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
Abrams' reflex
AEG Telefunken AG
aerogenesis
Al Hoceima
apparent validity
Arrindy silk
augsburger
beneath mention
Bismutosmatite
bounded value measure
Brietlingen
bromate titration
brought over to
bunkering capacity
by mistake
cathartica
Celtic studies
colliery plans
compressible cascade flow
conservative-
copy number
corniform
denas
double-helical-gear
eh-eh
feminile
fill up
flemingia prostrata
fluorography enhancer spray
frankham
frequency modulated signal
fromto
front-porch campaigns
garrisonment
genepistasis
girdle diagram
Gray Court
guaiacolsulfonate
hainous
harmonic balance simulator
heavy cakes
help desks
hennocks
hollybut
horseshoe-shaped section
hull vibration behaviour
identity of carrier clause
in line data processing
installation project
lallygagging
lamina (or intervertebral neural plate)
language variation
Larix russica
leather-like
LMFBR
magnesium acetylide
marine geotechnical test
mass selection
methoxysarcolysin
Mibenga
motor-bogie
mukdens
multi-pay well
my friend
nankivells
narrow aisle truck
night-riding
Norephedrane
oversize piston
particle acceleration
pecos diamond
pharmaca
photolabile
planned limit
plastisols
point of onset fluidization
positive reception
pregalactic
procure a reservation
registrars-general
reversecurrent cut-out
Saline R.
sample ship
Samālkha
sanburne
soft roadbed
st.-germain-des-pres
standard cavity
straight linear polyethylene
subependymoma
suspend message
Testogen
things go from bad to worse
ultimate purchase market
under-assessments
user equivalent range error
ventilation tunnel
vernier panel
wage
woodpulps
X-ray diffraction equipment
young charges