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BELIEVE
IT OR NOT !
WOMAN ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO
TRIPLETS -- FOR SIXTH TIME !!
Üçüz Doğuracak --
Altıncı Kez !!
(AB ülkelerine
kendimizi tanıtmak için devletin yada şirketlerin kaynak ayırmasına hiç
gerek yok. Vatandaş bu işi zevkle yapı-yapıveriyo...)
A Turkish woman is about to
give birth to her sixth set of triplets. Fatma Saygı, 28, from the Turkish
province of Adıyaman and her husband Mehmet are already parents of five
sets of triplets and the sixth set is due in just a matter of weeks.
to be about + mastar
= --mek üzere, pek yakında, çok kısa bir süre sonra --cek,
--cak... to give birth (to)
= doğurmak...
set
= takım, dizi...
triplets
/ trip - litz
/ = üçüzler...
already
= zaten, daha şimdiden, halen...
to be due
= bekleniyor, -cek, -cak... (Çoğu zaman: "to be due
+ mastar": The ship is due to arrive at about midday...
in just a matter of weeks
= sadece birkaç hafta sonra (zaman bildiren ifadelerde
"in" = "sonra" şeklinde değerlendiriniz...
Fatma, who gave birth to her
first three children at the age of 18, said: "We wanted children but we
didn't really want that many. But Allah has always given us three at
a time."
we really didn't
really want that many
= aslında bu kadar çok sayıda istemiyorduk, ama......
always ... at a time
= her seferinde...
The family of 17 lives in a
two-room flat and on an income of about £12 a week, which Mehmet earns as
a wedding singer.
£12 a week
= Herhalde bir iki sıfır eksik yazmışlardır -- diye ümit
etmek isterdim...
wedding singer
= Vatandaşın düğünlerde şarkı söyleyerek geçimini
sağladığını bu şekilde ifade etmişler. Yoksa böyle bir meslek olduğunu
sanmıyorum... Ayrıca, yazın çalan, kışın oynar...
Story filed: 11:20 Thursday
30th October 2003
BELIEVE
IT OR NOT !
JUDGE CAUGHT MASTURBATING IN
COURT
Hakim Mahkemede
Masturbasyon Yaparken Yakalandı !!
A French judge has been caught
masturbating in court. The un-named magistrate was seen masturbating in a
court in Angouleme.
Three witnesses, a lawyer, a
woman in the public gallery and a journalist, all reported seeing the act.
French newspaper Charente Libre, whose reporter was among the witnesses,
said it happened as an attorney was pleading his case.
witness
= tanık (ama burada davanın değil, olayın tanıkları
kastediliyor)...
an attoney was
pleading his case
= savcı iddianamesini okuyordu (ya çok ballı, yada çok
sıkıcı bir hikaye idi, demek ki)...
The witnesses confirmed they
saw the judge raise his judicial gown, open his trousers and "perform
unmistakable movements".
to confirm
/kın-fö:m/
= doğrulamak, teyid atmek...
to raise
= kaldırmak, yukarı çekmek...
judicial gown
/cyu-di-şıl-gaun/
= hakim cüppesi...
unmistakable
= (burada) "yanlış anlaşılması mümkün olmayan,
besbelli o malûm"...
French Justice Minister
Dominique Perben has asked a judicial council to review the case,
officials confirmed. The judge was expected to undergo a psychiatric
evaluation.
Justice Minister
/cas-tis-mi-nistı/
= Adalet Bakanı...
to review
= gözden geçirmek...
is expected to undergo
psychiatric evaluation = psikiatrik incelemeye
tabi tutulması bekleniyor (tutulacağı sanılıyor, anlamında)...
Story filed: 10:24
Friday 17th October 2003
BELIEVE
IT OR NOT !
ANGRY WOMAN URINATED IN
POLICE CAR
Öfkeli Kadın Polis
Otosunda Çişini Yaptı !!
(Bu hatunu çok sevdim; bu hatun bizden...)
A middle-aged
Norwegian woman was so angry at being arrested for drink driving that she
urinated in the police car.
drink driving
= (gazetecilik dili) içkili araba kullanma...
The
54-year-old was arrested by police officers investigating complaints of a
noisy argument outside a shopping centre.
She had been
arguing with a friend who had refused to let her have her car keys to
drive home because she was drunk.
refused to let
...etc her car keys
= "let smb do sth" ettirgen (causative) yapı: "let"
fiilinden sonra yalın mastar ("to" olmaksızın) kullanıldığına dikkat
ediniz...
The row ended
just before the police arrived when the woman found her spare set of car
keys and drove off in her car.
row
/ rau / = quarrel = ağız kavgası, şiddetli münakaşa...
spare
= yedek...
drove off =
sürüp uzaklaştı...
Police caught
up with the woman who they say had a bottle of spirits in her hand when
they stopped her.
to catch up with
= yetişmek, arkadan yetişip yakalamak...
"who they say had ...etc
= Bu güzel ve kullanışlı yapıyı not ediniz...
spirits
= alkollü içki...
A police
spokesman said the woman was so angry with the officers that she urinated
in the police car driving her to the station and again in the police car
park.
She is also
accused of punching one of the officers in the face and faces a charge of
violence against a police officer.
is accused of +
Ving
= ile suçlanmak...
punch in the face
= suratına yumruk atmak...
to face a charge of violence
= şiddet (=saldırı) suçlaması ile yüzyüze (karşı
karşıya) olmak...
Story filed: 14:11
Wednesday 5th November 2003
(stories from
http://www.ananova.com)
(slightly modified)
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OR NOT !
MAN FAILS TO BREAK CLOTHES PEGS
ON FACE RECORD
Yüze Çamaşır Mandalı
Takma Rekorunu Kıramadı
(Bizim sol sütunda
sözünü ettiğim milli zevklerimizden mahrum yaşayan AB'liler bakınız
nekadar saçma işlerle uğraşıyor...)
A man who holds the world record for having
the most clothes pegs clipped to his face has narrowly failed to beat his
own mark.
to hold the world record
= dünya rekorunu elinde tutmak...
clothes pegs
= çamaşır mandalı...
has narrowly ...etc own mark
= kendi rekorunu kırmayı ucu ucuna kaçırdı...
Garry 'Stretch' Turner was hoping to clip more
than 153 pegs to his face at the launch of the 2004 Guinness Book of
Records in Manchester. But his effort at the city's Arndale Centre failed
when he managed to clip on only 150 pegs.
Garry "Stretch" Turner
= Gary "Sündürmeli" Turner (Adamın adına bakıp da "Geri"
olduğuna kanaat getirmeyiniz. Okunuşu:
/gæ-ri/)...
launch
/ lo:nç/ = (burada) başlatılması, piyasaya çıkarılması
(asıl anlamı "to launch a ship" = denize indirmek; dolayısıyla da, örneğin
"to launch a spacevraft, missile, etc = rampadan fırlatmak)...
to manage + mastar
= becermek, başarmak...
The latest Guinness Book of Records features
1,000 new world records and is printed in 23 languages.
Story filed: 13:11 Thursday
30th October 2003
BELIEVE IT
OR NOT !
VAMPIRE-KILLING SET SELLS FOR £7K
AT AUCTION
Vampir-Öldürme Seti
Müzayedede 7,000 Sterline Satıldı
A vampire-killing kit complete
with a wooden stake and 10 silver bullets has sold for £7,000 at auction
in New York.
wooden stake
= tahta kazık...
silver bullet
/bu-lit/
(/ba-lit/ şeklinde telaffuz edenleri hemen aynı kurşunla
vurunuz) = gümüş kurşun...
auction
/ok-şın/
= müzayede...
The kit, a walnut box that
also contained a crucifix, a pistol, a rosary and vessels for garlic
powder and various serums, was bought by an anonymous phone bidder.
walnut box
= ceviz kutu...
crucifix
= haç...
rosary
= tesbih...
vessel
= (burada) kab, kutu...
garlic powder
= sarmısak tozu...
phone bidder
= telefonla katılan (to bid = pey sürmek)...
According to Sotheby's, some
experts believe such kits were commonly available to travelers in Eastern
Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, while others think the kits were
made in the early 20th century, possibly to cash in on interest in
vampires sparked by the 1897 publication of Bram Stoker's "Dracula."
Elaine Whitmire, head of 19th
century furniture for Sotheby's, said, "I doubt it was cheap to buy."
commonly available
= yaygın bulunuyordu...
to cash in on sth
= mevcut moda veya ilgiden yararlanarak iyi para
kazanmak...
to spark
= kıvılcımlamak, başlatmak...
I doubt it was cheap
to buy.
= Ucuz birşey olduğunu (o zamanlar) hiç sanmıyorum...
A label on the kit says: "This
box contains the items considered necessary for persons who travel into
certain little known countries of Eastern Europe where the populace are
plagued with a particular manifestation of evil known as Vampires."
the populace
/pop-yulis/
= (çoğul) ahali, yerli halk...
to be plagued with
= --in hışmına uğramış olmak, başında o bela olmak
(plague /pleyg/ = veba)...
manifestation
= ortaya çıkma, görünme, zuhur...
evil
/i:-vıl/
= kötülük, şer...
The vampire-killing kit was
part of Sotheby's sale of 19th century furniture and decorative works of
art. The auction house did not identify the seller of the kit. The price
includes Sotheby's auction house's commission.
did not identify
= (burada) kimliğini açıklamadılar..
Story filed: 10:37
Friday 17th October 2003
BELIEVE
IT OR NOT !
MOTORIST THREATENS TO SUE
POLICE FOR WRITING HIS NAME
Sürücü, Adını
Yazacak Olurlarsa, Polisi Mahkemeye Vermekle tehdit Etti!!
A Missouri
motorist stopped by police threatened to sue them under copyright laws if
they wrote down his name.
under copyright laws
= telif hakları yasasına dayanarak...
Daniel Smith
is said to have told officers his name was copyrighted, and every time it
appeared on a document he would launch a £300,000 lawsuit.
is said the have
told
= söylemiş olduğu bildiriliyor...
to launch a lawsuit
/lo:-su:t/
("law" sözcüğünü
/lav/ diye okuyanları hemen vurunuz; çok büyük sevaba girersiniz)...
According to
police, Smith also told officers he wouldn't give them his licence unless
he was given a receipt. When the officers told him he would get his
licence back, he refused and demanded a receipt.
receipt
/ri-si:t/
(DİKKAT: "p" okunmaz)
= makbuz, alındı...
Smith has
reportedly been fined in the past for a number of motoring offences.
reportedly
= bildirildiğine göre...
to be fined for
= para cezasına çarptırılmak...
a number of =
bir dizi...
motoring offences
= trafik suçları...
Story filed: 12:00
Wednesday 5th November 2003
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