2014年7月26日 星期六

創意的室內設計

Young designers experiment with exuberant homes the size of parking spots

年輕設計家用豪華屋做實驗把停車大小的空間設計成多釆多姿................

Photos: Young designers' exuberant homes fit in a parking spot

                
Imagine an urban parking garage, emptied of its cars and filled instead with dozens of parking-spot-size homes. 把小空間設計成豪宅.......

It’s the vision of a group of more than 80 students, alumni and educators from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. They have been experimenting with these car-sized homes, called SCADpads, that could be plunked into any parking garage and instantly provide housing in overpriced downtown areas of major cities. The units are prototypes for urban housing, but students will live in them first to test out the concept.
                       


室內設計學院院長

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07/26/2014

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2014年7月25日 星期五

紅地毯上的美女


The Most Revealing Red Carpet Looks Ever- 透露紅地毯上的養眼服裝-


Photo Gallery: The Most Revealing Red Carpet Looks Ever
Photo Gallery: The Most Revealing Red Carpet Looks Ever
Photo Gallery: The Most Revealing Red Carpet Looks Ever
Photo Gallery: The Most Revealing Red Carpet Looks Ever

Photo Gallery: The Most Revealing Red Carpet Looks Ever

Photo Gallery: The Most Revealing Red Carpet Looks Ever

Photo Gallery: The Most Revealing Red Carpet Looks Ever

07/25/2014





尼可拉未完成的超人電影

Unfinished Documentary About Unfinished Nicolas Cage Superman Movie Gets Trailer -尼可拉未完成的超人電影的未完記錄片.....



Unfinished Documentary About Unfinished Nicolas Cage Superman Movie Gets Trailer

The feature-length documentary film about the unfinished “Superman Lives” film is nearing completion. In an effort to raise the finishing funds for The Death of ‘Superman Lives’: What Happened?, producer/director Jon Schnepp released a full trailer featuring plenty of footage from the original film’s early production, as well as interviews with almost everyone involved in the film, except for its roster of actors.

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07/25/2014

今晨五大新聞

5 Things to Know This Morning

5 Things to Know This Morning

1. Investigators Solve Mystery of Porcelain Dolls- 調查人員解答了磁器洋娃娃的祕密


Investigators in California say they've solved a strange case involving porcelain dolls being left on the doorsteps of girls they hold an eerie resemblance to.
 Cause sought for gunfight between patient, Doctor

2. Cause Sought for Gunfight Between Patient, Doctor   醫生與病人槍擊之因

3. France Sends Troops to Guard Air Algerie Wreckage 法國派軍隊赴阿尔及利亞保護飛機失事現塲

French troops are headed to a remote area in Mali to secure the site of Thursday's Air Algerie jet crash, the third major international aviation disaster in a week

4. Marine's Wife Miscarried Just Months Before She Disappeared 陸戰隊員之妻失踪前數月有流產

5. Watch the First, Very Sexy 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Trailer- 觀賞十分性感的電影
 
It's here: the trailer for the highly anticipated movie adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey," starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.

The video opens up with our leading lady heading to see Christian Grey for a simple interview for the newspaper.

From there, things get spicy


07/25/2014

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2014年7月24日 星期四

Eddie Murphy 的新女友亮相 (在首映禮上)

Paige Butcher and Eddie Murphy (Getty Images)

53歲的黑人巨星- 埃迪墨非與35歲的辣妹女友-Paige Butcher (澳洲名模)

Eddie Murphy Shows Off Hot Girlfriend at 'Hercules' Premiere   (在首映禮上)

The Australian model, who has been featured in Maxim and Fitness, stunned in a gray Herve Leger bandage dress. The curve-hugging frock was certainly flattering, and allowed Butcher to highlight her best assets while showing off her killer sense of style. Meanwhile, the comedian kept it casual in sunglasses, a black shirt, and jeans.

Hercules 電影

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BS8zi7Dg8TM


07/24/2014

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字詞研究 (78)


字詞研究 (78)

第二章:字源/字根相同字

(Words with Identical Roots)


70) express / expression:

 1. express vt. 表達; expressive  a.富於表情的; ~ smile.

*The very low birth rates in some European countries are ~ive of increased

liberty, a woman’s right to choose. 在一些歐洲國家中,十分低的出生率

表達出己增加的自由- 一種婦女選擇的權利。

2. express a. 明確的 ;與 implied (暗示的) 相對; ~ command命令; ~ consent 同意

Our worldly collections of jewelry and home accessories are ~ly chosen from

the sparkling beauty and enduring value you both want and deserve.

我們全球收藏的珠寶與家庭穿戴的配件,仔細地挑選自閃爍發亮的美件

與含你們想擁有的、合乎身份的持久價值。


3. express a. n. 快速的; 快信; 快車 ;快遞

How did he come here?  He got here in a limited express.

他搭乘何種交通工具來此? 他搭乘對號快車。

the Oriental Express 東方快車 (前由海參威至莫斯科)

Federal E~ (美國) 跨國的 “聯邦快遞公司”)「日語譯為“急便”,如

“宅急便”

注意:日文“急便” 乃“緊急郵件” urgent post之意,完全與上洗手(衛生) 間無關」
(日文之郵便局=中文之郵政局)

比較: 台灣早期一度辦得頗獲好評的「限時專送 」則自譯作

《Prompt Delivery》

4. expression n. 表達;idiomatic ~ 慣用語

 
71) failure / failing:


1.     fail  vi  (不及物動詞) ~ in + n. 失敗

He ~ed in the experiment. 他實驗失敗。美語常用flunk (考不及格) 代替fail in

More than 800 Illinois teachers flunk a basic skills test. 超過800位以上美國

伊利諾州的教師,在一項基本技能測驗考不及格。

His mind began to ~ with age. 他的智力隨著年齡而開始退化。

~ to+ V.  未能

Never ~ to comply with reasonable customers’ requests. 務必順從顧客們合理

的請求。

 ~ n. 大都用在without fail (肯定地) :

There are some things you count on to work without ~. 有些你所依靠的事務

必要搞定。


2.     failure n. 失敗;失敗者。F~ is the mother of success. 失敗為成功之母。

(~ 為不可數名詞)

He admitted that he was a ~. 他自認為失敗者. (~ 為可數名詞)

~ + in + n. 失敗:~ in another attempt 再次失敗   

*F~ + to + V.   未能 (常用於句首作主詞; 是正式用法)

Failure to do so could result in the loss of this title- the World Champion.未能

這麼做的話,會導致喪失世界冠軍的頭銜。


3. failing  

a.失敗 ~ in + n. (較少用於句首作主詞)

To the Bush family, Watergate was “a personal failing by Nixon not an

institutional ~. 對於布希總統家族,水門案乃尼克森總統個人的失敗,

而非政府機構的失敗。


b. 介詞 = in the absence of 若無..

i. ~ your advice, he would not succeed.  若無你勸告,他會辦不成。

ii.In the absence of any real detail about what he plans to do, it is Barack

“Obama’s staff choices that provide the best indications as to what sort of

president he will turn out to be.” 雖缺乏有關他的計劃任何真正細節,但

歐巴馬對其幕僚之挑選,卻提供了最好的跡象顯示,他會成為那一類的

總統。

比較:* barring介詞 = except 。

We’ll arrive at noon ~ accidents. 除非有意外,否則我們中午到達。

Justin Lai編


07/24/2014

 

 

2014年7月23日 星期三

即時新聞

Photos of the day - July 23, 2014

Photos of the day - July 23, 2014

                             在英國南部碼頭嬉戲的二歲兒童

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                           Photos of the day - July 23, 2014                                 上: 運送 馬航的靈車   下:凱利準備與哈巴斯會談

Photos of the day - July 23, 2014

                                            復興航空罹難者的家屬
Photos of the day - July 23, 2014

                                 Photos of the day - July 23, 2014

                                上: 德國少女   下: 紐西闌公鷄大啼


07/23/2014

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