Akina's Blog (V&I): April 2008

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

3 Idioms/Vocab.

1. bear fruit

Meaning : to yield or give result

Example : The woman's hard work at her business finally began to bear fruit when she started to make money.

http://www.idiomconnection.com/food.html#A13

2. dog eat dog

Meaning : if a situation is dog eat dog, people will do anything to be successful, even if what they do harms other people

Example : In showbusiness it's dog eat dog - one day you're a star, the next you've been replaced by younger talent.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=dog*2+0&dict=I

3. eat like a pig

Meaning : to eat a lot, or to eat noisily and unpleasantly

Example : Christine is one of those lucky people who can eat like a pig and still stay thin.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=pig*2+0&dict=I

2 Dissecting Avertisements

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x9iYweART4&NR=1

Ads : Red Bull

Vocab. : revitalize

Meaning : recover energy

- for people, adult, who want to be more vitality, e.g. sporter,

-it is so funny, that the traditional frog and princess story has been changed. The prince wanted to go away to find other princesses, and said that he want to keep his eyes open.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfounGkj3e8

Ads : Movie

Vocab. : rescue

Meaning : save, help

-for every aged people, who like to watch disney film, or comedy

-the prince was so funny, especailly in the last sense. This trailer is good that the maker cut the best senses in movie, and it is really attractive.

Monday, April 21, 2008

3 Idioms/Vocab.

1. Irresistible (adj.)

-http://newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080419/OPINION01/804190325

-The signs of spring for the most part are universal: budding forsythia, daffodils, robins galore and the irresistible urge to roll down the car windows.

2.Hastily (adv.)

-http://www.bnamericas.com/news/privatization/Subtel:_Panel_of_experts_bill_due_for_submission,_700MHz_bidding_on_hold

-The bill is the first of three regulatory reform bills planned and would give the permanent panel jurisdiction over the telecoms sector in matters such as price ceilings and competition issues, and would free up Subtel from having to hastily form a panel to deal with each specific issue as they come up.

3.All hat, no cattle

- http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6482734/all_hat_no_cattle

- ( It is the title of the news, here is some context.)
George W. Bush was head cheerleader in prep school, a hard-partying frat rat and mediocre student at Yale. After skirting the draft in 1968, he failed at business three times, got bailed out by powerful friends, made a fortune at taxpayer expense and became the popular but weak governor of Texas, an evangelical Christian who preaches morality but ducks questions about his own past. And now he might be president?