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Two questions
I just read a passage from The Economist. It discusses the chaotic situation Tata Group(a multinational and holding company headquartered in India) is facing, and comes up with a plan to sort things out.
Question 1:
Its title:
"Tata Group
Ratantrum
One of Asia’s most important firms has descended into chaos. Its patriarch, Ratan Tata, is largely to blame"
What does "Ratantrum" mean? I know that Ratan Tata is the chairman of the group and it's up to him to resolve the mess. So is "-trum" a suffix??
Question 2:
"As accusations fly over dodgy accounting and unethical deals, the odds are rising of an investigation by regulators. And if Tata drifts, its numerous weak and loss-making firms could eventually pull the entire group under."
What does "drift" mean?
Thank you!
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Volunteer Proofreaders Needed
Hi, everyone!
I'm from a fansub(English to Chinese) group which mainly constitutes the fans of Lucky Blue Smith, an American model who is known for his platinum blonde hair.
Recently we have been making subtitles for his first feature film Love Everlasting. We've almost finished the listening and translation work, but there are some lines we're not quite sure about. So we sincerely invite some native speakers to be our proofreaders/counselors.
You can watch the film on COOLMOVIEZONE. Here's the link: http://coolmoviezone.net/love-everlasting-2016/
Join us if you're interested. Contact me via Skype: joceygaga
Have a good day!
Jocey
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What does "compromised employee credentials" mean?
"as we’ve seen with LinkedIn, Dropbox and countless others, breaches very often result from compromised employee credentials."
My understanding is that the identity information, and other company-related logins and passwords of employees are stolen by some outsiders. It doesn't necessarily mean employees deliberately leak their credentials, right?
Please enlighten me. I'll appreciate that.
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A Pie Chart
The pie chart generally shows the expenditure of the US government in 2000. Social security, obviously the biggest part in it, accounts for nearly one third of the whole budget. Health and personal social services places runner-up, which is somewhere around half that on social security. Education is the third most spent, consuming about 12% of government spending. The combined investment on these three categories, which is AED 191 billion, constitutes over half of the yearly budget, presenting the significance attached to these fields by the US government.
Spending on debt interest, other expenditure and defence is pretty close to each other, approximately 7% of the whole budget. Law and order, housing heritage and industry, agriculture and employment respectively occupy 5.4%, 4.8% and 4.1%. Transport, the least spent realm, cost only AED 9 billion that year, which makes up 2.9% of all.
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The “Imperial Garden” in front of My Home
The housing estate I live in is divided into four areas, based on the specific plants growing there - orchid, bamboo, plum blossom, and chrysanthemum. My apartment belongs to the Bamboo Garden. As the name suggests, there is a micro garden surrounded by residential buildings, where not just bamboos thrive though. Over the past four years, I’ve lived far away from home for college study, therefore I can almost only witness what the garden is like in summer and winter.
When hanging out there, I typically imagine I’m a princess walking across an imperial garden. In the west, four swan statues strut in the pool. They seemed to be paddling until the water was drained several months ago. Look around this place, and the lush vegetation will catch your eyes - graceful magnolia, grand camphor trees, well-tended lawn, osmanthus with mild fragrance, and foremost, leafy bamboos. In the center of the garden sit two antique pavilions that I have an affection for. Wandering there, I could be bathed in my fantasized ancient world. Beside that is a piece of area laid with old wood floor, water running underneath. If you walk on the floor, you’ll make a pleasant clip-clop sound.
During summer vacations, I often run in circles around the garden in the evening. As dusk sets in, some owners are out to walk their dogs. It’s fun to watch those pets barking and sniffing around. However, winter is the most amazing time for this place. Piles of snow fall on the evergreens and pavilions, turning it into an icy wonderland. Seen through windows from the eighth floor, the landscape looks just like an ink painting.
I feel so blessed to live here.
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