时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(七)月


英语课

   If you haven't already pickd up on the trend from all the whining 1 on Bravo's Princesses Long Island, marriage rates in America are at an all-time low. And the medium age at which women do say 'I do'is now 27, the highest it's been in the century. That's according to a new report by Bowling 2 Green State University's Julissa Crupz, published by the national center for family and marriage research. In the 1920s, 92 women walked down the aisle 3 each year per thousand of single women of marrying age. Today, it's a third that. Marriage rates were expected to plateau in the wake of the baby boom. But so far, they just keeping dropping. Apparently 4, many college educated women are simply putting off getting hitched 5. And many black women might be foregoing it altogether. Because while every enthic group has seen a drop in the proportion of married women since the 50s, it's dipped lowest for black women, just 26% of whom are married. In the UK and most of Europe, the average age for women tying the knot is already more than 30. And if Long Island's reality stars are an indicator 6, we're soon to follow.



1 whining
n.保龄球运动
  • Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
  • Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动,高尔夫还是保龄球?
2 aisle
n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道
  • The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
  • The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
3 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
4 hitched
(免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上
  • They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
  • We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。
5 indicator
n.指标;指示物,指示者;指示器
  • Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
  • His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。
学英语单词
Abderites
agria
alphavirus equine encephalomyelitis
altria
amorino
astrophysical fluid dynamics
bowenite
breed distrust
bulge X-ray source
capones
carcinoma of cheek
cathode-ray display
celadrin
cellular cloth
Chloraseptine
cold current
come into its own
compensation measurement method
compound semiconductor cell
cosmosphere
Delphinni
detumescent
diagnostic evaluation
Domasi
dynamic memory card
electric tool grinder
enrapture
entrecourse
Eyrarfjall
fearer
forepocket
frankliniella fuscas
gravitational field in vacuum
hauds
hexanone-(2)
in the heart of
invection
invite purchase
jelly fungus
job office
Kennet
kossman
Kosuge
kyumi
lecherously
ligamenta vocale
mezzo-forte
mounting pitch
N/ORD
naked ape
naroff
narvel
neenchelys parvipectoralis
newell
non - glutinous rice
non-degenerate linear system
number-theoretically
O,O-diethylthiophosphoryl chloride
opostegid
order close-out
Panodol
Pearlitol
pernicosis
phthisiotherapy
plastic plates
post-bellum
pregrounding
prime sheet
proteopectic
Proto-Inupik
quotationists
R-L
rotating radio beacon station
row house
sagittatum
salinities
salvage life craft
scroll milling
Severo-Yeniseyskiy Rayon
Sgt Maj
shelter thermometre
Shirley Temple
sifnos
single access mechanism
slow-running jet
Spanish Morocco
spectroflorometer
spoonflowers
stage entrance
stay stitching
stay the night
Sticaceae
Straus
system component
tab-delimited
teacher's pets
tin(ii) ferrocyanide
unlawyer-like
watchdog packet
wintersport
wood sheathing
zero emission vehicle (zev)