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三個和hair相關的idioms

1.   let my hair down:  把頭髮放下來,意指改變往常嚴肅的態度,開始輕鬆看待某事,
                                    而且有享受的意味

2.   keep your hair on:  當某個人很生氣時,用這個諺語,表示要他冷靜

3.   I am going to tear my hair out : 撕頭髮~~表示超焦慮!

 recently, I have just been very anxious about my uncertain  future,

though I have told myself thousand times not to be defeated by matters

that have not occurred.

Nevertheless, the more times I remind myself, the more anxious I am.

so ,as the idiom goes, I should stop tearing my hair, letting my hair down.

sigh~ 

a retail revolution
a very significant change in the way that people do their shopping

checkout
the place in a shop, especially a supermarket, where you pay for the things you are buying

foot their bills with their fingerprints
pay for their goods by scanning their fingertips at the checkout

digit
a thumb, toe or, as in this case, finger

mixed up
incorrectly identified (by thinking that someone/something is someone/something else)

double up
have a second use/function

a loyalty card
a special card which you can use in a particular store or supermarket to collect reward points or receive discounts with every purchase

pinkie
a very informal word for little finger

biometrics
analysis of certain biological features using modern technology (in order to identify a person)

Finger food
this is a play on words: literally, finger food is food that you can eat without using knives, forks or spoons; here, food that you pay for using your fingerprint

flash floods
sudden heavy rain and rising water

escaped
got away, fled

on the loose
free
eg.The authorities don't know exactly how many of the reptiles escaped but they 
believe several hundred are on the loose.

forest rangers
people who look after parks and natural areas

to track them down
to find them
eg.Soldiers, forest rangers and villagers have been trying to track them down.

recaptured
put back into cages

taken up residence
started living
eg.Many of the escaped crocodiles are thought to have taken up residence
 in a nearby lake

farmed
bred, raised (here)
eg.Crocodiles are farmed in Vietnam for meat and their skin which is still 
used to make handbags.

leather
dried animal skin

widespread damage
great destruction

  


原文http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2007/11/071112_bears.shtml
wow how cute bears ~ but they suffer terrible losses and exstinction!

according to the news from BBC, bears living in North America 

are thriving in that there are enormous amount of 

effort and funding for conservation , but some living in Asia or

 South America are not. 

Contrasts sharply with Asia and South America  , where conservation 

funding is poor but the need extreme.

Bears there suffer heavy losses from poachers and their organs are 

sold as a delicacy. Recently,China have been directed towards the 

consevation of the giant panda and widespread reforestation 

programmes. Despite this work, the panda is still on the endangered

list. It's too early to tell whether the conservation work is hacing an 

effect on populations.