2008年7月20日 星期日

villa, mackintosh, media event , "soul food", gold rush, gold as the ultimate goal.

世界日報 - New York,USA
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In a post on his blog, The Icahn Report, Mr. Icahn wrote, "The proxy fight is over and it will not do shareholders or Yahoo any good to have the annual meeting turn into a media event for no purpose."



In Changing Harlem, Soul Food Struggles

Soul food appears to be dying in much of New York City in the face of changing tastes and eating habits. Louise’s Family Restaurant, above, has survived.


Soul food is an American cuisine, a selection of foods, and is the traditional cuisine of African Americans of the Southern United States and of black communities beyond. In the mid-1960s, "soul" was a common adjective used to describe African American culture, and thus the name "soul food" was derived.




By MATTHEW FORNEY
In China, sports schools now train thousands of professional athletes with Olympic gold as the ultimate goal.




gold rush noun [S]
a situation in which a lot of people move to a place to try to find gold because they have heard that gold has been found there





mackintosh

(măk'ĭn-tŏsh')
also mac·in·tosh n. Chiefly British.
  1. A raincoat.
  2. A lightweight, waterproof fabric that was originally of rubberized cotton.
[After Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), Scottish inventor.]
Wikipedia article "Mackintosh".
media event noun [C]
an event or activity planned to attract the attention of the media

villa

(vĭl'ə) pronunciation
n.
  1. The often large, luxurious country house of a well-to-do person.
  2. A country estate with a substantial house.
  3. Chiefly British. A house in a middle-class suburb.
[Italian, from Latin vīlla.]
━━ n. (大)別荘; 〔英〕 郊外の(庭付き)住宅.




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