September 23rd, 2009 
ghostlei } In democratic countries any efforts to restrict the freedom of the press are rightly condemned. However, this freedom can easily be abused.
} Democratic：
形容词
Democracy
名词；民主。美国的两大政党——
Democratic-Republican Party
民主党；共和党
The administration
执政党
} Restrict：
Restrictions→PayPal security
限制。比如说paypal，国内叫“贝宝”，它是一个网络付款的东西。它有一个保护措施，当你的帐号发现有可以的东西时，它会给你加一些限制，如不能网外划钱，或者划钱时要求一定的数额；这种限制就是restrictions。
} Abused：
本课的abused 是指滥用；这里我要说的是虐待，虐待动物——
Animal Abuse
} Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political events. Though we may enjoy reading about the lives of others, it is extremely doubtful whether we would equally enjoy reading about ourselves. Acting on the contention that facts are sacred, reporters can cause untold suffering to individuals by publishing details about their private lives. Newspapers exert such tremendous influence that they can not only bring about major changes to the lives of ordinary people but can even overthrow a government.
} untold suffering：
不可言喻，说不出的苦处，痛苦
Unsung heroes
无名英雄；还没被歌颂，没被赞扬的英雄
} Private: privacy
private conversation
比较隐私的对话，就像just between you and me 的那种
Can I talk to you in private?
我能不能单独和你聊聊？难过这话很常用
} Major: minor
大部分，反义词minor ;名词——
majority/minority
投票时，少数服从多数，这个多数就是majority
} The story of a poor family that acquired fame and fortune overnight, dramatically illustrates the power of the press. The family lived in Aberdeen, a small town of 23,000 inhabitants in South Dakota.
} fortune：
A:It‘s going to cost a fortune to get my car fixed.
B:Why don’t you just trade it in for a new one.
A: 估计这一次修车要花很多钱。
B：你为什么不以旧换新呢？
cost a fortune 花很多钱； trade it in 在这里是指把旧的车换点钱，然后再加点去买新的。
} The power of :
The power of Java/OpenSource/time/love
Java的威力,力量 开元 /时间/爱 的力量
OpenSource CMS → Mambo (php+mysql)
→ Power in simplicity
CMS 内容管理系统。比较有名的内容管理系统有Mambo,它的动态编程用的是php，数据库用的是mysql。这两个的组合也是现在最流行的组合。Power in simplicity 这是mambo 的口号，即是既简单又强大。
Outsourcing → Toyota → just-in-time inventory system
比如说你公司的网站是请别的公司做的，就叫做outsourcing .像Toyota 这个公司，它现在提倡的是零库存，订单来了才开造。它很多产品都是依靠别的产业，这个就是一个非常outsourcing 的公司。
} As the parents had five children, life was a perpetual struggle against poverty. They were expecting their sixth child and were faced with even more pressing economic problems. If they had only had one more child, the fact would have passed unnoticed. They would have continued to struggle against economic odds and would have lived in obscurity. But they suddenly became the parents of quintuplets, four girls and a boy, an event which radically changed their lives. The day after the birth of the five children, an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing sixty reporters and photographers.
} Poverty:
(below the) poverty line
poverty line 贫困线；贫困线之下：below the poverty line
} (Being) unnoticed：分词伴随
这样的，句子后面放着名词，形容词或者是过去分词，你都可以把它当成是分词伴随，把这个词当作前面省略了 being 就行了。
} Quintuplets:
triplets
} The rise to fame was swift. Television cameras and newspaper carried the news to everyone in the country. Newspapers and magazines offered the family huge sums for the exclusive rights to publish stories and photographs.Gifts poured in not only from unknown people, but room baby food and soap manufacturers who wished to advertise their products. The old farmhouse the family lived in was to be replaced by new $500,000 home.
} The old farmhouse the family lived in：
I can‘t believe we have to say goodbye to the house we grew up in.
这是从句以介词结尾。这种句子很少英语不是母语的人会这样说，一般英语母语的人常这样说。
You are the person I was meant to spend the rest of my life with.
你是注定要和我度过余生的人。
} Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences. While the five babies were babies were still quietly sleeping in oxygen tents in hospital nursery, their parents were paying the price for fame.
} their parents were paying the price for fame:
pay off
pay off，是指付出了，得到回报
A: I’ve been working out at the gym since January. So… I’ve been wanting to get in
batter shape.
in good shape 身材好；better shape 身材更好
B: You looked terrific! Seems like all your hard work has paid off.
你看着不错，好像你所有的努力都得到了回报。
} It would never again be possible for them to lead normal lives. They had become the victims of commercialization, for their names had acquired a market value. Instead of being five new family members, these children had immediately become a commodity.
} Commercialization：
Commercial–Commercialize-Commercialization
global-globalize-globalization
} Acquired：
公司与公司之间的兼并可以叫acquired。
Youtube.com
Google just acquired us
像google 当时买下youtube.com时，youtube 的两个创始人当时出来说话时，就用了这个词： Google just acquired us ，意思是，google 刚把我们买下。
Adobe acquire →macromedia
adobe 当时买下macromedia，这种行为也是 acquire。
