opening, Human Rights Abuses

Human Rights Abuses Increase in China, Olympic Protester Says

Ongoing violence in Tibet is another example of how China ignores human
rights, Reporters Without Borders told DW-WORLD.DE. The Paris-based media
group called for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evy0kuI44va89pI5


abuse (BEHAVIOUR) Show phonetics
verb [T]
to use or treat someone or something wrongly or badly, especially in a way that is to your own advantage:
She is continually abusing her position/authority by getting other people to do things for her.
I never expected that he would abuse the trust I placed in him.
Several of the children had been sexually/physically/emotionally abused.

abuse Show phonetics
noun [C or U]
when someone uses or treats someone or something wrongly or badly, especially in a way that is to their own advantage:
an abuse (= wrong use) of privilege/power/someone's kindness
sexual/physical/mental abuse (= bad treatment)
She claimed to have been a victim of child abuse (= the treatment of children in a bad, esp. sexual, way).
Drug and alcohol abuse (= Using these substances in a bad way) contributed to his early death.

abuser Show phonetics
noun [C]
someone who abuses someone or something:
a child abuser
a drug/solvent abuser



open (BEGIN) Show phonetics
verb [I or T]
to (cause to) begin:
I would like to open my talk by giving a brief background to the subject.
I'm going to open an account with another bank.
The Olympic Games open tomorrow.
A new radio station is due to open (up) next month.
The film opens (= will be shown for the first time) in New York and Los Angeles next week.

opening Show phonetics
adjective [before noun]
happening at the beginning of an event or activity:
her opening remarks
the opening night

opening Show phonetics
noun
1 [C usually singular] the beginning of something:
The opening of the novel is amazing.

2 [C] the beginning of a game of chess:
If you want to get anywhere in chess, you have to study the various openings.

openers Show phonetics
plural noun INFORMAL
for openers first:
Just for openers, I'd like to ask a question.

hand in hand, correspond, fulcrum

"France and Britain can therefore work hand in hand with common interests and shared values," Brown said. "This is the case, and you will see it in the coming weeks, of the reform of international institutions created in 1945: the UN, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund."

These organizations, Brown said, "no longer correspond to the challenges of 2008."

All great men must at times feel this tug-of-war, as only one who is at the fulcrum can.


John Fowles Quotes:
"There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be."


Becoming the President 
By DAVID HUME KENNERLYIn my mind the Mayagüez crisis was the fulcrum of Gerald Ford’s presidency, the point at which he came of age as commander in chief.

Innovation is the fulcrum for business success
Peter Drucker said ‘there are only two revenue centres in a company – marketing & innovation. All the rest are costs.”

fulcrum
noun plural fulcrums or SPECIALIZED fulcra━━ n. （pl. ～s, ful・cra  ） （てこの）支点; 支柱.
1 [C] the point at which a bar, or something that is balancing, is supported or balances:
A see-saw balances at its fulcrum.

2 [S] FORMAL the main thing or person needed to support something or to make it work or happen:
The fulcrum of the debate/argument is the individual's right to choose.

hand in hand
holding each other's hand:
I saw them walking hand in hand through town the other day.

correspond (MATCH) Show phonetics
verb [I]
to match or be similar or equal:
The money I've saved corresponds roughly to the amount I need for my course.
The American FBI corresponds to the British MI5.
His story of what happened that night didn't correspond with the witness's version.

correspondence Show phonetics
noun [C usually singular; U]
The survey found no correspondence between crime and unemployment rates.

corresponding Show phonetics
adjective
similar, or resulting from something else:
Company losses were 50 per cent worse than in the corresponding period last year.
As the course becomes more difficult, there's usually a corresponding drop in attendance.

correspondingly Show phonetics
adverb
The cost of living in the city is more expensive, but salaries are supposed to be correspondingly higher.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

lapdog

The lapdog jumped into his master's lap, and lay there ..

Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush

lapdog


n.

1. A small dog which is or can be fondled in the lap.

2. One who does the bidding of another; a servile follower. [informal]
[PJC]

freshen, tweak, oddment

Hotel-Room TV Tries to Freshen Itself Up
LodgeNet completed the acquisition of Ascent for $380 million in cash and stock. The merger brings together the two leading U.S. providers of paid-for entertainment in hotel rooms. 2007

2006
In late November, the museum broke ground on its new home on a decrepit strip of the Bowery on the Lower East Side. And while some of the design details are still being tweaked, it is now razor-clear that the building will do more to freshen the bond between Manhattan's art and architecture communities than any building since Marcel Breuer's Whitney Museum of American Art opened on Madison Avenue four decades ago.

This week Shinzo Abe fired off “three new arrows” for Abenomics, his plan to revive Japan’s economy. His domestic audience will welcome talk of economic growth, social security and financial support for families. But his existing programme of structural reform has so far disappointed http://econ.st/1MvZNMD

Shinzo Abe tweaks his economic programme for Japan

ALL summer Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, has battled to pass...

ECON.ST

Daily Highlights Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Spotlight

Glimpse of Universal Studio's The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Source

Platform 9 ¾, the Sorting Hat and quidditch were introduced to the world 10 years ago this week, with the first publishing of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The Manichaean bildungsroman, which was later translated into American English, launched a billion-dollar empire. The final book will be published on July 21 and promises to answer questions such as "Will 'The Boy Who Lived' die?," "Is Snape good? " and "What is a Deathly Hallow?" The fifth movie will be released 2 weeks earlier. The amusement park doesn't open until at least 2009.

Quote

'Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words and here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!' — Albus Dumbledore in Philosopher's Stone


The noun oddment has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Synonyms: end, remainder, remnant, scrap
Meaning #2: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity

n. - 零頭, 零碎物件, 碎屑

日本語 (Japanese)
━━ n. （普通pl.） 残り物; がらくた; 【印】付き物.

tweak Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 to pull and twist with a small sudden movement:
Standing in front of the mirror she tweaked a strand of hair into place.

2 to change slightly, especially in order to make more correct, effective, or suitable:
The software is pretty much there - it just needs a little tweaking.
You just need to tweak the last paragraph and then it's done.

tweak Show phonetics
noun [C]

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says his goal is to let volunteers improve search technology collectively, the way Wikipedia lets anyone add or change entries, regardless of expertise.
"That reduces the sort ofbottleneck of two or three firms really controlling the flow of search traffic," said Wales, chairman of Wikia Inc., the for-profit venture behind the search project.
Engineers at Google and other search companies continually tweak their complex software algorithms to improve results and fight spammers — those who try to artificially boost the rankings of their own sites. Search companies have not disclosed many details to avoid tipping off competitors and spammers. dumping (rubbish),tipping


freshen
v., -ened, -en·ing, -ens. v.intr.

1. To become fresh, as in vigor or appearance: freshened up after the day's work.
2. To become brisk; increase in strength. Used of the wind.
3. To lose saltiness.
4. To calve and therefore begin to produce milk. Used of a cow.

v.tr.

1. To make fresh.
2. To add to or strengthen (a drink).

freshener fresh'en·er n.

v. intr. - 變得新鮮, 變強, 變得精神煥發, 變涼爽
v. tr. - 使新鮮, 使清新, 使精神煥發
idioms:

• freshen up 使精神飽滿, 梳洗一番

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 強くなる, 新鮮にする, 一新する

mu・ral

━━ a. 壁の（ような）; 壁に掛けた.
━━ n. 壁画 （mural painting）.n.

A very large image, such as a painting or enlarged photograph, applied directly to a wall or ceiling.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a wall.
2. Painted on or applied to a wall.

[Middle English, of a wall, from Old French, from Latin mūrālis, from mūrus, wall.]

「美國大學出版社印象頗深的是他們出版翻譯作品。以我們SU討論過的，加州大學出版· The Age of Constantine the Great: Jacob Burckhardt...；MIT出版Journey to the East by Le Corbusier, Edited by Iv...*；哥倫比亞出版羅蘭 巴爾特；哈佛大學”海德格”；史丹佛大學”繁華物語；芝加哥大學”西遊記（全譯本和簡易本）…….。」

*再舉一翻譯錯誤例：

在 a letter to friends 近結尾；「….記得在伊斯法罕城見過一幅大壁畫，那是以前從盧浮宮學來的玩藝。畫面上，一些嬌小的女人穿著藍底黃點…….你知道這幅壁畫讓我多興奮呀！……」

hc評：作者沒去過伊朗的Isfahan，他指的是他在巴黎臨摹 Mural panel: relaxation in a garden 的記憶 ….

granary

(grăn'ə-rē, grā'nə-)

n., pl. -ries.

1. A building for storing threshed grain.
2. A region yielding much grain.

[Latin grānārium, from grānum, grain.]

n. - 穀倉, 糧倉, 盛產糧食的地區

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 穀物倉, 穀物地帯, 穀倉地帯

A granary stood on the edge of town and was used by all of the wheat farmers in the area.

Wikipedia article "Granary".

in store, storefront( shop front), wizardry, stylish force,

Mrs Morel always said the after-life would hold nothing in store for her husband: he rose from the lower world into purgatory, when he came home from pit, and passed into heaven in the Palmerston Arms. 
Sons and Lovers - Edited out of the 1913 edition, restored in 1992 




The Lauren line was the latest chapter in J. C. Penney’s remarkable turnaround over the last decade. The chain lost more than $900 million in 2003, and was nearly written off by Wall Street (and by middle America).
Since then, J. C. Penney has become a force in fashion. New in-store brands, like A.N.A., and East5th are considered as stylish as anything at Macy’s. And it has attracted big-name outside brands, like Liz Claiborne for women’s clothing and Sephora in the cosmetics department.

road maps for reform and turnaround

road map

Paul Lacy

Brooklyn Storefronts Change With Borough

By SEWELL CHAN

W. W. Norton has published “Brooklyn Storefronts,” a collection of 75 color photographs of small, independently owned stores throughout the borough.

2008/7/10

iPhone 3G. In stores Friday.

iPhone in store


07/6/27耶穌手機iPhone和其行銷鬼才
由於蘋果公司（它早半年將公司名中的”電腦”拿掉）的新產品iPhone要在紐約時間29日上市，關於它的Bits諸領域的報導和”紛”析，就是英文媒體之主流。

----紐約時報
Talk about hype. In the last six months, Apple’s iPhone has been the subject of 11,000 print articles, and it turns up about 69 million hits on Google. Cultists are camping out in front of Apple stores; bloggers call it the “Jesus phone.” All of this before a single consumer has even touched the thing.
---The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype

----

紐約時報更專文報導該公司董事長作為行銷巫師之角色，使Jobs更突出：
Waiting for the Latest in Wizardry
By KATIE HAFNER
Apple, known for its marketing wizardry, has apparently convinced thousands of people that the iPhone is no ordinary phone.


紐約時報的Blog （部落/博客）名Bits (字面意是(數位)「位元」，它是關於 Business, Innovation, Technology and Society等領域的字母頭之縮寫) 是12記者組織合作。它有一則：「先聲奪人，一再大有斬獲」的說法：
June 27, 2007, 2:45 pm
Doing It First, Over and Over and Over
By Saul Hansell
Tags: Apple, iphone

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WIZARD
n. - 男巫, 鬼才, 術士
adj. - 男巫的, 有魔力的, 巫術的
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 魔法使い, 奇術師, 名人, 天才

The noun wizardry has one meaning:
Meaning #1: exceptional creative ability
Synonym: genius
----
1. The art, skill, or practice of a wizard; sorcery.
2.
a. A power or effect that appears magical by its capacity to transform: computer wizardry.
b. Great ability or adroitness in a pursuit: a pianist gifted with technical wizardry.

storefront 
noun [C] (UK shop front) US
the part of a shop which faces the road:
A number of storefronts were damaged in the riots.

force (INFLUENCE) Show phonetics
noun [C or U]
(a person or thing with a lot of) influence and energy:
He was a powerful force in British politics during the war years.
A united Europe, he said, would be a great force in world affairs.
LITERARY Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature (= bad weather conditions).

forceful Show phonetics
adjective
expressing opinions strongly and demanding attention or action:
The opposition leader led a very forceful attack on the government in parliament this morning.
She has a very forceful personality which will serve her well in politics.

forcefully Show phonetics
adverb
He argued forcefully that stricter laws were necessary to deal with the problem.

style (HIGH QUALITY) Show phonetics
noun [U] APPROVING
high quality in appearance, design or behaviour:
That car's got real style, which is no surprise considering how much it cost.
When she decides to do something, she always does it in/with great style.in-store Show phonetics
adjective [before noun]
happening or established inside a large shop, or available for customers to use or obtain inside a large shop:
an in-store bakery/cafe
in-store banking

in store 2

See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

1In a safe place while not being used or displayed:items held in store

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES

2Coming in the future; about to happen:he did not yet know what lay in store for him

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES

stylish Show phonetics
adjective APPROVING
The film's direction is subtle and stylish.

stylishly Show phonetics
adverb APPROVING
stylishly dressed

edict

edict Hide phonetics
noun [C] FORMAL
an official order, especially one which is given in a forceful and unfair way:
Most shops are ignoring the government's edict against Sunday trading.

Edict of Milan：米蘭詔書：公元 313年（2月）羅馬皇帝君士坦丁所頒佈基督徒信仰自由之詔書，天主教歷經三個世紀艱苦奮鬥後，終能在羅馬帝國公開傳佈福音。

edification, Christian：(1) 基督奧體；教會之建立（弗四12）。(2) 教化；啟迪；立好榜樣。

crack (DRUG) , "crackberry", roam

crack (DRUG) Show phonetics
noun [U] (ALSO crack cocaine) SLANG
a pure and powerful form of the drug cocaine:
Several kilos of crack were found in her luggage.
a crack addict


難怪很多人不坐在電腦前便生怕漏掉重要（或不那麼重要）的信息，需要每隔幾分鐘查一下黑莓，變成黑莓上癮者。黑莓手機也被冠以“可卡因莓”的綽號 （Crackberry被評為2006年韋氏大詞典年度新詞）。我承認我就是個黑莓上癮者，但因為現在不需要象做記者時那樣每天追新聞，查看郵件的頻率已 經沒有以前那麼頻繁了。


The devices are very popular with some businesses, where they are primarily used to provide e-mail access to roaming employees.


roam Show phonetics
verb [I + adverb or preposition; T]
to move about or travel, especially without a clear idea of what you are going to do:
After the pubs close, gangs of youths roam the city streets.
She roamed around America for a year, working in bars and restaurants.




Wikipedia article "BlackBerry".

Nicknames

The ability to read e-mail that is received in realtime, anywhere, has made the BlackBerry devices infamously addictive, earning them the nickname "CrackBerry". Use of the term CrackBerry became so wide spread that in November 2006 Webster's dictionary named "crackberry" the "New Word of the Year".

Within the company, various model families are named after subatomic particles; names used include Tachyon (BlackBerry 5810), Tachyon 2 (BlackBerry 6700), Electron, Proton, Baryon, Quark (BlackBerry 7200) and Charm.

curfew, in the strongest possible terms, lifted its block. a probe into the stabbing death of a taxi driver,

Seattle Police Arrest Man in Connection With Five Stabbings

Five people were injured in attacks in the city’s Chinatown-International District on Friday, the police said.

China: YouTube Again Accessible

By EDWARD WONG

Published: March 27, 2009

The Chinese government has lifted its block of YouTube, the popular video-sharing Web site run by Google. On Friday, people in Beijing access the site without using special software to enter it through a proxy server, a common way of getting around Internet walls put up by the government. Google said Tuesday that China had blocked YouTube but that it did not know why. The block came during a week when China was criticizing an Internet video, released by the Tibetan government in exile and put up on YouTube and other Web sites, that showed Chinese security officers beating handcuffed Tibetans.

US Navy to help in Japan murder case
From correspondents in Tokyo

March 21, 2008 05:50pm

Article from: Agence France-Presse

THE US Navy today pledged to cooperate with Japanese police in a probe into the stabbing death of a taxi driver, amid reports that a US sailor's credit card was found in the car.

The case comes with relations between Japan and the US military tense, following a series of high-profile crimes linked to servicemen, including the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a Marine.

Masaaki Takahashi, a 61-year-old taxi driver, was found dead with a knife in his neck in his parked taxi late Wednesday on a road in Yokosuka, a military hub at the mouth of Tokyo Bay, police said.

"We condemn this horrific crime in the strongest possible terms,'' the US Navy command in Japan said in a statement.

in no uncertain terms
in a very clear way:
She told him what she thought of his behaviour in no uncertain terms (= She made her disapproval very clear).

"The US Navy is standing by to help with the Japanese police and in whatever manner is needed,'' it said.

Local media said a credit card and other items were found in the car that were believed to belong to a 22-year-old sailor.

The sailor, part of the US 7th Fleet based in Yokosuka, had been missing before the incident and remains unaccounted for, television networks said.

Reports said Takahashi, who was based in Tokyo, some 65km to the north, may have argued with his customer over the fare, which police said was about 17,000 yen ($A186).

Chief government spokesman Nobutaka Machimura said police had "reported to the government that they had not identified the perpetrator yet'' and withheld further comment.

perpetrate bollocks

The US military's image in Japan has been severely tarnished recently after a series of crimes.

The US military is to court-martial four Marines accused of gang-raping a 19-year-old woman in the western city of Hiroshima.

Another US Marine was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, home to more than half the US forces in the country.

Japanese prosecutors dropped the case as the girl did not want to continue the case, which received intense media attention.

The military last month put all troops and their relatives in Okinawa and western Japan's Iwakuni under a curfew for nearly two weeks in a bid to calm public anger.

curfew Show phonetics
noun [C or U]

━━ n. （夜間などの）外出禁止令［時間］; 門限; 日暮れの鐘; 消灯命令.

a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political trouble:
to impose/lift a curfew
a midnight curfew
He was shot for breaking (= not obeying) the curfew.
You'll be in trouble if you get home after curfew.

More than 40,000 US troops are based in Japan under a security treaty with the close US ally, which has been officially pacifist since World War II.