AS IT IS 2016-03-01 Trending Today: Leap Day

AS IT IS 2016-03-01 Trending Today: Leap Day

This is What’s Trending Today…

Happy Leap Day everyone!

That seemed to be on the minds of Twitter, Facebook and Google users¹ everywhere on Monday, February 29.

The hashtag #LeapDay was the top trending topic on Twitter Monday morning with almost 150,000 mentions.

Google is known for greeting users on its search engine page with something called a Google Doodle. It celebrated² Leap Day with an animation³ of a rabbit leaping between two other sleeping rabbits. One was marked 1, for March 1. The other was marked 28, for February 28.

People all over the world clearly enjoyed posting photos to Twitter and Facebook of different things known for their leaping ability.

Frogs, squirrels⁴, cats and other animals jumped all day long.

But here are some creative leaping things that caught our eye.

First, the Juventus soccer team from Italy made a video of their star goalie Gianluigi Buffon leaping to prevent shots from making it into the goal.

The American Ballet Theatre posted a photo of a pair of ballerinas in mid-flight.

Major League Baseball got in the act with some of the amazing catches its players made last season.

Even NASA posted a photo explaining why Leap Year is a necessity⁵.

If you did not know, it is because it takes 365.25 days for the earth to circle the sun.

So every four years the calendar has an extra day to make up for the difference.

But perhaps the most fun Leap Day message came in relation to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar win on Sunday night. After multiple⁶ nominations⁷ over the years, DiCaprio won his first Oscar for his role in the movie “The Revenant.”

The Huffington Post said that he had to wait for a Leap Year to win, so he could have an extra day to celebrate.

Words in This Story

ballerina – n. a woman dancer who performs at a ballet

amazing – adj. causing great surprise or wonder : causing amazement⁸

doodle – n. a kind of drawing that is made without much thought or preparation

animation – n. a way of making a movie by using a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of objects (such as puppets or models) that are slightly different from one another and that when viewed quickly one after another create the appearance of movement

1 users   

用户，使用者( user的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。

2 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

3 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

4 squirrels   

n.松鼠( squirrel的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Squirrels are arboreal creatures. 松鼠是栖于树上的动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Red squirrels are now very rare in Britain. 红色松鼠在英国已十分罕见了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 necessity   

n.必要性，需要；必需品

参考例句：

• I look upon this as an absolute necessity.我认为这是绝对必要的。
• You must understand the necessity of education.你必须懂得教育的必要性。

6 multiple   

adj.多个(或多项、多种)的；n.（数）倍数

参考例句：

• The number 8 is a multiple of 4.八是四的倍数。
• The most common multiple births are twins,two babies born at the same time.最常见的多胎是双胞胎，两个婴儿同时出生。

7 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

8 amazement   

n.惊奇，惊讶

参考例句：

• All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
• He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。