Ken Bannister is going bananas because no one wants his bananas. Over the past 38 years, Mr. Bannister has collected more than 17,000 banana-themed artifacts. He is the founder of the International Banana Club and Museum in Hesperia, Calif., in the High Desert northeast of Los Angeles.
On Jan. 8, he received a letter from the Hesperia Recreation & Parks District informing him the banana collection must go, because the district wants to bring in new blood to the city-owned space. It will be replaced by artifacts collected by the late John Swisher, a local historian. Mr. Bannister has until the end of th, e month to pack up his bananas. "I guess it's time to split," he says.
中英對照讀新聞／ Japan goes bananas for 71-year-old horseman 日本為71歲的馬術選手瘋狂
Japanese dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu looks and dresses more like a soccer manager in his early fifties than the world’s oldest Olympian at 71-year-old. Meet the Benjamin Button of this year’s London Olympics.
日本馬術選手法華津寬的外型與穿著打扮，看起來就像一名50歲出頭的足球教練，而非71歲、全球最年長的奧運選手。來見過要在今年倫敦奧運上經歷奇幻旅程真人版的班傑明。
A national celebrity, Hoketsu greets you with a firm handshake, his sharp wit and fierce determination striking you immediately.
身為全國名人的法華津的握手沉穩有力，機智風趣與堅強毅力隨即令人留下深刻印象。
"I don’t know how you’re supposed to feel at 71," Hoketsu told Reuters in an interview on Thursday, sitting bolt upright in a jacket and yellow tie.
「我不知道71歲應該有什麼樣的感覺，」坐得筆挺、打著黃領帶的法華津週四的一場訪問中告訴路透。
"I’m the same physique as I was at university," added the German-based rider, who first competed for Japan as a 23-year-old show jumper at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
「我現在的體格跟我唸大學時一樣，」這位以德國為基地、23歲時以超越障礙賽馬選手之姿、首度代表日本參加1964的東京奧運的選手說。
Whippet-thin at 1.68 metres tall and 62 kilos, Hoketsu steers clear of German food as much as possible.
身材纖瘦、身高168公分、體重62公斤，法華津儘量避免吃德國食物。
"I cook four times a week and avoid oily food," he said. "I don’t eat many sausages."（Reuters）
「我一週下廚4次，避免油膩食物，」他說，「我也沒有吃太多香腸。」 （路透）
新聞辭典
whippet[whip・pet]
- 発音記号[hwípit | wíp-]
[名]The Whippet is a breed of dog in the sighthound family. They are active and playful and are physically similar to a small Greyhound.
1 ((英))ホイペット犬.
2 （第一次大戦中の英国軍の）豆タンク(whippet tank). 
(click to enlarge)shów jùmping[shów jùmping]
- レベル：社会人必須
Act crazy, as in When it comes to animal rights, some people go bananas. According to the lexicographer J. E. Lighter, this expression may allude to the similar go ape, in that apes and other primates are closely associated with eating bananas. [Slang; second half of 1900s]
go bananas：片語，變得瘋狂、憤怒或情緒化。例句：The man just went bananas when his daughter told him she wanted to drop out of school.（那男人在聽到他女兒說要退學不唸書就抓狂了。）
Urban Dictionary: go bananas
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When you "go bananas" you behave in a slightly crazy or silly fashion. The expression is considered slang and is therefore used only in informal co...bananas
(bə-năn'əz)
adj. Slang
Crazy: "That's the horrible thing when you're bananas-nobody can know the awful things that are going on in your head" (Otto Friedrich). "City dwellers . . . are subjected to so much noise it drives them bananas" (New Yorker).
[From banana, worthless or crazy person, from BANANA.]
bananas[ba・nan・as]
- 発音記号[bənǽnəz | -nɑ'ː-]
((米略式))[形]((主に叙述))気が変な；熱狂した
━━[間]ばかな.
go bananas
頭がおかしくなる；激怒する.
頭がおかしくなる；激怒する.
sharp wit：機智，形容人擁有能說笑話與發表有趣評論的良好、反應快速的能力。
steer clear of something/somebody：片語，避免某人或某事。例句：I try to steer clear of heavy meals these days.（我這些日子都儘量避免吃大餐。）
2009年 04月 24日 13:38 大宗商品開出“香蕉球” 大宗商品中存在著許多假象。
儘管本週大幅波動﹐但油價基本仍穩定在每桶50美元上下10%左右的水平。鑒於一直疲弱的供需基本面的數據﹐ 這點的確不同尋常。本月﹐國際能源署(International Energy Agency)使得人們擔心會再次發生類似80年代初那種需求萎縮的情況。從供應天數看﹐工業化國家的商業石油庫存高於1998年﹐當時的油價暴跌到了每 桶10美元。
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能源經濟學家威勒格(Phil Verleger)就投機者對市場的影響發表了一番高論﹐不過可能與你想象的內容截然不同。與投機者是去年油價飆升的罪魁禍首這種普遍觀點相反﹐他認為油價和其他許多原材料的價格走勢顯示﹐大宗商品基金的進出同價格基本沒有直接的關係。
這 些基金大都是被動投資﹐但它們的確影響了遠期曲線的形狀。上升的曲線表明石油較實際需求相對過剩。基金買盤推升原油期貨的遠期價格﹐增加了曲線的上升斜 率。對於向他們出售合約的交易員﹐這帶來了購買價格較低的實物﹐儲存起來等到未來以較高價格交貨的動力﹐因此導致了庫存的居高不下。這減少了市場上的石油 供應量﹐為現貨價格提供了支撐。石油輸出國組織(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, 簡稱：歐佩克)的減產也產生了相同的作用。
不過﹐在全球經濟前景繼續惡化時﹐依靠投資 者的樂觀情緒和行業聯盟的凝聚力來保持價格的穩定需要鋼鐵般的意志。如果對石油峰值理論的信心進一步崩潰﹐或融資再度趨緊﹐對期貨需求的下降將降低遠期曲 線的陡峭程度。反過來說﹐這會降低石油套利交易的利潤﹐導致投機者清理庫存﹐從而可能打擊油價。
有關工業金屬的樂觀情緒也是建立在同樣脆弱的基礎之上的。自2月底以來﹐作為領頭羊的銅價已上漲了43%。這種假象的原因是﹐在世界各地的需求幾乎都在收縮之際﹐中國在機敏地增加銅和鐵礦石等原材料存儲。
不 過﹐存儲並不是消費。中國進口量的激增並未帶來工業產量的相應增加﹐顯示這些金屬進入了倉庫﹐而不是工廠。奇怪的是﹐儘管中國對鐵礦石的需求顯然難以得到 滿足﹐但預計今年的價格將大幅下調。與石油過剩一樣﹐當這些庫存被利用起來時﹐價格也可能會大幅下跌﹐將這種假象轉變為真正的頭痛。
banana ball is when the ball rotate while keep forwarding, the direction of the ball will change. The trajector of the ball looks like a banana.
here is more scientific explaination for that:
when the golf ball goes forward, if face head wind. Then, its rotating, the volecity of the wind on either side of the ball differ, resulting in the difference in force. Therefore, the ball will be forced to one direction instead what it is started for.
hope it helps, you can get some hints by checking out what is topspin and backspin.
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