1.individuals,characters, folks替换(people ,persons) 
　　2: positive, favorable, rosy (美好的)，promising 
　　(有希望的)，perfect, pleasurable , excellent, outstanding, superior替换good 
　　3:dreadful, unfavorable, poor, adverse, ill (有害的)替换bad 
　　如果bad做表语，可以有be less impressive替换 
　　eg.An army of college students indulge themselves in playing games, enjoying romance with girls/boys or killing time passively in their dorms. When it approaches to graduation ,as a result, they find their academic records are less impressive. 
　　4.(an army of, an ocean of, a sea of, a multitude of ,a host of, many, if not most)替换many. 
　　注：用many, if not most 一定要小心，many后一定要有词。 
　　Eg. Many individuals, if not most, harbor the idea that….同理 用most, if not all ,替换most. 
　　5: a slice of, quiet a few , several替换some 
　　6:harbor the idea that, take the attitude that, 
　　hold the view that, it is widely shared that, 
　　it is universally acknowledged that)替think 
　　(因为是书面语，所以要加that) 
　　7:affair ,business ,matter 替换thing 
　　8: shared 代 common 
　　9.reap huge fruits 替换get many benefits ) 
　　10:for my part ,from my own perspective 替换 in my opinion 
　　11:Increasing(ly),growing 替换more and more( 注意没有growingly这种形式。所以当修饰名词时用increasing/growing.修饰形容词，副词用increasingly. 
　　Eg.sth has gained growing popularity. 
　　Sth is increasingly popular with the advancement of sth. 
　　12.little if anything, 或little or nothing替换hardly 
　　13..beneficial, rewarding替换helpful, 
　　14.shopper,client,consumer,purchaser, 替换customer 
　　15.exceedingly,extremely, intensely 替换very 
　　16.hardly necessary, hardly inevitable ... 替换 unnecessary, avoidable 
　　17.sth appeals to sb, sth exerts a tremendous fascination on sb 替换sb take interest in / sb. be interested in 
　　18.capture one's attention替换attract one's attention. 
　　19.facet,demension,sphere代aspect 
　　20.be indicative of ,be suggestive of ,be fearful of代 indicate, suggest ,fear 
　　21.give rise to, lead to, result in, trigger 替换cause. 
　　22. There are several reasons behind sth 替换..reasons for sth 
　　23.desire 替换want. 
　　24.pour attention into 替换pay attention to 
　　25.bear in mind that 替换remember 
　　26. enjoy, possess 替换have(注意process是过程的意思) 
　　27. interaction替换communication 
　　28.frown on sth替换 be against , disagree with sth 
　　29.to name only a few, as an example替换 for example, for instance 
　　30. next to / virtually impossible,替换nearly / almost impossible

 

Inorganics

The Inorganics Division (CA) offers a broad portfolio of inorganic chemicals and specialties, mainly based on natural gas covering about five value chains as well as a variety of metal compounds. The large-volume basic products are exclusively produced in world-scale plants at the Verbund sites Ludwigshafen and Antwerp. Our basic chemicals as well as our specialties are sold to a lot of attractive costumer industries worldwide. High technological competence, an excellent market position and cost leadership are the cornerstones of our success. As an optimal response to the challenges in a constantly changing competition sphere, CA has divided its business in five business units according to regions and portfolios: The Business Units Inorganic Specialties (G-CAS) and Electronic Materials (G-CAE) are global business units. The Regional Business Unit Glues and Impregnating Resins (E-CAL) is a close partner of the wood working industry in Europe. The Regional Business Unit Inorganic Chemicals (E-CAA) is also focused on Europe. Our Business Unit Inorganics NAFTA (N-CA/N) represents the CA-business in the Northern American region. The Business Unit Fertilizers (CAD) produces straight nitrogen fertilizers and multinutrient fertilizers for the K+S subsidiaries Compo and fertiva. With more than 3,000 employees working in laboratories, production facilities and offices at our worldwide sites, we manufacture, develop and market the products of the Inorganics Division

 

Actiong English （23）动感英语

Movie dictionary 电影词典

make-up 化妆； make-up artist 化妆师

American slang 美国俚语

be  spiked 给....下酒精或麻醉剂  

When somebody is ' spiked ' it means that alcohol or narcotic （麻醉剂）substances have been added to a drink or food .

Did somebody spiked your Alpo? （片中）

例：Somebody spiked your orange juice and take away your paintings.

      （有人在你的桔子汁里下了麻醉剂，然后把你的画偷走了？）

      What? Somebody spiked her coke?

      （你说什么？难道有人在她的可乐里放了麻醉剂吗？）

Classic film clips  经典对白

（1）marked   two means : 在...打记号

                                        一眼就看出来....

例：I marked the spot where I buried the money.

      I marked you as a girl-chaser the minute I saw you .（我一见到你就知道你是个*）

（2）good work 干的漂亮，做的好

例：Good work Boy, Good work, I 'm really proud of you.

      Good work Duran, That's all today

（3）classic  somebody  某人惯用的手法

That is classic Mac （片中）

例：This mess is just classic Adam （这么乱一定是Adam干的）

      This writing style is just classic Mr Jin .（这个作品一看就知道是金先生的）

      Classic Flavor  最正宗的（香烟上可以看到）

电影对白：

Bob ,May I ?

sure , Go ahead .

Four weeks ago when our client  bought the Rembrandt

（四星期前投保人在买画）

see anyone we know

No.

Nope , neither did anyone else

（当时谁都没有发现）

Now ,look again .

you think you marked the buyer

at the auction house ?

（你是说他在拍卖行就注意买家了？）

Right

Good work , Bob

（你也没发现）

And let's not forget the calling card

（呃，还有别忘了他留下的杰作）

Elvis has not left the building

（他换上了这幅画）

This is classic Mac , Hector

（这是麦克的典型手法）

You know in the five years that I have know you

（我认识你五年了）

you have liked Mac Dougal for over half

the cass that we have worked ?

（我们调查的大部分赔保案例你都认为是麦克干的）

He's the best

He's also 60 years old .

He ain't spiderman anymore

（他不能飞檐走壁了）

He's a wealthy guy

Doesn't have to steal a Rembrandt

（有钱，用不着偷伦勃的画）

You think this guy steals because he has to ?

（你以为只有穷才会偷吗？）

keep working

Movie Tunes 原声碟

You Can't Hurry Love

I need to find

find someone to call mine

but Mama said

you can't hurry love

No , you'll just have to wait

she said love don't come easy

It's a game of give-and- take

I can't hurry love

no It'll just have to wait

you gotta trust it's time

no matter how long it takes

歌曲：“你不能催促爱情”选自里查.基尔，朱利娅.罗伯茨主演的“逃跑新娘”。歌曲由南方著名的“小鸡”乐队演唱。妈妈说对爱情不能操之过急，要耐心等待那个适合你的人出现，爱情不是简单的事情，你获得一些就会失去一些。这就是妈妈在这首歌里的教诲。

影片讲述了朱利娅.罗伯茨扮演的女主角，害怕婚姻，几次从婚礼的现场逃跑。里查基尔扮演的著名报社记者奉命去采访，在这个过程中，他慢慢了解到新娘害怕结婚的心理，经过坎坷，最后两人终于步入了结婚殿堂故事。

 

 

 

Action English 动感英语 （22）

Movie dictionary 电影词典

tragedy  悲剧；comedy 喜剧

American slang 美国俚语 

make a crack about  因为...取笑

Some kids made a crack about her clothes （片中）

e.g. Frank's new hat looks kind of stupid , but don't make any cracks! Because he really likes it.

Yesterday a cab driver made a crack about my pronunciation because my English is so poor.

Classic film clips 经典对白

（1）what's up ?  

        special ops , They want a word （片中）

what's up : two means  : first is ' how are you ' 打招呼

               the second is ' what's wrong with you ' 出什么事了？

例：You look angry, what's up?

例：There's a reporter on the phone, he wants a word with you .

       When your brother comes back ,I want a word with him.

（2）make time 抽出时间

例：I don't get enough exercise; I need to make time to get to the gym.

      You work too hard, make some time for your family.

影片对白：

How's Pollacks?

（鲁米斯好吗？）

He's going to need a little surgery, but he'll be okay.

（他得动手术了，不过他没事的。）

What's up?

（怎么了？）

Special ops, they want a word.

（特别行动组要跟你谈谈。）

Aw, forget it. I don't have the time.

（不行，我没有时间）

Better make time, Sean

（那就挤时间。）

Recovered from jet喷气机 wreckage残骸. Found in Pollacks Troy's

briefcase.

（这是在飞机残骸中找到的，放在波拉克斯的公文包里）

Porcelain casing , thermal cloak

（磁质外壳，防热外罩）

nerve gas and biological payload

（神经毒气弹和生化炸弹）

It's enough to flatten a square mile .

（影响范围是一英里）

Then depending on the prevailing winds the fallout will be a tad worse

the Gulf war Syndrome

（要是有一阵强风的话后果不堪设想，引起的疾病比波斯湾战争的后遗症还严重）

Biblical, a Biblical plagues that Fuck

（洛杉矶会变成该死的人间地狱）

Where is he?

（他在哪？）

Where is Pollack's Troy?

（波拉克斯.特洛伊在哪？）

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 已经有四个月没来自己的博客看看了，最近回来写点东西。

 

Avian鸟,鸟类的 Flu Poses造成 Ominous不吉利的 Threat(n)威胁 to World,

says US Health Official卫生部

美国卫生部称禽流感对世界造成威胁

 

A top U.S. health official says the country is preparing for the possibility of a deadly global pandemic大范围流行的 of avian flu. The head of America's disease-tracking agency, the Centers for Disease Control, says avian flu poses an ominous threat to the world.

 

As the season for avian flu begins in Asia, the message Centers for Disease Control chief Julie Gerberding has brought to Washington this week is that her agency is very concerned about the virus病毒.

 

She told the American Association协会 for the Advancement of Science convention大会 on Monday that the ailment疾病 is the biggest disease threat to the world. She said a highly infectious有传染性的 strain变种 is circulating流通 in chickens and ducks in Asia and could mix with human strains. The virus can jump directly from birds to people or can be transmitted传播 through pigs.

 

On Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, Dr. Gerberding told journalists that her agency is taking precautionary measures to prevent a new strain from spreading in Asia and abroad.

 

Dr. Gerberding: There are more pigs, people, and poultry家禽 in that environment than we have ever seen before. That is the formula规则 for emergence of new flu strains.  We already know this particular strain of virus can infect感染 people, we already know that it can occasionally偶尔move from person to person, and we know how these viruses evolve进化. So it is a worrisome令人不安的 situation and we are taking many steps to be as prepared as we can and to prevent the transmission of a new virus strain in the global arena舞台.

 

The avian flu has a high mortality死亡 rate. About 72 percent of those infected die from it. It emerged显现 in Hong Kong in 1997 and there is no immunity免疫性 to the virus.

 

Dr. Gerberding says her agency is working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and national health ministries政府部门 in Asia to expand the ability to detect发现 the emergence出现 and spread of a new avian flu strain. She says the Centers for Disease Control is preparing to have a sufficient足够的 stockpile of antiviral抗病毒 drugs to ship to any region区域 where the disease is found and has ordered two million doses of a vaccine疫苗 that would protect Americans against known avian flu strains.

 

The U.S. health official says she does not mean to imply an avian flu pandemic is imminent逼近的. She says it takes time to evolve发展 and circulate传播.  Such a situation occurred出现 in 1918, when flu also passed from birds to people.  However, it eventually killed more than 25 million people worldwide.

 

Dr. Gerberding: When avian virus evolved进化,进展 to form the 1918 flu strain that caused the global pandemic, It didn't happen overnight. It happens in a series of progressive渐进的 steps where you'll see local outbreaks and the virus gradually evolves to become more efficiently有效地 transmitted from person to person. That's why the efforts that we're making to scale up and speed up the laboratory detection capabilities around the globe are so critically精密的,批判的 important to our effort努力,成就.

 

Dr. Gerberding says the world needs to be shaken out of its complacency concerning avian flu virus.

 

David McAlary, VOA news, Washington.

 

注释：

pandemic [pAn5demik] adj. 大范围流行的

avian flu 禽流感

ominous [5CminEs] adj. 恶兆的，不吉利的

transmit [trAnz5mit] vt. 传播

precautionary [pri5kR:FEnEri] adj. 预防的 precautionary measure 防范措施

imminent [5iminEnt] adj. 即将来临的，逼近的

complacency [kEm5pleisEnsi] n. 安心

 

150 Years after His Execution,

Justice for an Indian Chief

印弟安人首领绞死后150年终得平反

 

A special Historical Court in Tacoma, Washington, has exonerated a prominent Nisqually Indian chief in a unanimous decision that came a century and a half after he was hanged for the murder of a U.S. soldier. The descendents of Chief Leschi have long mourned the execution, calling it a miscarriage of justice. The soldier was shot in 1855 during the era of the so-called 'Indian Wars' in what are now the states of Washington and Oregon.

 

Washington's first-ever Historical Court of Inquiry and Justice into session at the State History Museum. On the bench were seven judges in black robes. Before them were a panel of attorneys and an audience of nearly 200 -- mostly tribal representatives from across the state, some in colorful shawls and traditional beaded headdresses. In opening statement, lead defense counsel and Nisqually Tribal Attorney Bill Tobin said this was a case about riding a historical round.

 

Bill Tobin: Leschi is not here to enjoy the fruits of the acquittal he deserved, but the court can take a step toward providing justice, by entering a judgment of exoneration and removing the burden of guilt from Leschi's name.

 

On the stand, Nisqually tribal member and prominent Northwest Indian leader Bill Frank Junior spoke passionately about why clearing Chief Leschi's name remained so important.

 

Bill Frank Junior: We teach our young people about this hanging and it's not a very good story. So we could tell the truth about this hanging and get to our young people and tell them the truth is now being told after 150 years, then we'll have a new beginning.

 

In the mid1850s, Chief Leschi was tried and convicted of shooting to death territorial militia member A.B. Moses. It’s the state's first recorded murder. He is sentenced death by hanging. Questions linger as to whether Chief Leschi was even at the scene of the shooting. But that was not the argument in court on the state. The chief's modern-day defenders say, even if he did pull the trigger, he never should have been charged with murder because the killing occurred during a time of war.

 

Not so, responded lead prosecutor Carl Hultman of the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's office, suggesting that it was the shooting itself that started the Indian War.

 

Carl Hultman: The war began after the A.B. Moses killing, that's the beginning of the war. I don't think you could come in and have done whatever sets off the war and then claim that I did it at a time of war, perhaps.

 

During the four-hour trial, Chief Leschi was described as someone who simply wanted to stop the relocation of his people from the banks of the Nisqually River to the prairie. Historical experts suggested that he was the victim of discriminatory justice by hands of an all-white jury. In closing arguments for the defense, John Ladenburg, a former prosecutor, said the trial was about 'the future, not the past…about humanity, not history.'

                       

John Ladenburg: This case is a rare opportunity for the people of Washington, both Indian and non-Indian, to come together to heal old wounds and create a road towards understanding and respect.

 

After a short deliberation, the court returned its verdict. The death of A.B. Moses happened during a time of war announced Gary Alexander, Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court.

 

Jennifer Mansfield, a direct descendent of Chief Leschi, said she was relieved.

 

Jennifer Mansfield: It's like the injustice is finally done, it's over, everything's clear, his name's good. We can start a new beginning.

 

The exoneration does not have the force of law. But members of the Nisqually tribe say the new verdict will allow them to correct their history…and that is what matters.

 

For VOA news now I’m Austin Jenkins in Tacoma, Washington.

 

注释：

robe [rEub] n. 长袍，罩衣

attorney [E5tE:ni] n. <美>律师

shawl [FC:l] n. 披肩，围巾

beaded [5bi:did] adj. 饰以珠的

headdress [5heddres] n. 头巾，头饰

acquittal [E5kwit(E)l] n. 宣判无罪

exoneration [i^5zCnEreiFE n] n. 免罪，免除

prosecutor [5prRsikju:tE(r)] n. 原告，起诉人

deliberation [di7libE5reiFE n] n. 商议

verdict [5vE:dikt] n.（陪审团的）裁决，判决

 

Chechen Peace Prospects Said to Dim in Aftermath of Maskhadov Killing

 

Recent Chechen history has brought to prominence two separatist leaders who have been fighting Russian forces for about a decade.

 

One was Aslan Maskhadov, former elected president of Chechnya, considered by many experts to be a moderate figure willing to negotiate with Russia. The other is Shamil Basayev, a far more radical leader, willing to use terrorist tactics to achieve his goal of full independence from Russia. Last month, Russian forces killed Mr. Maskhadov as he was pinned down in a bunker north of Chechnya's capital, Grozny.

 

Experts on the Chechen crisis say one cannot draw a parallel between the two separatist leaders. Marshall Goldman, from Harvard University, has been a long-time observer of the Russian scene.

 

Marshall Goldman: The important thing about Maskhadov was that he kept talking about the need to mediate, to work out some kind of arrangement with the Russian government. His problem was that he couldn't control everybody in Chechnya, so he could say one thing, but then the Basayevs and others would act on their own.

 

Experts say another difference between the two is that Mr. Maskhadov has condemned terrorist acts while Mr. Basayev has claimed responsibility for some of the worst acts of terrorism in post-Soviet Russia. They included the seizure of a Moscow theater in October 2002 and last September's raid on a school in Beslan, North Ossetia where more than 330 people were killed, half of them children. However Russian President Vladimir Putin considers both men terrorists and his fight against Chechen separatists as part of the international war on terrorism.

 

Yo'av Karny is a scholar who has written extensively on Chechnya.

 

Yo'av Karny: To think of Maskhadov as an Osama bin Laden character, hiding in the cares of Chechnya, is truly laughable and, as it has been all along, self-serving in terms of Russian rhetoric. Sometimes I confess to not being sure whether the Russians pretend to think he was a terrorist, or are convinced that he was and in either case, that would suggest a certain detachment from reality on the part of the Russians.

 

Analysts say another key difference between the two men is that Mr. Maskhadov was willing to negotiate with Russian authorities while Mr. Basayev rejected any notion of talks.

 

John Russell is an expert on Chechnya from Bradford University. He says Mr. Maskhadov's death allows the Russian government to continue its policy of refusing to talk with Chechen separatists.

 

John Russell: What it does do, of course, is it allows Putin to say to the international community: who is there left to negotiate with? You may not agree that we have rubbed out an international terrorist, but you must agree that the only person left is an international terrorist, Basayev. So that by elevating Maskhadov to the same degree of diabolical international terrorism, they have actually provided a scenario in which the international community can't really insist that they [i.e., the Russians] sit down and talk with the remaining elements of the Chechen opposition.

 

Mr. Russell says given the current situation, there is no chance of talks between the Russians and Chechen separatists.

 

John Russell: Maskhadov would have represented a body of moderate opinion that would have settled for less than outright Chechen independence. Basayev, I think, would not, and that's the difference, in some ways. There would be no obvious outcome of negotiations between the Russians and Basayev. There could have been a positive outcome for all concerned, if Maskhadov had survived to enter into negotiations.

 

Experts say the future for any peaceful solution to the Chechen conflict is gloomy. They say Russian forces will continue to hunt down Mr. Basayev. Analysts also say there is no doubt that he will engage in more terrorist acts.

 

Yo'av Karny sees another outcome, now that Mr. Maskhadov is dead.

 

Yo'av Karny: Disintegration of the independence movement. We should expect some violent spasms here and there, perhaps on a dramatic scale, perhaps more terrorism. But the independence movement as an organized entity is no longer. It cannot claim to speak on behalf of anyone other than its own warlords.

 

Chechen separatists have named Abdul-Khalim Saidullayev, a local religious leader, to succeed Aslan Maskhadov. Experts say very little is known about Mr. Saidullayev but they all agree that he neither has Aslan Maskhadov's stature nor his following.

 

For Focus, I’m Andre de Nesnera.

 

注释：

prominence [5prRminEns] n. 突出，明显的事物

separatist [5sepEreitist] n. 分离主义者，独立派

moderate [5mCdErit] adj. 中立的，缓和的

radical [5rAdikEl] adj. 激进的

pin down 镇压

parallel [5pArElel] n. 平行线，平行面

mediate [5mi:djEt] v. 仲裁，调停

Osama bin Laden 奥萨马·本·拉登

rhetoric [5retErik] n. 花言巧语

rub out 抹去，擦去，这里指消灭

diabolical [daiE5bClikEl] adj. 恶魔的

scenario [si5nB:riEu] n. 特定的情节

gloomy [5^lu:mi] adj. 黑暗的，阴郁的，令人沮丧的

disintegration [dis7inti5^reiFEn] n. 瓦解

spasm [5spAzEm] n. 一阵发作，痉挛，这里指不断的冲突事件

warlord [5wC:lC:d] n. 军阀，军阀式首脑

 

January 21: National Hugging Day in US1月21日：

1月21日：美国国家拥抱日

 

Tomorrow is National Hugging Day in the United States. It's one of those special occasions that Americans dream up, like National Eggplant Day and Stay Out of the Sun Day.

 

Often a business enterprise lurks behind these celebrations, just as candy-makers and florists dreamed up Sweetest Day in October as another excuse to buy flowers and chocolates.

 

But a hug doesn't cost a penny. It's said to be therapeutic, stress-reducing, mutually satisfying. It isn't taxable. It doesn't pollute. And it's not the least bit fattening. One hugging authority insists hugs help the immune system, presumably by happily spreading germs. Another fellow on the Internet offers VIRTUAL hugs to anyone who writes him.

 

You also get hug poems, like Jill Wolf's:

'Hugs don't need new equipment.

Special batteries or parts.

Just open up your arms

And open up your hearts.'

 

Naturally, there's a book called The Art of Hugging. It addresses hugging's 'how to's' -- how long should you hug… how close?

 

Besides the familiar bear hug, there's the group hug, the cheek-to-cheek hug, and something called the A-frame hug. That's the ginger embrace from a polite distance -- you know, the one where you lean way forward to minimize contact. It's perfect for distant relatives.

 

Now it's true, a few people, like loggers and hunters, don't like a good hug. They're always complaining about 'tree huggers.' But we know what these grouches need, don't we?

 

And the 21st is the day for it: a big, warm hug...and a hearty 'Happy National Hugging Day.'

 

I’m Ted Landphair.

 

注释：

dream up 构思，创造

lurk [lE:k] n. 潜藏，隐藏

florist [5flCrist] n. 种花人

therapeutic [WerE5pju:tik] adj. 治病的

taxable [5tAksEbl] adj. 应征税的

immune system 免疫系统

ginger [5dVindVE] n. 活力，活泼

embrace [im5breis] n. 拥抱

grouch [^rautF] n. 不高兴的人，心怀不满的人