了解了一下 Pietà 背后的故事:
The Pietà (1498–1499) is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome. The sculpture, in Carrara marble, was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel on the right as one enters the basilica, in the 18th century. It is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed.
In subsequent years the Pietà sustained much damage. Four fingers on Mary's left hand, broken during a move, were restored in 1736 by Giuseppe Lirioni, and scholars are divided as to whether the restorer took liberties to make the gesture more 'rhetorical'. The most substantial damage occurred on May 21, 1972, (Pentecost Sunday) when a mentally disturbed geologist, the Hungarian-born Australian Laszlo Toth walked into the chapel and attacked the sculpture with a geologist's hammer while shouting "I am Jesus Christ; I have risen from the dead!" With fifteen blows he removed Mary's arm at the elbow, knocked off a chunk of her nose, and chipped one of her eyelids. Onlookers took many of the pieces of marble that flew off. Later, some pieces were returned, but many were not, including Mary's nose, which had to be reconstructed from a block cut out of her back.
背到过好几个关于律师的单词,简单区分一下:
- Lawyer
- Attorney
- Barrister
- Solicitor
- Counsel
Lawyer is a general term for a person who gives legal device and aid and who conducts suits in court.
An attorney or, more correctly, an attorney-at-law, is a member of the legal profession who represents a client in court when pleading or defending a case. In the US, attorney applies to any lawyer. In the UK, those who practice law are divided into barristers, who represent clients in open court and may appear at the bar, and solicitors, who are permitted to conduct litigation in court but not to plead cases in open court. The barrister does not deal directly with clients but does so through a solicitor. The word attorney comes from French meaning ‘one appointed or constituted’ and the word’s original meaning is of a person acting for another as an agent or deputy. A solicitor would be the UK equivalent of the US attorney-at-law. Counsel usually refers to a body of legal advisers but also pertains to a single legal adviser.
wikipedia 不知为何今天推送了我一个英国的 cricket(板球)运动员 George Hirst,索性把运动项目的单词拉出来最近消化一下:
奥运会 the Olympic Games 东道国 the host nation 火把点燃仪式 the flame-lighting ceremony 开幕式 / 闭幕式 the opening / closing ceremony 发奖仪式 the prize-awarding ceremony (田径)比赛 a competition / contest 锦标赛 a championship (球类)比赛 a match / game 足球运动员 a football player 守门员 the goalkeeper 运动员,田径运动员 an athlete / a sportsman / a sports-woman 职业/ 业余运动员(球类运动员)a professional / amateur player 教练 the coach 他的对手 his opponents / rivals
运动词汇:
aerobics 有氧操,body-building 健美,jogging 慢跑,judo 柔道,wresting 摔跤,ball games 球类运动,football 足球,basketball 篮球,tennis 网球,squash 壁球,rugby 橄榄球,volleyball 排球,golf 高尔夫球,table tennis 乒乓球,badminton 羽毛球,baseball 棒球,cricket 板球,hockey 曲棍球,billiard 台球,softball 垒球,ice hockey 冰球,aquatic sports 水上运动,country sports 乡间户外活动(如打猎, 钓鱼, 射击, 赛马等)
a favourite sport 受人喜爱的运动项目,the school sports 学校运动会,sports extra 体育增刊,a sports meet [meeting] 运动会,a sports field 运动场,sportscast n., v.美体育节目,sportscaster n. 体育节目广播员,sports-down n. [美]运动界,sports-minded adj. 关心体育的,sportswriting n. 体育新闻的报道或写作,sports-wear n.运动服装,sports-writer 体育运动专栏作家,sportsdom [美]体育界
有关运动的人员:
amateur 业余运动员,爱好者,contestant, competitor, player 运动员,enthusiast, fan 迷,爱好者,guide 领队,instructor 教练,技术指导,linesman, touch judge (橄榄球)裁判,manager 经纪人 ,professional 职业运动员,referee, umpire (网球.棒球)裁判,trainer 助理教练,batsman 板球运动员,batter 击球运动员,men's singles 单打运动员,in the mixed doubles 混合双打
体育设施词汇:
sports stadium 露天运动场,football stadium 有看台的大型足球场,children's stadium 儿童运动场,ice stadium 冰场,swimming stadium 有看台的游泳场,football pitch足球场,rugby pitch橄榄球场,hockey pitch 曲棍球场,cricket pitch 板球场,swimming pool 游泳池,natatorium(室内游泳池),tennis court网球场,basketball court 篮球场,squash court 壁球场,volleyball court 排球场,badminton court 羽毛球场,golf course 高尔夫球场,exercise area 运动区,ice [skating] rink 溜冰场,ping pong tables 乒乓球案
奥运中常见比赛项目:
badminton羽毛球, basketball篮球, baseball棒球, football足球, handball手球, hockey曲棍球, tennis 网球, volleyball排球, canoeing划艇, diving跳水, rowing划船, swimming游泳, synchronised swimming 同游表演, water polo水球, high jump跳高, hurdles 跳栏赛跑, the high [low] 高[低]栏赛跑, long jump跳远, Marathon马拉松长跑, pole vault撑杆跳, 20 km and 50 km road walk, triathlon三项全能运动, Floor Exercises自由体操, gymnastics体操, balance bars平衡杆, horizontal bar单杠, parallel bars双杠, rings吊环, archery箭术, boxing拳击, cycling骑自行车比赛, discus 掷铁饼, equestrian骑马, fencing剑术, javelin投枪, judo 柔道, Pommel Horse鞍马, shooting射击, shot put推铅球, taekwondo跆拳道(亦作T-K-D), weightlifting举重, wrestling摔跤, track and field athletics田径赛, 田径运动
favourite 可望取胜者 (美作:favorite),outsider 无取胜希望者,championship 冠军赛,锦标赛,champion 冠军,record 纪录,record holder 纪录创造者,ace 网球赛中的一分,Olympic Games, Olympics 奥林匹克运动会,Winter Olympics 冬季奥林匹克运动会 ,stadium 运动场,track 跑道,ring 圈,ground, field 场地,pitch (足球、橄榄球)场地,court 网球场,team, side 队
滑雪滑冰运动:
skiing 滑雪,ski 滑雪板,滑雪橇,downhill race 速降滑雪赛,滑降,slalom 障碍滑雪,ski jumping competition 跳高滑雪比赛,ski jump 跳高滑雪,ice skating 滑冰,figure skating 花样滑冰,roller skating 滑旱冰,bobsleigh, bobsled 雪橇
游泳运动:
swimming pool 游泳池,changing room 更衣室,shower 淋浴,diving platform 跳台,diving pool 跳水池,non-swimmer's pool 浅水池,swimmer's pool 深水池,swimming lane 泳道,lifesaver, lifeguard 救生员,breaststroke 蛙泳,crawl stroke 爬泳,back stroke 仰泳,side stroke 侧泳,butterfly stroke 蝶泳,surfing 冲浪,surfboard 冲浪板,water ski 滑水橇
自行车:
cyclist 骑自行车者,bicycle, cycle, bike 自行车,cycle track 自行车赛车道,cycling 自行车赛,to ride a bicycle 骑自行车,hand signals 手势, tandem 双轮双座自行车,racing cycle 公路赛车,cycling stadium 自行车赛车场