“I figured I was all washed-up when I learned I was going to have another baby at forty-six. I thought, Oh, the hell with it. I’m never going to get out of this. But before she was born, I had all of this pent-up desperation and I wrote The Master Butchers Singing Club.”
—Louise Erdrich, The Art of Fiction No. 208
“I figured I was all washed-up when I learned I was going to have another baby at forty-six. I thought, Oh, the hell with it. I’m never going to get out of this. But before she was born, I had all of this pent-up desperation and I wrote The Master Butchers Singing Club.”
—Louise Erdrich, The Art of Fiction No. 208
A Group Lifts Paraclimbers to Higher Goals
The Adaptive Climbing Group, the brainchild of Kareemah Batts, of Brooklyn, is helping paraclimbers, some of whom have been training for the world championships in Spain next month.
攀岩？
Free climbing
In free soloing and bouldering, the climber carries nothing but a
chalk bag. The dangers of climbing more than a couple of metres from.
President’s Top Lawyer Is Leaving White House
By JEFF ZELENY and PETER BAKER
The White House said Friday that President Obama’s top lawyer, Gregory B. Craig, was stepping down from his post as the White House counsel.
Bitter taste for Scots distillers as Japanese whiskies take world titles
TWO Japanese whiskies have been voted the best in the world.
Yoichi has become the first variety produced outside Scotland to win the single malt award in an international competition run by trade paper Whisky Magazine, it was revealed yesterday.
The whisky, distilled near the city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido, beat dozens of other varieties, including last year's winner, Talisker 18 years old, produced on the Isle of Skye.
Suntory Hibiki, the brand advertised by the washed-up actor played by Bill Murray in the film Lost in Translation, scooped the award for the world's best blended whisky.
Rob Allanson, the editor of Whisky Magazine, said: "Hopefully this will make people sit up and realise that the Japanese are producing some phenomenal stuff. While they don't have a particularly strong toehold in the UK, they are making great gains which the British market should take note of."
washed-up
adjective 過氣的
No longer effective, capable, or valuable: done, done for, finished, through. Informalkaput. Idioms: at the end of the line road, over the hill, past one's prime.
informal No longer effective or successful:
a washed-up actress
pent-up
adjective
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日本威士忌常被品酒人士認為不道地，還和英國釀的紅酒一樣成為各界調侃的對象。但今年日本威士忌卻在國際權威競賽拿下雙料冠軍，擊敗所有享譽全球數百年的蘇格蘭品牌，震驚品酒界。
星期泰晤士報27日報導，「威士忌雜誌（Whisky Magazine）」主辦的年度國際競賽中，日本余市（Yoichi）20年單一純麥威士忌被選為最佳單一純麥威士忌，擊敗數十種參賽品牌，包括去年奪冠 的蘇格蘭斯開島（Isle of Skye）塔利斯科（Talisker）18年單一純麥威士忌。這是蘇格蘭威士忌首度丟掉單一純麥威士忌獎。 評審表示，每瓶售價150英鎊（約台幣9,000元）的余市20年單一純麥威士忌「巧妙融合蘇格蘭威士忌的煙燻味與甜黑醋栗的風味」，散發「爆炸性香氣」，入喉「留下濃郁綿長的芳香」。余市威士忌在日本北海道札幌附近釀造，是日本知名酒廠一甲（Nikka）旗下品牌。 在調和式威士忌方面，日本三得利「響（Suntory Hibiki）」獲評鑑為全球最優質的調和式威士忌。 這項評鑑結果震驚蘇格蘭，因為威士忌與風笛、肉餡羊肚、蘇格蘭裙同為蘇格蘭民族認同的具體象徵，如今竟輸給日本威士忌，有如一九七○年代法國頂級紅酒輸給美國加州紅酒。 評審指出，日本氣候多變化，有助於佳釀熟成，並造就香氣更濃郁、更純粹的威士忌。 toe shoe n. A ballet slipper with a hardened, reinforced toe that enables a dancer to perform or dance on the toes. Also called pointe shoe.
我們介紹過這家公司的印表機等相關產品之新business model.
時事：
Kodak Cuts Another 3,000 Jobs
By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH
Eastman Kodak, tens of thousands of jobs lighter than it was three years ago, is struggling for a toehold in a competitive digital world.
n. (名詞 noun)
1. (登山)踏腳尖的地方
2. 小立足點;微小的優勢;克服困難的方法
3. (角力)壓制腳趾的摔法
【登山】（岩などの）つま先をかけるわずかな場所; わずかな足がかり; 【レスリング】足指固め.
toehold
noun [C]
1 a small hole or surface on a rock which is just big enough for a climber to put the end of his or her foot in or on:
I searched desperately for a toehold in the rock face.
2 a strong first position from which further advances can be made: Insurance is a very difficult market to get a toehold in.
再舉三例：
International juried architectural competitions are a novelty in the People's Republic of China. Indeed, only in the last quarter-century have foreign architects established a toehold there at all.
Mr. Scrushy has managed to keep a toehold at HealthSouth. He is the company's largest individual shareholder, with 3.7 million shares -- now valued at more than $21 million -- according to a regulatory filing made by the company this week.
I.B.M.'s general counsel and senior vice president, Ed Lineen, said, "I.B.M. is pleased that we have amicably resolved these long standing issues." The settlement includes claims related to I.B.M.'s OS/2 operating system and SmartSuite software package, neither of which ever established more than a toehold in the personal computer market dominated by Microsoft's Windows and Office software. In the agreement announced today, Microsoft also dropped antitrust claims against I.B.M.
Microsoft to Pay I.B.M. $775 Million to Settle Antitrust Claims
July 1, 2005
counsel n.
To give or take advice. See Usage Note at council.
[Middle English counseil, from Old French conseil, from Latin cōnsilium, akin to cōnsulere, to take counsel, consult.]
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