Singles Awareness Day (SAD) is a holiday for those who like not being attached. It is on the same day as Valentines Day, but some people want it either side so it is not overshadowed by roses, chocolates, cards, cupids and hearts. On SAD, singles aro

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 英语课程学习计划和讲义

The Queen and the Duke have a happy history with Malta. Today accompanied by its Prime Minister in the warmth of the Maltese dusk, they returned to streets that would have been very familiar to them. Among those waiting to meet them, some couples wh

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2007年

On the subject of vast distances, we come now to our series--the state of our unions about marriage in this country. Tonight couples who keep it together across the miles in what sometimes are called commuter marriages often necessary, when work is i

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2007年

AS IT IS 2016-08-27 Women in the Kitchen, Men in the Garage, Americans Say The United States could elect its first woman president in November. But most Americans still believe in the traditional division of household jobs, according to a new study.

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Hi, welcome to the Thursday edition of CNNs Student News. Im Carl Azuz. Today were going to start at the U.S. Supreme Court, and if you watched our show on Tuesday you know the courts nine justices are hearing two cases this week about the issue of s

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2013年(四)月

Topic1-Firing up robotics in a small town Ganyao, a small town with a population of 40 thousand, in Jiashan County, east China's Zhejiang Province is fashioning itself into a robotics hub. The robot town, which comprises a robot theme park as well as

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

Fertility rates have fallen in countries with woeful economies, such as Greece and Italy. 在经济状况糟糕至极的国家中,如希腊和意大利,它们的生育率已经下跌。 But they have also fallen in countries that sailed through t

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

孩子出生后,是随父亲姓,还是随母亲姓?大多数人都会选择前者.近来,在合肥市长丰县,掀起 姓氏革命.在长丰县试点乡镇,孩子如果随母亲姓,能拿到1000元奖励. 新生儿随母姓奖励1000元 Yahoo.com:Chi

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 双语趣听精彩世界

Just days beforehis company news Corp. splits in two, the couples are calling it quits after 14years. Spokesman said the marriage between the 82 year old and 44 year old has been irretrievably broken for more than 6 months. A person familiar with the

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2013年

1. 78-year-old Harry Whittington, the Austin lawyer, who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney while quail hunting over the weekend, suffered a minor heart attack Tuesday morning. Whittington is back

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

KATHERINE COLE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Katherine Cole. MARIO RITTER: And I'm Mario Ritter. This week -- weddings in America. (MUSIC: Halleujah Chorus / Handel's Messiah) KATHERINE COLE: A very special wedding took plac

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AS IT IS 2014-10-13 Thailand Seeks to Ban Commercial Surrogacy 泰国试图禁止商业代孕 Thailand is campaigning against commercial surrogacy, one of the worlds most unregulated industries. In this industry, infertile foreign couples pay Thai wo

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US Supreme Court to Consider Same-Sex Marriage Same-sex couples are getting marriage licenses in Washington state, where voters approved gay marriage in November. But their unions are not federally-recognized. That could change, thanks to Edie Windso

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In recent years, couples are choosing new ways to get married. Traditional banquets and wedding ceremonies are not the only way for newlyweds to make their big day special. Disposing of complicated ceremonies and expensive banquets, including invitin

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

A: Would you and your wife be available next Friday night, Mr. Lee? B: I'll have to check with my wife, of course. Did you have something planned? A: We are having a dinner party, and my wife sent you and your wife an invitation. B: I think we would

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 社交英语

Topic1 Cutting Administrative Red TapeMovie star Jackie Chan, also a national political advisor, says he is thinking about giving up a piece of land he wanted to develop on the Chinese mainland after almost 8 years in waiting due to administrative re

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You might not think that mathematicians have anything particularly relevant to say about your love life. But you'd be wrong--if we're talking about James Murray, a mathematician at the University of Washington in Seattle who teamed up with Psychologi

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 英语杂谈

A new study conducted by relationship researchers from Wellesley and the University of Kansas says that opposites don't attract. In reality, people are attracted to others who have the same views and values as themselves. 韦尔斯利学院和勘萨斯

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

今天我们要学的词是in sync。 In sync, 意思是同步的,协调的。 The figure skating pair were totally in sync, 这对花样滑冰双人组合的动作完全同步。 I voted for the candidate whose values were in sync with my own, 我投

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

From last year, we introduced you a couple of 20 something bachelors, Mat Boggs and Jason Miller. And they were setting off on their second part of their quest to answer the age-old question millions have wrestled with, what makes a good marriage. Th

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