时间:2018-12-12 作者:英语课 分类:华尔街中级英语


英语课

1. –My, You are a professionally trained marriage guidance counselor 1. Could you describe your work?
-Yes, we deal with any type of relationship issue that comes our way. We used to
deal with marriages, but 1990s obviously reflect a change in the way behaviors are,
and very much now, people are cohabiting rather than marrying. And,  therefore, open our doors to anybody who is in a relationship where things are difficult. So our
work is focused on either relationship breakdowns 3 or marital 4 breakdowns in the hope
that we can either help people to reconcile or help them to separate without too
much animosity and with more understanding.


2. The breakdown 2 of marriage in Britain is about 33,34%, well higher than any other European country. With in fact, that’s first marriages, 50% of second marriages breaking down.


How long have you been doing this sort of work?
-I’ve been involved in counseling now for 8 years.
-What sort of qualifications do you need to do what you do as a profession?
-For counseling, you don’t actually need any formal qualifications, but the actual selection procedure is extremely stringent 5. It’s a two year training.



1 counselor
n.顾问,法律顾问
  • The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
  • Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。
2 breakdown
n.垮,衰竭;损坏,故障,倒塌
  • She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
  • The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障,但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。
3 breakdowns
n.分解( breakdown的名词复数 );衰竭;(车辆或机器的)损坏;统计分析
  • Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns. 她的旧车老不听使唤,一路上总是出故障。 来自辞典例句
  • How do we prevent these continual breakdowns? 我们如何防止这些一再出现的故障? 来自辞典例句
4 marital
adj.婚姻的,夫妻的
  • Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
  • I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。
5 stringent
adj.严厉的;令人信服的;银根紧的
  • Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
  • Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。
学英语单词
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aluminum tanningagent
ammiaceous
ammonium thiocarbonate
anchor slab retaining wall
application of building mastics
Arikareean
axon sheath
Barychilinidae
basal body
be a martyr to sth
bill of quantity
bob for
bolz
brintobal
broad band amplification
brownware
callopistria nobilior
casing skeining machine
center drain
cloud chamber track
composite material film
contract government
cosmetic acne
cumload
degree of partial admission
deniabilities
dollarbirds
E-type device
Emida
emotion-filled
ensilver
escape from the net
expanded lending
feed water compound
film path
flowchart program
Fourcault's method
frequency variator
fresh ham
frost zone
GD3
genus phytolaccas
geologic structure
Glenfarclas
glogger
Hegar's sign
hhee
high-temperature oxidation-resistant coating for refractory
high-tensile electrode
histoblast
historical relics area
horizontal-position of welding
hurl
impeller reaction
interlucation
intimidate
ionizing rays
ionocrafts
Karlskron
kick-return
kid-glover
lactoria diaphanus
limiting p cv value
low-noise amplifier
medicaid
mellyvous
Mohpāni
multiturn winding
Novamide
oviduc
oxaloacetyl
particle fall
paschal
pecentage timers
peytrels
photocatalyzer
pigeonhole checker
proof-test
rappini
regulation pull out
representation of Lie algebra
reps.
resin-bonded
right to confer
skate brake
sleeve actuator
snough
snowmobiler
solid transport
stope filling
swing clear
the Footsie
tweedler
ultrahigh temperature sterilizing
Umdloti Beach
undecene dicarboxylic acid
undersetter
vinyl cellulose
weir formula
were out of question
Yervoy