咱们生活中常有这样的人:能力强,热心肠,点子多,可就是听不得别人说不。给这种人提意见,很难被采纳。因为他们不喜欢 - give and take. 大家一定都知道give是给的意思,take则是拿,give

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Roughly two and a half percent gains in major US market indexes today with the DOW up around three hundred point eleven thousand three hundred thirty four last night.So investors are hopeful.European leaders are closer to getting a handle long their

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

49 美国的婚礼 DATE=6/11/ 01 TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA #1068 - Weddings VOICE ONE: More than two-million (1)marriages are performed each year in the United States. June is one of the most popular mont

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 文化聚焦

Have you heard about Bernie's bombshell? Bernie Madoff, that is. The man among con men giving his first published interview since he was arrested two years ago. The New York Times actually talked to him in the North Carolina prison where he is servin

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(二)月

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Fifty-two. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Four-hundred-and-fifty-three. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Twenty-five. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Time for some number crunching from our data expert, Mona Chalabi of fivet

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

Filmmaker Doug Block learned a lot about marriage by accident. A documentarian who also works as a wedding videographer, Doug Block visited a handful of couples whose weddings he'd filmed -- anywhere from five to 20 years later -- and interviewed the

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(244) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Chrysler has been forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the struggling US automaker failed to reach an agreement with its creditors. David Cole is the head of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He says Chrysler hopes

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

8 suspects arrested in connection to the brutal torture of two teenage boys and a man in an anti-gay attack in the Bronx are facing charges. Police are still looking for a ninth suspect. Police say the memebers of a Latin King Goonie's gang went on a

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An unidentified couple in South Africa. The couple's HIV status is not known. A common belief about AIDS and marriage is that husbands are more likely to infect wives than the other way around. Gen

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(十)月

Lesson 26 Does Divorce Represent Social Progress? Text Divorces-a New Social Phenomenon in China Divorce used to be very rare in our country. In old times it was not necessary for a man to divorce his wife as he could easily marry another or many oth

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(260) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语教程(Oral Workshop)--高级

Lesson 28 The Perfect Match Text A I walked into the office and shook hands with a smiling man named Mr Bleaucher. He was dressed very well, compared to me. He shuffled a pile of papers like they were so many pancakes. I'm sure you'll be very pleased

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(228) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语教程(Oral Workshop)--中级

婚前想想 Are we looking in the same direction? 我们的目标和方向一致吗? Some couples avoid having the big talks(religion, marriage, babies) because they think that, somehow, these thingswill just work themselves out. By the time they

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力广播—Listening

Time for some number crunching from our data expert, Mona Chalabi, from fivethirtyeight.com. And she has given us this number of the week. AUTOMATED VOICE: Thirty-eight. MARTIN: That is the percentage of American wives who earn more than their husban

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

GWEN IFILL: Now we look at how the Supreme Court's rulings on same-sex marriage are being interpreted across the country. Ray Suarez has our story. RAY SUAREZ: The June decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 didn't en

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

Romance Blooms in Cozy Corners of Cinemas Lovers have it tough in India's teeming financial capital, but some of the city's cinemas are playing Cupid to couples longing for time away from prying eyes.

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

A good fight with your spouse could be good for the health, a new study has found. 一项最新研究发现,夫妻双方在必要的时候斗斗嘴有益于身体健康。 Couples who suppressed their anger have a mortality rate twice as high as th

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

人说爱情是盲目的--很可能这样最好。一项新的研究表明,将配偶大大理想化的人拥有最幸福的婚姻--至少最初几年是这样。该项研究发表于《心理科学》期刊。 很多人总是更多地看到伴侣身上

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Most couples don't want to expand their families, if the low number applying for a second child in Beijing under today's rules is an indicator of parental thinking. 二胎政策出台后,北京申请二胎的比率之低,说明很多夫妻都不打

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Parents all know that children make it harder to do some of the most enjoyable adult things. Bluntly put, kids can get between you。 为人父母的都知道,有了孩子之后,做那些成人最喜欢做的事情会变得困难许多。说白了就

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

今天我们要学的词是same-sex。 Same-sex, 同性。 Same-sex couples, 同性伴侣。 Same-sex marriage, 同性婚姻。根据法院裁决,康涅迪克州成为美国第二个承认同性恋婚姻的州。 Connecticut begins issuing marriage

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词