跟我一起学 澳洲新闻里的英语单词

frozen_heart770

原帖由 ghrong 于 8-5-2010 00:35 发表

                               
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad_hoc

ad hoc

Pronunciation
UK: IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/, SAMPA: /%{d"hQk/
US: IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɑːk/, /ˌæd ˈhɔk/, / ...

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 .

jackaroo

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

eva_kong

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

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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ad_hoc

ad hoc

Pronunciation
UK: IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/, SAMPA: /%{d"hQk/
US: IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɑːk/, /ˌæd ˈhɔk/, / ...

ghrong

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 ]

marlozhang

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.......

熊猫阿三

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.

cccaat

原帖由 熊猫阿三 于 9-5-2010 16:10 发表

                               
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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

ghrong

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.

jwashing

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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ghrong

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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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.

[ 本帖最后由 ghrong 于 17-5-2010 00:11 编辑 ]

ghrong

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

frozen_heart770

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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jwashing

1. reverse parking
2. doing burnouts.
3. urine test
4. die at the scene

frozen_heart770

原帖由 cccaat 于 10-5-2010 01:16 发表

                               
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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

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ghrong

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.

ghrong

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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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

ghrong

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.

                               
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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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ghrong

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.

ghrong

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.

ghrong

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.

sunpower03

兰迪加油，！
跟着你学英语，一定会有进步的!
加油！

pareto

ghrong

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.

袋鼠一品

skiffeasy

又去旅游了？
期待更新！

lilili13

不错

ghrong

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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pettie

楼主又来更新了，快一年了，呵呵

ghrong

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.

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yearshappy

Back it up!!