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。
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Afritz
Amne Machin Shan
amudol
Andrezieux
anemometrographs
arc'teryx
auricular myocardial infarction
be upon a die
bilirubinometers
bipolar and related disorders
black church
Bohr postulates
border-district
bragite (fergusonite)
BSPM
Bujumbura
caretakers
Castle silk
cfg
Chichihuaico
chick-sexing appliance
chieftesses
Coffeemate
column washer
coma aberration
compliture
cranesbills
crossassignment
Cucurbita pepo melopepo
Deepti
deposit sale
diphthera toxin
edge crimped yarn
electric crane weighing machine
electroabsorption effect
everthings
extensive roof collapse
fertilizer clutch
fire stability
fixed setting
folding stair
functionalist theory of emotion
Georgian architecture
gets with it
Hang Seng Index Options
hemicorynespora mitrata
inobediency
International Technical Support Organization
iso-polymorphism
juanite
LecitholLecithin
load-deformation diagram
make off with
Mandela
map elements
maximum unsupported span
megavariate
mergers-and-acquisitions
mid-frequency gain
mortalled
mulch paper
Muskhogean language
mutual induction bridge
MWSA
nabr
net present value model
new Testament
nonenterprise
Pan-Theist
panamerican
Pete Murray
petrol depot
petroleum refinery
pitcha
postfix syntax
premalignant fibroepithelial tumor
premillennium
preputial orifice
protein disulfide isomerase
radio frequency chock
rbidity
releckis
reverberatory burner
saladfish
Salix heteromera
schistosome cercarial dermatitis
semiconsciousnesses
Ship Reporting Systems
slot mask picture tube
sod harvester
sports entertainment
stingroot
stop pick-up
teacher burnout
thought pattern
to this effect
two-cavity mould
underground way
us tiling
vein-type orebody
wracksome
yokes