澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-20

 Actor Charlie Sheen has announced he’ll return to television in the new comedy “Anger Management”. The show is based on a 2003 movie of the same name starring Adam Sandler. Sheen will take on the Sandler role in the TV show and retain an ownership stake in the series. He was TV’s highest paid actor for his role in “Two and a Half Men”, but was fired after lashing¹ out in a public rant² against the show’s creator Chuck Lorre. 

 

Jailed US rapper Ja Rule has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for failing to pay more than $1 million in taxes. The 35-year-old hip-hop singer and actor is already serving a two-year jail sentence on a weapons conviction in New York. Ja Rule, or Jeffrey Atkins, had previously³ pleaded guilty. His two sentences will be served back to back. Ja Rule received a Grammy nomination⁴ in 2002 for the album “Pain is Love”. 

 

And parents, cover your children’s ears. The Wiggles will mark their 20th birthday with a national tour in October. The group will once again load up the big red car for more 50 shows across the country. The three-month tour will be staged in a 3,000-seat arena⁵. Band member Jeff Fatt is recovering from emergency heart surgery, but he says he’s ready for the tour.

1 lashing   

n.鞭打；痛斥；大量；许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rant   

v.咆哮；怒吼；n.大话；粗野的话

参考例句：

• You can rant and rave at the fine,but you'll still have to pay it.你闹也好，骂也好，罚金还是得交。
• If we rant on the net,the world is our audience.如果我们在网络上大声嚷嚷，全世界都是我们的听众。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

5 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。