the early hours of August 9, 2008, the Downing Centre District Court was told.
Thomas Isaako, 21, of Bankstown, told police that after drinking at the Coogee Bay Hotel, a companion suggested they "roll" someone, which he said meant "bash someone and take their stuff".
Mr Keohane was picked because he was the only person the pair could see in the street, he said.
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Link: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-not-guilty-of-irishmans-brutal-bashing/story-e6frfku0-1225841474046
复习一下吧: bash又出现了, 我已经认识你了, 嘿嘿..
题外话, 看上面斜体字这段, 让人感到好笑而又同情的是, 这个倒霉蛋Keohane被痛殴(差点被打死), 只是因为他当时是在错误的时间和地点出现的唯一一个人. 比较可怕, 希望谁都不要碰到这种暴力倾向的醉鬼.
作者: ghrong 时间: 18-3-2010 15:37
Rape suspect found dead in prison cell
From: AAP March 18, 2010 2:14pm
A 27-YEAR-OLD prisoner on remand for rape has been found dead in his cell at a Brisbane jail.
Staff found him in his cell at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre just before 11am (AEST) today.
Medical staff attended but he was declared dead at 11.20am.
The Department of Corrective Services said he had been on remand since October last year.
The area where the prisoner died has been locked down as the incident is investigated.
The death will be investigated by the coroner and chief inspector of prisons.
Link: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225842370896
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remand 而且用法是 on remand, 究竟是什么意思呢?
来看看解释: If a person who is accused of a crime is remanded in custody, or if they are on remand, they are kept in prison until their trial.
明白了, 是拘留的意思.
用法是
Somebody is remanded.
Or somebody is on remand.
[ 本帖最后由 ghrong 于 18-3-2010 12:40 编辑 ]
作者: ghrong 时间: 22-3-2010 18:29
Woman kills boyfriend on Xmas Day, texts friend to see if he'd like to help eat body
From: AAP March 22, 2010 1:54pm
MOMENTS after she stabbed her boyfriend to death on Christmas Day, a NSW Central Coast woman sent a text message telling another man she was going to eat the body because "I think he tastes good".
In the NSW Supreme Court today, Tamie Melehan admitted to killing her boyfriend, but pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of mental illness.
David Vaughan, 30, suffered 16 stab wounds to his neck, six to his chest and four to his abdomen during the frenzied knife attack by his girlfriend of three months at her apartment on December 25, 2008.
An autopsy revealed his jugular veins had been slashed on both sides of his neck and he died from those "rapidly fatal" injuries.
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More to see: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225843823901
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可怕的女杀手... 
这个报道让我学会了2个关于身体的单词:
abdomen 腹部
jugular 颈部, 颈动脉
作者: ghrong 时间: 23-3-2010 19:58
Mum jailed over family drug syndicate
From: AAP March 23, 2010 6:07pm
A 41-YEAR-old mother of eight has been jailed for running a drug syndicate which involved family members and their partners.
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More to see: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku9-1225844435508
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syndicate这个单词我看了半天也猜不出什么意思. 难道是交易的意思吗?
还是来查下字典吧.
syndicate
A syndicate is an association of people or organizations that is formed for business purposes or to carry out a project.
晕, 看来这个妈妈还挺厉害的, 不只是一个毒品交易, 而是搞了个毒品犯罪集团啊.
来看看更多例句吧:
- Our companies formed a syndicate to bid for the big new contract.
- A syndicate is formed to share the risk of an issue and split it into...
作者: laferwangchao 时间: 23-3-2010 23:46
兰迪，偶喜欢你这个帖子，英语解释再加上楼主的解释，对俺英语不好的人来说，很清楚。你的上个帖子俺也看了，就是想睡觉。
作者: ghrong 时间: 24-3-2010 00:50
Police hunt burglar who steals phones, sends obscene photos to contacts
From: Herald Sun March 23, 2010 2:50pm
YOUNG children in Victoria are among dozens of victims of a sick burglar who takes obscene photos of himself on stolen mobile phones and sends the image to contacts listed in the phone.
The Herald Sun reports police are hunting the man, who is alleged to have broken into several houses in the Stonnington, Port Phillip, Yarra and Darebin areas.
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More to see: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225844345158
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一个入室行窃的盗贼不但入室偷东西, 还用屋内的手机拍自己的淫秽照片, 然后发给手机里面的女性联系人. 有不少孩子也收到了这些照片.
注意: 此人活动在Stonnington, Port Phillip, Yarra and Darebin等地区. 还没逮住.
burglar, 入室窃贼, 前几天在另外一篇新闻里碰到过了(见3楼), 嘿嘿. 现在又看到了. 你认识我, 我也认识你了. 
obscene, 淫秽的. 这个词不常见, 可能有人不认识. 不过我以前就背到过了, 而且一眼就认出它了. 嘿嘿. 高兴.
貌似最近几次背的词都是贬义的. 无奈新闻里面大部分不是杀人就是放火. 
下次找点好的词来背背好了...
[ 本帖最后由 ghrong 于 23-3-2010 21:52 编辑 ]
作者: frozen_heart770 时间: 24-3-2010 16:43
兰迪同学净看些犯罪的新闻呢 
作者: ghrong 时间: 25-3-2010 15:20
标题: 维州今早2.3级微震
Minor tremor shakes Pearcedale
By Lucie van den Berg From: Herald Sun March 25, 2010 2:16pm
SOME Victorian residents had a shaky start to the day as an earth tremor hit the town, south-east of Melbourne, this morning.
Geoscience Australia confirmed that a tremor measuring 2.3 magnitude was picked up this morning about 10.36am near Pearcedale, south-east of Melbourne, and was felt by residents within a 20km radius of the town.
... more to see: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225845294829
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今天不发犯罪新闻了, 呵呵.
tremor不认识了, 不过快速通读了一遍全文以后, 基本上确定是地震了, 但是为什么不说earthquake呢?
还是来查下字典:
tremor
1. A tremor is a small earthquake.
2. A tremor is a shaking of your body or voice that you cannot control.
原来是小型地震的意思, 微震.
如果是人feels a tremor, 应该是一哆嗦的意思吧.
文中还提到Victoria每年会有300-400次这样的tremors. 很有意思.
来个例句:
- Winslow felt a little tremor of excitement.
可能有人不认识的词:
magnitude
我以前知道, 是大小, 重量的意思. 没想到也可以来用于震级. 2.3 magnitude, 2.3级.
radius
半径, 小学里学几何的时候半径是用r表示的, 还记得吗? 呵呵. 直径是d. 不过我不知道英文单词是什么了, 也懒得去查了.
[ 本帖最后由 ghrong 于 25-3-2010 12:22 编辑 ]
作者: berryjuice 时间: 27-3-2010 16:55
mark first.
作者: eva_kong 时间: 27-3-2010 23:49
作者: lilac227 时间: 28-3-2010 01:37
diameter [dai'æmitə;dai'æmətə]
n. 直径
继续，接着学
作者: ghrong 时间: 30-3-2010 01:54
I am on my vacation with my family in Hong Kong. Therefore this post has to be stopped to update for at least a few days.
I will come back soon. :-)
作者: 四香油饼 时间: 30-3-2010 12:52
楼主很好学，我向楼主学习
作者: ghrong 时间: 4-4-2010 22:41
标题: 大肆炒作的iPad终于上市
Much hyped iPad hits the market
April 4, 2010, 5:12 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple's hotly-anticipated iPads are finally in consumers' hands in what the maker of iPods and iPhones heralds as a personal computing revolution.
While Apple Stores were thronged for the iPad debut in the United States Saturday and the California firm was flooded with pre-orders, analysts said it remained to be seen whether the tablet computers would transform culture.
"We think it will be a success no matter what," Gartner Research vice president Ken Dulaney told AFP.
"Tablets have not done well in the past. If Apple changes that paradigm, they are on a new road."
.... More to see: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/ ... ad-hits-the-market/
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这几天最hot的是什么？当然是iPad了。
作为一个Apple fan，当然我最近比较关注的就是iPad新闻了。而且等我到了澳洲以后，肯定会买一台的。
可是。。。这个该死的新闻竟然开头的几段就有4个词我不认识。。。
hyped, herald, throng and debut. 现在就一个一个来看看，把他们都搞定吧！
标题就有一个词不认识了，much hyped ipad, 啥意思呢？猜不出。。。 拿出词典。。。
hype
If you describe the publicity for something such as a new film as hype, you disapprove of it because it is very intensive and exaggerated.
看了这个英英解释，隐约有了些概念，但是在脑子里还是找不到一个合适的中文来解释它，于是拿出英汉词典。。。 发现解释“大肆炒作”比较合适。
而且这个词是稍微有点贬义的感觉。如果我说Much hyped film Avatar，会不会被阿凡达影迷爆打呢？
另外3个词都没啥难度，看看解释就明白了。
herald
Something that heralds a future event or situation, or is a herald of it, is a sign that it is going to happen or appear.
throng
When people throng somewhere, they go there in great numbers.
debut
The debut of a performer or sports player is his or her first public performance or recording.
作者: ghrong 时间: 12-4-2010 13:04
标题: 7.1级地震袭击所罗门群岛
Apr. 11 2010
7.1 magnitude quake strikes Solomons
A MAJOR, 7.1-magnitude earthquake has struck near the Solomon Islands, the US Geological Survey says, but there is no immediate tsunami alert or report of damage.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,26971226-38196,00.html
复习一下, Magnitude. 震级. 还记得吗? 很好很高兴...
作者: ghrong 时间: 12-4-2010 13:37
标题: 陆克文投入资金要将急诊等待时间减半至4小时
PM moves to halve emergency waiting
From: AAP April 11, 2010 3:12pm
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says the Federal Government's plan to halve waiting times in emergency wards is a step in the right direction.
The Federal Government will invest $500 million to reduce waiting times in emergency wards to four hours, Mr Rudd said during a visit to QE2 Jubilee Hospital in Brisbane today.
..... more to see: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225852394330
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看不懂halve是什么意思, 一查字典, 原来就是half的动词. 可以解释为减少一半, 也可以是分成两半.
halve
1. When you halve something, or when it halves, it is reduced to half its previoius size or amount.
2. If you halve something, you divide it into two equal parts.
其实这样的词应该还有很多, 我能想到的是grief/grieve, 还有什么吗?
欢迎回复分享你知道的这样类型的词, 好让我们记住更多.
作者: ghrong 时间: 16-4-2010 20:17
标题: 陆克文要对医改作全民公投
Kevin Rudd says he will go to referendum on health plan
From: AAP April 15, 2010 10:02am
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has repeated his threat to go to a referendum at the next election if he can't get agreement on his health plan at Monday's Council of Australian Governments meeting.
Victoria remains the major hold-out but Mr Rudd disputed whether its state health system was as good as Premier John Brumby claimed.
.... more to see: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225853971380
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referendum
A referendum is a vote in which all the people in a country are asked whether they agree or disagree with a particular policy.
The government might hold a referendum on the matter.
作者: lightnew 时间: 20-4-2010 01:26
Kevin Rudd says he will go to referendum on health plan
Rudd ????
作者: ghrong 时间: 20-4-2010 05:23
标题: 回复 #21 lightnew 的帖子
What's wrong?
作者: sabrina118 时间: 30-4-2010 13:40
，要是有音标的话就跟好了
作者: ghrong 时间: 6-5-2010 00:34
标题: 火车撞上挖土机 司机死亡
NSW train crash kills excavator driver
AAP
May 5, 2010, 7:31 pm
Dozens of passengers had a lucky escape after a train hit an excavator in central west NSW, killing the machine's operator.
The 77 people on board the CountryLink XPT service managed to avoid injury in Wednesday's crash, which occurred about 11.30am (AEST) 3km east of Newbridge railway station near Bathurst.
... more to see: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/loc ... s-excavator-driver/
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excavator 挖土机
作者: angel8791 时间: 6-5-2010 11:15
Thanks very much! very helpful!!!
作者: LSJ 时间: 6-5-2010 11:48
very good,
作者: ghrong 时间: 7-5-2010 00:55
标题: 悉尼CBD可能会限制车辆
Cars may be barred from Sydney CBD: NRMA
By Belinda Cranston, AAP
May 6, 2010, 5:38 pm
The NRMA wants the NSW government to consult roads users before going ahead with any plans to make Sydney's busiest city street car-free.
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"This ad hoc approach to planning in the CBD is what has led to many of its current congestion problems," spokeswoman Wendy Machin said in a statement.
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more to see: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/loc ... om-sydney-cbd-nrma/
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这篇新闻通篇没有什么生词, 很容易理解, 但是2个特定的名词引起了我的注意:
1. NRMA
如果没有搞错的话, 应该是National Roads and Motorists' Association. 网址 http://www.mynrma.com.au
2. ad hoc
这个短语看着眼熟, 因为似乎以前见过ad hoc network之类的写法. wiki了一下, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc
看了半天仍然没看懂, 对我来说太深奥了...
是个拉丁短语, 而且读音非常奇怪, 竟然是 DIK-shun-air-ee and DIK-shuh-nair-ee (the capitalization indicating the syllables to be stressed)
如果有人对这个有研究, 请指点一二.
作者: 骷髅 时间: 7-5-2010 09:38
读法就叫‘add’ ‘hok’，一般是有额外的意思。
作者: ghrong 时间: 8-5-2010 01:35
标题: 对ad hoc的再次研究
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad_hoc
ad hoc
Pronunciation
UK: IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/, SAMPA: /%{d"hQk/
US: IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɑːk/, /ˌæd ˈhɔk/, /ˌɑd ˈhɑːk/, /ˌæd ˈhak/
Adjective
for this particular purpose
special
created on the spur of the moment, impromptu.
Adverb
At the spur of the moment.
For a particular purpose.
总之看起来是个不怎么容易使用的词, 至少对我来说, 但是看到它能理解就行了.
作者: frozen_heart770 时间: 8-5-2010 01:46
我的理解是这个词用来形容那些突然一拍脑袋想出来的东西。
唯一看到的一次(non-technical)是在我的 Job Description里看到老板写我要处理 ad-hoc tasks .
作者: frozen_heart770 时间: 8-5-2010 01:49
我的理解是这个词用来形容那些突然一拍脑袋想出来的东西。
唯一看到的一次(non-technical)是在我的 Job Description里看到老板写我要处理 ad-hoc tasks .
作者: jackaroo 时间: 8-5-2010 03:21
ad-hoc 主要有这么几个意思。
1. 突发，紧急的意思。比如 ad-hoc response team, 一般就是指incident response team.
2. 点对点的意思。无线网络中有ad-hoc network 这样的设置，就是指 computer to computer network/connection的意思
作者: eva_kong 时间: 8-5-2010 03:22
以前处理公司的促销活动费用时候，经常可以看到总部有ad hoc fund的批出，就是多出来作来促销的一些费用
作者: ghrong 时间: 9-5-2010 13:04
标题: 3人在墨尔本被捅伤进医院
Three in hospital after stabbing in Melbourne
From: AAP May 09, 2010 10:13am
THREE men are in hospital after a stabbing in Melbourne.
Emergency services were called to Barkley Street, Brunswick, about 1am (AEST) today after a resident found three injured men at the front of her home.
A 28-year-old and 33-year-old had suffered stab wounds to their upper bodies, while a 23-year-old had a head injury.
The trio were taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition, an Ambulance Victoria spokesman said.
"Investigators would like to speak to anyone who may be able to offer information on how the men were injured," a police spokesman said.
"They are particularly keen to speak to a taxi driver who was seen in Wilson Street at the time of the incident and who may have picked up other persons involved in the incident."
http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225864107517
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很简单的新闻, the trio 能够被猜测到是值"这三人"的意思. 其实很多"3"的词都是tri打头的, 比如说我现在能想到的 tripod(三脚架), triple(三倍).
同样, 延伸思考一下的话, "2"打头的词是什么呢? 对了, 一般都是 bi- , 比如: bicycle, bilingual.
欢迎分享更多的数字开头的单词. 
补充:
triplet 三胞胎 正好刚刚看一篇文章看到这个词
[ 本帖最后由 ghrong 于 10-5-2010 01:26 编辑 ]
作者: marlozhang 时间: 9-5-2010 15:31
看来笑话不是笑话
测试美国, 日本, 中国三地警察的实力,
联合国将三只兔子放在三个森林中, 看三地警察谁先找出兔子.
任务:找出兔子
第一个进森林的是美国警察, 他们先花整整半天时间开会制定作战计划, 严格分工, 然后派 特种部队快速进入森林进行地毯式搜索, 结果开会耽搁了时间, 兔子跑了, 任务失败!!!!
然后轮到日本警察, 他们派了一百多号人和几十辆警车在身临其境外一字排开, 由带头人 用喇叭喊话:“兔子,兔子,你已经被包围了, 快出来投降......“ 半天过去了, 没动静. 日本警察进入森林, 搜索一遍, 没结果, 任务失败!!!!
最后是中国警察, 只有四个, 先打了一天麻将, 黄昏时一人拿一警棍进入森林,没五分钟, 听到森林里传来一阵动物的惨叫, 中
国警察一人抽着一根烟有说有笑的出来, 后面拖着一只鼻青脸肿的熊, 熊奄奄一息的说到:“不要再打我了, 我就是兔子.......我就是兔子.......
作者: 熊猫阿三 时间: 9-5-2010 17:10
4 quad
quadrangle 四边形
quadrant 四分仪
5 pent
Pentagon 五角大楼
6 hex
hexadecimal 十六进制
8 oct
octagon 八角形
octopus 八爪鱼
另外7 sept ，和9 enn 很少用到。我是没见到这个开头的... 除了September.
作者: cccaat 时间: 10-5-2010 02:16
原帖由 熊猫阿三 于 9-5-2010 16:10 发表
4 quad
quadrangle 四边形
quadrant 四分仪
5 pent
Pentagon 五角大楼
6 hex
hexadecimal 十六进制
8 oct
octagon 八角形
octopus 八爪鱼
另外7 sept ，和9 enn 很少用到。我是没见到这个 ...
发现个问题...september是九月，为什么用7的前缀呢
作者: ghrong 时间: 10-5-2010 04:07
标题: 一对夫妇被匪徒侵犯
Couple assaulted during robbery
AAP
May 9, 2010, 5:52 am
A young Melbourne couple suffered serious injuries in a terrifying attack by a group of burglars who were in the pair's home when they returned from a night out.
The 24-year-old man and 20-year-old woman arrived at their Burnside Heights house in Melbourne's west at about 9pm (AEST) on Saturday.
After parking their car in the garage, they went inside and were stunned to find a group of offenders in their Giverny Close house.
They were separated, taken into different rooms in the house and assaulted, police said.
The offenders demanded cash and ransacked the house.
The attack lasted about fifteen minutes before the assailants left.
The victims suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital by ambulance.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/lat ... ted-during-robbery/
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怎么发现澳洲的入室行窃和抢劫那么多啊? 不少还是恶性案件. 对澳洲的安全问题颇为担心. 
也是一则简单的新闻, 有2个单词不认识, 但是结合上下文都很容易猜到意思.
ransack 洗劫
If people ransack a building or a room, they disturb everything in it and leave it in a mess, often because they are looking for something.
assailant 攻击者
Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attached them.
作者: jwashing 时间: 16-5-2010 01:01
ls的新闻偶也有一个词不认识：
assaulted是assault的过去分词
[ə'sɔ:lt]
是攻击，突袭的意思。同时是名词和动词。
n/They made an assault on the enemy's position.
他们突袭敌人的阵地。
vt/Six women have been sexually assaulted in the area recently.
最近这一带有六个女子遭受强奸。
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作者: ghrong 时间: 17-5-2010 02:55
标题: 曼谷冲突升级
16 dead, foreigners injured in Bangkok clashes
From: NewsCore May 15, 2010 12:29pm
- Ten dead as Bangkok violence worsens
- At least 125 people wounded in latest fighting
- Violence broke out after clash with army
SIXTEEN people were killed following violent clashes between troops and anti-government protesters in Thailand's capital city.
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more to see: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225867118627
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最近看了部3D电影: 诸神之战, 英文名字就是the clash of titans. (顺便说一句, 该片很烂, 不要步我的后尘, 浪费钱去电影院看)
clash
1. When people clash, or when they are involved in a clash, they disagree, argue, or fight with each other.
2. Beliefs, ideas, or qualities that clash are very different from each otehr and are therefore opposed. You can also talk about a clash of these things.
3. If one event clashes with another, they happen at the same time and so you cannot go to both of them.
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作者: ghrong 时间: 17-5-2010 03:10
标题: 一女子倒车被撞死
Woman dies trying to reverse park on Waterfall Way Dorrigo
From: AAP May 16, 2010 9:32am
A WOMAN has been killed after a vehicle crashed into the back of her car while she was reverse parking on the NSW mid-north coast, police said today.
The 31-year-old's car was stationary in Waterfall Way, Dorrigo, when it was stuck shortly before midnight last night.
She died at the scene while the driver of the other vehicle, a 23-year-old man, suffered chest injuries.
SKY news reported the driver was a P-plater allegedly doing burnouts.
He was taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital and will undergo mandatory blood and urine tests.
A crime scene was established and police are investigating the cause of the collision.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku9-1225867303055
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很简短易懂的一则新闻.
抽出几个我认为值得注意的关键词:
1. reverse parking
很明显, 倒车停车, 但要让我用英文说可能不知道怎么说. 现在学会了.
2. doing burnouts.
不明白何意, 是指"正在飙车"的意思吗? 似乎有一个赛车游戏就叫 Burnout.
3. urine test
尿检, 可能有人不认识urine, 属于比较文绉绉的说法, 一般说尿尿是不会说urinate的
4. die at the scene
当场死亡, at the scene 这个短语不错, 值得记忆一下
作者: frozen_heart770 时间: 17-5-2010 14:16
Burnout
如果是汽车呢，就是说指车子轮胎转动但车身并不移动的那种状况。
通常看到的是车轮高速旋转，和地面摩擦冒出大量的烟，但车身却在原地不动。
有时会在电影/电视的赛车场面里看到这样的镜头，在某些专业赛车中是一个用来加热轮胎/清洁轮胎表面的一种技巧。
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新闻里使用这个来形容当时现场的车辆运行状况吧
作者: jwashing 时间: 17-5-2010 22:57
1. reverse parking
2. doing burnouts.
3. urine test
4. die at the scene
作者: frozen_heart770 时间: 18-5-2010 20:43
原帖由 cccaat 于 10-5-2010 01:16 发表
发现个问题...september是九月，为什么用7的前缀呢
好问题！
September
In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh";
September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January).
September marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
September begins on the same day of the week as December every year, because there are 91 days separating September and December, which is a multiple of seven (the number of days in the week).
-- from Wikipedia.org
[ 本帖最后由 frozen_heart770 于 18-5-2010 19:44 编辑 ]
作者: ghrong 时间: 19-5-2010 21:18
标题: 悉尼交通拥堵没有变得更糟 - 政府说
Sydney traffic congestion is no worse - government
From: AAP May 19, 2010 3:51am
THE New South Wales government has rejected a NRMA report which says Sydney traffic has become worse in the past 12 months.
Transport Minister David Campbell says the motoring group's survey of under 400 business customers is anecdotal.
The minister says Road and Traffic Authority figures show traffic congestion in Sydney has remained constant for almost two decades.
But the NRMA's defended its survey methodology and says it also knows businesses have begun to move away from the city because of congestion.
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简短的新闻, 2个生词.
Congestion
If there is congestion in a place, the place is extremely congested. (Stupid dictionary! 查一个生词, 却用另外一个差不多的生词来解释. 如果我知道congested是什么意思, 还用查congestion吗?)
只好继续再查congested...
Congested
A congested road or area is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
Anecdotal
可能不是一个常用的词, 我的字典上没有很好的解释. Google了一下, 得到Wikipedia参考解释: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence
在本文中, 我认为可以解释为不可靠的, 不可信的.
作者: ghrong 时间: 20-5-2010 14:12
标题: 拘禁于密室近一年 戴脚镣裸体女孩被找到
Girls found naked, shackled in secret chamber for nearly a year
From correspondents in Beijing From: AFP May 19, 2010 4:17pm
Girls held captive for over a year
Found naked, shackled under house
Smuggled note out to escape
A MAN kept two teenage girls shackled in a secret underground chamber in China for nearly a year and the pair were only rescued after smuggling out a note, state media said today.
The girls, aged 19 and 16, were found last Friday, naked except for shackles on their feet, in the secret lair built by the man under his home in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China, the Beijing News reported.
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more to see: http://www.news.com.au/world/gir ... rfkyi-1225868781178
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captive
1. A captive animal or person is being kept in a particular place and is not allowed to escape.
2. If someone takes or holds you captive, they take or keep you as a prisoner
3. A captive is a prisoner.
shackle
脚镣
作者: ghrong 时间: 29-5-2010 00:26
标题: Bear Grylls 在 Queensland 北部拍 Man vs Wild
Bear Grylls films Man Vs Wild in north Queensland
By Geoff Shearer From: The Courier-Mail May 28, 2010 7:00am
THIS is the first glimpse of TV's adventure man Bear Grylls during his trek to far north Queensland to film episodes for his international hit series Man Vs Wild.
This sneak peek shows him wading through crocodile-infested waters at Mount Borradaile, situated near the Cooper Creek floodplain in north-western Arnhem Land.
"Australia is a wild ride," the former British Special Forces officer said.
Grylls was in the state for two weeks this month filming an episode on Murray Island in the Torres Strait and one in Arnhem Land.
"Those were two of the most full-on shoots I have ever done – crocs and sharks and mosquitoes like none other," Grylls said.
In Man Vs Wild, Grylls challenges himself to survive in some of the world's toughest and most forsaken environments. Before production, he meets with local experts and guides.
State Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor described Grylls' visit as a coup for Queensland.
The episodes will go to air in Australia on the Discovery Channel early in 2011.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/ho ... rfqer-1225872340924
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Man vs Wild 是我最喜欢的 show 之一. 自然, 我也是a big fan of Bear Grylls.
这篇新闻里还有满多字我不认识的, 一个一个看看吧.
trek
If you trek somewhere, of if you go on a trek, you go on a long journey across difficult terrain, usually of foot.
wade
If you wade through mud or water, you walk through it with difficulty.
infested
If a place is infested with something undesirable such as insects or other pests, there are lots of them in it.
forsake
If someone forsakes you, they leave you when they should have stayed, or stop helping you or looking after you.
coup
A coup is an achievement thought to be especially brilliant because of its difficulty.
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作者: ghrong 时间: 29-5-2010 18:20
标题: iPad 澳洲首日热销3万台
Aussies snap up 30,000 iPads on day one
By Stephen Fenech From: The Daily Telegraph May 29, 2010 8:07am
IT'S one of the most hyped new technology products ever, hailed as either the future of computing or an expensive toy.
in onAustralians yesterday voted with their wallets, with an estimated 30,000 iPads being sold on the nationwide launch of Apple's latest product.
And sales are expected to continue, with another 20,000 to fly off the shelves on the weekend.
In Sydney, the first iPads were sold to the more than 300 customers who camped out overnight in the cold outside the flagship George St store.
...... http://www.news.com.au/technolog ... knrwy-1225872802569
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作为 apple fan, 到澳洲我肯定是要立刻去买一个ipad的
snap up
If you snap something up, you buy it quickly because it is a bargain or because it is just what you want.
hype
17# 碰到过, 也是ipad的新闻, 顺便复习一下
hail
If a person or event is hailed as important or successful, they are praised publicly.
作者: ghrong 时间: 2-6-2010 20:19
标题: 墨尔本 蒙面劫匪把扑克俱乐部顾客吓个半死
Masked bandits terrorise poker machine patrons at Broadmeadows Sporting Club, Jacana
By Lucie Van den Berg From: Herald Sun June 02, 2010 9:21am
A GANG of masked men have forced patrons to lie on the floor as they robbed a pokies club north of Melbourne overnight.
Three masked robbers stormed a club in Sunset Boulevard, Jacana, just after 10pm (AEST) armed with a firearm and a machete.
Terrified patrons and staff inside the gaming area were ordered to lay on the floor, the Herald Sun said.
The trio stole a large quantity of cash and fled the scene on foot.
Police said no shots were fired and there were no reports of any injuries during the hold-up.
Sniffer dogs and the Police Airwing failed to locate the robbers.
Armed Crime Taskforce Detectives were investigating
http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225874392141
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patron
The patrons of a place such as a club or a hotel are its customers.
Many of the bar's patrons are military.
作者: ghrong 时间: 2-6-2010 20:27
标题: 反富士康冲突爆发
Scuffles erupt at Foxconn protest
From: AFP June 01, 2010 8:27pm
SCUFFLES have erupted in Taiwan as activists alleging labour abuses by IT giant Foxconn tried to enter an exhibition centre where President Ma Ying-jeou was opening Asia's biggest technology fair.
The protesters, who were shouting "capitalists kill people" and holding placards and pictures of Foxconn chief Terry Gou, fought with uniformed police as they tried to deliver a letter to the President while he launched Computex Taipei.
Five other IT tycoons, including Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and Cher Wang, chairwoman of Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC Corp, were also targeted.
Foxconn, a unit of the Hon Hai group, makes a range of popular products including Apple iPhones, Dell computers and Nokia mobiles phones.
"All the products on display at the exhibition inside are made with workers' sweat and blood," demonstration leader Liu Nien-yun said.
More: http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225874184042
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scuffle
If people are scuffling, or if they are involved in a scuffle, they are fighting for a short time in a disorganized way.
Police scuffled with some of the protesters.
作者: sunpower03 时间: 14-6-2010 13:37
标题: 兰迪加油，！
兰迪加油，！
跟着你学英语，一定会有进步的!
加油！
作者: pareto 时间: 14-6-2010 13:40
作者: ghrong 时间: 17-6-2010 14:52
标题: 美国将新加坡泰国列入人口贩卖关注名单
U.S. puts Singapore, Thailand on human trafficking watch list
From: AFP June 15, 2010 3:11am
THE United States today put allies Singapore and Thailand as well as Vietnam on a human trafficking watch list, accusing them of failing to prevent women from being forced into prostitution.
To see more, go to >> http://www.news.com.au/breaking- ... rfku0-1225879693996
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trafficking
贩卖, 交易, 多为贬义
drug trafficking
human trafficking
example.
The second major cost mainly involves human trafficking.
作者: 袋鼠一品 时间: 22-7-2010 21:38
作者: skiffeasy 时间: 24-7-2010 17:11
又去旅游了？
期待更新！
作者: lilili13 时间: 24-7-2010 17:13
标题: 回复 #2 ghrong 的帖子
不错
作者: ghrong 时间: 19-7-2011 12:31
标题: 替人看房子的61岁老太太半夜被闯入歹徒吓个半死
Karnup home invasion terrifies 61-year-old woman house-sitting
By Phil Hickey From: PerthNow July 19, 2011 10:49AM
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/karnup-home-invasion-at-3am-61-year-old-woman-house-sitting/story-e6frfku0-1226097409458#ixzz1SVglsKwc
POLICE are hunting a gang of armed thugs who burst into a home in Karnup this morning and held a 61-year-old woman inside the house against her will for up to an hour.
The three men burst into the Amarillo Dr house about 3am (WST).
Police say the 61-year-old woman was house-sitting at the home when a man knocked on the door asking to use the telephone because his car had broken down.
When the woman let the man inside the house two other men who were armed with screwdrivers, a wooden pole and a hammer forced their way inside.
The men ransacked the house looking for valuables and also forced open a firearms cabinet taking two rifles and ammunition.
The 61-year-old woman was not harmed during the terrifying ordeal.
The armed men are described as fair skinned and were wearing hooded jackets.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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thugs
- If you refer to someone as a thug, you disapprove of them and think they are violent or a criminal
ordeal
- An ordeal is an extremely unpleasant and difficult experience.
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作者: pettie 时间: 19-7-2011 13:13
楼主又来更新了，快一年了，呵呵
作者: ghrong 时间: 19-7-2011 15:05
标题: 出租车司机与人发生口角被打成重伤
Cabbie beaten up outside Strathfield railway station, man charged
Staff Writer The Daily Telegraph July 18, 2011 10:31PM
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/cabbie-beaten-up-outside-strathfield-railway-station/story-e6freuy9-1226096762089
A CABBIE has been hospitalised and a man has been arrested and charged with his alleged assault following an altercation at Strathfield.
About 6.30am today, police attached to Flemington local Area Command attended Raw Square, near Strathfield Railway Station, following reports a taxi driver was injured.
Police and ambulance officers located the 37-year-old man with injuries to his neck and face. He was taken by ambulance to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where he underwent surgery and remains in a serious but stable condition.
A crime scene was established and forensic officers were in attendance.
Following investigations, police attended another area of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and spoke to a taxi driver who had presented himself to hospital with minor injuries. He was arrested and taken to Auburn Police Station. .
The 53-year-old Greenacre man was charged with wound with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, He was granted strict conditional bail and is expected to appear at Burwood Local Court on 11 August 2011.
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forensic
- When a forensic analysis is done, objects are examined scientifically in order to discover information about a crime.
[ 本帖最后由 ghrong 于 19-7-2011 14:07 编辑 ]
作者: yearshappy 时间: 19-7-2011 18:09
Back it up!! 
作者: ghrong 时间: 20-7-2011 14:46
标题: 日本摇滚明星在飞机上捣乱被逮捕后死亡
Japanese rocker dies after violent outburst on Delta flight to US Pacific islands
From correspondents in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands From: AFP July 18, 2011 1:26PM
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/japanese-rocker-dies-after-violent-outburst-on-delta-flight-to-us-pacific-islands/story-e6frfku0-1226096846356
A JAPANESE rock musician who tried to hang himself after being arrested following unruly behaviour on a Delta Air Lines flight to the US-administered Northern Mariana Islands has died in hospital.
Rocker Taiji Sawada, who was best known as the former bass player with heavy metal group "X", died today when medics at Saipan's Commonwealth Health Centre turned off his life support, the Saipan Tribune reported.
The Marianas Variety newspaper reported that Sawada, 45, had been in intensive care since July 14 after he tried to hang himself with a bedsheet in a jail in the Pacific territory.
He had been arrested three days before for allegedly assaulting a female cabin crew attendant during a Delta Air Lines flight from Tokyo to Saipan, court documents showed.
The documents, filed on the Northern Marianas District Court, said the flight attendant went to the business class section after hearing banging and found Sawada struggling with a female passenger.
The crew member said a number of male passengers helped her subdue the musician and move him to another chair but he caused another commotion, punching windows and kicking seats, as the plane prepared to descend to Saipan.
Eventually, the plane's captain ordered Sawada to be placed in physical restraints and he was arrested after the flight landed, the court documents said. No reason was given for Sawada's behaviour.
Sawada enjoyed success with "X" in the late 1980s but left in 1992 and since then had played in various other bands, according to fan websites.
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unruly
- If you describe people as unruly, you mean that they behave badly and are difficult to control.
subdue
- If soldiers or the police subdue a group of people, they defeat them or bring them under control by using force.
commotion
- A commotion is a lot of noise and confusion.
作者: ghrong 时间: 21-7-2011 15:53
标题: 悉尼23年来最“水”的7月 - 很多跟水有关的单词
Wild weather drenched coastal NSW yesterday with sodden Sydney recording its wettest July day in 23 years
Neil Keene From: The Daily Telegraph July 21, 2011 12:00AM
Read more: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au ... 77443#ixzz1SiBgY5if
WILD weather drenched coastal NSW yesterday with sodden Sydney recording its wettest July day in 23 years - and you better get used it.
Almost 80mm of rain fell in the Sydney CBD, and experts are tipping the rain will continue until next week.
"It's just miserable, at least for the next few days," Weather Channel meteorologist Hannah McEwan said.
The record downpour almost ended in tragedy for one seven-year-old boy, who slipped into a stormwater drain and was swept away. The torrent carried him beneath a roadway near Newcastle for more than 50m before he managed to cling to the side of the drain and call for help.
SES crews were later called to the Corpus Christi Primary School at St Ives, in Sydney's north, after torrential rain flooded part of the campus.
A severe weather warning for dangerous surf remained in place from the south coast to the mid north coast last night, with offshore wave heights of up to 10m.
Ms McEwan said waves pounding the coastline would continue to grow to a peak of about 4m tomorrow.
The deluge brought down trees and tore open roofs from the Illawarra to the mid-north coast, prompting more than 250 calls for help to the SES.
A 10m eucalyptus smashed four demountable classrooms at the Mt Warrigal Public School School south of Wollongong.
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drench
- To drench sth. or someone means to make them completely wet.
sodden
- Something that is sodden is extremely wet.
deluge
- A deluge is a sudden heavy fall of rain.
torrent
- A torrent is a lot of water falling or flowing rapidly or violently.
(BTW, 平时下载用的BT软件，其实就是BitTorrent的缩写，一种P2P数据传输协议)
作者: ghrong 时间: 25-7-2011 14:36
标题: 雷人的假苹果店在昆明被曝光
Fake Apple stores found in Kunming city, China
21 July 2011 Last updated at 14:24 GMT
For more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14236786
An American blogger has discovered three fake Apple stores operating in Kunming city, China.
....
Shoddy construction
On closer inspection, wrote BirdAbroad, the store did not seem to be constructed to a particularly high standard.
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其实不算新闻了。上星期开始这则新闻被各大网站报道，觉得还是想分享一下。
通篇没啥生词，除了这个：
shoddy
- If you discribe a product or someone's work as shoddy, you think that it has been made or done carelessly or badly.
作者: 无忧白菜 时间: 27-7-2011 14:46
喜欢看你的帖子，加油，
作者: ghrong 时间: 28-7-2011 14:32
标题: 看了以后感觉很震撼 需要思考一下自己能为他们做些什么
Baby Mihag, the anguished face of famine in East Africa
http://www.news.com.au/world/bab ... rfkyi-1226103135263
看了那些照片和新闻，啥也不说了。
正在思考和研究自己能做些什么。
那个页面最下面有关于donate的一些信息。
作者: hwl 时间: 29-7-2011 14:35
原帖由 ghrong 于 17-3-2010 15:37 发表
The Daily Telegraph March 17, 2010 3:11am
A HEAVILY pregnant woman dressed in only in her pyjamas ran screaming from her house, chasing a burglar she had just found lurking inside.
Beating her h ...
想问个阅读理解的问题：这个孕妇为什么在追贼的时候还要打自己的丈夫？
Pregnant mum Tammy Matten chases thief from her home
The Daily Telegraph March 17, 2010 3:11am
A HEAVILY pregnant woman dressed in only in her pyjamas ran screaming from her house, chasing a burglar she had just found lurking inside.
Beating her husband out the door, mother-of-two Tammy Matten hurtled down the street, keeping up her barefoot pursuit for more than 200m before the thief finally got away.
作者: ghrong 时间: 29-7-2011 19:36
原帖由 hwl 于 29-7-2011 13:35 发表
想问个阅读理解的问题：这个孕妇为什么在追贼的时候还要打自己的丈夫？
Pregnant mum Tammy Matten chases thief from her home
The Daily Telegraph March 17, 2010 3:11am
A HEAVILY pregnant woman ...
这里的beat不是打的意思，而是“胜过”。所以她的老公要不是个残疾人士，就是个胆小鬼。否则怎么会被一个大肚皮甩在后面？
作者: ghrong 时间: 29-7-2011 19:40
还想到一种可能，该孕妇可能是个跑步运动员，即使大着肚子，也比老公跑得快。
作者: hwl 时间: 3-8-2011 17:22
原帖由 ghrong 于 18-3-2010 14:23 发表
From: AAP March 16, 2010 3:51pm
A YOUNG Sydney man who admitted to the brutal bashing of Irishman David Keohane has been found not guilty of his attempted murder by a Sydney jury.
Mr Keohane, 29 ...
好惨啊！！！
Man not guilty of Irishman's brutal bashing
是说因为他喝醉了，所以就白打了？？
作者: hwl 时间: 3-8-2011 17:23
原帖由 ghrong 于 29-7-2011 18:40 发表
还想到一种可能，该孕妇可能是个跑步运动员，即使大着肚子，也比老公跑得快。
这个女人太强了
彪悍
作者: hwl 时间: 10-8-2011 14:47
原帖由 ghrong 于 22-3-2010 17:29 发表
Woman kills boyfriend on Xmas Day, texts friend to see if he'd like to help eat body
From: AAP March 22, 2010 1:54pm
MOMENTS after she stabbed her boyfriend to death on Christmas Day, a NSW Centra ...
这女的简直就是 变态
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