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BBC 6 Minute English

2008年12月25日 星期四

狗仔隊

Paparazzi
原為義大利文,是義大利姓氏Paparazzo的複數形式
香港人也稱Paparazzi為Puppy(小狗)

2008年12月17日 星期三

lame duck

lame duck 跛腳鴨

在野黨在國會席次超過執政黨的總統 也被稱為lame duck
譬如 G. Bush, A-Ben Chen

//=== 2014.11.12
After Democrats lost the Senate in  the midterm election, Obama grudgingly accepted himself tagged as 'lame duck' by reporters.  The government  become 'really divided'  such that Obama claims 
' to squeeze every last little bit of opportunity to make this world a better place ...'

the Senate
the House
the House of Representatives
the Governor
the White House


[ref]
http://elections.nytimes.com/2014/liveblog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided_government

2008年12月16日 星期二

Shoe-icide bomber

Shoe-icide bomber
Shoe-icide attacker

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/15/2008-12-15_man_who_threw_shoes_at_bush_muntadhar_al.html

"...
President Bush's farewell visit to Iraq degenerated into embarrassment when an Iraqi newsman hurled his shoes at the lame-duck leader.
...
Throwing shoes at someone is an assault , not freedom of expression
...
Throwing shoes is a sign of disrespect in the Arab world.
...

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