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最后发表： BLK
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发个吸引眼球的新闻话题，刺激下英语阅读哈。





A US woman charged in the Arizona stabbing and shooting death of her lover has recounted her abusive past, the numerous boyfriends who cheated on her, her troubled relationships and how her life changed forever the day she met the victim.

Jodi Arias, 32, is accused of stabbing and slashing Travis Alexander 27 times, slitting his throat and shooting him in the head in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. She initially denied any involvement, then later blamed it on masked intruders before eventually settling on self-defence.

Arias claims Alexander invited her to his home for a day of sex, then turned violent, forcing her to fight for her life. Prosecutors say she killed him in a jealous rage.

She could face the death penalty if convicted in a case that has been US cable news fodder for weeks with lurid stories of sex, lies, religion and violence.
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Arias testified on Monday about her abusive childhood at the hands of her parents, and of a high school boyfriend who once tried to strangle her.

On Tuesday, she told jurors of other boyfriends - before she met Alexander - who cheated on her, lied to her, had alcohol problems and didn't treat her well. The defence claims Alexander, a successful businessman and motivational speaker, too, was abusive, both physically and mentally.

Arias said she first met Alexander at a Las Vegas convention in late 2006 after years of bad relationships, working multiple jobs and struggling to pay bills. She was enamoured by him. She had been in a bad relationship, but after meeting Alexander, everything seemed different. She suddenly saw both personal and professional opportunities, a time to begin enjoying life.

"The things he said to me made a big impression on me," Arias told jurors, often staring directly at the panel as if having a conversation with them. She said Alexander allowed her to "step back and make me look at where I was and where I was going".

He also told her about his Mormon faith, she said.

Arias said she soon ended her relationship with another man and within a week, she saw Alexander again. That's when things became sexual, she testified.

While staying the night at a home of one of Alexander's friends, a day before he was to take her to church, she said the pair engaged in oral sex.

"I didn't want to tell him no so I just kept going with it," she said. "At that point in time, I was not really accustomed to saying no."

Throughout the trial, defence attorneys have depicted Alexander as a liar and a cheater who called Arias derogatory names, belittled her, and told her and other girlfriends that he was a devout Mormon saving sex for marriage, while in reality he was having sex with other women.

Arias's defence is attempting to build sympathy with jurors in hopes they won't convict her of first-degree murder, something that could potentially lead to a death sentence, by establishing a past littered with abuse, said California criminal defence lawyer Michael Cardoza, who has been following the trial.

"What they're doing is trying to elicit sympathy from the jury, to show, look at what this poor person had to go through throughout her life," Cardoza said.

It's a good technique, he said, but it could backfire if her testimony drags too long into the minutia of her life.

"They could start losing some jurors," Cardoza said. "They should really step it up and move it along because if jurors get bored, they could stop paying attention."

The trial began in early January with salacious details about a torrid romance between Arias and Alexander. She claims they dated for about five months, then broke up but continued to see each other for sex. Alexander's friends said she stalked him after the break-up and became possessive and jealous.

Arias said she lied early in the investigation about not being at the scene of the killing because she planned to commit suicide.

Authorities said they found her hair and bloody palm print at the scene of the killing, along with time-stamped photographs on a memory card in a camera discovered inside Alexander's washing machine that place Arias there on the day he died. The photos included one of Arias nude on his bed, one of Alexander alive in the shower, then one of his body on the bathroom floor.

Defence attorneys have yet to explain why Arias apparently attempted to clean the scene, washing Alexander's bedding and the camera, and what happened to the weapons.

Authorities say Alexander was shot in the head with a .25 calibre gun, the same calibre Arias's grandparents reported stolen from their Northern California home about a week before the killing.



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最后发表： big
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http://www.todayenglish.com.au/ 一个朋友搞得， 有兴趣可以尝试一下。

最后发表： sucewang
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通俗的回答可能是“YES”。
看了这个帖子后我就非常留意这个问题，我在澳洲养老院碰到过几次在洗手间有人敲门，里面的老人的回答都是“YES”。

[ 本帖最后由 sucewang 于 4-2-2013 20:28 编辑 ]

最后发表： frankiedalian
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能几乎免费上英语课真棒！感谢分享

最后发表： zerochou
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技术移民， 需要4X7才能过60分。
CET6 425 分， 在美国呆过一段时间， 跟老外沟通一般， 不多， 跟印度人口语交流的多一些。
报了3月份的G类考试， 现在每天学雅思单词， 偶尔看看文章， 英文电影， 对考试真是没底。

个人感觉口语差强，就是那种实际聊起来问题不大， 但是严格的话 会有很多小问题， 典型的就是时态
另外写作， 本来中文写作组织能力也不好， 所以到了英文更是糟糕， 不过还是能扯冲字数， 不知道雅思会有多严格。

BTW： 我是大专学历， 刚读完个远程专升本，下个月拿证， 学位和毕业证是国家承认的， 这个不能影响申请吧？

最后发表： JackyandF
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谢谢分享

最后发表： lightblue
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我刚在verbling上注册了一下，但还没有开始对话，还不知道如何使用，等用后再给大家介绍。还有就怕在网上碰到骗子，是不是多虑了我？

最后发表： yearshappy
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    这是最简便直接的方法
下一步就是电话，Email 等实地去看看，
走出去张开嘴，愿我们每天都进步

最后发表： tony.zheng
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有没必要全民学英语呢？回答是：no。我估计超过4\5住在中国的中国人一辈子也用不了英语。
这调查跟本就是虾扯蛋。

最后发表： 绚丽梦想
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我有主意，大家关注偶马上要发的贴

最后发表： 悉尼宝宝龙
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很正常啊，因为我们汉语口语里是不分的，所以说话时没有停下来想想是男他还是女她的习惯。

口语都是一点一点练出来的啊，我记得上学时走去学校途中经常碰到同学朋友，上来都习惯问一句“How r u going?”。我总是习惯开口就回“Oh, I'm going to Uni."…… 然后说完就后悔，惯性思维啊+鬼佬同学口齿都特含糊。不过偶不怕，偶天生长着一张“英文不是我母语”的脸，怕啥？！

最后发表： sandyhua
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ddddddd

最后发表： Daibaw
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放了一个星期的烤火鸡跟石头一样硬了

最后发表： cais
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接下来是不是可以说Figure negative 1?

最后发表： clarkli
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It means silly, but in a joking way.

最后发表： yearshappy
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Got two thanks messages from jesyl  
Thanks for your appreciation.

最后发表： yearshappy
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  sure

最后发表： hedgehog
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Obsequies = funeral ceremonies 葬礼

最后发表： yearshappy
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Looney tunes 兔八哥

系列卡通片， 最流行的是 Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig

Porky Pig is a cartoon character from the Looney Tunes. He is wise and good-natured, but also shy and cowardly. He often plays the sidekick to the rest of the Looney Tunes. He speaks with a stutter. His trademark ( slogon )  is closing all the Looney Tunes with the phrase Th-th-th-tha-tha-tha-that's all folks.

That's all folks. - That's all, folks.


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[ 本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 27-12-2012 19:18 编辑 ]

最后发表： ywj8648
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thank you for your sharing.

最后发表： Tulip
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你好，想请问你在victoria university读的是属于tafe的课程吗？学费大约是多少啊？是vu的哪个校区哈？求交流求交流。非常谢谢

最后发表： yearshappy
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再次问了几个当地的，目前还没人特别熟悉这个词
以后有机会再问

最后发表： yearshappy
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已共享至同城聚会悉尼板块，并现时加亮，希望你得到帮助

最后发表： yearshappy
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感觉很像我们的这个情景，不做亏心事不怕鬼叫门
惊愣，好像做了亏心事被当场逮住了

最后发表： zaijianyanlei
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我要努力学习了···

最后发表： yearshappy
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非常棒的想法，成员一定会受益良多
如果你愿意，可另开帖谈关于读书社的成立问题，我会把帖子挂上面

最后发表： guangyang
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哪里"咬不准"? 全段的意思是(这显然是段电话留言):

"你好Jim, 我是Penny. 我知道Jane(现在)不在你那儿,请转告她我打电话来了. 我们今天一头儿就扎在干活里了,一共干了4小时50分钟,元件(或材料)费是A$193.60(估计是干活中需要和用掉的元件/材料的费用). 收据得送到"Table Top Incorporated"(显然是个公司名)去:她(指Jane)有(这公司的)地址. 多谢了哥们".

这位"Jane"估计是帮Penny做Bookkeeping 或Accounting的, Penny这电话的目的是请Jim(估计是Jane的丈夫或男朋友或兄弟/父亲之类)转告Jane今天Penny(还有其他人)干的活的时间长度(以便计算工钱)和所用掉的材料费用,以便Jane可以生成一份帐单送到这个叫"Table Top Incorporated"的公司(估计是Penny她们今天干的活的直接或间接雇主或顾客)去.

最后发表： 绚丽梦想
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楼主是否可以分享一下这段法律的运用？具体是用于就业保护还是专业认定？

最后发表： cais
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_nauseam
今天看文章瞄到的。大概是 老掉牙又恶心 的意思吧。拉丁词。

最后发表： 平一指
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theatre technician

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最后发表： uu
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向无数勤劳，善良，坚忍，智慧的中国普通劳动者致敬！！！

这就是我所留恋的中国，可惜现在水土都污染了，我小时一直吃的藕也不是那么回事了。小时候吃过无数种好吃的瓜，香甜软糯，口水。。。。现在看都看不到了。

最后发表： yearshappy
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总之，我们学到东西了

最后发表： yearshappy
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确切讲，在这两个新闻标题里，furphy 指 make up stories, misleading

最后发表： yearshappy
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...If there is any problem or issue , forget about 000! Please come to Freeoz

最后发表： erf34r
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5230。。。

最后发表： mapletree123
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最近就是在练口语,准备把舌头和面部肌肉练得适合讲英文,哈哈.

[ 本帖最后由 mapletree123 于 9-11-2012 22:07 编辑 ]

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