Boris Johnson: When the British prime minister and his partner announced they were expecting a child, social media responded with a good deal of ribbing, as the exact number of his progeny is somewhat of a mystery. “Congratulations to Boris Johnson on his 4th, 8th or 17th child,” said one wit on Twitter.
Oracle, the technology information company, announced Monday that it would acquire a rival, Sun Microsystems, for $9.50 a share, or about $7.4 billion.
The agreement with Oracle came about two weeks after I.B.M. ended its talks with Sun. The Sun board balked at that deal after I.B.M. lowered its offer to $9.40 a share from $10. Still, Monday's deal represented a 42 percent premium over Sun's closing price of $6.69 on Friday.
Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle's co-founder and chief executive, and Scott G. McNealy, Sun's co-founder and chairman, have been two of Silicon Valley's closest allies over the last 20 years. Their companies turned into two of the superstars of the Internet build-out, and both executives made ribbing rival Microsoft a favored pastime.
【早期中國地圖藝術】
本書是首部關於早期中國 #地圖 的英文專著，以西元前四至二世紀的三座墓葬中所發掘的地圖為主題，這些地圖構成了現今已知早期中國地圖的總體。與日後十二世紀初出現的地圖，相隔超過千年。異於目前大量自地圖學歷史中取材的研究方式，《早期中國地圖藝術》（The Art of Terrestrial Diagrams in Early China）提供從藝術史、考古學、物質文化、宗教與哲學調用研究方法的替代觀點。本書檢視早期中國地圖形式、功能上的多樣性，主張它們不僅呈現自然地貌與建築環境，更為生者與逝者創造並重塑世界。王美雪（Michelle H. Wang，Reed College藝術與人文學系副教授）探索了早期中國圖表在空間呈現上展現的多面向與多功能傳統。
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出版社：University of Chicago PressISBN：9780226827469park (AREA OF LAND) Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a large enclosed area of land with grass and trees, which is specially arranged so that people can walk in it for pleasure or children can play in it:
Central Park
Hyde Park
We watched the joggers in the park.
2 UK an area of land around a large house in the countryside
3 US an area of land for playing sports
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
park
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━━ n. 公園; 〔英〕 （the P-） ＝Hyde Park; 大庭園; 〔米〕 競技場, 野球場; 〔英話〕 （the ～） サッカー競技場; 【英法】猟園; 〔英〕 駐車場; 【軍】（軍隊宿営中の）軍需品置場, 兵器廠(しょう); 私園 ((地方の貴族などの邸宅に属する広大な敷地)).
MANSFIELD PARK (1814) by Jane Austen
一本翻譯為曼斯菲爾德莊園
Wivenhoe Park
rib (JOKE)
verb [T] -bb- INFORMAL
to joke and laugh at someone in a friendly way about something:
His brothers ribbed him about his new girlfriend.
ribbing
noun
ribbing noun (PATTERN)
ribbing
noun [C usually singular] INFORMAL
They gave him a ribbing about his accent.
See also ribbing at rib (PATTERN).
Bedford Park, London, W4 can be justly described as the World's first garden suburb.[1] Although it was not built in the cooperative manner like some later developments (Brentham Garden Suburb, Hampstead Garden Suburb) it created a model that was emulated not just by the Garden city movement, but suburban developments around the world. Sir John Betjeman described Bedford Park “the most significant suburb built in the last century, probably in the western world”. Herman Muthesius, the celebrated German critic who wrote The English House in 1904 said “It signifies neither more nor less than the starting point of the smaller modern house, which spread from there over the whole country.” The developer was Jonathan Carr who in 1875 bought 24 acres of land just north of Turnham Green Station in West London which had been constructed six years earlier. The City of London was only 30 minutes by steam train and the site was blessed with many fine trees. The desire to protect the mature trees led to the informal plan that is major feature of Bedford Park. The first architect for the estate was Edward William Godwin a leading member of the Aesthetic Movement, but his plans came in for some criticism in The Builder, the leading professional journal of its day, and Godwin and Carr parted company. Some designs were commissioned from the firm of Coe and Robinson, but in 1877 Carr hired Richard Norman Shaw the leading architect of his day to be the Estate architect. By then the layout of the Park had been set but Shaw’s house designs, in the Queen Anne style, proved remarkably successful in creating an impression of great variety whilst employing a limited number of house types.
In the 1880s with its church, parish hall, club, stores, pub and school of art, living in Bedford Park was the height of fashion. W B Yeats, the actor William Terris, the actress Florence Farr, the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero and the painter Camille Pissarro lived here. Bedford Park is Saffron Park in G K Chesterton’s The Man who was Thursday and Biggleswick in John Buchan’s Mr. Standfast. So fashionable did it become that Bedford Park came in for some gently ribbing in the St James’s Gazette in the Ballad of Bedford Park
This London is a foggy town (Thus to himself said he) Where bricks are black, trees are brown And faces are dirtee
I will seek out a brighter spot Continued Mr Carr “Not too near London, and yet not What might be called too far
Tis there a village I’ll erect With Norman Shaw’s assistance Where men may lead a chaste correct Aesthetical existence.”
As the 20th century drew on the place became less a centre of fashion; the houses were multi occupied and bus conductors called out “Poverty Park” when they stopped on the Bath Road.
The demolition by Acton Council of The Bramptons and its replacement by a five storey old people’s home led directly to the foundation in 1963 of the Bedford Park Society. Through the activities of the society, in 1967 the government listed the greater part of the estate - a total of 356 houses, A few years later both Ealing and Hounslow designated Bedford Park a conservation area. Since that time the area has gradually improved. Houses have returned to family use and many have been renovated.
Today the Society can be content that it has successfully stayed the hands of demolition and has protected the general architectural quality of the estate and its surrounding area. However, much needs to be done in informing residents- particularly new one – of the significance of the place and how it should be maintained for future generations. Today the pressures to significantly alter houses are growing. The Society has always taken the view that some change is inevitable and indeed necessary of the estate is going to continue to house a vibrant community. The BPS Log Book, which is issued to every listed house, helps owners learn about the history of their dwelling and how it should be maintained. The Society reviews all planning applications and gives its views to the local authorities. The Society’s main role is to protect the amenity of the first garden suburb. It is not a residents’ association per se but it does get involved in more general issues such as parking and traffic where these have an environmental impact. A newsletter is published once a quarter, the committee meets every month. The Annual Party is held in January, the Annual General Meeting in April, the Betjeman Lecture in November and the Society takes a stall for Green Day in June.
In the 1880s with its church, parish hall, club, stores, pub and school of art, living in Bedford Park was the height of fashion. W B Yeats, the actor William Terris, the actress Florence Farr, the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero and the painter Camille Pissarro lived here. Bedford Park is Saffron Park in G K Chesterton’s The Man who was Thursday and Biggleswick in John Buchan’s Mr. Standfast. So fashionable did it become that Bedford Park came in for some gently ribbing in the St James’s Gazette in the Ballad of Bedford Park
This London is a foggy town (Thus to himself said he) Where bricks are black, trees are brown And faces are dirtee
I will seek out a brighter spot Continued Mr Carr “Not too near London, and yet not What might be called too far
Tis there a village I’ll erect With Norman Shaw’s assistance Where men may lead a chaste correct Aesthetical existence.”
As the 20th century drew on the place became less a centre of fashion; the houses were multi occupied and bus conductors called out “Poverty Park” when they stopped on the Bath Road.
The demolition by Acton Council of The Bramptons and its replacement by a five storey old people’s home led directly to the foundation in 1963 of the Bedford Park Society. Through the activities of the society, in 1967 the government listed the greater part of the estate - a total of 356 houses, A few years later both Ealing and Hounslow designated Bedford Park a conservation area. Since that time the area has gradually improved. Houses have returned to family use and many have been renovated.
- ^ Affleck Greeves, T. 1975 "Bedford Park, the First Garden Suburb", Jones Bolsterli, M. 1977 "The Early Community at Bedford Park : "Corporate Happiness" in the First Garden Suburb".
The Bedford Park Society
The Society was formed in 1963 by two local residents Harry Taylor – president of the south Acton conservatives - and architect Tom Greeves who lived in Newton Grove and was a founder member of the Victorian Society. Their concerns about the future of Bedford Park were united by the demolition of The Bramptons in Bedford Park to make way for an old people’s home. Harry became chairman of the fledgling organisation, Tom the Secretary and John Betjeman the first patron. In the first year the society grew to 200 members who were exhorted not to make unsuitable improvements to their homes. However Greeves was aware that the only real protection for the whole estate lay in getting the buildings statutorily listed. The breakthrough came in 1967 with the exhibition Artists and Architecture of Bedford Park 1875 -1900 staged in the ground floor of the Vicarage. The exhibition was visited by Arthur Grogan, a government inspector from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. Through Grogan 356 of Bedford Park’s houses were listed Grade ii and in 1969 and 1970 the borough of Ealing and Hounslow respectively declared conservation areas for their half of the suburb. Tom Greeves was secretary and de facto leader of the society for many years. He died in 1997.Today the Society can be content that it has successfully stayed the hands of demolition and has protected the general architectural quality of the estate and its surrounding area. However, much needs to be done in informing residents- particularly new one – of the significance of the place and how it should be maintained for future generations. Today the pressures to significantly alter houses are growing. The Society has always taken the view that some change is inevitable and indeed necessary of the estate is going to continue to house a vibrant community. The BPS Log Book, which is issued to every listed house, helps owners learn about the history of their dwelling and how it should be maintained. The Society reviews all planning applications and gives its views to the local authorities. The Society’s main role is to protect the amenity of the first garden suburb. It is not a residents’ association per se but it does get involved in more general issues such as parking and traffic where these have an environmental impact. A newsletter is published once a quarter, the committee meets every month. The Annual Party is held in January, the Annual General Meeting in April, the Betjeman Lecture in November and the Society takes a stall for Green Day in June.
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