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QUIRKY NEWS !!
Police
Dog Bites Football Players and Game is Abandoned
A police dog has forced a
football match to be abandoned after running on to the pitch and biting
three players.
to abandon
= bırakmak, terketmek...
game is abandoned =
maç iptal edildi (Unutmayınız: Gazete başlıklarında present tense, past
tense anlamı verir)...
pitch = saha (Şeyy,
affedersiniz; bu sözcüğün okunuşunu yazmağa terbiyem müsaade etmiyoo!)...
to bite bit - biten
= ısırmak...
The dog was believed to be
exercising on neighbouring land when it interrupted the game in
Lincolnshire. It snatched a linesman's flag before running on to the pitch
and biting three Lincoln Moorlands reserve players just minutes into the
match.
to snatch
= kapmak...
linesman = yan hakem...
reserve player =
yedek oyuncu...
just minutes into the match = maç başladıktan birkaç dakika
sonra...
The Lincolnshire Echo says
police officers arranged for the prompt transfer three injured players to hospital for treatment to
their bites and for tetanus jabs.
the Lincolnshire
Echo
= Lincolnshire bölgesi yerel gazetesi...
police officers =
polis memurları, emniyet mensupları...
arranged for =
sağladılar... jab
= enjeksiyon (çok yaygın olmamakla birlikte, işitilen bir sözcük: Tıp
mensubu üyelerimizin özel dikkatine: "polio jab" bir başka örnek...
The referee was forced to
abandon the game. None of the players is believed to have been seriously
injured.
was forced to
abandon the game
= oyunu tatil etmek zorunda kaldı...
to have been seriously injured
= ciddi biçimde yaralanmış olmak (perfect pasif mastar kullanımına dikkat)...
(Story filed: 28th October
2002)
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ONLINE
GAMER INSURES FINGERS FOR £375,000
A computer game player has
insured his hands for £375,000. Alex Nikitin from London,
who is due to take part in the World Cyber Games in Korea this week, says
missing a game due to injury could result in him losing his place in the
tournament, as well as valuable earnings.
online gamer
= internet üzerinden canlı oyunlarda yer alan kimse...
to be due + mastar =
-cek, -cak (gelecek zaman bildirir: "katılacak olan"...
missing a game = bir
oyun kaçırmak, katılamamak...
due to = den dolayı
(DİKKAT: Yukardaki deyimden tamamen farklı bir kalıp)...
"him losing" =
DİKKAT: Klasik gramerde "his losing" gerektiren bu kullanım, günümüz
İngilizce'sine gayet mübah...
"Qualifying for the World
Cyber Games has led me to investigate ways to protect my key assets - my
fingers," Mr Nikitin said.
assets X liabilities
=
bir bilançoda artı
ve eksi haneleri... assets: mevcutlar, sahip olunanlar, eldeki artı
değerler: "Parmaklarım ana sermayemdir"...
Story filed: 27th October
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MORE QUIRKY NEWS !!
Fashion Victim Tourist
Stoned by Worried Locals
Residents of a Turkish town
threw stones at a tourist because they thought he was a Satanist.
fashion
= moda (sondaki açıklamaya bknz)...
to be stoned =
taşlanmak...
residents = bir yerde oturanlar, ikamet edenler, sakinler, mukimler...
The Austrian was dressed in
black and had piercings on his face.
to
pierce
= delmek, delik açmak...
piercings =
Özellikle, günümüzün (acaip) modasına uyarak vücudun orasına burasına
taktırılan halka vb gibi objeler kastediliyor...
Police in Edremit had to
take Sascha Michael Mariacher into custody for his own protection. Mariacher, 28, had dyed his
hair red and wore large hoop earrings and silver rings.
had to take into
custody
= gözaltına almak zorunda kaldı...
had dyed his hair red
= saçını kızıla boyamıştı...
large hoop earrings
= kocaman halka küpeler...
Police say he had come to
the town to visit his Turkish father. He was not seriously injured. A
police spokesman said: "Local people thought he was a Satanist. They were
scared and started attacking him."
to be scared
= çok korkuyor / korkmuş olmak...
they were scared =
çok korkmuşlardı...
The Anatolia news agency
said people thought he was "an alien." "He is not a Satanist,"
one
police officer said. "And he can't understand why the people were so
scared of him."
The Austrian Embassy was
not available for comment.
alien
= (Burada) "uzaylı"; olağan anlamı = yabancı, daha önce örneği görülmemiş...
not to be available for comment
= (gazetecilik ağzı) kendilerinden yorum alamadık, kendileriyle
görüşemedik...
Story filed: 28th October
2002
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VOCABUARY STUDY:
FASHION,
STYLE, MODE, VOGUE, FAD, RAGE,
CRAZE
are all synonyms meaning "the
usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date."
FASHION
is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving,
writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place: "the
current fashion"...
STYLE often implies a
distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste: "My friend believes doing
everything in style".
MODE suggests the
fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and
sophisticated: "Body piercings seem to be the current mode among young
people". VOGUE
stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion: "Short skirts are back in vogue
this year". FAD
suggests collectively capricious behaviour in taking up or dropping a
fashion: "Last summer's fad is already over".
RAGE and
CRAZE
stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad: "The ponytail hair style was
the great rage in my youth." "Rock'n Roll music appeared to be just a
passing craze at one time, but it has lasted." |
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Or, as Benjamin Disraeli
Observed
SANKİ...
