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[交流] 坚持每日读报---小词大用

这一届的都灵冬奥会与往届一样,几家欢喜几家愁。欢喜的无不是在比赛中取得了成绩,得到了奖牌。悲的,借用托尔斯泰的话说,各有各的不幸。不是被怀疑服用兴奋剂,取消比赛资格; 就是因旧伤复发无法参赛,留下终生遗憾。请看:
drop out of 退出,提前离开
外电报道:Michelle Kwan dropped out of the Olympics on Sunday morning, one day after she cut short a practice because of a recurring groin injury, U.S. Figure Skating said.
美籍华人,被人奉为“冰雪皇后”的关颖珊由于腹股沟旧伤复发而退出比赛。
drop out of 还可以用于没有做完某事而放弃的行为。如
He dropped out of school at the age of eight, due in part to financial difficulties.

资料来源:www.iht.com

特别鸣谢:马甲ID


turn...into energy

命运多舛,家境贫寒的美国小伙Shaun White 在冬奥会的U形管滑雪项目中夺得了金牌。这自然离不开家人长年的支持和他自己的刻苦训练。除此之外,运动员的心理素质和临场发挥也至关重要。请看外电报道:
While many athletes deny their nerves, the 19-year-old White accepted them and channeled them. Turning anxiety into energy, he won the gold medal in the men's halfpipe competition.
Turn.. into energy 化...为动力,化...为力量.
我们经常说的悲痛为力量就是 turn grief into energy.

Cite source as www.iht.com


Episode 3

outdo 超出,超过
都灵冬奥会进行到现在,笑得最欢的大概是美国人了。继男子U形管滑雪一金一银之后,昨天美国的两名女选手在女子单板U形管比赛中又摘得一金一银,使美国的奖牌数排名第一。他们的下一个目标是在花样滑冰中再得一块金牌。那么是美国女子单板U形管什么样的成绩夺得第一的呢?
It made her second trip down the icy pipe a victory lap and she outdid the first, scoring a 46.4 on the strength of a frontside 540 followed by a frontside 900.
Hannah在她的第二轮比赛时超过了第一轮的成绩,得了个46.4分,为她的金牌奠定了基础。
outdid 为outdo 的过去式,表示在某方面比别人做得好,做得多。
lap 是跑道的一圈,这里指U形管的滑道。

Women are not outdone by men in Winter Olympics. 在冬奥会上,巾帼不让须眉。
The U.S. outdid other countries in securing medals. 美国在奖牌数量上领先于其他各国。

source: www.iht.com


positive &throw out of

前几天由于网络原因,没有及时更新帖子,给大家带来不便,请大家谅解。明后两天由于改装一些线路,也不能上网。我在以后补上。请大家监督。谢谢
Positive & throw out of
Be a positive thinker! 做人要积极乐观,这话不假。但要在一些场合,being positive就不见得是件好事,就拿最近的冬奥会来说,这次的doping test program十分严格,一旦查出运动员blood sample 呈阳性,运动员不但被取消比赛资格,还可能面临法律制裁。俄罗斯的滑雪射击运动员Olga Pyleva就成了这届冬奥会首例兴奋剂检测出阳性。那她会受到什么样的惩罚呢?请看报道:
Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva, has been thrown out of the Torino Winter Games after the International Olympic Committee confirmed a positive doping test.
Throw out of 开除,扫地出门,取消资格。如:
He was thrown out of school after he was found cheating in the examination.
She was thrown out of the club after she failed to pay the annual fee.
source: www.cnn.com


be sold out

经过两天的长途旅行,我又回到了太傻.看到自己的帖子承蒙大家错爱浏览,鄙人感到万分欣慰,同时也更多地感到了一种责任感.我会在条件允许的情况下坚持天天看报,也希望大家能对我提出批评和建议.谢谢.

Be sold out
并非冬奥会上的每个项目都同样吸引眼球.在有的场地可谓人山人海,而与之形成鲜明对比的是,在有些比赛点,运动员们只能尴尬地面对空旷的观众席.这还是奥运会吗?运动员们不禁要问.对此,美国滑冰运动员 Jennifer Rodriguez发表了自己的看法,请看:
"I can't believe this is the Olympics. It almost felt like a World Cup meet. The Olympics should be sold out."
be sold out从字面上讲是"(票)售罄,卖完"的意思,但对于某种场面,场合 be sold out 就意味着 "场面火暴,座无虚席".
如:
The concert was sold out and people complained about there not being enough seats.
The director expected the movie to be sold out but the box office proved he was wrong.

news source: www.cnn.com


in the wake of

in the wake of
尽管冬奥会的冰舞项目上出现了一些小波折,该项目于昨日圆满结束。俄罗斯搭档Navka和Kostmarov获得了冠军。对他们来说,他们在奥运会的使命结束了,他们将翻开他们生命中新的一章。请看外电:
The Russian couple are expected to retire from the sport in the wake of their win. "A chapter of my book is finished and the next chapter is coming," Navka said.
in the wake of 接着,在...之后
A medical group was formed in the wake of a bird flu breakout in the local community.
The share price rocketed in the wake of the acquisition.

source: www.cnn.com


throw on

生活中我们总会遇到这种不自信的时候:当我们认为把一件事办砸的时候,我们垂头丧气,怨天尤人。但有时结果比我们想象的好许多。我们普通人会碰到,小有成就的人也不例外。顶替关颖珊的美国选手Sasha Cohen在两次失手后,彻底放弃了得奖的念头,回到更衣室就卸下自己的冰刀和队服。谁知比赛结果公布时,大出她的意料:她得了一块银牌。已经卸下武器的她该怎样准备迎接颁奖典礼呢?请看:
Cohen was rushing back to the lockers to throw her dress and skates back on so that she could accept the silver. Another silver.

Throw on 匆匆穿上,草草披上
I threw on my trousers and rushed out of the door.
He throws on his dress to answer the door.
Source: www.cnn.com


温馨提示:想学好英文,请先学好汉语。

破产这个词在我们脑海中一般都和公司联系在一起。在不久的将来,破产将更多地和个人联系在一起。在高度讲究信用(不是信誉)的美国,个人破产是一件稀松平常的事。随着中国人民更多更广地使用信用卡和各种信贷工具,bankcruptcy不再只是企业的事了。对于个人来说,和企业一样,破产意味着资不抵债。比如你向银行贷款买房,买车,装修,不幸的是,经济衰退了,你加入了失业大军。此时你无力偿还债务,你就可以申请破产。在美国,破产法包括Chapter 7, Chapter 11和Chapter 13. Chapter 11主要针对企业,而其他两个更多适用于个人。
在过去的2005年,美国个人申请破产案子达到历史新高,这在很大程度上是由于两部新法案的出台---Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. 这两部法的出台后,将加大申请破产保护的难度,尤其是在Chapter 7项下的破产保护。人们为了赶在新法出台前搭上Chapter 7的最后一班车,纷纷申请破产。
让我们看看表达原因的一个短语: in response to
The increase was largely in response to the passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which went into effect on Oct. 17, 2005.-----www.CNN.com
这个短语用在这里的另一个好处是使句子的结构更加合理。
More example:
In response to the passage of the CPE, young people including high school students carried out demonstration across France.
In response to the bird flu outbreak a division of medical experts was soon formed .
如有谬误,请不吝赐教,谢谢。
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edge out

高盛,摩根斯坦利,摩根大通,花旗集团这些耳熟能详的名字激起了多少人对财富的幻想。这些华尔街上的大腕们在投资银行业可以说是不相上下。投资银行主要的角色是帮助企业和政府承销证券来创造利润。承销是指替企业和政府发行和销售证券,筹集资金。
每年的第一个季度是承销商,也就是这些投资银行的巨擘们的销售旺季。(看来进投行的人在第一季度可能会头悬梁锥刺股,对不起,那是古代的办法。现在大家都喝咖啡。人家苏秦没那么好命)其中按盈利额来说,花旗银行独领风骚,赚了个盆盈钵满。看外电报道:
In fees, Citigroup reported $386 million, for a 10.2 percent share, edging out Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Research), which had $378.1 million.----www.cnn.com
在手续费上,花旗收入3亿8千万美元,超过高盛银行1千多万美元。
Edge out 打败,超过,挤出
Much to our surprise, the most promising seed was edged out of the competition.
In such a tough market, the companies tried their best to edge out each other.
The presentation she made at the interview edged out other candidates.
Good luck with your English and Chinese as well!
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