Curfew – 宵禁令

“Some civilians, we believe, have been arrested and the curfew, of course, is being enforced and essentially the regime has decided enough is enough and they are just going to stop the demonstrations.” [Burma 'evacuation plans', SMH, September 28, 2007 - 8:43AM]

Curfew: n.(中世纪规定人们熄灯安睡的)晚钟声, 打晚钟时刻, 宵禁令(时间)

一个国家的名字

Burma ：n.缅甸(东南亚国家) . 89年之后改名为Union of Myanmar，这才是我所知道的名字，可是并不被美国和英国承认，今天早晨的SMH提到“The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting today on the violent response to demonstrations in Burma and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the country’s military rulers to exercise “utmost restraint” towards peaceful protesters.” 看来澳大利亚也不承认Myanmar这个名字。

Below is quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyanmarMyanmar (pronounced /ˈmjɑnˌmɑː/^[1]) which is also known as Burma and is officially the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: [pjìdàunzṵ mjəmà nàinŋàndɔ̀]), is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Myanmar achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 4 January 1948 as the “Union of Burma”. It became the “Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma” on 4 January 1974, before reverting to the “Union of Burma” on 23 September 1988. On 18 June 1989, the State Law and Order Restoration Council adopted the name “Union of Myanmar”. This was recognised by the United Nations, but not by the US or UK Governments^[2].

One word every day

Collins is being afforded a state funeral on the grounds of protocol, as he was the Northern Territory’s first federal cabinet minister. [Minister raped me in his Parliament office SMH, September 26, 2007, By Damien Murphy]

 Afford [简明英汉词典] vt.提供, 给予, 供应得起. 这里是给予的意思，以前我可是只知道负担得起的意思。

执子之手，与子偕老

这不是一种誓言也不是一种告诫，这是发自内心的祝愿，是一种由衷的喜悦和幸福。