好友损友你会区分吗? 1.Dependability Dependability is underrated. If you are a dependable friend with personal boundaries, you are priceless. Without personal boundaries, many dependable friends get taken advantage of. 可靠。如果你是一

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

抽烟伤身又伤脑 Middle-aged adults who smoke tended to perform poorly on tests of memory and reasoning compared to nonsmokers, adding to the list of reasons not to smoke, French researchers said on Monday. Analyzing previously collected data on

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

The average life expectancy in Shanghai reached more than 83 years in 2016, far higher than the national average of 76.1 in 2015 and close to the world's highest of 83.7 in Japan and 83.4 in Switzerland. 2016年上海人均预期寿命超过83岁,遥

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The number of China's single men could exceed the entire population of Australia in five years' time, a Fujian government statistician has calculated. 一名福建政府统计人员估计,五年之内,中国单身男性数量将会超过整个澳大

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The world's population looks set to smash through the seven billion barrier in the next few days, according to the United Nations. 联合国的数据显示,世界人口在几天后就会突破70亿大关。 It comes just 12 years since the total re

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本文选自美国作家Jim Willis的畅销书《Pieces Of My Heart-----Writings Inspired by Animals and Nature》,该书以自述的形式讲述了一只家犬对昔日主人的真情告白。当年作者用七千美元以全版广告的形式在报

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

When I was a puppy, I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called me your child, and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became your best friend. Whenever I was bad, you'd shake your finger at

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The modern man is capable of turning a womans head up to the age of 55, while 30 years ago few women would have looked twice at a man over 45, the research showed. 一项研究表明,在当今社会,直到55岁,男性依然能够吸引女性的目

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A four-year-old has his own way of call for help when it comes to do the maths. 遇到数学难题时,这个四岁的熊孩子自有特殊的求助之道。 Told by mum to call when you need help, a boy aged four naming Johnny called 911. 妈妈告诉

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Business 商业报道 Women in management 女性管理者 A word from your sponsor 后台一句话的事 Time for women to stop being shrinking violets at work 职场女性,从此不再羞答答的 I DON'T know any successful women who haven't had

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Demography 人口统计学 Hip and hobbling 时髦与蹒跚齐行 Not all towns are desperate to attract young people 并不是所有城镇都渴望吸引年轻人 Nationally, an ageing population is a problem. But locally it can be a boon. The over-

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The marriage market 婚姻市场 Got to have a J.O.B. 必须要有一份工作 Women still most want to marry men with money 女性仍然最想嫁给有钱的男人 JANE AUSTEN'S characters took it for granted that men with money made more eligible m

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Changing Roles of Public Education One of the most important social developments that helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education was the effect of the baby boom of the 1950's and 1960's on the schools. In the 1920'

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trifling offense. This kind of retaliation should only be resorted to under peculiarly aggravating circumstances. If you have nothing but a rag doll stuffed with saw-dust, while o

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Sacrificing sleep and skipping meals to study in quest for academic excellence actually doesn't work, a new Harvard study into 'grit' has revealed. 哈佛大学一项关于决心的研究表明,废寝忘食并不能奏效。 Children who strive for

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Most Chinese consumers will continue to spend, this year despite slowing economic growth and market volatility, according to research by Boston Consulting Group. 根据波士顿咨询公司的一项调查显示,尽管今年的经济增长有所放缓

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A majority of the country thinks it's time for Donald Trump to log off, and never tweet - at least not from his personal Twitter account. 美国多数民众认为是时候让特朗普注销推特账号,别再发帖了--至少不在其私人账号上发

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Two Roads John Ruskin It was New Year's Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he cast them on the

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Broody: As women's attitudes to marriage change it is men who are becoming keener to wed. It was always women who wanted to settle down and start a family, while men dragged their heels... or so we thought. These days, it seems the ladies are being b

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Business. 商业。 Women in management. 女性管理者。 A word from your sponsor. 后台一句话的事。 Time for women to stop being shrinking violets at work. 职场女性,从此不再羞答答的开。 I DON'T know any successful women who

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