看美剧学英文的笔记

Ocean3mel

Queensland mining companies have flagged blacklisting suppliers who buckle to noisy activists in a bid to ensure their projects are not held to ransom.

英文写作和中文一样细节处见功夫，文章里很多词大家都认识常用，但是作者用起来和常用用法不太一样，又入情入理。

flag - mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.
blacklist - put on a blacklist, a list of people or things that are regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and should be excluded or avoided.
buckle - bend and give way under pressure or strain.
noisy - making or given to making a lot of noise.
activist - a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
bid - make an effort or attempt to achieve.
ransom - hold (a captive) and demand a ransom for their release.

Ocean3mel

A new business paradigm — whereby miners reward companies who refuse to bend to protesters — is looming in Queensland after engineering firm Aurecon cut ties with coal miner Adani because of pressure from activists. It comes as Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan today will tell a resources lunch in Brisbane that anti-coal protests are “illegal” and “immoral”and are the “tantrums from teenagers”. Returning from India, Senator Canavan, who last month labelled Aurecon’s decision to cut ties with Adani “weak as p...”will warn that activists will not stop coal being dug up.
“Indian people are not going to give up their hope for a better future because of a few pampered, privileged and petulant protesters in Australia,” he said. “All that these protesters can then hope for is that they will shut down Australian coal mines, forcing India to buy coal from other countries.“There is plenty of coal in Indonesia, Russia, South Africa and the United States, and they are rushing to sell their coal to a rising India.”
Queensland Resources Council boss Ian Macfarlane said members had told him they were now thinking twice about whom to partner with for multimilliondollar investments. Mr Macfarlane said mining companies did not want to
punish “fairweather friends”but they needed to be sure the firms they entered into contracts with did not turn to water
and leave them in the lurch when targeted by activists.“Engineering and procurement companies who are happy to take the resources industry’s money in the good times and then succumb to pressure being applied by illegal behaviour of
green activists will be viewed as less reliable,’’ Mr Macfarlane said.
“If businesses cave to pressure from anti-coal activists, it’s hard to see how resources companies can have confidence in them to work on any other type of project. “It’s only fair for resources companies to want to be sure that their commercial partners are in it for the long haul, and won’t cave in to the bullying of activists.“You either back the resources industry, or you don’t.
“Resources companies simply can’t be expected to partner with fairweather friends or businesses who let activists calls the shots.”

paradigm － /ˈparədʌɪm/a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.
bend to /cave in / buckle － bend and give way under pressure or strain
protester / activist－ a person who publicly demonstrates opposition to something; a demonstrator.
loom － appear as a vague form, especially one that is large or threatening.
anti-coal －
immoral －
tantrum － an uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration, typically in a young child.
label / flag－
pampered － indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil.
privileged -
petulant - (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
fairweather friends - A friend who supports others only when it is easy and convenient to do so
lurch - make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger.
succumb - /səˈkʌm/ fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
haul - a distance to be covered in a journey
back / support -
call the shot - to be the person in charge, to have control over the progress of a situation or a course of action.

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miaomiao0301

推荐个看美剧学英语的，轻听英语，现在国内软件做的很厉害了，里面有电影，有美剧，只要下载一季啃下来了就好了，里面有字幕，生单词点击就看词义，添加到生词本，然后再集中背单词

Ocean3mel

澳洲政坛两极分化，有鹰派鸽派之分。
https://www.afr.com/policy/forei ... rra-20191128-p53f27

trade-off
/ˈtreɪdɒf/
noun
noun: trade-off; plural noun: trade-offs; noun: tradeoff; plural noun: tradeoffs
a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.
"a trade-off between objectivity and relevance"
conversely
/ˈkɒnvəːsli,kənˈvəːsli/
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adverb
introducing a statement or idea which reverses one that has just been made or referred to.
"we're not going to have enough onions to last the year, while courgettes, conversely, are in a major surplus"
vest
/vɛst/
noun
1.
BRITISH
an undergarment worn on the upper part of the body, typically having no sleeves.
2.
a garment worn on the upper part of the body for a particular purpose.
"a running vest"
verb
1.
confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone.
"executive power is vested in the President"

2.
(of a chorister or member of the clergy) put on vestments.
"he approaches the altar to vest for Mass"

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jason22

听本地的 radio 也是个学英语的好渠道