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From dancing geckos to the ‘Thriller’ cat – 2011 has brought plenty of smiles to readers. The house that looks like Hitler The elderly owner of an end-of-terrace house in Swansea was left bewildered when hundreds of thousands of twitter users compared his house to Hitler’s face. The joke became a hit on social networking site Twitter when it was pointed out that the features of the house matched the fringe, moustache and piercing eyes of the dictator. Neighbour Lyn Thomas, 25, said: “I don’t know why it would be designed in such a way. It is uncanny.” The ‘Thriller’ cat A short clip of a cat rearing up its hind legs raised laughs for its resemblance to Michael Jackson's dance routine in his music video to hit 1980s pop song Thriller. The dancing Geckos Like a lizard version of Strictly Come Dancing, a group of geckos from Indonesia get us into the party season by ‘dancing’ for photographer Shikhei Goh. The man who proposed as a dancing carrot In an elaborate marriage proposal a lovestruck Chinese man and 48 of his friends dress in giant carrot costumes to get his girlfriend to say "yes". The cat who inherited 10 million euros A black cat in Italy inherited 10 million euros (£8.5 million) from his adoptive owner, a widowed heiress who married a property tycoon. The cat is now the proud owner of cash, shares and a property empire which includes flats and houses in Rome and Milan and land in Calabria. The address of the cat’s new owners is being kept a secret out of fears that the newly-enriched moggy will be besieged by fortune hunters and con men. The scooter-riding dog A 20-month-old Briard named Norman became an internet sensation when his owners filmed him riding a scooter with his front paws on the handlebars and his hind leg pushing himself along. The dancing granny A grandmother from Beijing wowed viewers with her Michael Jackson-inspired dance routine on national television. Mrs Bai, whose grandson is named Michael after the late pop star, has won plaudits for her self-taught dancing. (Read by Lee Hannon. Lee Hannon is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
從跳舞的壁虎到“顫栗”貓,2011年給讀者們帶來(lái)了許多歡笑。 長(zhǎng)得像希特勒的房子 當(dāng)數(shù)萬(wàn)名Twitter用戶將斯旺西聯(lián)排屋盡頭的一座房子和希特勒的臉作比較時(shí),房子的主人感到很困惑。 有推友指出這座房屋外貌酷似這位獨(dú)裁者的臉,“長(zhǎng)著”希特勒的劉海、胡子和銳利的眼睛,于是這個(gè)笑話就在Twitter上火了起來(lái)。 房主的鄰居、25歲的林?托馬斯說(shuō):“我不知道為什么會(huì)把房屋設(shè)計(jì)成這樣??雌饋?lái)很怪異?!?/p> “顫栗”貓 一段短視頻中,一只貓?zhí)鹚暮笸?,樣子酷?0世紀(jì)80年代邁克爾?杰克遜在熱門流行歌曲《顫栗》MV中的舞蹈動(dòng)作,引人發(fā)笑。 跳舞的壁虎 就像是《舞動(dòng)奇跡》的壁虎版,來(lái)自印尼的一群壁虎在攝影師史凱?戈的鏡頭前翩翩起舞,把我們帶到了舞會(huì)的季節(jié)。 “跳舞的胡蘿卜”求婚 一名熱戀中的中國(guó)男子精心策劃了一個(gè)特別的求婚方式,和他的48位朋友穿上巨大的胡蘿卜裝,向女友求婚。 繼承了1000萬(wàn)歐元的貓 意大利一只黑貓從收養(yǎng)它的主人那里繼承了1000萬(wàn)歐元(合850萬(wàn)英鎊)。它的主人是一名地產(chǎn)大亨的寡婦,從先夫那里繼承了巨額遺產(chǎn)。 這只貓現(xiàn)在擁有讓人艷羨的金錢、股份和一個(gè)地產(chǎn)王國(guó),包括羅馬和米蘭的公寓和房屋,以及在卡拉布里亞的土地。 這只貓的新主人的地址是保密的,因?yàn)楹ε逻@只剛成為富豪的貓會(huì)遭到財(cái)富追求者和騙子的圍攻。 騎踏板車的狗 一只名叫諾曼的布里犬被主人拍到騎踏板車,它用前爪搭在車把手上,用后腿推著車行進(jìn)。這只20個(gè)月大的布里犬因這段視頻而在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上爆紅。 跳舞的老奶奶 一位來(lái)自北京的老奶奶在中央電視臺(tái)的節(jié)目上模仿邁克爾?杰克遜跳舞,震撼了觀眾。 白奶奶給孫子起名為Michael(邁克爾),和已故流行天王名字一樣。白奶奶因舞蹈自學(xué)成才贏得了眾人的喝彩。 相關(guān)閱讀 杰克遜《顫栗》獲評(píng)最具影響力音樂(lè)電視作品 (中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 陳丹妮 編輯:Julie) |
Vocabulary: gecko: 壁虎 fringe: (頭發(fā)的)劉海 uncanny: 怪異的;不尋常的 moggy: <英俚> 貓 besiege: 圍攻 con man: (以贏得受騙人信任而騙取錢財(cái)?shù)模_子 scooter: (兒童游戲用的)踏板車 wow: 贏得……喝彩 plaudits: 拍手喝彩 |