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发表于 2009-10-19 10:11
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Now the VOA special English program:words and their stories
Today we tell about the word:buff.The word 'buff "have sevral meanings,Buff is like a yellow colour,Buff is also a soft cloth used to rub surfaces until it looks bright and shining,yet this meanings are old and history is not long.
That meaning of buff we know about is one of describe a person,A buff is someone who is strong ,special interest in something,For example,Someone who loves jazz music is a jazz buff.someone who is deeply interested in American civil war is a civil war buff,This meaning of the word is long to be American,It used started almost 200 years ago in New York city.
At that time,New York was a growing city,There were no huge ,top buildings of steel and stone,Buildings then were made of wood and brick,many were old and fire offen broke them.The city did not have well organize fire department,So when the fire alarm bell rang ,men near sound of the bell rang ,drop what they were doing,and rush out to fire to fire,Later,fire companys were organized with men who trained fire to fire.they were not pay to do this,they earned money from other jobs,but job will doing when the fire bell rang,
In cold weather,many of vialenteen fire fighters wore made of skin of bufflo to keep them dry ,Offen when the bell rang, other of the city rush out to put out the fire,They also wear bufflo skin,In time .any men who rush to fire to fire,become known fire buff,because the bufflo clother were,
Time however brings change,city'organize fire department,fireman become professional.They are paid to do their job,
Yet even today,we still have fire buff,who seems appear every fire area,sometimes they put fireman to do their jobs,A leading NewYork newspaper publish story of headline,Fire buff s buld from lad,the story about a order from New York conditional,he was angry,He told reporters,His fire fighters was in trouble getting in the fire
because firebuffs who wanted help were really getting in the way,So he said:He did not anyone but fire fighter go to the fire,
Fire buff as go around,but it take a wild meaning |
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