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not give a damn [口]毫不在乎 ,be not worth a damn 毫无价值 The project was damned from the start. 这工程一开始就注定要失败。 ,backpack (背包),"They are insulting the public's intelligence and holding them to ransom(by raise rail price)" Maureen said. " hold sb to ransom(勒取赎金)。 I know it has caused a great deal of concern. I have to take a long-term view。And last night the Government was urged to step in（介入） and stop the privatised fatcats（fat cat 有钱有势的人） holding the travelling public to ransom

"be aware of (the) glass" or "mind glass"(小心玻璃),coaches(长途汽车),transition government(过渡政府)

Airport officials today launched an investigation after more than 600 travellers were stranded(滞留) at London Stansted for several hours on Boxing Day（圣诞节次日）.

 

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horrific 可怕的
isolate 孤立
bosnia-Herzegovina 波黑
brutal 残忍的
crackdown 镇压
ethnic 异教徒的
dilemmas 进退两难的
bombardment 炮击
stopgap 权宜的

 

War-Torn PresidencyMilosevic is blamed by the West for starting — and then losing — four Balkan wars that broke out in the last decade when parts of Yugoslavia began to seek independence. Those conflicts were marked by horrific(可怕的） acts of violence against civilians, which prompted Western governments to impose sanctions and isolate（孤立） Belgrade.Some of those controls were eased after Milosevic signed the 1995 agreement to end the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina（波黑）. However, other sanctions were imposed again in 1998 after Milosevic launched a brutal（残忍的） crackdown（镇压） on ethnic（异教徒的） Albanians in Kosovo.In recent days, both the United States and the European Union have said they will begin to lift sanctions as the new democratic administration takes the reins.“This is great news,” Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said about Kostunica’s apparent victory, calling it “very, very important.”But returning Yugoslavia to normal footing may pose its own dilemmas（进退两难的地步）. The sanctions and years of Balkan warfare has left the economy in ruins. Last year’s 78-day NATO bombardment（炮击） hammered an already creaky transportation and utility network.Kostunica was putting together a stopgap（权宜的） crisis committee to try to stabilize the country. He also could come under strong Western pressure to turn over indicted war criminals.   

Milosevic SpeaksMilosevic addressed the nation’s people in a televised（广播） speech late Friday, conceding he had lost the Sept. 24 presidential elections.“I congratulate Mr. Kostunica on his electoral victory and I wish much success to all citizens of Yugoslavia,” Milosevic said.The speech signaled the Yugoslav president has abandoned hopes of preventing Kostunica from being sworn into office.Hours afterward, the army’s chief of staff（参谋长）, Nebojsa Pavkovic, also congratulated Kostunica, and indicated the military would obey the new political authority. Yugoslavia’s high court had also named Kostunica the election winner and Russia, Yugoslavia’s powerful ally, offered its support.In his speech, Milosevic said he wanted to take a break before restarting an active political life. As an indicted war criminal, he has little chance of seeking asylum（庇护）abroad, and has no choice but to try to reach an accommodation（调和） with the new government.“I intend to rest a bit and spend some more time with my family, especially with my grandson, Marko, and after that to help my party gain force and contribute to future prosperity（繁荣）,” he said. Family to Moscow?But the strongman’s son, Marko Milosevic, his wife Zorica and son Marko Jr., today boarded a Yugoslav Airlines flight to Moscow, the independent Beta news agency reported.Milosevic’s son is believed to have an extensive business empire stretching out of the Milosevic family hometown of Pozarevac.The concession by Milosevic prompted bursts of gunfire and wild honking of car horns in the streets of Belgrade, where tens of thousands kept up celebrations that began Thursday in the wake of a tumultuous（喧嚣的） uprising against 13 year’s of Milosevic’s autocratic（独裁的） rule.  

‘Very, Very Happy’Citizens had been gathering all day — first in Republic Square in the center of town, and then at the Sava Center — exchanging hugs, slapping each other on the back and taking pictures as they anticipated（预期）an inauguration.Dradica Pejcic, 78, an early arrival to Republic Square, the first rumored（传闻） site of the inauguration, had tears in her eyes as she contemplated a new Yugoslavia apparently free of Milosevic.“I am very, very happy. I cannot tell you,” said the grandmother of two.She trembled as she struggled to contain（抑制） her emotions.“Many months I have to live on no more than 50 deutsche marks（德国马克） [about $22] a month,” she said. “Now, maybe something will change.” Cleaning Up Such hope was evident all over Belgrade today, as people cleaned up debris from days of revolution and celebration. Sweeping streets and picking up garbage, they said they were responding to a call by Mayor Milan Protic to clean up the city.One man at the Parliament building did not want to give his name, saying he was part of the crowd that stormed Parliament and torched it two days ago. Today, however, he was there as an electrician（电工）.“I was here when we burned it down, now I’m here to fix it,” said the man, about 30 years of age.People outside RTS, the state-run television station torched two days ago by demonstrators and bombed more than a year ago by NATO, began to straighten up amidst a graveyard of burned out news vehicles.Elsewhere, celebrants included many older people and children not seen during the more boisterous（狂暴的） proceedings of prior（先前的） days.    

 

Making an Enquiry

1—Hello, is that British Rail, Southern Region?
2—Yes, Passenger Enquiries. Can I help you?
1—I want to go to Brighton. Which station do I go from?
2—From Victoria.
1—And when's the next train?
2—Nine twenty-eight. There's a train every hour on the hour
and every twenty-eight minutes past the hour.
1—How long does the journey take?
2—Fifty-five minutes.
1—Thank you very much.
2—Thank you.
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注解：

1) Rail即Railway Station。
2) Passenger Enquiries: 旅客服务台；旅客问讯处。
3) Brighton: 英国南方的海滨城市。
4) Victoria: 维多利亚火车站。
5) on the hour: 整点。

fill in a form(also fill out a form in America)。填表

Right(he stamps（stamp: 盖章） the passport).
Your visa is  for one week only.
 Please go through Customs（customs: 海关。 go through customs 指办理
   出入境手续，填写出入境申报表格，接受海关
   检查等）.

 

prince
[prins] n.
1）君主，诸侯，…公，…侯
the great prince
（帝俄时代等的）大公
2）王子，王孙，亲王
the crown prince
太子
Prince of Wales
威尔士亲王
3）巨头，大王，名家
a merchant prince
豪商
the prince of poets
诗坛巨匠
the prince of liars
说谎大王

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有关短语
1）Prince of Wale's feathers
英国太子的纹章
2）the Prince of Denmark
 丹麦王子（指莎士比亚剧中主角哈姆雷特）
3）the prince of darkness
撒旦，魔鬼
4）the Prince of Peace
耶酥
5）Prince Consort
亲王（指女王的丈夫）
6）the Prince imperial
皇太子，储君
7）prince charming
女子理想中的求婚者
8）prince regent
摄政王

Is Mr Brown In Or Inside His Office?***************************************SECRETARY: I'm afraid you can't see Mr Brown at the moment. He's inside his office. 布朗先生在秘书在上句中用介词inside, 而不 是用介词in。这给顾客的印象是布朗先生在办公 室里，但不想会客。为什么会给顾客这种印象呢? inside是语气很强的介词。它常用来强调某 人或某事所在地含有某种特殊情况，比如： Inside the castle we'll be safe from the enemy. 在上句中，说话人可能想到的是城堡上厚厚的城 墙，或城堡是一个非常坚固的地方。当然，某人 也能把一个相当普通的地方说成是一个牢不可破 的堡垒，比如： He barricaded himself inside the house and started firing at the police. 有时说话人想强调某个地方的空间非常狭窄，比如： It was hot and stuffy inside the prison cell. inside也可用于与外面的事情(something outside) 作对比： It was quite hot outside the cave but when we were inside, we started to shiver. 除需要特别强调以外，通常都用in。例如， 用于建筑物或建筑物内的房间：in the house, in the office; 用于有围栏或围墙的地方：in the garden, in the courtyard, in the park; 用于交通工具： in the train, in the car, in the bus; 用于江河湖海：in teh sea, in the river, in teh water。 还可用于饮料，如： There's a fly in my lemonade. 尽管人们在 There may be beetles in the lawn 或in the carpet中用in，但是在One sits on the lawn或on the carpet中却要用on。我们将在第三 章里详细地比较in和。n的用法。 当谈到服装时，用in和用inside在句子意思 上就出现了有趣的区别。通常用in. 但是，人穿着衣裳感到不舒适或感到受到约束(如 同身处囹圄)，这时用inside 就会非常生动有效地 表达此种感觉，例如： The little girl felt like a prisoner inside her starched new dress. Mary felt like a packaged chicken inside her corsets. 当然，有时用in和inside都不合适，例如： She was kept in/inside the walls of the prison. 此句的意思是她和水泥一起被填进了墙里。这种 情况可能有，但是我想不会经常出现。

 

-:?-Guys are like stars, there are millions but only one will make your dreams come true -:?-
It takes a minute
To have a crush on someone
An hour to like someone
And a day to love someone
But it takes a life time to
FORGET SOMEONE
I Don't Know Where It Is I Stand With You, And I Don't Know What I Mean To You, Or What It Is I See In You, All I Know Is That I STill Dream Of You
Theres a Special sparke in your eyes that only I see, theres a special space in your heart where only I wanna be