友达英语》体育英语》篮球 - Losing Streak

P: (Dribbling a basketball) Ok, I'm warmed up and ready. Are you ready to lose at another sport to me, Yang Chen?

Y: I'm totally ready.

P: To lose?

Y: Not to lose.

P: Well, be prepared to get schooled.

Y: School? 我早就毕业了。 I am smart, and educated.

P: Well, you may be educated, but getting schooled or to get schooled, means to get embarrassed by someone who has superior skill compared to you in head-to-head competition. You can get schooled or you can school someone. So get ready to get schooled, Yang Chen.

Y: Come on, Patrick. 我今天要给你点儿颜色*看看。

P: Don't believe me? Well, you have been on a losing streak lately. I beat you in every game we've played so far.

Y: 什么是losing streak?

P: Losing streak means someone or a team has lost a number of consecutive games without a single win.

Y: 除了体育，还可以用在别的地方吗?

P: Of course! If you're a lawyer, and you lost three cases in a row, you're on a losing streak!

Y: How about dating, 我记得你连续被三个女孩儿拒绝，那我可不可以说: you're on a losing streak?

P: Hey! It's not three. It's...

Y: Oh, my apology, it's not three, it's five, 你被五个女孩儿拒绝，hahaha!

P: Ok, Yang Chen. This is motivating me to end my losing streak and find a girl friend!

友达英语》双语阅读》以色列土耳其邦交正常化

以色列和土耳其达成邦交正常化协议。

以色列总理内塔尼亚胡星期日在罗马会见美国国务卿克里后表示，他认为这是朝着邦交正常化迈出的重要一步。

2010年，以色块拦截一艘运载救援物资驶往加沙地带的土耳其货船，导致两国关系破裂。当时加沙地带由于在哈马斯控制下而遭到封锁。

一名以色列高层官员说，作为恢复正常邦交努力的一部分，以色列已为袭*击土耳其货船道歉，并同意为死伤者赔偿2000万美元。按照协议，以土两国将彼此重开大使馆。

一名土耳其高层官员说，协议还规定土耳其可以向加沙地带运送人道救援和其他非军事物资，并参与当地的基础建设项目，包括建造居民楼和一家医院。

Turkey, Israel Normalize Ties

Israel and Turkey have reached a deal to normalize ties.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday after meeting in Rome with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, 'I think it's an important step here to normalize relations.'

Ties between the two countries broke down in 2010 over Israel's interception of a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza which was under a blockade because of the Hamas militant group's leadership there.

A senior Israeli official said that as part of the restoration of normalized ties, Israel has apologized for its lethal raid on the ship and agreed to pay $20 million to the bereaved and injured. Also under the deal, the two countries will restore their ambassadors.

A senior Turkish official said the agreement also provides for Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid and other non-military products to Gaza and engage in infrastructure projects, including the construction of residential buildings and the completion of a hospital.

友达英语》英语新闻》遮天蔽日！美国西南部三州发生森林大火 数千居民受威胁

    ABC新闻消息儿，美国西南部三个州：加州、亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州发生数起大片树木武火，造成数千居民遭受要挟，几百家子被疏散。

周四晚，加州圣塔芭芭拉地区际遇大片树木武火，失火平面或物体表面的大小超1100公顷。大片树木燃烧现象萌生的浓烟飘散空寂遮天蔽日。

     当地救火局表达，约140户住房和牧地遭受要挟，已有数百人被疏散。已有800名救火员投入与武火的战斗，短时间之内没有个人生命体受损的报告陈述。

      在新墨西哥州中部的Manzano多山地区，也发生了大片树木武火，超过12栋住房被武火打垮。火势遮盖平面或物体表面的大小达到24平方英里，16000公顷土地受影响。该州最*大城市阿尔伯克基也受大片树木武火影响，近旁居民紧密离开。到现在为止短时间之内没有个人生命体受损的报告陈述。

在亚利桑那州，失火平面或物体表面的大小超过超过5500公顷土地，要挟超过12平方英里土地。Cedar

Creek地区的一个小规模社区被疏散。数千人被告知很可能会被疏散。到现在为止短时间之内无个人生命体受损。