时间:2019-02-13 作者:英语课 分类:趣味英语


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   The chief minister of the south Indian state of Telangana has caused outrage 1 after moving into a palatial 2 new home that cost taxpayers 3 $7.3m.


  印度南部泰伦加纳邦的首席部长近来搬入了一所花费纳税人730万美金的豪宅官邸,这一事件引起了当地人的极度不满。
  The building is spread over 9,000 square metres (100,000 sq ft) of prime real estate in Hyderabad city.
  这所新官邸占地9000平米(折合10万平方英尺),位于海得拉巴市最好的地段。
  It has bulletproof bathrooms, an auditorium 4 which seats 250 people and a meeting hall that accommodates 500.
  该豪宅内有一个防弹厕所,还有一个可容纳250人的礼堂和一个可容纳500人的会议厅。
  印度泰伦加纳邦官邸占地九千平方米 内设防弹厕所
  The house was blessed by the minister's special guru while the bulletproof bathroom has been roundly mocked.
  这位部长曾请来法师作法祈福,不过它的防弹厕所还是遭到了公众的奚落。
  Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao moved into the house last Thursday after a series of religious rituals led by his spiritual guru, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy.
  在法师Chinna Jeeyar Swamy进行了一系列仪式后,钱德拉塞卡·拉奥于上周四搬进了这个新住所。
  The house, named Pragathi Bhavan, was built in close consultation 5 with vaastu (similar to Feng shui) experts. Mr Rao is a great believer in vaastu, which is an ancient Hindu custom used in construction.
  这所豪宅名叫Pragathi Bhavan,是经过vaastu(印度版风水)专家商讨之后兴建的。vaastu是古印度在建房子时的一种习俗,拉奥部长非常迷信它。
  He has also been in the news for trying to demolish 6 the state's secretariat complex because he believes its vaastu is bad for the state.
  此前他也因想要拆除该州的秘书大楼而被媒体报道,原因是他认为大楼的vaastu对该州不利。

n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
adj.宫殿般的,宏伟的
  • Palatial office buildings are being constructed in the city.那个城市正在兴建一些宫殿式办公大楼。
  • He bought a palatial house.他买了套富丽堂皇的大房子。
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
n.观众席,听众席;会堂,礼堂
  • The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
  • The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出,伸入观众席。
n.咨询;商量;商议;会议
  • The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
  • The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。
v.拆毁(建筑物等),推翻(计划、制度等)
  • They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
  • He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库,屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。
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