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dawn sky

BBC 6 Minute English

2008年9月29日 星期一

bail and parole

bail
bail out
bailout

financial bailout package

parole
v : release a criminal from detention and place him "on parole"

The prisoner was paroled (was released after giving his words) after serving 5 years in the prison.

prisoner= convict


take place on git?

2008年9月28日 星期日

credit crunch

credit crunch
crunch == craunch

USA government unveiled a plan to end the credit crunch by spending up to $700 billion buying troubled assets.

crunch
1. To chew with force and noise
2. To grind/press with violence and noise

2008年9月27日 星期六

redaction

redaction, 編校, 修訂
n 1: editing something such as a literary work or
a legislative bill into acceptable form

redact, (v), (n)= redactor

geek

geek
n 1: a carnival performer who does disgusting acts, 作些低俗噁心動作的表演者
2: a person with an unusual or odd personality, eccentric person, 怪人 怪胎

freak: deformed, eccentric

2008年9月26日 星期五

病危

be critically ill
be terminally ill
be seriously ill
be deadly ill

2008年9月25日 星期四

remedy, comedy, tragedy

remedy: cure, restore, compensation,

comedy, tragedy

The drama and contrivances of God's providence(天意).

2008年9月24日 星期三

raise capital

raise capital: 籌資
VC: venture capital(創投)

Goldman Raises Capital, With $5 Billion From Buffett

cater to, ,迎合

cater: (v) to provide food, to supply the desired

cater to, 迎合,
to adapt sth to/for, to tailor sth for

www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/adobe_photoshop/icon_creation/
Photoshop Icon Creation Tutorials on Pixel2Life.com.
The largest tutorial search engine on the
internet catering to graphic designers and programmers.

The largest tutorial search engine on the
internet adapted to graphic designers and programmers.

The largest tutorial search engine on the
internet tailored for graphic designers and programmers.

2008年9月18日 星期四

朗讀 與 朗誦

朗讀
read loudly and clearly

朗誦
read aloud with expression

背誦
recite


declaim?

2008年9月17日 星期三

產地 製造地 包裝地

the source of a product
place of origin
manufacturing location

or "made in china"

毒奶粉 Toxic milk
RPT-New Zealand blew whistle on tainted China milk - PM

"We(Fonterra) were the whistle-blowers and the Chinese government leapt in and ensured there was action on the ground; we had been trying for weeks to get official recall and the local authorities in China would not do it", Ms Clark told TVNZ.
"... the first inclination was to try and put a towel over it and deal with it without an official recall," she said.


sabotage:怠忽職守
Sanlu's minority partner, Fonterra, has accused Sanlu of sabotage.

2008年9月13日 星期六

lance and lancer

lance 槍矛

lancer 持槍的騎兵

benevolent

benevolent
benevolence

自由 平等 博愛
freedom equality benevolence

http://www.southernct.edu/organizations/rccs/resources/research/introduction/bynum_wiener.html
Principles of Justice – The Principle of Freedom, the Principle of Equality and the Principle of Benevolence should guide and inform every person’s

2008年9月12日 星期五

stalker

stalker (n), synonyms: prowler, sneak,sneaker
1. One who stalks.
2. A fishing net.
3. Someone who stalks game
4. someone who sneaks around


stoker

找工作或就業網站的英文

recruitment sites
job-finding sites
job-agent sites

for example, 104, 1111

2008年9月10日 星期三

lever, delever, leverage

lever: (n, v)
leverage: (n) The action of a lever;
mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

delever

"So How Did Lehman Delever? A Not-Very-Pretty Possibility"
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/so-how-did-lehman-delever-not-very.html
(admittedly)

//===
delver: one digging like a spade?
spade: 鏟子,鋤,黑桃; broad two-edged sword,

鋤頭: hoe

2008年9月8日 星期一

poker

poker face 撲克臉
poker play
poker cards 撲克牌

poker
撩火棒,紙牌戲, 司爐

stoke

stoke == poke, stoker == poker
1 添材火: to poke or stir up (as a fire) : supply with fuel
2 餵飽 飼以大餐: to feed abundantly
3 增加: to increase the activity, intensity, or amount of

[ref]
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke


slang.
stoked on sb/sth : become excited/crashed by sb/sth.


a pig in a poke

2008年9月6日 星期六

dumb
speechless 無語
mute
silent

TEDTalks (video)