||1:The term was first used in 1812 by an artist who made pictures for a newspaper.||2:The artist wanted to call attention to a strangely-shaped voting area in the state of Massachusetts.||3:The area looked like an animal: a salamander, to be exact.||4:It had a strange shape because Massachusetts officials made it that way to help the political party of the state’s governor, Elbridge Gerry .||5:So the newspaper called the area a "Gerry-mander."

||1:这个术语是由一位为报社拍照的艺术家于1812年最先启用的。||2:这位艺术家想要让人们注意到马萨诸塞州一个奇形怪状的选区。||3:这个选区看上去像是一种动物，确切说像一只蝾螈。||4:马萨诸塞州官员故意弄出这样的奇形怪状来帮助该州州长埃尔布里奇·格里( Elbridge Gerry )所在的政党。||5:所以这家报纸把这个选区称为“格里蝾螈（Gerry-mander）”

Yet the past few years have been particularly hard, says Gerry McDonald, the chief executive of New City College in east London.

东伦敦的新城市大学总裁Gerry McDonald称过去的几年非常难熬。

READERS of a certain age may remember Fireball XL5, a children’s television programme devised by Gerry Anderson about a spacecraft of that name.

某个年龄段的读者可能还记得《雷霆机》这个儿童电视节目，这个节目是由格里安德森制作的，讲的是一艘叫做雷霆机的宇宙飞船的故事。

Gerry Wolburg launched a lice-removal business three years ago when he found lice on his daughter’s head. He uses heat to kill lice eggs.

三年前，当格里·沃尔伯格（Gerry Wolburg）在他女儿头上发现虱子时，他推出了除虱业务。他采用高温杀死虱卵。

READERS of a certain age may remember Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s sci-fi puppet shows—Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet—filmed, as the Andersons put it, in Supermarionation.

上了一定年纪的读者或许会记得盖瑞·安德森和西尔维娅·安德森的科幻木偶剧-《飞天神车》、《雷霆机五号》、《霹雳艇》、《雷鸟特攻队》以及《超空人》，剧集均由安德森夫妇所称的超级木偶出演。

In 1564, France ’s first new reform law -- Gerry Calendar Li (ie, the current generic sun). to January 1 as the start of a new year.

1564年，法国首先采用新改革的纪年法——格里历（即目前通用的阳历），以1月1日为一年之始。

Gerry claimed to be the best worker in the office, but that time, he failed to work out the task.

Gerry声称是办公室里最好的，但那次他却没有完成任务。

Gerry and I live in New Jersey, where insurance costs are steep.

格里和我住在汽车保险费用奇高的新泽西州。

Gerry has started looking through classified ads to get a feel for what a replacement car might cost.

格里已经开始翻阅汽车分类广告，初步了解一下换车的成本。

Hi, Gerry ! Tonight we’re going to eat somewhere special.

嗨，Gerry！今晚我们要去一个特别的地方。

Martin was Gerry Adams’s top aide and a powerful force in his own right.

马丁是格里·亚当斯的高级助手，他自己就是一员得力干将。

Gerry : Thank you for the honor of being my wife. I’m a man with no regrets.

你能做我的妻子，我万分感激，死而无憾。

Portuguese police named Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann as suspects after receiving partial results of forensic tests.

譬如前面说过的麦肯失踪案，葡萄牙警方根据法医检验的部分结果，认为麦肯父母有嫌疑。

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by custom. -Gerry Spence ?

我宁愿用好奇心打开我的思想也不要让传统习惯关闭它。——格里？威廉·布莱克

Baby formula is one of the country’s growth "stars" , according to Gerry Brownlee, New Zealand’s former minister for economic development.

新西兰前经济发展部部长GerryBrownlee指出，婴幼儿配方奶粉是该国经济增长“巨星”之一。

Both exercises informed changes to the recruitment process, says Gerry Reffo, head of learning and development at the FCO.

英国外交部学习与发展部门负责人格里•雷福（GerryReffo）表示，两方面的实践都揭示了招募过程的改变。

By following these rules, Gerry and I have saved thousands of dollars in car-related costs over the past two decades.

由于恪守这些法则，在过去二十年里，格里和我在汽车相关的成本上节省了数千美元。

8Behind every good dog: According to Lackland Air Force Base spokesman, Gerry Proctor, it’s pretty clear what makes for a good handler.

做每只良犬的良师益友：据拉克兰空军基地发言人格里·普罗克托（GerryProctor）所说，显而易见，要想成为一个优秀的训犬员自己应该做到什么。