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
.45 calibrer
Actinodontium
aedes (finlaya) melanopterus
al khasfah (khasfa)
archaos
artificial skating rink
ascent rate
asynchronous memory bus
athenagoras
autotomise
Ballivor
books of ecclesiastes
campanula americanas
Castilla-La Mancha, Comunidad Autónoma
Cheggers
christian-themed
Cidones
codifiable
consumer boycott
customer-orientations
Dirac-delta function
direct-response
Diskcom
divergent squint, divergent strabismus
eadmers
electronic attenuator
Eligulata
enclosed machine
faciale
family sphyraenidaes
FDCC
Foramen nutriens
Fort McMurray
frequentdiarrhea
Fuchsmühl
fuzzy control system
genus Syringa
Gongsun
hydroxypaeoniflorin
ice vinegar
IEE wiring regulations
Imuruan B.
indoine
Ivaylovgrad, Yazovir
John XII
K-acid
kadare
Kissinger
l-glutamic acid
llanitos
manufacturing operation trends survey
mcase
methyl styryl ketone
moral-cognitivism
mottledy
MS-1
nieve penitente
nuclear angular momentum
Obtusifolin
operating-theatre
planar flow structure
pneudyne positioner
primary commodity
prora
put in a ridiculous position
radio teleprinter
real substract
refractory rocks
religious teaching
repaces
Roman ring
saunt
SFT III
shaft development
short-assed
show-me-the-money
simple additive rule
small-city
special credit
spring combination
spring needle machine
Ssa1p
synechia
take place
tegumental cell
temperature variation method
the Chief of Staff of the White House
thecalutein cell
throttle-type vav terminal device
tomorrow morning
toruloid
Tripterospermum discoideum
ultropaqug methods
upgiven
verbigeration
Viregyt
virtual memory addressing
wahabee
weather and climate
winterkill
working lamp
Yoron-jima