雷军建议优化新能源汽车号牌设计
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🤔️小作业：
1. In the phrase “branded as tacky or vain,” what does “tacky” most nearly mean?
A. Elegant and refined.
B. Cheap and in poor taste.
C. Innovative and modern.
D. Expensive and luxurious.
无注释原文：
Emoji number plates launched in Queensland
From: BBC, 20 February 2019
If a personalised number plate simply isn't enough to express your complex personality, worry not - soon you will be able to add an emoji to the mix.
Ok, you'll have to move to Queensland, Australia - but once that's sorted, you can get your own little smiley starting next month.
The emojis will cost you some extra of course, and are only for decoration.
Oh, and only a few positive faces are allowed, so you'd better be a chirpy driver or else things won't match up.
Your choice will be limited to laughing out loud, a winking face emoji, the cool sunglasses, the heart eyes, and the good old standard smiley face.
The symbols won't be part of the sequence to identify your car, though; that will still be down to the letters and numbers on the plate.
According to local media, the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ) has no issue with the new scheme. Spokeswoman Rebecca Michael told 7News Brisbane it was no different from drivers putting the logo of their favourite sports team on a plate.
"For quite some time we've seen that you can support your favourite team or your favourite town with a symbol on your number plate. And using an emoji is no different," she said.
Social media reactions to the new plates have ranged from enthusiasm to irony and disdain. While some can't wait to get one, others have branded the idea a bit tacky or vain.
And of course, some said they'd be keener if the full spectrum of emojis was available - everything from angry faces to... well, the cartoon poop.
Since the plates have a price point of 475AUD (£260, $340), some commenters pointed out that it's a nifty way for authorities to make yet more money from personalised plates.
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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为BBC官方译文，仅供参考
含注释全文：
Emoji number plates launched in Queensland
From: BBC, 20 February 2019
If a personalised number plate simply isn't enough to express your complex personality, worry not - soon you will be able to add an emoji to the mix.
如果一般的个人化车牌号码都不能完全展示你的个人性格，不用担心，很快你就可以在车牌上加上颜文字（Emoji）。
personalised
英式 personalised 美式 personalized /ˈpɝː.sən.əl.aɪz/ 表示“标明某人姓名的；为某人特制的；个性化的；个人化的”，英文解释为“used to describe an object that has someone's name on it, or that has been made for a particular person”举个🌰：His car has a personalized number plate - LR. 他的车上挂了一块标有他的姓名首字母的车牌——LR。
number plate
number plate /ˈnʌm.bə ˌpleɪt/ = licence plate表示“（汽车的）牌照，号码牌”，英文解释为“a sign on a road vehicle that shows its registration number”
worry not
Worry not是一种倒装结构，属于一种较正式或文学化的表达，相当于Do not worry或Don't worry。这种句式在现代英语中较少使用，但仍然可以在文学作品、诗歌、演讲或幽默的书面表达中见到。例如：
- Fear not, for I am with you. 不用害怕，我与你同在。
- Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. 不要问国家能为你做什么，而要问你能为国家做什么。——出自肯尼迪总统的就职演讲
此处worry not作为一种幽默或戏谑的表达方式，增强了句子的趣味性。
mix
mix /mɪks/ 1）表示“混合；结合”，英文解释为“a combination”举个🌰：There was an odd mix of people at the party. 派对上有形形色色的人。
2）表示“（常为粉状的）配料，混合料”，英文解释为“something that is sold in the form of a powder to which a liquid, such as water, can be added later”如：cake/cement mix 蛋糕粉/水泥配料。
3）表示“混音，混录”，英文解释为“a version of a recorded piece of music”举个🌰：A new mix of their hit single is due to be released early next month. 他们热门单曲的新混音版唱片定于下月初发行。
📍Mix在这里指的是“组合”或“搭配”，意味着在现有的个性化车牌中，额外添加一个表情符号。
Ok, you'll have to move to Queensland, Australia - but once that's sorted, you can get your own little smiley starting next month.
可是，你需要移居到澳大利亚的昆士兰才行。不过还得下个月才能加上笑脸表情颜文字。
sorted
sorted /ˈsɔː.tɪd/ 表示“整理好的；修好的；具备的”，英文解释为“used to describe a situation in which everything is correctly organized or repaired, or when someone has everything that is needed”举个🌰：She's sorted for Tuesday night because she's found a babysitter. 黛比星期二晚上都安排好了，因为她找到了临时保姆。"Have you spoken to him about the party?" "Sorted!" “你和他说了聚会的事吗？”“搞定了！”
smiley
smiley /ˈsmaɪ.li/ 表示“（电子邮件中用键盘符号构成的）笑脸”，英文解释为“an emoticon (= a sideways image of a face, consisting of keyboard symbols, used in emails to express emotions)”
作形容词，表示“笑容可掬的，笑容满面的”，英文解释为“A smiley person or someone who has a smiley face looks friendly and smiles a lot.”
The emojis will cost you some extra of course, and are only for decoration.
车牌上的颜文字只用作装饰用途，车主需要花费额外的费用申请。
Oh, and only a few positive faces are allowed, so you'd better be a chirpy driver or else things won't match up. Your choice will be limited to laughing out loud, a winking face emoji, the cool sunglasses, the heart eyes, and the good old standard smiley face.
而且，只有正向表情颜文字可供选择，所以你最好是个活泼的司机，否则就对不上号了。可选的表情包括大笑表情、眨眼表情、戴太阳眼镜的表情、心心眼和普通笑容表情。
chirpy
chirpy /ˈtʃɜː.pi/ 表示“快活的；活泼的；轻松愉快的”，英文解释为“happy and active”举个🌰：She seemed quite chirpy this morning. 她今天早上好像很开心。
winking
wink /wɪŋk/ 表示“眨眼示意；使眼色”，英文解释为“to close one eye for a short time as a way of greeting someone or showing friendliness, sexual interest, etc., or of showing that you are not serious about something you have said”举个🌰：She winked at me. 她冲我眨了眨眼。
The symbols won't be part of the sequence to identify your car, though; that will still be down to the letters and numbers on the plate.
不过，这些颜文字不会被纳入车牌号码，旧有的数字和英文字母组合会继续沿用。
sequence
sequence /ˈsiː.kwəns/ 作名词，表示“一连串；一系列；顺序，次序；连续事件（或动作、事物）”，英文解释为“a series of related things or events, or the order in which they follow each other”举个🌰：The tasks had to be performed in a particular sequence. 这些任务必须按一定次序去执行。
作动词，表示“排序，定序”，英文解释为“the process of combining things in a particular order, or discovering the order in which they are combined”或者表示“测定DNA的序列”，英文解释为“to discover the order in which nucleotides (= chemical substances) are combined within DNA”举个🌰：Researchers sequenced the full genome of a rat. 研究者们测定了大鼠基因组的全部序列。
According to local media, the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland (RACQ) has no issue with the new scheme. Spokeswoman Rebecca Michael told 7News Brisbane it was no different from drivers putting the logo of their favourite sports team on a plate.
据当地媒体报导，昆士兰州皇家汽车会（the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland）认为这个创新的计划毫无问题。发言人丽贝卡·迈克尔（Rebecca Michael）对布里斯班7频道新闻说：“这种做法与车主将自己喜爱的球队徽章印到车牌上并无分别。”
"For quite some time we've seen that you can support your favourite team or your favourite town with a symbol on your number plate. And using an emoji is no different," she said.
“一段时间以来，我们已经看到，你可以在车牌上加上标志来支持你喜欢的球队或你喜欢的城市。加上表情符号也不例外，”她说。
Social media reactions to the new plates have ranged from enthusiasm to irony and disdain. While some can't wait to get one, others have branded the idea a bit tacky or vain.
网友对新的颜文字车牌的反应呈两极化。有人希望可以尽快更换新车牌，亦有人认为俗气。
irony
irony /ˈaɪ.rə.ni/ 表示“具有讽刺意味的情况；出乎意料的情况；令人啼笑皆非的事情”，英文解释为“a situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result”举个🌰：The irony (of it) is that ……. 具讽刺意味的是，……。
disdain
disdain作名词，表示“轻视，蔑视，鄙视”，英文解释为“the feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect”举个🌰：He regards the process with disdain. 他对这一过程持鄙视的态度。
📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述巴菲特入股日本贸易公司的文章中提到：In recent years they have, even in the trading houses, which once viewed corporate governance with disdain. 近年来管理层确实发生了一些转变，即使是在曾经对公司治理不屑一顾的贸易公司。
tacky
tacky /ˈtæk.i/ 1）表示“质量低劣的；趣味低下的，俗气的”，英文解释为“of cheap quality or in bad style”举个🌰：The shop sold tacky souvenirs and ornaments. 这家店出售质量低劣的纪念品和装饰品。
2）表示“有黏着力的；发黏的；（尤指油漆、胶水等）未干的”，英文解释为“sticky; (especially of paint or glue) not completely dry”
vain
vain /veɪn/ 1）表示“徒劳的；枉然的；无用的”，英文解释为“unsuccessful；of no value”举个🌰：It was vain to pretend to himself that he was not disappointed. 他没办法欺骗自己说不觉得失望。
2）表示“虚荣的；自负的”，英文解释为“too interested in your own appearance or achievements”举个🌰：He was very vain about his hair and his clothes. 他很虚荣，在发型和衣着方面非常讲究。
And of course, some said they'd be keener if the full spectrum of emojis was available - everything from angry faces to... well, the cartoon poop.
当然亦有网友表示，如果所有颜文字都可以印在车牌上，不管是愤怒表情还是卡通大便表情，他们会更乐于更换颜文字车牌。
spectrum
spectrum /ˈspɛktrəm/ 1）表示“范围；各层次；系列；幅度”，英文解释为“a complete or wide range of related qualities, ideas, etc.”如：a broad spectrum of interests 广泛的兴趣范围，举个🌰：A wide spectrum of opinion was represented at the meeting. 会上提出了一系列广泛的意见。
2）表示“光谱，谱”，英文解释为“The spectrum is the range of different colours which is produced when light passes through a glass prism or through a drop of water. A rainbow shows the colours in the spectrum.”
poop
poo 和 poop /puːp/ 均表示“屎，大便”，英文解释为“solid waste from the body”；一说poo是英式，poop是美式，比较不正式，口语上更常用；而柯林斯英汉双解大词典解释称poo是儿童用语“大便；臭臭”（Poo is a child's word for faeces.）
poop也可以作动词，表示“拉屎”如：Did you poop in your pants? 你是不是拉在裤子里了？
poop还有一些奇怪的用法，比如poop out可以表示“筋疲力尽”，英文解释为：to become too tired to continue what you are doing. 举个🌰：I just poop out if I stay up too late. 我晚上熬夜熬得太晚的话就会筋疲力尽的。还可以指机器或者设备“停止工作，停止运行，熄火”，英文解释为：to stop working or operating. 举个🌰：The engine pooped out before we reached our destination. 在我们抵达目的地之前发动机就坏了。
当然，更奇怪的是在old-fashioned slang中，作为名词的poop还可以表示“信息; 事实”（information），感受下这个🌰：Did you get the poop on all the candidates? 你弄到所有候选人的信息了吗？
Since the plates have a price point of 475AUD (£260, $340), some commenters pointed out that it's a nifty way for authorities to make yet more money from personalised plates.
由于更换车牌花费475澳元（260英镑，340美元），有评论认为这是有关部门提高收入的方法。
nifty
nifty /ˈnɪf.ti/ 表示“绝妙的；有吸引力的；利落的”，英文解释为“good, pleasing, or effective”如：a nifty piece of work/footwork 杰作/干净利落的步法。
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