【泰晤士報社論：中國計劃再造由其領導之國際體系規則，小國須警戒】
英國媒體「泰晤士報 」針對中國以債務外交收服加勒比海島國發表社論：台灣議題彰顯中國欲收服他國，以再造由中國領導之國際體系規則的更大計畫，此體系屆時將反撲，小國們必須警戒
In leading article " The Times and The Sunday Times view on China’s debt diplomacy: Caribbean Takeaway", The Times writes that the Taiwan agenda is emblematic of Beijing’s larger recruitment drive for a project to remake the rules-based international system in China’s own image. It warns that smaller nations must be wary.
***探討100% 忠實翻譯，我建議
在《泰晤士報》和《星期日泰晤士報》對中國債務外交的看法：《加勒比海要點》中，該報寫道，台灣議程象徵著北京方面加大了招募其項目會員之力度，希望能以中國自己的形象為基礎來重塑國際規則體系。該文警告較小的國家必須保持警惕。
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has laid out a sweeping indictment of three organisations and 13 Russian nationals for meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. So now what?
Seven key takeaways from the Russian indictments
BBC.CO.UK
Pro-independence parties have emerged with a majority of seats in the regional election in Catalonia but they fell short of their target to capture 50% of ballots cast.
(Image from Reuters)
Five takeaways from the Catalan elections
Support for independence plateauing but still holds a warning for Madrid
ON.FT.COM
bran 糠
bran
━━ n. ふすま, ぬか.
bran tub 〔英〕 ふすま桶 ((パーティーなどで，中のふすまに隠した景品を手探りで探して遊ぶ)).
When Jeffrey Katzenberg came to San Francisco earlier this month to screen clips from his forthcoming film, he issued a warning: "What you are about to see may be disturbing to watch." Disturbing, that is, to people who love the City by the Bay.
In East Hampton, inns dating back more than a century are getting makeovers that preserve working fireplaces, traditional woodwork and beams, but add modern touches like whirlpool tubs and iPod docking stations. Seven key takeaways from the Russian indictments
BBC.CO.UK
Pro-independence parties have emerged with a majority of seats in the regional election in Catalonia but they fell short of their target to capture 50% of ballots cast.
(Image from Reuters)
Five takeaways from the Catalan elections
Support for independence plateauing but still holds a warning for Madrid
ON.FT.COM
bran 糠
bran tub
n (in Britain) a tub containing bran in which small wrapped gifts are hidden, used at parties, fairs, etc
n (in Britain) a tub containing bran in which small wrapped gifts are hidden, used at parties, fairs, etc
bran
━━ n. ふすま, ぬか. bran tub 〔英〕 ふすま桶 ((パーティーなどで，中のふすまに隠した景品を手探りで探して遊ぶ)). When Jeffrey Katzenberg came to San Francisco earlier this month to screen clips from his forthcoming film, he issued a warning: "What you are about to see may be disturbing to watch." Disturbing, that is, to people who love the City by the Bay.  |  |  |  |
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tub
- 桶,木盆
- 一桶(或一盆)的量[(+of)]
- 【口】浴缸;洗澡
- 【口】行進緩慢的舊船
- (放冰淇淋等的)塑料杯,紙杯
- 礦車,礦斗;井筒支架
He grows roses in tubs on the terrace.
他在陽臺上木盆裡種玫瑰。
They consumed a tub of beer.
他們喝掉一桶啤酒。
I take a cold tub every morning.
我每天早晨洗一個涼水澡。
I've been at sea for four lousy weeks in this tub.
我已經乘這條老爺船在海上航行了四個倒霉的星期。
The child is eating a tub of ice-cream.
孩子在吃紙杯冰淇淋。
From the Fringe | 31.08.2007
Deadly Ice Cream Tubs Blamed for German Hedgehog Deaths
Think of your favorite activity or food and imagine that you die doing it or eating it. Most of us will agree that this would be a good way to go. The hedgehogs of Nuremberg don't agree, however. Because they're dead.
It used to be that fast food only presented potential health risks to human beings. Of course, if a person were to only eat fast food, never exercise and supplement their fatty intake with sugar-enriched soft drinks, then they would only have themselves to blame. These days, the risks are even lower to humans after many companies rediscovered the consciences and began offering healthier options, therefore making themselves even less culpable.
Despite the efforts made to keep fast-food loving humans alive and avoid lawsuits, there continues to be a demographic that suffers at the hands of globalized takeaway chains. These customers have a more immediate threat to their health. Not only are they facing a future filled with weakened joints, voluminous sweat pants and potential heart disease, the ice-cream loving hedgehogs of Nuremberg are facing strangulation and death.
Hedgehogs get added dollop of death
Despite the efforts made to keep fast-food loving humans alive and avoid lawsuits, there continues to be a demographic that suffers at the hands of globalized takeaway chains. These customers have a more immediate threat to their health. Not only are they facing a future filled with weakened joints, voluminous sweat pants and potential heart disease, the ice-cream loving hedgehogs of Nuremberg are facing strangulation and death.
Hedgehogs get added dollop of death
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: "One little lick won't kill me...will it?"
It seems that it's not only humans who can't get enough of McDonald's McFlurry ice creams. Those soft ices mixed with all manner of delicious toppings are truly one of the fast food chains more brilliant ideas and a cornerstone of 21st century civilization. However, this has not gone unnoticed by Nuremberg's more prickly residents who have discovered for themselves those chilly scoops of heaven.
It seems that the local hedgehogs are crazy in love with McFlurry's and in their deranged pursuit of discarded ice cream treats are putting their lives at risk. While it is unknown what a diet of ice cream can do to a hedgehog -- apart from making rolling into a ball a more laborious exercise -- it is not the product itself which is proving deadly but the receptacle.
After finding a number of hedgehogs dead with their heads stuck in McFlurry containers, local authorities and McDonald's bigwigs have been put on alert. It seems that when attracted to the discarded tubs, the hedgehog deliriously follows his or her nose into it in search of a sweet reward. After licking up the remains, the hedgehog then tries to reverse out of the tub only to find that its quills get stuck in the plastic ring around the entrance. Trapped with no escape, the hedgehog slowly starves to death.
Making packaging more spine friendly
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: "Can you order me a McFlurry? They won't serve me"
After coming to this conclusion and receiving disturbing data from other countries where the deadly phenomena has occurred, McDonald's has vowed to protect even its non-human customers by making its packaging more hedgehog-friendly.
The McDonald's boffins at the company's German head office in Munich have come up with a potential life-saving feature which they hope to introduce to McFlurry containers by the beginning of 2008. The stiff plastic rim is to be replaced by a softer substance and the tub will be of a folded cardboard construction which will allow the tub to come apart at the bottom.
The deadly design has been in circulation for six years and while there will still be many of these potential death-traps on the market, no more will be made, according to a McDonald's statement.
However, until the offending tubs are removed from service, the threat remains. Once they have been replaced, the only worries the ice-cream loving hedgehogs will then have will be whether or not they can get their overweight bodies across the road in time to avoid oncoming traffic.
It seems that it's not only humans who can't get enough of McDonald's McFlurry ice creams. Those soft ices mixed with all manner of delicious toppings are truly one of the fast food chains more brilliant ideas and a cornerstone of 21st century civilization. However, this has not gone unnoticed by Nuremberg's more prickly residents who have discovered for themselves those chilly scoops of heaven.
It seems that the local hedgehogs are crazy in love with McFlurry's and in their deranged pursuit of discarded ice cream treats are putting their lives at risk. While it is unknown what a diet of ice cream can do to a hedgehog -- apart from making rolling into a ball a more laborious exercise -- it is not the product itself which is proving deadly but the receptacle.
After finding a number of hedgehogs dead with their heads stuck in McFlurry containers, local authorities and McDonald's bigwigs have been put on alert. It seems that when attracted to the discarded tubs, the hedgehog deliriously follows his or her nose into it in search of a sweet reward. After licking up the remains, the hedgehog then tries to reverse out of the tub only to find that its quills get stuck in the plastic ring around the entrance. Trapped with no escape, the hedgehog slowly starves to death.
Making packaging more spine friendly
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: "Can you order me a McFlurry? They won't serve me"After coming to this conclusion and receiving disturbing data from other countries where the deadly phenomena has occurred, McDonald's has vowed to protect even its non-human customers by making its packaging more hedgehog-friendly.
The McDonald's boffins at the company's German head office in Munich have come up with a potential life-saving feature which they hope to introduce to McFlurry containers by the beginning of 2008. The stiff plastic rim is to be replaced by a softer substance and the tub will be of a folded cardboard construction which will allow the tub to come apart at the bottom.
The deadly design has been in circulation for six years and while there will still be many of these potential death-traps on the market, no more will be made, according to a McDonald's statement.
However, until the offending tubs are removed from service, the threat remains. Once they have been replaced, the only worries the ice-cream loving hedgehogs will then have will be whether or not they can get their overweight bodies across the road in time to avoid oncoming traffic.
verb [T]
to cause someone to be anxious or upset:
Some scenes are violent and may disturb younger viewers.
disturbing
adjective
making you feel worried or upset:
The Home Secretary described the latest crime figures as 'disturbing'.
The following programme contains scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers.
disturbingly
Pollution has reached disturbingly high levels in some urban areas.
Sue Decker Sounds Off on Yahoo, Icahn, Microsoft
CNBC - Englewood Cliffs,NJ,USAMy key takeaways: That no current negotiations with Microsoft are underway, and the two sides apparently are no closer to any kind of arrangement than ...
takeaway
noun
- 1.BRITISHa restaurant or shop selling cooked food to be eaten elsewhere.
"a fast-food takeaway"
2. A key fact, point, or idea to be remembered, typically one emerging from a discussion or meeting:the main takeaway for me is that we need to continue to communicate all the things we’re doing for our customers
10 Simple Takeaways: What Happened, and Why It Matters
By MAX FISHER 1:53 PM ET
Here’s a breakdown of what happened — and what didn’t — at the summit meeting in Singapore.
特朗普见金正恩前应该记下哪些要点
10:30
1972年，尼克松在与毛泽东举行历史性会晤前记了笔记。假设特朗普或他的某个顾问准备了类似笔记的话，上面会写些什么呢
Idioms: under way
1. In motion, as in The ship got under way at noon. [c. 1930]
2. Already started, in progress, as in Plans are under way to expand. [c. 1930]
trash
noun [U]
1 INFORMAL something that is worthless and of low quality:
I can't believe that someone of his intelligence can read such trash!
There's only trash on the television tonight.
2 US FOR rubbish:
The trash really stinks - why don't you take it out?
trash
group noun [U] US INFORMAL
an insulting way of referring to a group of people you consider worthless:
We don't have anything to do with the people in the apartment below us - they're trash.
trash
verb [T] INFORMAL
1 to throw away, destroy or severely damage something:
I simply trash that sort of mail.
The guys got angry and trashed the bar.
2 to criticize something or someone severely:
The boss completely trashed her work, in front of everyone.
trashy
adjective INFORMAL
worthless and of low quality:
Why do so many people watch such ridiculous trashy programmes?
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