gallery(RAISED AREA), stand tall/walk tall, hop, wares

Daily Highlights Sunday, June 29, 2008

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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Nearly 400 years ago, on this date in 1613, the Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII. Sparks that flew from a cannon used during the production ignited a thatched roof of the gallery, resulting in the fire. The theater was rebuilt with a tile roof and reopened a year later. The Puritans closed all the theaters in London in 1642, including the Globe. Remnants of the building were discovered in 1989 and a replica of the theater was built and opened in 1997. It sports the first thatched roof permitted in London since the Great Fire of London in 1666.

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"Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water." — William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII

Meals and Wheels on Avenue of the Volcanoes

By MARTINA SHEEHAN Some of of the best bargain eating in Ecuador comes courtesy of one-person mobile-food-stand entrepreneurs who hop aboard public buses to sell their delicious wares.

‪#‎Hiroshima‬ atomic bombing survivors hope ‪#‎G7‬ ministers from nuclear countries change their mindset through the visit to Peace Memorial Park.
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Hiroshima stands tall ahead of G-7 foreign ministers' meeting- Nikkei Asian Review

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SHANGHAI — Ford may be standing taller than General Motors in Detroit these days — flush with cash while its rival is forced to go repeatedly to Washington, hat in hand, seeking government bailouts. But in China the tables are turned.

stand/walk tall

to act with pride and confidence:

You'd have more chance of success if you'd stand tall.

hop -1 [I] to jump on one foot or

to move about in this way:

I tried to hop on my good foot while holding onto Jim.

2 [I + adverb or preposition] INFORMAL to go somewhere quickly or to get into or out of a vehicle quickly:

We hopped over to Bruges for the weekend.

I hopped on the bus at the traffic lights.

3 [I] If a small animal, bird or insect hops, it moves by jumping on all or two of its feet at the same time:

The rabbit/bird hopped across the grass.

hop 

a short jump by a person on one foot, or by a small animal, bird or insect on all or two of its feet at the same time:

With his feet tied together he could only move in little hops.

wares 

plural noun

1 small items for selling, in a market or on the street but not usually in a shop:

Some displayed their wares on stalls, while others had just spread them out on the pavement.

2 INFORMAL a company's products:

The company must do more to promote their wares overseas.

gallery (RAISED AREA) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a raised area around the sides or at the back of a large room which provides extra space for people to sit or stand, or the highest floor in a theatre that contains the cheapest seats
Compare the circle (UPPER FLOOR); the stalls (THEATRE).

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━━ n. 回廊; 廊下, 柱廊; バルコニー; （教会・劇場・広間の）2階さじき, 2階席; 【劇】天井さじき（の見物人）, 大向う; （ゴルフ・テニスなどの）見物人, ギャラリー; 絵画［美術品］陳列室［館］, 画廊; ((集合的)) （所蔵）美術品; 射的場［室］; 【採鉱】横坑道; （モグラなどの掘った）地下道.
play to the gallery　大向うをうならせる（ように演じる）; 俗趣味に迎合する.