Laurel: 桂冠
[ 2004-11-15 09:49 ]
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從11月11日起，第54屆世界小姐大賽在海南島火熱登場，120個(gè)國家的佳麗們?cè)陲L(fēng)光旖旎的三亞掀起風(fēng)情萬種。據(jù)悉，本次賽事包括運(yùn)動(dòng)小姐、沙灘小姐、才藝小姐、時(shí)尚小姐等小組賽，最后的總決賽將于12月4日在三亞的“美麗之冠”舉行。外電報(bào)道如下：The 2004 Miss World
pageant got off to a sizzling start on Sunday with contestants
from 120 countries.
The event started with the Beach Beauty final in which Miss United
States, Nancy Randall, took the coveted laurels, fast-tracking her to the
finals.
The girls paraded on the white sand in the Beach Beauty Final, which
was held in Sanya, a picturesque tropical city in southern Chinese
province of Hainan.
Laurel表示“月桂樹，桂冠，殊榮”，例如：gain/reap/win one's laurels（贏得聲望，獲得冠軍）；look to
one's laurels（小心保持桂冠，警惕競爭對(duì)手）；rest/retire/repose on one's
laurels（安于小成，吃老本，滿足既得的榮譽(yù)）。
據(jù)悉，自1951年世界小姐組織機(jī)構(gòu)成立以來，由其組織的"有目的的美麗"慈善活動(dòng)已經(jīng)為兒童慈善事業(yè)籌集了超過2.5億美元。
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