Mans Law or Gods Law? Americans Debate Religion in Government 美国人在政府讨论宗教 Hundreds of supporters cheered when a local government official, Kim Davis, was released from jail Tuesday. She smiled and appeared to cry. I just want to gi

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(九)月

'Athenaise,' by Kate Chopin 英语短篇小说:《Athenaise》 by 凯特肖邦 Our story today is called Athenaise. It was written by Kate Chopin. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. Athenaise went away one morning to visit her parents, ten miles b

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Men are 10 times more scared of marrying the wrong person than of never getting married at all. Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing nu

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

先来看一个句子: I had heard from other students that Mr. Marain was just shy of a Ph.D.in mathematics。 这句英语里没有什么生词,往往被人忽视,比如,有人会翻译成:我从别人学生那儿听说,马林先生一遇

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(168) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When Senator Rob Portman of Ohio yesterday became the latest conservative politician to announce his support for same-sex marriage, he disclosed that his son, Will, a junior at Yale University, had told him two years ago that he is

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

Science and technology 科学技术 Premarital sex 婚前性行为 The waiting game 等待的游戏 Chastity before marriage may have its uses after all 婚前守贞可能的确有作用 WHEN is it the right time to do the deed? 什么时候做爱做的

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有缘千里来相会--用英语说缘 缘 reason; cause; sake, relationship, edge; fringe 缘分 predestined relationship 血缘 blood relationship 姻缘 predestined marriage 化缘 beg for alms 天缘巧合 a luck coincidence 有人缘 enjoy great

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Traditional Chinese weddings are always filled with red things to bring auspicious blessings and respects. And even wedding customs reflect traditions from Chinese philosophy。 中国传统婚礼中总是用红色的东西来表达吉祥、祝福和隆

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(225) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

An Ohio couple who held hands at breakfast every morning even after 70 years of marriage have died 15 hours apart. 美国俄亥俄州的一对夫妻在结婚70年后依然手牵手用早餐,日前夫妻俩相继离世,中间只相隔15小时。 H

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

According to the Time of September 19, WedLock, as it's coyly named, is a new type of casualty insurance that gives the unhappily married policyholder a payout after he or she is unhitched。 After John Logan watched his wealth follow his marriage do

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

The Supremes once sang You can't hurry love. As it turns out, scientists have determined it's not advisable to hurry marriage either. Get the scoop on the best age to be wed. 正如一首名为《至高无上》的歌曲中曾经唱到的:你不能爱

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

加拿大移民部长近日表示投资移民加拿大个人资产及直接投资金额要求将会倍增,个人资产从80万增至160万,直接投资金额从40万增至80万。此外,加拿大将严厉打击假结婚移民申请。去年加拿

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Divorce rates in China have been on the rise for ten consecutive years. Last year alone saw a shocking 3.1 million divorces. This seems to become a major trend in line with developed countries in Western Europe and North America. Susanne Choi is a so

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Hundreds gathered in front of the Supreme Court in downtown Washington D.C. to celebrate the court's landmark legalization of same-sex marriage in all 50 US states. The justices split along the usual ideological lines in a 5-4 ruling which holds that

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Katie Couric: Family law practitioner Mark Barondess has tried to demystify both marriage and divorce with his new book

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Harold Hamm is an unlikely billionaire: the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers whose identity as a self-made man could just be his downfall in his impending divorce battle. Hamm, the founder and CEO of Continental Resources, is the world's 34th-ric

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Yes relationships. It is the true test of how human we really are. How much we can accept in our fellow humans. And really how much we want to accept. If we accept too much does that make us strong. And if we don't accept enough does that make us wea

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. 我相信爱情,也相信爱情会死,在我看来没有什么是通过婚姻才能得到的,但两人之间最珍贵的感情只有通过婚姻才可能产生。 I believe in love and I also believe that love will die. In my eyes, nothing i

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

A friend that you buy with presents will be bought from you. 用礼物买来的朋友终会被买走。 Thomas Fuller Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all the world. 友谊是一根金线,把全世界的心连在一起。 J.E

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Family relationships 家庭关系 Divorce: a love story 离婚:爱情故事的终结 While the government talks up family values, marriage break-ups are soaring一边是政府弘扬家庭观念,一边是离婚率飙升。 YANG YOURONG's wife kick

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