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QUIRKY NEWS !!
Prison
Yoga Classes Launched To Help Mafia Relax
Mafya Üyelerinin
Gevşeyip Rahatlamalarına Yardımcı Olmak Amacıyla, Hapishanede Yoga
Sınıfları Başlatıldı
Mafia
criminals serving time in an Italian maximum security prison are being
given yoga lessons to help them relax and reduce tension.
to serve time (to serve
a sentence)
= hapis yatmak, cezasını çekmek...
maximum security prison
= "E-Tipi"... to
reduce tension
= gerilimi düşürmek...
Prison
officials, who hope the initiative will reduce the risk of rioting, say
the inmates can practise yoga for up to two hours a day.
initiative
= girişim... to
riot
= şiddet ve sağa sola saldırı ile birlikte sokak
hareketleri için kullanılır...
inmate
= cezaevi mahkumu...
up to two hours
= iki saate kadar, iki saati aşmayacak şekilde...
Giovanni
Rizza, governor of the top security Bicocca jail at Catania on the island
of Sicily, said: "The yoga will help relax and also give the inmates a
feeling of well being which is our main objective.
governor
= (Burada) yönetici, müdür...
a feeling of well being
= kendini iyi hissetme duygusu...
objective
= amaç...
''During
a trial period the initiative was welcomed by the inmates, especially
those serving longer sentences, and we believe it will help reduce tension
in the jail.
trial period
= deneme süresi...
was welcomed
= iyi karşılandı, beğenildi...
those serving longer sentences
= daha uzun mahkumiyet almış olanlar...
will help reduce tension in the
jail
= hapishanede gerilimi düşürmeğe yardımcı olmak...
Story filed: 12:12 Friday 14th March 2003
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(stories from
http://www.ananova.com)
VOCABULARY: To initiate
= başlatmak, girişmek... To take the initiative = "insiyatifi" ele almak,
ilk hareketi yapmak...
to object (to) = karşı çıkmak,
itiraz etmek... objection = itiraz, karşı çıkma...
object = nesne... objective =
(1) nesnel, objektif... (Tersi: subjective = öznel, sübjektif... (2)
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MORE QUIRKY NEWS !!
Texan Aching
After First Night In Dog Kennel
Köpek Kulübesinde
geçirdiği İlk Geceden Sonra Texaslı "Bütün Vücudunun Ağrıdığını" (Söyledi)
A Texan
has woken up with a stiff back after spending the first of 30 nights
sleeping in a dog kennel as punishment for beating his stepson.
with a stiff back
= sırtı tutulmuş...
kennel
= köpek kulübesi... to beat - beat - beaten=
dövmek... stepson
= "step-" öneki "üvey" anlamına gelir: stepson,
stepfather, etc...
The man,
who was convicted of whipping his stepson with a car aerial, decided to
keep his lower body inside the kennel. His rottweiler was forced to sleep
out in the open.
to be convicted (of)
= hüküm giymek...
to whip
= kırbaçlamak...
car aerial
= araba anteni...
his lower body inside the kennel
= Bütün vücudu kulübeye sığmadığı için...
forced to sleep out in the open
= açıkhavada uyumak zorunda kaldı...
The
kennel has been placed on a stand in front of his garage. A police officer
will carry out regular patrols of the property to ensure he serves his
sentence.
patrol
= devriye...
property
= "mülk" (ev ve bahçesi kastediliyor)...
to ensure he serves his sentence
= cezasını çektiğinden emin olmak...
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Bulgarian Pimps Shipping
In Reinforcements For US Troops
Bulgaristan'da
Kadın Tüccarları Amerikan Askeri Birlikleri İçin Takviye Sevkiyatı
Yapıyor
Bulgarian
pimps have been moving armies of prostitute reinforcements hundreds of
miles across country to cash in on the arrival of US troops.
pimp
= "pezo"... armies
of prostitute reinforcements
= çok sayıda fahişe takviyesi...
to cash in on sth
= fırsattan yararlanarak para kazanmak...
Hundreds
of girls are being bussed across Bulgaria in an operation carried out with
military style efficiency to ensure the off-duty needs of the soldiers are
fully catered for.
being bussed
= otobüslerle taşınıyorlar...
off-duty needs
= izin sırasındaki gereksinimler...
to cater for
= gereksinimlerini karşılamak...
Story
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